Ryan is currently working on an issue with the Roost domain. He is also still looking into resolving the ongoing and odd bandwidth problem. We apologize for how much time Ravenclaw’s common room has been inaccessible the last week or so of every month, and are hoping that will no longer be the case ...

From “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens:

“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”

From “Mary Poppins” by P.L. Travers:

“the tree overhead, the stone beneath us, the bird, the beast, the star”

From “ Off to Be the Wizard ” by Scott Meyer : “Martin wasn’t totally awake, but not totally asleep either. He was in that hazy, semiconscious state where the dreams of the night before dovetail with the reality of the day ahead. That time where you find yourself thinking how unfortunate it is that ...

Happiest of celebrations, m’dear! Sending lots of birthday love to you. Cheers!!

From “The Farthest-Away Mountain” by Lynne Reid Banks:

Three good heads are better than one,
Even though they be of stone.

Other than Luna (as future books came out), Neville is a character I resonated with the most in my pre/early teens reading the series for the first time, and I remember really empathizing with his experience during flying class. I appreciated Harry’s readiness to leap into action when Malfoy taunted...

Hannah Abbott What was your character's first interaction with their Head of House like? I met Professor Sprout on my first evening at Hogwarts during a house meeting in the cozy common room. The Professor welcomed us all with a warm smile, explaining that Hufflepuff values hard work, loyalty, and ...

From “Spinning Silver” by Naomi Novik:

I’m not a fool, to take gifts from monsters. Where do you think its power comes from?

After Harry spent essentially his entire life being mistreated by his own relatives, Hagrid’s appearance in this story is so iconic. Is that a storm raging? No! It’s HAGRID! …Okay, and there’s also a storm. The contrast of Hagrid’s size and rapid disdain for the Dursleys with what a lovable teddy be...

Hannah Abbott What was your characters first journey to Hogwarts like? How were they feeling about going? Who did they sit with? Did anything interesting happen? My first journey to Hogwarts was a whirlwind of excitement and nerves. Mum and dad escorted me to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, where...

From “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman:

We have teeth and we have tails
We have tails, we have eyes
We were here before you fell
You will be here when we rise.

From “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster:

Odious Wasp.

https://i.ibb.co/238xtzkM/IMG-9787.webp Predominantly purple artwork shows a round birthday cake with candles on it sitting on a circular table, surrounded by speakers and balloons, with confetti falling from above. Happy Birthday, Kendra Givens !! YOU. ARE. AWESOME! So excited to hear about some o...

Upon reading the series for the first time, everything about the way Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley—even as a tiny tot—are written from the go snatched my curiosity, glimpsing into the ridiculous caricature of their family. A bony mother poking her long neck around nosily, comically contrasted by the m...

Hannah Abbott Describe a time your character showed involuntary magic at a young age? When I was a little girl (about six or seven), a cousin of mine a few years older than me came by with his parents for the afternoon. The two of us were playing games in mum’s garden, where I’d normally feel the m...

Count me in! ^_____^

From “The Starless Sea” by Erin Morgenstern:

We’re here to wander through other people’s stories, searching for our own.

From “A Wind in the Door” by Madeleine L'Engle:

Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition.

From “Sunrise on the Reaping” by Suzanne Collins:

With that, she condemns me to life.