Mary Beth’s blog

A vampire with a soul? I've heard that one before.

2008-07-15T20:08:51Z

I’ve recently become aware of and been reading Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga. As a high school English teacher, a pop culture addict, and a fan of all things vampire, it’s almost inexcusable that I’ve only become aware of these novels in th...

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2007-07-20T03:41:16Z

1. When Fudge visits the Prime Minister, he says, "I've just come from Azkaban . . . Middle of the North Sea, you know, nasty flight" (8). In the OotP movie, I liked the presentation of Azkaban, but I doubted it was accurate. This statement ma...

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007-07-20T03:38:53Z

1. To answer a previous question of my own, "Bellatrix and her husband Rodolphus came in [to Azkaban] with Barty Crouch, Junior . . . Rodolphus's brother, Rabastan, was with them too" (114). So the four people Harry saw on trial in the pensieve...

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2007-07-20T03:36:58Z

1. "My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practicing inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No, he did not! He held his head high and went about his business as usual! Of course, I'm note ...

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2007-07-20T03:35:23Z

- As for the PoA movie being a good predictor of things to come . . . one thing that was prominent in book 3 and absent from movie 3 was the tension between Ron/Harry and Hermione. Ron wasn't speaking to Hermione for a good portion of the book b...

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2007-07-20T03:33:28Z

I never quite put together it's in CoS where we see a few things that come to be very important in HBP. The first is the set of cabinets that Draco uses to transport Voldemort's followers into Hogwarts. When Harry messes up the floo powder and ...

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

2007-07-20T03:32:27Z

In preparation for Saturday's release of Deathly Hallows, I've been conducting lengthy conversations with friends regarding the first six books. I've been a fairweather vox-visitor as of late, but I thought I'd post them here and see if anyone e...

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So, what exactly is a "hallow?"

2007-02-20T18:34:20Z

I went on a bit of a Harry Potter binge this weekend that included watching all four movies, rereading the first 500 pages of book six, and wondering how in the world I'll control myself until the release of book seven. My HP overdose led me on ...

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Dear Winter Storm,

2007-01-21T21:02:14Z

Dear Winter Storm, When we met last Thursday, I just knew you would be trouble. We first encountered one another when you showed up unexpected in Kansas City, MO. You made a simple 2 hour drive from Kansas City to Columbia a hellish three plus ...

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Prison Break 11/27

2006-11-29T17:51:07Z

We resume precisely where we left off. Mahone has his gun trained on Michael and Lincoln. He tells them to turn around, but Michael says Alex will have to murder them face to face. Michael and Lincoln’s salvation appears in the form of the bor...

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