That's the glory of books: a true meeting of minds

 20. J.K. Rowling + Harry Potter 

[meryl-streep]

[whothefuckismerylstreep]

oh my fucking god

[thegloryofbooks]

Hey guys I’m still (kind of) alive, how are you? 

[c0ssette]

Alexandre Cabanel “Fallen Angel” detail.

[eleven-wheeeler]

[eleanoroliphant]

Happy birthday, Dame M a g g i e S m i t h! (b. 28 December 1934)

Everything’s an icon. If you have been around long enough you are an icon. A rather dusty icon… or a national treasure.

[thegloryofbooks]

Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter have broken up, I don't believe in love anymore.

[ifallelseperished]

She likes looking at that Muggle. Always in the garden when he passes, peering through the hedge at him, isn’t she? And last night — Hanging out of the window waiting for him to ride home, wasn’t she?

[orlandobloomers]

giving gifts stresses me out

getting gifts stresses me out

what a bizarre fucking holiday

there is a tree in my house

[santa]

merry christmas

[orlandobloomers]

thanks santa

[daiisy43]

[brinconvenient]

An owl on a towel.

[thegloryofbooks]

A new JK Rowling book coming this April 

[mandrakescry]

Chocolate Frog Cards  ↳Newt Scamander

[totolerateaworldofdemons]

I’m not even a gamer but I would play this so hard.

[screwthisnaming]

and you would get sorted an junk and it would be great

[slashfilled-mind]

Isn’t this secretly what we all wanted Pottermore to be?

[mycroftirl]

Okay so my mind started rolling with this and omfg okay just hear me out

So like it starts of sort of like Sims and Skyrim, okay. You get your owl and you go do your shopping for stuff for Hogwarts, but you don’t get to see your character just yet. When you get to Hogwarts and your sorting ceremony, you get to customise how they look and what sort of traits they have. After you customise all that, you get sorted via a quiz (sort of like Pottermore) and it rolls with that and you get sorted.

Through the game, you get to study magic (obvious) and you have adventures and stuff where you have to make decisions. These decisions later decide what your Patronus and Animagus will be, as well as what your fear is for you Boggart (though this could also possibly be decided on when you’re making your character idk whatever).

So during the summer holidays, you have adventures in the Muggle world (depending on what your blood status is, which could be decided randomly) if you’re Muggle-born. If you’re Pure-Blooded, you have adventures in the wizarding world. If you’re Half-Blooded, you can do both. But here’s the thing, if you spend more time in the Muggle world, you get more information on going on’s in the Muggle world, and same goes for the Wizarding world if you spend more time in the Wizarding world. And after a period of time, like maybe in your fourth year?, you can get papers and news from whichever world you’re not in most often. And your knowledge of the events of the world, both Wizarding and Muggle alike, can factor into the gameplay somehow.

And then in your Fifth and Seventh years, you have your O.W.L.s and your N.E.W.T.s, and these factor into what career choices you’ll have later on as well. So like if you score high in Herbology and Potions, you’d have career options like Healer, Herbologist, and Potion Master.

AND THEN THE WORLD BECOMES YOURS. YOU CAN CONTINUE RELATIONSHIPS YOU HAD IN HOGWARTS AFTERWARDS, OR YOU CAN MEET NEW PEOPLE, OR WHATEVER. AND THEN IT JUST BECOMES THIS HUGE SANDBOX OF FUN AND WONDERMENT.

[expellialbus]

FUCKIN DO IT BETHESDA

[lovingy0uiseasy]

Hey you guys could make this if everyone puts in effort just saying..

[book-worm71-deactivated20211123]

This would be the BEST THING EVER!!!!!!! and ooooh what If you could have a quidditch or wizard chess or whatever you want hobby and your hobbies could help you get contacts or information to help you in the game.

[thegloryofbooks]

Get to Know Me Uncomfortably Well

1. What is you middle name?

2. How old are you?

3. What is your birthday?

4. What is your zodiac sign?

5. What is your favorite color?

6. What's your lucky number?

7. Do you have any pets?

8. Where are you from?

9. How tall are you?

10. What shoe size are you?

11. How many pairs of shoes do you own?

12. What was your last dream about?

13. What talents do you have?

14. Are you psychic in any way?

15. Favorite song?

16. Favorite movie?

17. Who would be your ideal partner?

18. Do you want children?

19. Do you want a church wedding?

20. Are you religious?

21. Have you ever been to the hospital?

22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law?

23. Have you ever met any celebrities?

24. Baths or showers?

25. What color socks are you wearing?

26. Have you ever been famous?

27. Would you like to be a big celebrity?

28. What type of music do you like?

29. Have you ever been skinny dipping?

30. How many pillows do you sleep with?

31. What position do you usually sleep in?

32. How big is your house?

33. What do you typically have for breakfast?

34. Have you ever fired a gun?

35. Have you ever tried archery?

36. Favorite clean word?

37. Favorite swear word?

38. What's the longest you've ever gone without sleep?

39. Do you have any scars?

40. Have you ever had a secret admirer?

41. Are you a good liar?

42. Are you a good judge of character?

43. Can you do any other accents other than your own?

44. Do you have a strong accent?

45. What is your favorite accent?

46. What is your personality type?

47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing?

48. Can you curl your tongue?

49. Are you an innie or an outie?

50. Left or right handed?

51. Are you scared of spiders?

52. Favorite food?

53. Favorite foreign food?

54. Are you a clean or messy person?

55. Most used phrased?

56. Most used word?

57. How long does it take for you to get ready?

58. Do you have much of an ego?

59. Do you suck or bite lollipops?

60. Do you talk to yourself?

61. Do you sing to yourself?

62. Are you a good singer?

63. Biggest Fear?

64. Are you a gossip?

65. Best dramatic movie you've seen?

66. Do you like long or short hair?

67. Can you name all 50 states of America?

68. Favorite school subject?

69. Extrovert or Introvert?

70. Have you ever been scuba diving?

71. What makes you nervous?

72. Are you scared of the dark?

73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes?

74. Are you ticklish?

75. Have you ever started a rumor?

76. Have you ever been in a position of authority?

77. Have you ever drank underage?

78. Have you ever done drugs?

79. Who was your first real crush?

80. How many piercings do you have?

81. Can you roll your Rs?"

82. How fast can you type?

83. How fast can you run?

84. What color is your hair?

85. What color is your eyes?

86. What are you allergic to?

87. Do you keep a journal?

88. What do your parents do?

89. Do you like your age?

90. What makes you angry?

91. Do you like your own name?

92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they?

93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child?

94. What are you strengths?

95. What are your weaknesses?

96. How did you get your name?

97. Were your ancestors royalty?

98. Do you have any scars?

99. Color of your bedspread?

100. Color of your room?

[perhapsarat]

[thegirlwiththequibbler]

[enrichmentpumpkin]

Jo is being a gem again and I love it

[guineverebeck-deactivated201508]

[thegloryofbooks]

JK Rowling + Lumos, a charity founded by JK that aims to end the institutionalisation of children and reunite them with their loved ones, have launched a new online social media campaign, #LetsTalkLumos. On November 26, 2014 at a London conference, the author urged some of the world’s largest international aid donors to use their financial might to eradicate institutions and orphanages that harm children, citing that children had a legal and moral right to a family life and that institutions, despite the best intentions, cannot give the love and care they need to grow and reach their potential. She also added:

“I recently committed to becoming President of Lumos for Life, and it is my dream that by the time my life ends, the very concept of taking a child away from its family and locking it away will seem to belong to a cruel, fictional world.” (x)

To learn more about #LetsTalkLumos and how you can help, please visit http://wearelumos.org/letstalklumos/.