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Newts... I need to tell you my little story. :-)Its a feel good story. My great aunt called me this afternoon but when I said hello it wasn't her. I imagined all sorts of awful things. The lady asked if I knew my aunt and called her by her full name and I said absolutely. Seems my auntie forgot her purse behind and this good samartian was returning it to the police station. I called my aunt to her let her know and she was out lookng for her purse so I spoke to her sister and she was so relieved ( they are in their 80's) and was going to let her know when she came home.
I had programmed my number in my aunt's phone one time she was down for a visit. She lives 2 1/2 hours away from me. Such a happy ending for my auntie! Good smaratians are still around!!
Love feel good stories!
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Laura wrote: "Hello Newts!! How's everyone's reading going? What are you reading? Are we having fun yet? Did everyone get a chance to look at the spreadsheet and check out the classes like Sandy suggested earlie..."I didn’t get much reading in yesterday, had a stupid headache. Seems to be better today (so far). I did have a quick look at classes, some are quite vague.
Laura wrote: "Newts... I need to tell you my little story. :-)Its a feel good story. My great aunt called me this afternoon but when I said hello it wasn't her. I imagined all sorts of awful things. The lady a..."
That’s lovely :)
Sophie wrote: "Happy birthday to Pomona Sprout!In recognition of her birthday and to promote house spirit before Quidditch starts, here are a few puzzles for your enjoyment. They are possible to do on a phone.
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Thanks for the puzzles, Sophie.
Headaches are not fun! Hope you are feeling better Danielle. Thanks Sophie!
Laura wrote: "Newts... I need to tell you my little story. :-)Its a feel good story. My great aunt called me this afternoon but when I said hello it wasn't her. I imagined all sorts of awful things. The lady a..."
Awww, what a nice person that woman is. I'm so glad your auntie got her purse back!!
I hope you're feeling better, Danielle. I get migraines, so I know how bad headaches can be
Laura wrote: "Headaches are not fun! Hope you are feeling better Danielle. "SandyL wrote: "I hope you're feeling better, Danielle. I get migraines, so I know how bad headaches can be"
I am feeling better today, thank you!
I’ve finished
. While a short one, it was great seeing more Pia and Dragos. The Elder Races is such a great series. Next up is
that was released today. I can’t wait to read, but also not, as it’s the last book in this series.
Yeah, glad to hear you are feeling better Danielle. Hmm, I know how you feel about reading the last one in the series. I'm working on the last Harry Dresden book... I'm a little sad. If he hasn't written anything else for Harry in 4 years it may be that he isn't?
was excellent. It was a good series ended and did the series justice. Any open questions from previous books were answered and all characters were left in a good place. Couldn’t ask for more for a last book in a series.
How's everyone doing so far? Hopefully we'll get info on the classes today. Is anyone doing any buddy reads?
I won’t be planning and signed up front for loads of BR’s, but I’ll do some. I’m definitely doing
16th June,
23rd May.Possibles for this week are
17th May,
22nd May.
I'm going to do the Cherise Sinclair book too, and I'm doing the Harry Potter books (except Chamber of Secrets since I recently read it.) I'm also going to do
- my Overdrive has it on audiobooks, so I'll listen to it.I'm reading
right now for the BOM and I do my questions next week. In between I've got other books for various other challenges.Too little time, too many books!
I finished a U book! Woop woop! I’m doing the Harry Potter Buddy reads and the Dark Places one. I may do the Red Sister BoM and I just asked about another Buddy Read.
Yeah Erika! Awesome. I'm doing a few buddy reads and trying to reign myself in😀I'm on the app so not going to list them all!
Yay Erika! And great job to Danielle as well - a 100-pointer!
My book I just finished has vampires, someone who can heal and someone who can make fire, as well as silver stakes to kill strigoi. Hope that helps with the class stuff.
Jennifer wrote: "My book I just finished has vampires, someone who can heal and someone who can make fire, as well as silver stakes to kill strigoi. Hope that helps with the class stuff."Woot, woot! Do you want to edit your post in the read books and add that there too please?
Afternoon!Class info is up, which is insteresting
I wasn’t sure, but I did start
this morning for the BR. I’m also starting
today.
✼Danielle✼ wrote: "Afternoon!Class info is up, which is insteresting"
Pretty cool, huh?
Laura wrote: "✼Danielle✼ wrote: "Afternoon!Class info is up, which is insteresting"
Pretty cool, huh?"
Very much so!
ClassesHere is the link to the thread - to make it easy to discuss, I'm going to copy the info here.
ARITHMANCY
For this class you need to read one book for each point tier. After that, class is considered mastered and you will earn one point per each book read during the challenge.
ASTRONOMY
For this task you'll be required to read one book per Hogwarts year, where the book title contains a celestial object (sun, moon, stars. comets, etc).
Books are worth 0.02 points per page, and all seven need to be read to score.
CARE OF MAGICAL CREATURES
◈ Describe your Magical Creature using book covers(Required: 5 books)
Using books, piece together your unique creation. You can look for just those unique parts (fangs, wings, skin, etc.) that you want. Just make sure the part you are using is on the cover.
◈ Using aspects from the book, tell us more about the Magic Creature
4 books
Classification : Book Rating
Ministry of Magic (M.O.M.) Classification
XXXXX – Known wizard killer / impossible to train or domesticate
XXXX – Dangerous / requires specialist knowledge / skilled wizard may handle
XXX – Competent wizard should cope
XX – Harmless / may be domesticated
X – Boring
Localization :Book Setting: Louisiana, Under Water, Panem, etc
Feeding Habits : What they eat - blood, raw meat, etc (*)
Uses : Eggs, Feathers, Blood, etc (*)
(*) It has to be mentioned in the book
CHARMS
Read Pairs of books that represent the Charm you are trying to master (Can be cover or title)
Levitation Charm : is a charm used to make objects fly, or levitate
Cheering Charm : is a spell which makes a person happy. When the spell is overdone, it can cause the victim to be overcome with fits of hysterical laughter.
Mending Charm : also known as the Repairing Charm (Reparo), is a charm that can be used to seamlessly repair a broken object.
Summoning Charm : is a charm that causes a target at a distance from the caster to levitate or fly over to them. This spell needs thought behind it, the object must be clear in the casters mind, before trying to summon.
This spell is one of the oldest spells known to wizarding society
Banishing Charm :is the counter-charm to the Summoning Charm. As Accio summons objects to the caster, Depulso sends both objects and living things away from the caster.[3] Unlike the Summoning Charm, which can summon specific objects from anywhere, the Banishing Charm banishes whatever the wand is aimed at.
Fire-Making Spell : also known as the Fire-Making Charm (Incendio) is a charm and a form of Conjuration, that can be used to conjure a jet of orange and red flame. Thereby this spell can be used to set things alight
Water-Making Spell : "The Water-Making Spell conjures clean, drinkable water from the end of the wand." The Water-Making Spell, also known as the Aguamenti Spell (Aguamenti) is a charm that conjures a jet of clear, pure water and shoots it from the tip of the caster's wand.
Classes - contHERBOLOGY
To repot a baby Mandragora you will need:
◈ Dragon dung compost : Read two books with dirt, dung or compost on the cover/title
◈ A large pot :Read a brown cover book with 500+ pages
◈ Dragon hide gloves (to protect from bites): Read two hardcover books
◈ Ear Muffs (The cry of a baby mandragora puts you to sleep): Read two fluffy/chick-lit books
HISTORY OF MAGIC
Read one book per Hogwarts year (7 books)
Using the book titles above, write an essay for the class
POTIONS
Add salamander blood until the potion turns red.
Stir until the potion turns orange.
Add more salamander blood, this time until it turns yellow.
Stir until the potion turns green.
Add more salamander blood, until the potion turns turquoise.
Heat until it turns indigo.
Add more salamander blood until the potion turns pink.
Heat until the potion turns red.
Add five lionfish spines.
Heat until the potion turns yellow.
Add five more lionfish spines.
Add flobberworm mucus, until the potion turns purple.
Stir until it turns red.
Add more flobberworm mucus, this time until it turns orange.
Stir till it turns yellow.
Add Honey water until it turns back to a turquoise colour.
Add another few drops of boom berry juice.
Stir the potion again, then let it simmer for thirty minutes.
Take the potion away from the heat and allow it to cool, when it is cool its ready for use.
◈ Collect your Equipment - Cover Hunt (books with the items on cover)
For mortar and pestle, you can use any item that allows to crush and grind - A baseball bat, a heavy rock, etc.
◈ Collect the Ingredients
Salamander blood - Read a mystery/thriller book where someone is murdered.
Lionfish spines - Read a skinny book (under 125 pages)
Flobberworm mucus - Read a book that contains the words worm or mucus, or is a bright green or yellow.
Honey water - Read a romance book with a body of water on the cover.
Boom berry juice - Read a cozy mystery book with berries or juice on the cover.
◈ Brew The Potion - read books with cover colors, or colors in title or series.
TRANSFIGURATION
For this class you'll need to form pairs again. One book represents the initial object, the second the transfigurated one.
You can use just a part of something BUT you need to say is that part of something. For example, you can't say person to cat, and then have a book with just an arm on the cover.
I'm still digesting what some of this means! Any thoughts, please speak up. Some of these we need to be creative. Also, I'll update the posting requirements to include cover and if you feel your book might fit a class.
It looks like the classes are worth more points than the spells, other than the Unforgivable Curses, so I'm thinking we should fill those in first if we have books that fit.Examples:
would work for Potions - Red
works for Potions - Green 
would work for Care of Magical Creatures - there are dog feet on the coverWhat do you guys think?
Also, does anyone read ARCs? We need 3 "to be published" books
I don't read any ARCs anymore, but I own some. They've just been out for four years already (oops?).I'm starting Tombyards & Butterflies tonight, hopefully will have it done by midnight.
SandyL wrote: "It looks like the classes are worth more points than the spells, other than the Unforgivable Curses, so I'm thinking we should fill those in first if we have books that fit.Examples:
[bookcover:T..."
Sounds good! I don’t read ARCs, so can’t help on that task.
I can also tackle the 901+ page one for Arithmancy if you guys would like. I've got a re-read of Atlas Shrugged slated for this year, so I can start it whenever. :)
✼Danielle✼ wrote: "SandyL wrote: "It looks like the classes are worth more points than the spells, other than the Unforgivable Curses, so I'm thinking we should fill those in first if we have books that fit.Example..."
Sorry, I also don't read ARC's. I'm no help there.
Yay Erika!! If you can read 3 during this challenge that would help us a lot! Just note it when you make your completion post.
Question about Astronomy class, when it says one per year, does it just mean that 7 have to be read over the course of the challenge? I'm about to pick up one now.
Erika wrote: "I have a whole mess of arcs to read!"Sweet!
Maya wrote: "Question about Astronomy class, when it says one per year, does it just mean that 7 have to be read over the course of the challenge? I'm about to pick up one now."We have to read 7 books that contain some type of celestial word in the title
Sure thing! I know I have two that have yet to be published. I’ll go ahead and see if I have a third kicking around that isnt out yet- if not, I can go find one with no problem.
SandyL wrote: "Maya wrote: "Question about Astronomy class, when it says one per year, does it just mean that 7 have to be read over the course of the challenge? I'm about to pick up one now."We have to read 7 ..."
Okay, cool. I wanted to make sure before I started in on it so it would definitely count :)
Double checked and I have 5 arcs that haven’t been released yet.
Erika wrote: "Double checked and I have 5 arcs that haven’t been released yet."Awesome!
Hello to all Hufflepuffs! Quidditch season begins soon. May 26th to be exact. Try-outs for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team will begin shortly.
We are looking for 3 Chasers, 2 Beaters, 1 Keeper and 1 Seeker to start us off in the first match. If you are not selected in the first match, you will have a chance to play in the following matches.
Please let your captain/co-caption know which position you are trying out for (can be more than one), your availability (just one match, two matches, only July, all matches, etc.), whether you're a speedy player and how your stamina (how many books/pages you can read in a day).
Thank you.
Go Hufflepuff!
As much as I'd like to do Quidditch, I'm going to abstain for now.
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wimp! ;-P
nah, no point in putting your name down for something when you know life'll prevent you doing it properly. I'm not considering the first round, as I'm off on hols (with sister & niblings) for the last week of May, so won't have reading time or GR time.
How's life, our Maya?
Astronomy is the class that higher page counts are higher points.I can read
(sun - 500 odd pages) and
(moon - 700 odd pages)
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