Tag: Harry Potter
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Exploring Edinburgh, Scotland | Holly Goes Abroad
The time has finally come to share my Big Big Trip adventures (AKA the two-week trip my friend from Wheaton and I took around Europe during our spring break). After spending a few days in London, our next stop on the trip was exploring Edinburgh, Scotland, where my friend was studying abroad for the semester.…
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I visited Platform 9 3/4!! | Holly Goes Abroad
It’s happened, folks. I’ve become a wizard, which means I’ve officially peaked. While my mom was visiting me in Oxford for a week during my spring break we decided to spend two days scurrying around London, trying to fit in as much as possible. When she asked me what I wanted to do during those…
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5 Reasons Why Molly Weasley is the Ultimate Mom
Happy Mother’s Day!! When I thought about making a Mother’s Day post about fictional moms, one woman immediately popped into my head: Molly Weasley. Every year this red-headed witch tops countless lists of fictional mothers… but why? In an attempt to answer this age-old question, here are 5 reasons why Mrs. Weasley is the ultimate…
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HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne| Review
This review is a difficult one to write. From the day I first learned about this eighth installment in the Harry Potter series I’ve had very conflicted feelings about reading it. Prior to its release day I had convinced myself that reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child would be a mistake, that the risk of being…
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BookTubeAThon 2015 TBR
It’s BookTubeAThon time! You know what that means: plenty of fun challenges, a contagious community spirit, and TONS OF READING. This year the event runs from August 3rd to August 9th. If you haven’t heard of the BookTubeAThon before or you want to learn more about it, you can check out the official Youtube channel…
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more books: ¡en español!
For all of you in the United States, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! I’m really excited about the books I have to show you today, because they’re Spanish translations! I’ve been taking Spanish classes for the past five years in school, but I’m by no means fluent. I read a Spanish translation of…
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bookmarks tag (response to @booksandquills)
After seeing Sanne’s video titled Bookmarks & Book Marks (which you can view by clicking here) I immediately knew that I wanted to do a blog post in response to it. And here it is! 1. What are you currently using as a bookmark? Right now I am using a wonderful Doctor Who bookmark that I…
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QUOTE: J.K. Rowling
“Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.” ~J.K. Rowling Isn’t J.K. Rowling the best? She puts things so eloquently and accurately into words. I love this quote, mostly because it’s completely true. We eat junk food, do dangerous things, and act without thinking even though we know the…
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The Brick of Many Fandoms
So the other day I found a brick in my garage, and I thought, “Why not paint it?” So here is what the final product turned out to be: Each side has a quote from a different fandom on it. The quote above is from Star Trek, and I have listed the others down below:…