What is MyHogwarts, anyway? This is the first I've heard of it.

Iltu - I am so jealous of those courses!! That sounds absolutely amazing!!

MyHogwarts is essentially an extension of Hogwarts and the HP world created by fellow fans who are treating it like Hogwarts the online college. They don't sort you, so you can either put yourself in a house based on your Pottermore sorting or your own opinions, and they actually have you sign up and take classes. People have written text books for each one, they're going to have their own wizard rock station, a choir, social opportunities with fellow HP fans, a Daily Prophet publication, etc. It's definitely shaping up to be pretty interesting!

That sounds cool! A bit intensive, though... Unless the classes will be like a game?

The classes are pretty much optional, and I'm sure the entertainment level will vary from Prof to Prof. From what they've released so far it seems like one lesson per week from each class so people can still live their lives and not get overwhelmed by a full work load from an illegitimate college

Originally Posted by TaiyoTsuki

@ Iltu: Philosophy at Hogwarts? WHAAAAA???

Apparently it was a class about the philosophy behind different spells and whatnot in Harry Potter. So using Harry Potter to teach philosophy, basically. :yes: I do hope they offer it again one day, I'd love to take it!

MyHogwarts sounds really neat! It'll be interesting to see how they'll go about doing all that.

I still have no idea what MyHogwarts is!

My university bookshop has a whole series of books like this including Harry Potter and Philosphy. The things you find when you wander out of the Chemistry section. :lol:

MyHogwarts sounds pretty in-depth, as a non-roleplayer I'd probably have trouble staying 'in character'.

@ Kat: I'd probably be able to keep in-character pretty well...then again, I RP a lot.

@Taiyo - I tried to go into what MyHogwarts is a couple posts ago. Described it and slid in a link to the site so you can read more info abou it than I managed to type. :)

The great thing about MyHogwarts is that it really isn't an RP site. You can still just join as yourself and see what it's all about and go more in depth with courses that were only glossed over in the books. Not that I'm saying that roleplaying won't be going on, because I'm sure that people will be doing plenty of that as well.

I'm still pretty excited about the textbooks, to be honest. Haha.

Hm....I'm gonna like that. Especially astronomy! And Transfiguration! And potions...well, minus Snape.

I'd probably get wrong (or just on people's nerves) for breaking the fourth wall all the time and referring to Hogwarts as if it wasn't real. XD
It is real, don't panic.

Well, I've signed up for it once it's up and running ^^

I don't suggest doing that in classes, Kat.....

Originally Posted by Kamikaze Kendra

@Taiyo - I tried to go into what MyHogwarts is a couple posts ago. Described it and slid in a link to the site so you can read more info abou it than I managed to type. :)

The great thing about MyHogwarts is that it really isn't an RP site. You can still just join as yourself and see what it's all about and go more in depth with courses that were only glossed over in the books. Not that I'm saying that roleplaying won't be going on, because I'm sure that people will be doing plenty of that as well.

I'm still pretty excited about the textbooks, to be honest. Haha.

Yeah, it sounds like they're building up a pretty hefty library for the site. I always used to enjoy reading essays in The Leaky Cauldron and other fan sites, so it'll be interesting to see what people have come up with since the final book/movie was released. If nothing else, it'll be a good time waster. :lol:

Trying to keep on top of the books this year, not going all that well though, I must admit.

@ Knerd: It'll give me an excuse to post about my little HP fanficverse.

Oh, darn! I've been making myself read a chapter every day (minus weekends spent at home) since early January and yesterday was the first day I missed. :no: I ended up working on a project until three AM, I had to get up at seven and I just completely forgot. Remembering to read got lost in the shuffle of the day. How disappointing!

East- I'm in about the same boat, I'm hoping to get caught up over spring and summer break. What's your book goal this year?

Heh...I usually end up reading more than just a chapter a day.

I usually do as well, except when I'm really tired or busy. I just need the constant goal of one chapter per day because it's what actually makes me sit down and start reading, instead of saying that I'm too exhausted or have too much to do or some other excuse. :yes: Once I get that chapter done I'm usually like, "Oh boy one more! And one more! One more won't hurt! Just another..."
And even on days where that's not the case and I do only read that single chapter, it's always nice to feel like I've done what I've set out to do despite whatever's going on. :D

2013 reading list

1. Casino Royale- Ian Fleming
2. Dawn of the Dumb- Charlie Brooker
3. My Shit Life so Far- Frankie Boyle
4. A Single Man- Christopher Isherwood
5. Live and Let Die- Ian Fleming
6. Moonraker- Ian Fleming
7. Football Manager Stole My Life- Iain Macintosh, Kenny Millar and Neil White
8. Amazing and Extraordinary Facts: Sherlock Holmes- Nick Utechin
9. American on Purpose- Craig Ferguson
10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets- J.K. Rowling
11. Diamonds are Forever- Ian Fleming
12. Tiny Acts of Rebellion- Rich Fulcher
13. Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace- Scott Thorson and Alex Thorleifson
14. The Sigh of Suzumiya Haruhi- Nagaru Tanigawa
15. The Boredom of Suzumiya Haruhi- Nagaru Tanigawa
16. From Russia with Love- Ian Fleming
17. Eleven- Mark Watson
18. Daniel Craig: The Biography- Sarah Marshall
19. Dotter of her Father's Eyes- Mary M. Talbot and Bryan Talbot
20. Pokemon Trading Card Game Player's Guide- Brian Brokan and J.Douglas Arnold
21. Pokemon Trading Card Game Fossil Expansion Player's Guide- Brian Brokan and J.Douglas Arnold
22. Trek Navigator- Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
23. Dr. No- Ian Fleming
24. The Ocean at the End of the Lane- Neil Gaiman
25. Goldfinger- Ian Fleming

24/~who knows~

2012 bluhX

I finished a book today and I'm very nearly finished another so I thought it was a good time to finally post my list for this year.
University is taking all of my time right now so I'm aiming for 20-25 books at the least but hoping I can get a lot of reading done during summer. :)

Katie's 2012 List
Italics= reading now

1. Snuff- Terry Pratchett
-384 pages
2. I Am What I Am- John Barrowman
- 256 pages
3. Robin Ince's Bad Book Club- Robin Ince
- 352 pages
4. Free Radicals: The Secret Anarchy of Science - Michael Brooks
- 320 pages
5. The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde
- 219 pages
6. Dark Harvest- Norman Partridge
- 176 pages
7. Eyeless in Gaza- Aldous Huxley
- 501 pages
8. Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles- Kim Newman
- 476 pages
9. Rites of Passage- William Golding
- 278 pages
10. 100 Computer Games to Play Before You Die- Steve Bowden
- 232 pages
11. A Murder of Quality- John le Carré
- 160 pages
12. Family: Life, Death and Football- Michael Calvin
- 320 pages
13. The 13th Horseman- Barry Hutchison
- 368 pages
14. Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone- J.K. Rowling
- 224 pages
15. Dagon and other Macabre Tales- H.P. Lovecraft
- 512 pages
16. War Horse- Michael Morpurgo
- 192 pages
17. The Devil and Sherlock Holmes- David Grann
- 338 pages
18. Interesting Times- Terry Pratchett
- 352 pages
19. Why England Lose & Other Curious Football Phenomena Explained- Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski
- 362 pages
20. Headhunters- Jo Nesbo
- 384 pages
21. Worm: The First Digital World War- Mark Bowden
- 288 pages
22. Torchwood: Trace Memory- David Llewelyn
- 251 pages
23. Torchwood: Pack Animals- Peter Anghelides
- 256 pages
24. Torchwood: Into the Silence- Sarah Pinborough
- 239 pages
25. Torchwood: Bay of the Dead- Mark Morris
- 238 pages
26. Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements- Hugh Aldersey-Williams
- 448 pages
27. Neverwhere- Neil Gaiman
- 400 pages
28. Snow Crash- Neal Stephenson
- 448 pages
29. Some Do Not... - Ford Madox Ford
- 311 pages
30. A Game of Thrones- George R. R. Martin
- 864 pages
31. Torchwood Exodus Code- John and Carole E. Barrowman
- 366 pages
32. The Dream World of H.P. Lovecraft- Donald Tyson
- 336 pages
33. Mogworld- Yahtzee Croshaw
- 350 pages
34. Cloud Atlas- David Mitchell
- 560 pages
35. Dawn of the Dumb- Charlie Brooker
- 368 pages

Completed: 33/?

Recap
Year 1: 56/50
Year 2: 51/50
Year 3: 50/50
Year 4: 33/?

@ Iltu: I don't bother giving myself a chapter a day goal...the only excuse I need to read is boredom, and there's a LOT of that at my place.

I haven't read for the past few days... I started a book, but it struck me as so trite that I didn't even finish the chapter before losing the will to read it, and I haven't felt like picking it back up since. But it's one of the ones I won on Goodreads, so I feel like I'm obligated to read it so I can give it a review.

Darlings 2012-2013 List

1. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning NookBook
XXX50% Complete
XXX★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆


Books Completed - 0/50

NOTESXXX

2/16/2012: I'm already bored with Darkfever, but I'll probably finish it and its entire series. :/ Can't help it.

Originally Posted by Knerd

Yeah, it sounds like they're building up a pretty hefty library for the site. I always used to enjoy reading essays in The Leaky Cauldron and other fan sites, so it'll be interesting to see what people have come up with since the final book/movie was released. If nothing else, it'll be a good time waster. :lol:

Definitely! There are a lot of aspects that I'm excited about when it comes to that site but I can't get over how thorough the textbooks are going to be. I mean, if we ever wanted to know more about Herbology or Arithmancy, we're going to have that information. Sure, it'll be fan-created, but it'll be something.

I think it's going to be fulfilling on a level that Pottermore doesn't quite cover.


Knerd: I made a new list a handful of pages back and the front still links to my list from '09. Would you please have it link to this post?

Cherry -
Yuck. That's gotta be disappointing. But I know what you mean, I keep trying to finish the book I'm currently working on so that I'll be ready to move on to the book that I won on Goodreads when it finally gets here, but there are a handful of things I'd love to read before that one.
I'm sorry your prize isn't appealing to you. :(

...I just realized that I don't know how to ping someone. Would anyone be willing to help me out? XD

Sure! You just do this:

@ username;

But without the space between the @ and the username. :D