Oh. My. Gooseness.

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Oh. My. Gooseness!


Now before you correct me, on occasion I do sometimes say "Oh my gooseness!" You know, just for fun. :-)


Anyways, this post will mainly be about Pottermore, so brace yourself Harry Potter fans! (I'll go through each main component in Pottermore in depth.) 


Spolier alert!
Main Site/Main Components
Pottermore is a great site! I can tell J.K. Rowling worked really hard on it making it special! The website is really simple: each book chapter is transformed online in a digital version of the chapter. Throughout each online chapter, there are plenty facts- it's almost like an online encyclopedia! There are three types of 'facts':

They have 'From the Story' component where each character, object, animal or spell is described like it was in the book.

They also have 'J.K. Rowling's Thoughts' describes how she got many ideas for characters or object names or some of her first draft secrets.

And finally 'New from J.K. Rowling'. This is were the author regularly posts new info and secrets on her books.

Besides the wand and sorting quiz, it's really just facts. 

Player Interaction

Friends! It's nice that you can have friends, but you can't message them in any way- you can only send gifts or duel them. It's fun, but I'd like to 'get to know' my Pottermore friends better.

However, you can comment on any post or your common room's message board. Again, you can't talk with players, but I suppose it's possible to 'talk' with other players on the comment boards.

Wand Quiz

Wandlore is really cool! It's fascinating to learn about the different types of woods and cores used by Ollivander. The wand quiz is really simple. You answer the 7 same questions that everyone else does, so it's really easy (but rather pointless) to cheat. I knew before I started that I wanted a vine wand (Hermione has a vine wand!) with a  phoenix feather or unicorn hair core and about a foot long.  Luckily, I was gifted with the exact wand I had wanted- vine with unicorn hair, ten and 3/4 inches, hard. I am so pleased- Hermione Granger's wand is vine and also ten and 3/4 inches! Just remember, the wand chooses the wizard!

Sorting Hat

This quiz is very hard to cheat, but, if you answer honestly- it's won't be hard at all! I was lucky enough to be sorted into...

RAVENCLAW!!!!!

Yay! I am so excited- I wanted to be a Ravenclaw- and whop-dee-doo now I am!

I'll answer any questions on Pottermore- feel free to leave some in the comment section!

~Gabby

PS my user name in RiverQuill47. Friend me!

I. Hate. Waiting.

Hey everyone! I know the title says 'I hate waiting' and that's exactly what I'm doing to you all. I am working on my stopmotion for 'What I Got at the AG Place' and I plan to finish it today or tomorrow.

As for the 'I. Hate. Waiting.' part- I am waiting anxiously for my Owl to Pottermore. In case ya'll don't know what I'm talking about, I will explain.

Pottermore is an online reading experience surrounding the Harry Potter books. It's kind of like Webkinz or InnerstarU, but more of an adventure through the Harry Potter book series- exploring each chapter through tons of backstory, games, and quizzes! Anyways, from July 31 to August 6, Pottermore was an offering special early access activity. If you were able to solve the clue and and find the Magical Quill, you were eligible to get into the site before anyone else. I found the quill and I got confirmed to get on the site early- along with 99,999 people! However, I have to wait for an e-mail (or Owl) letting me into the site. I'm tired of waiting for my email!!!!!!

Has anyone else received early access to Pottermore? Have you all been able to get on yet?
~Gabby