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The Story’s the Thing: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

by Anna Good May 29, 2013 Leave a comment

I discovered this book a number of years ago and fell in love immediately. The Eyre Affair is the first of a large series centering around the exploits of literary detective Thursday Next, who lives in London with her pet dodo, Pickwick. In this parallel universe based in 1985, Russia and England continue to fight [...]

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Accio Books! Campaign Story

by Anna Good May 17, 2013 Leave a comment

So a while back, I told you guys about my chapter’s Accio Books! campaigning. At the end of the campaign, Allegheny College Dumbledore’s Army had collected 117 books for the Creating Landscapes Learning Center, a huge feat given that we had never done Accio Books! before.

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Weird Question Weekly: Summer Plans

by Anna Good April 29, 2013 2 Comments

Coming at you yet again, that time of the week where you can get to know your bloggers better through sometimes strange, sometimes bittersweet questions. This week’s question is a two-parter: What plans do you have for the summer? Anything interesting on your reading list?

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Reflections

by Anna Good April 27, 2013 Leave a comment

My HPA chapter hosted a screening of A Very Potter Senior Year this past evening, and as a senior in undergrad about to graduate in two short weeks, many of the songs and even lines had me crying and reminiscing about my time in college, and specifically with my wonderful HPA chapter family. I’ve been [...]

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Ravenclaw Thoughts, Ted Talks

by EmilyR February 25, 2013 Leave a comment

Education is incredibly precious. When my grandfather came home from WWII, he was adamant on going to college. He used his GI Bill, got his books, and excitedly went to all of his classes. Soon into the semester, my grandpa realized it wasn’t easy to transition from surviving war to surviving class- he was already [...]

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Show Us the Report: A College Chapter Story

by Anna Good February 22, 2013 Leave a comment

  Oh, know the perils, read the signs, The warning history shows, For our Hogwarts is in danger From external, deadly foes And we must unite inside her Or we’ll crumble from within -The Sorting Hat, Order of the Phoenix   The past two weeks, my college’s HPA chapter has been tabling for signatures for [...]

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The Story’s the Thing: Beka Cooper Trilogy

by Anna Good February 13, 2013 2 Comments

You know those times when you just can’t put a book down, even if you have homework, or need to walk somewhere or hang out with people? Even if you only have time to read one page, one paragraph, you’ll read it because you just can’t put the book down? Even though this is probably [...]

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“Apocalypse? We’ve all been there…

by Anna Good December 21, 2012 Leave a comment

…the same old thing. Why should we care?” -Buffy Summers As I’m sure everyone knows, the popular concept of the Mayan Apocalypse was supposed to be today, 12/21/12 (or 21/12/12, depending on how you order your dates!). And as I am sure everyone has noticed, the world didn’t explode, no fire and brimstone or vampires [...]

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Looking through the Lens: On Bullying

by Anna Good December 7, 2012 Leave a comment

For those of you who read my post at the beginning of the semester on my experience with bullying, you know that it was my senior photography project topic. In my project, I sought to understand the effects that bullying has had on me and overcome some of those issues. Over the course of the [...]

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Time of Thanks

by Anna Good November 23, 2012 Leave a comment

Thanksgiving was yesterday for all of us Americans (sorry Canada), and as with many people, it’s gotten me thinking about the people I am closest to and those I wish were closer, past mistakes and amazing experiences and so much more.

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