Question of the Books: Who is your Favorite Harry Potter Character?

 

Question of the Books: 

Who is your Favorite Harry Potter Character? Why?

Pottermore: Find the Magical Quill!

 Harry Potter & The Search for the Magical Quill?

The Pottermore Beta is officially open now but there is a twist. You must find the magical quill to enter before October 2011 . Now the contest starts from Today July 31st till August 6, And somewhere on the homepage is a clue to the Magical Quill . 7 days, 7 clues, 7 books. Are you ready?

Pottermore: http://www.pottermore.com/

Book Blogger Hop

Book Blogger Hope is a weekly book blogger ...PARTY! I think this is one of the best part of the blogging community..Its a PARTY to get to meet all your fellow book blogging buddies.

This is my first time participating so I am fairly new to this. So here I go!

“When did you realize reading was your passion and a truly important part of your life?”

When I was younger around 5 or 6 , I was never what you would describe as an   avid reader. In fact I had trouble reading any book . It was worse subject when I was younger and I remember the time vividly that I got suckered into the reading program for that summer some how. Following the next year books started to get my attention but I was never really into books. My love of reading did not start until I was 9 years old. My best friend  at the time lent me a Harry Potter book and it was love at first sight.


I think when  I reached 5th grade that my obessesion with books became more prononuced. You would find me constantly in the library at school even during the time we had recess and gym. Every waking moment of my 5th grade life was spent in that library. It got to the point anything I mean anything I could get my hands on I would read. I became as   known the bookworm in the family. Books stacked p in my room in my shelves, im my drawers where clothes were supposed to be folded , under my bed, in my closet, in my pillow, in my book bag, and on my bed. Every nook and cranny was filled to the brim with books.


I steadily got older ( don't we all?)  and my reading about 13 books a week dwindled to about 2 or 3 per week or even at times  a month. High school  became even more complicated trying to keep up with school work and our assigned readings ( which I did enjoy) and the books I wanted to read. I think half of my high-school years.  I spent blasting music and podcasts in my ears. My book obsession began again when my friend  decided Twilight by Stephanie Meyer was the best thing ever and thought I would love the book . I think and I hate to say this, I was the one helped spread the Twilight craze in my school. I just gushed about Twilight every where I went. Talked about the movie with friends on who is was who. Robert Pattinson as Edward I  did not like at first but since the movie I have grown to love him and hate the girl who plays as Bella ( Kristian Stewart)  with her acting skills which I will rant on in another post .




I started to obsessively read again . It got to the point where  I read all the books in my YA section of my library. Then I  entered college and it was another ball game. I couldn't find time to read for pleasure and I didn't even have time to sleep!  I felt as if something was missing. Like I was not myself anymore. But I got used to the routine and became accustomed to my schedule. Majority of my summer was spent reading because it was the only time I could relax( and not have a deadline looming over my head *sigh*) . And since then I have been steadily reading ever since.


I guess I knew that reading was important to me when I reached college. Not be able to read for pleasure or not at all, caused me to basically feel like a part of me was gone.

What is Pottermore?

J.K. Rowling has done it again! As you may know of all bookers that the Harry Potter has taken root deeply embedded in our hearts as a classic. With the last movie coming out  I thought J.K Rowling had no more aces  up her sleeves but with Potter More this has changed completely.

What I had thought of www.pottermore.com before it was released I had  I talked about in this post here. J.K. Rowling describes the site herself as "that builds on the exciting online experience around the reading of the Harry Potter books" . You can relive the books and even ..gasp.....get exclusive writings , audiobooks, and EBOOKS! of the Harry Potter series. Watch her here as J.k. Rowling herself describe pottermore word for word *drools*.



Currently you can sign up for the beta and be chosen to beta test the website in July before its released to the masses in October ( Month of Halloween *hint* hint*).

Head over to www.pottermore.com and sign up maybe one of us will be a lucky few to get into the beta test this July. *Crosses fingers*

Let the  hyperventilation  heart attacks, and probably bouts of insomnia begin! Mawahahaha!


**Please Note**: I am planning to do a blog/youtube series about the Harry Potter books because I am so excited! So please look forward to  Harry Potter goodness and fan initiated screaming. *Screams*

Pottermore

  

Wait? What ? More Harry Potter?

Thats right. These are my exact thought. J.K. Rowling just recently announced of a new mysterious site called www.pottermore.com. No one knows what it is and what it contains. If you got to that website address you can click on the owls and will be sent to J.K. Rowling's youtube page saying anonymous message " THE OWLS ARE GATHERING" Find you why soon ( in exactly 13hours 48 mins and 15 secs by the time this is posted).

I have been trying to guess at what J.K. Rowling could be possibly revealing in a couple of hours. Is  it the release of an rpg game? That would be cool hanging out with all the other Harry Potter friends in virtual realm left to our own magical devices (mwahahah!). Or maybe its release of more books which I have proclaimed it will cause hyperventilation  heart attacks, and probably bouts of insomnia if there ever was an announcement.

What do you think J.K. Rowling has up her sleeves for the Potter Universe?