Slytherin Pride.

So way back in September, wait, maybe I should start a little bit earlier. So way back in August, I was one of the lucky few one day to find a Magic Quill and grant me the chance to be allowed into Pottermore early.
And then, the last week of September my account was activated and I was granted access as a Beta tester to the sight.

I have long been meaning to post something about Pottermore for ages but just haven't had the time to, or really had much to say that I haven't said on Facebook already. But I thought being a Beta tester was worth blogging about.

So what is there to say? For one thing, the journey through the book goes by very quickly, it's meant for preteens and under, so the difficulty level isn't there. There also isn't too much to do in a way of interacting with the book. Pottermore was advertised as an "interactive read" but really all you do is glide your mouse over things and watch them do stuff. You can do everything in an afternoon basically.

Now, does that make Pottermore oversold? Heavens no. The extra material that JKR provides is worth it alone. Especially the back story of McGonagall. That part alone was worth sitting at a computer desk for an hour waiting for the clue. And then there's the sorting. Everyone was talking about the sorting, and if you're like me: a life long Potter fan, who has long ago associated herself with a House, you have many hopes going into it.

If you want to read about my actual sorting, click here: Slytherin Sorting

Honestly, there is really no way you can cheat here. JKR did a really good job of picking questions and answers that could correspond to any House. Everyone has taken an online quiz where there's only 4 answers and each answer is easily matched with the House. But not here. There are seven questions you are asked out of 200. I personally was hoping for a Hat Stall, but I should just shut up and be happy that I was sorted into Slytherin.

It's funny, I remember when I was first reading the books way back in 3rd grade or so, I wanted to be a Gryffindor so bad. Of course I did! That was Harry's House. But no way, I am a true Slytherin. Especially if JKR says so. I might blog more about Pottermore later, but these are just my first feelings of the site.

I really can't wait for the books to become digital, and I can't wait until COS is unlocked. But right now, I'm just going to enjoy the "small" population of 600,000 or so students. Because the school is going to be alot more crowded---and by that I mean "purple screen of death"--when they open the site to the public.