#Harry Potter and the dealthly hallows

[eleanor-harrington]

I am trying to find a very specific Harry Potter fic that I read quite a few years ago. It was set before the epilogue, but Harry had left everyone and was in hiding (not because he was in danger, but because he wanted peace) and Ginny is with a really rich guy and she gets pregnant and he threatens to kill her so she goes in hiding and it just happens to be in the same place as Harry? And the baby is born and it’s a metamorphagus and they name him James?

I have been looking for it forever and cannot find it!!

[disneyprinceronweasley]

i love how it’s implied that parseltongue is something that can not be learnt but movie!ron is like yep just listened to him sleep talk for six years and now I can trick slytherin’s defences 

[radheadphones]

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[skittlebits]

This scene in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 always fucks me up. The connection between Harry and Hermione is so solid and consistent through their journey that it makes this scene so poignant and utterly heartbreaking.

Harry knows he must go face Voldemort and die. He knows Hermione has figured out he’s a horcrux and tells her as much. Her face crumpling when she sees he’s figured it out and that the inevitable will be happening is heartbreaking. She doesn’t try to talk him out of it, instead she offers to go with him.

He tells her to stay to kill Nagini and it’s such an intimate scene. Ron is right there but he might as well be on another floor for how numb he is (he’s just lost his brother of course). The immense sense of loss felt by both characters, but especially Hermione, is devastating to watch.

[ginnypotterlightning]

Ranking of the Harry Potter Books based off my Reread

For anyone who is not aware, this is my 4th or 5th time reading the Harry Potter books (I honestly don’t know). I started rereading it during my senior year of college, read the first one and then stopped in the middle of the second one, sometime, the following year I finished the Chamber of Secrets, I have no idea when I started Prisoner of Azkaban, but I didn’t seriously start rereading them until the end of 2019 or beginning of 2020. It took me a little bit to properly get back into reading, where it was enjoyable, and I could sustain reading more than just reading a few pages before putting down the book. And luckily I can now say I have repaired my relationship with reading that college oh so nicely damaged, anyways now on to my ranking. 

For this ranking I want to focus more on how enjoyable it was to read each of these books, and less on how much I enjoy the storyline of each of these books, I feel like another reread will be required to properly reform my list, but it does feel like it has changed.

Starting from the bottom:

At 7th Place is

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

While this book has always been one of my favorite books of the series I did not find it as enjoyable this time. Since I read HP1 and started HP3 in 2018 I feel like they are unfairly placed at the bottom, 1) because they were read during a different time period 2) They were read at the beginning of my trying to fall back in love with reading (the question is could I finish a Harry Potter book in 2 or 3 days like I used to, maybe, but now I feel too anxious if I’m not cleaning, going to the gym or what not on a down day)

(I remember 2 things about my rereading, in 2018 thinking ????? when I was reading a Lockhart scene, and in 2019 finishing the book on an overnight when I think I was the only other *** and Au was the nurse on)

in 6th Place is

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone

This book has always been my least favorite book in the series because it has been the most difficult for me to read, I find myself consistently losing my attention span around Platform 9 and 3/4. If I’m not mistaken I did not find this re read as difficult, and I definitely cried at the end of rereading it. 

in 5th Place is

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

This book has always been my favorite, it may have fallen because of my expectations for it, but I think it had to do more to do with my lack of expectations, or more like me forgetting plot points in books 3-5 which enhanced my reading of the book. 

So far I’ve mostly been talking about the negatives about the book, in part because I don’t remember my reread of the 1st two books, but here is what I like about the Half Blood Prince.

The Half Blood Prince has always been my favorite book because it gives you a little bit of everything, the trio, the classes, Quidditch, Harry at the Dursleys, love interest, friendship, Voldemort, harry’s relationship with Dumbeldore, and a good balance of our antagonist.

This book is interesting because Voldemort isn’t in the book, and yet a decent portion of the book is about him. The memories weren’t quite as amazing as I remember them being, I particularly found the Marvolvo flashback difficult to read. When best sellers like Harry Potter come out, once you read the big storylines, it’s not as easy to forget them, and as this has been my favorite book it could’ve been harder to forget these parts, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if my head wasn’t quite at the same place as books 3-5. And then again, maybe I don’t want to admit to myself I’m not as in love with book 6 as I used to be, anyways.

Ginny and Harry and beautifully written in this book, Ginny’s character development starting in book 5 is enjoyable to read. I think reading this book, and 7, made me more uncomfortable with Ron and Hermonie, it just kind of happens, and it doesn’t feel as natural, but then again were in Harry’s head and not theirs. 

After having read HP5, I think I was disappointed in the length of this book because I wanted more, I especially loved reading about the classes, and the story of the Half Blood Prince, and while at the beginning I just said I enjoyed having the many storylines, I wish there was even more emphasize on the classes, and what Harry needs to do to become an Auror.

in 4th Place is

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Unlike HP6, I find this book to be perfectly paced. I was surprised when we were suddenly at Hogwarts, I for some reason thought there was more time before jumping off the dragon and apparating to Hogsmead. I didn’t cry as much as I have in the past while reading this, but I think it was in part from taking a month to read this book and continuously changing locations to read this, and COVID, that defs slowed down my reading.

The second half of the book is, ofc where the book shines, as we find out a lot of information, everyone is coming out of isolation and fighting, and there is more action. My one disappointment is where the book ends, I enjoy the epilogue, minus the kids names, but the final chapter left me wanting more. Like yes I wanted to see more about the aftermath of the war, but with the final last few words saying that Harry wanted to sleep and hoped Kreacher would bring him a sandwich didn’t quite hit the heart strings. But I do like that the epilogue brings us to the place where it all began, and where we now know, that Harry is happy, and no longer has this hurt he has carried with him for years (not to say the boy didn’t have PSD).

While they mention the flaw of Harry never trusting in others, or relying too much on Dumbledore, at times it was frustrating at the lack of information he gave others, it’s like you could just say youre on a secret mission as to end voldemort, but then again I guess it might have made it easier for voldemort to figure it out the more he talked about it. I hated reading the Lupin scene I cringed so much.

I forgot that Dean was captured by the snactchers, and was upset they couldn’t have added this ti the movie, but I also get it, kind of

I’ve never understood the hate for the camping scenes, they really aren’t that bad, but youre also not wrong that they’re not the most exciting scenes in the book, because ofc theyre not

in 3rd Place is

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

I picked this book up at the beginning of the year, starting from the place I had left off on weeks (or months) ago. It took me a few chapters before I was fully submerged back into the wizard of world of Harry Potter and I was soo happy.

There were elements that I forgot such as the extended backstory of the maururders. I wasn’t a huge fan of the chapter focused on scanners and crookshanks, by I also wasn’t mad at it.

Reading 3-5, as I progressed from book to book I loved what I was reading more and more.

in 2nd Place is

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

I was surprised by how much I had forgotten in this particular book including the rolls or Ludo Bagman, Winky, and the killing of Bart Crouch.

Ron being upset at Harry didn’t feel as drawout as I remember (compared to the movie, that is always a question when it comes to thinking about the book, am I actually thinking about it or am I just thinking about the movie?) and SPEW wasn’t as annoying as I remember it being. This book has a different storyline as it’s following the twiwizard tournament so naturally I feel like most people find this book more exciting. The book creates the perfect building blocks for the next book, something in which the movies fail to do, but even with that, I feel like they could have done a better job at joining together the two stories even it it was coming from OOTP

in 1st Place is

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoniex

People always complain that this book is too long but I found it perfect. Right after this random event happening at hogwarts we need normalcy, we need hormonal relationship, and we have that foundation of politics which leads the book. My hatred for the book is what made me enjoy the book the most upon reread, because it really wasn’t that bad. I have been watching a booktuber review the books after I have finished each consecutive book, and Inthink she said it well in that, when you are younger you don’t understand the book as well, I’ve now experienced loss, and forms of depression. Not on the level of Harry, but on enough of a level that I can understand. I now know the intensity of your teenage years. And now emphasize with his anger at the government, and more people should be upset, he should be more upset, and again as this youtubers said Ron and Hermonie let him know when he was becoming to much or when his anger became misleaded and directed towards them but it was not in fact them who he was mad at, especially when given the full facts. I believe this is the book that I cried like the last 100 pages. The dialogue at the end of the book is brilliant.

*when comparing the books to the movies, 5-7 had the worst adaptation of the battle at the end. I was never a huge fan of OOTP battle, but the half blood prince battle made me the most upset, and everyone said that David Yates did the action scenes the best. I’ve just never been a big fan. He did a decent job at the l dealthly hallows but 5 and 6. 👎🏽

[onlywherethemidgetgoes]

Top 18 books of 2017

Well it seems that December has landed upon us and I think it’s time for me to post my top 18 books of 2017, although some were released last year, I only got the chance to read them this year.

Enjoy.

Happy Bookmas!

18. The Happy Reader Issue 9

The Summer copy of The Happy Reader (a bookish quarterly by Penguin) set the tone for books to come in 2017, with an interview with Lily Cole and a anayltical look into Treasure Island; I was almost certian that the second half of 2017 was going to be good for books.

17. Conclave by Robert Harris

Set in the 10 days of when the Pope dies and a new one is selected, Conclave goes inside the intense rivalry that goes on between the Cardinals and how far some will go to be the most powerful man in the Catholic faith. I’ve just finished reading it and by God (pardon the pun) it is intense.

16. Ian Brady by Alan Keightley

As a historian, I’ve always been interested in Ian Brady as a person; after his death in May, I found his part written biography along with Alan Keightley. Ian Brady gives us an insight into one of the UK’s most ruthless and evil serial killers of the 21st centuary. 

15. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling

For some foresaken reason, the new HP story ended up on this list, however, it’s only because I’m a HP Nerd and I waited so damn long for a sequel of a kind to Dealthly Hallows it follow Harry, Ron, Hermione and their children on the most challenging adventure yet

14. Sex and Death Stories by Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs

I bought this collection of stories when I was holiday in August and it is one of the most intruging selection of stories, I have ever had the pleasure and privilage to read. No two stories are the same.

13. Catherine of Aragon by Giles Tremlett 

My history nerd appears with this book. I have been forever searching for a book solely written about Catherine of Aragon since I was a child and I rejoyced from the rooftops when I found Giles Tremlett’s exquisite biography. Tremlett explores Catherine’s love for her first husband, Arthur, her doomed marriage to Henry and how she fell from the clever, sensitve and warm Princess of Wales to the woman that history tells us: bitter and deeply relgious.

12. The Sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur

I resisted from buying Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur for ages because of the hype it brought, however although I believe that Milk and Honey is better, The Sun and her flowers brings hope, light and the love that Milk and Honey didnt and that’s what makes it so beautiful and that it stands out in 21st century poetry.

11. The Legend of Podkin the One Ear by Keiran Larwood

“A children’s book” I hear you cry! Podkin not only gives children that ability to believe in myth and magical fantasy creatures but it also provides that adult fantasy that we all secretly look for. Podkin comes with illistrations of the world that he lives in to make imaginations run wild and create our own place within it.

10. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick (released in 2016)

Okay, so I read this book when it orginally came out last year, however I allocated myself time to read this book again but in more detail and depth as a writer and actor. Anna’s brutally honest but hilarious view of the harsh reality of what it’s like to grown up and work in the acting industry, Scrappy Little Nobody gives warmth and genuinity that Anna personally believes she lacks.

9. All that she can see by Carrie Hope Fletcher

Written by my 2nd favourite inspiration, All that she can see is about Cherry, a baker, who can see the baggage that other people are carrying around (such as anxiety, anger, depression or sadness) and bakes them a bread or cake with a such potion to make them feel better. Although secretly, Carrie’s first book is my favourite- All that she can see gives hope to those with mental health and that things get better with time (and sometimes some bread)

8. A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge

I’ve only just started to read this book and it’s somehow landed at 8 on my list. 12 year old Makepeace suffers a tragedy and finds out that a spirit lives inside her, Makepeace must figure out how to control the spirit and how to help herself in the process.

7. My Grandmother sends her regards and apologises by Fredrik Backman

This is the story of Elsa. Elsa is 7 and like any girl at her age, she loves her Granny. Some might call Elsa’s granny ‘ecentric’ but Elsa, she is her superhero. But it’s not before long and Elsa is faced with some news that sets to shatter her world forever, sending her on some breath taking adventures of her own and discovering that no matter how great some superheroes are- they still have apologises to make.

6. The Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath (released in 2014)

The unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath were released in 2014 and I first read them when I wasn’t in the right state of mind to enjoy them properly- so this year, I set myself a mission to read her journals again. Plath’s journals open up the world through Plath’s eyes from her years at Smith College to her turbulent marriage to Ted Hughes- if you think you know Plath throug her poetry, think again.

5. The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck by Sarah Knight (released in 2016)

I’ll be honest, I’ve had a shit year (quoted by my friend Laura in the middle of a shop) and this book has undeniably made it a little better and a little funny. Sarah Knight is openly honest and tells us exactly how to destress and declutter internally and externally and how many fucks we should give. Come new year- 2017 can fuck right off.

4. Doing It by Hannah Witton

Although not experienced in sex, I can certianly say that I am well knowleged when it comes to knowing about relationships and sex- and it’s pretty much all down to Hannah Witton. Hannah talks about anything from the LGBTQ community to Taboos, Porn to safe sex- she certianly doesn’t hold back and that’s exactly what I would have wanted to learn at school.

3. Secrets for the Mad by Dodie Clark

Secrets for the Mad isn’t just a memoir about an amazing Youtuber and singer, it’s about a ordinary person’s battle with mental health and treatments that she has seeked in order to help. Secrets for the Mad will make you laugh and cry but Dodie writes in such a way that you seem to be holding her hand throughout the whole way and you can connect with her.

2. The Anxiety Solution by Chloe Brotheridge

I bought this book in the first stages of my recovery, Chloe Brotheridge provides different techniques on how to manage and aid yourself through stages of anxiety and panic attacks to suit all types of people. I would recommed this book to anyone who suffers with anxiety, is going through treatment or simply wants to know how to help someone with anxiety- this is the go to book.

1. Turtles all the way down by John Green

Unlike the rest of the world, I wasn’t highly anticipating John Green’s new book and only bought it on a whim (I also like turtles)- but by god wasn’t I proven so wrong. John Green tackles the stigma and honesty of OCD in not just a mental health way but OCD in girls. It shows OCD in it complexity and reality- that it isnt just about being a neat freak.

[anakin-riddle]

As I’m watching Half Blood Prince, it occurred to me how odd it is that Draco doesn’t take the opportunity on the train to steal Harry’s invisibility cloak. Think of how much Draco could have done if he had the cloak? He has Harry frozen on the ground, and an impossible mission for the year, why doesn’t he take the cloak?

[geekerymade]

Deathly Hallows Wall Decal on GeekeryMade.com

[ksf1992-blog]

The Elderwand

“The right to carry a wand has long been contested between wizards and goblins. Wizards refuse to share the secrets of wandlore with other magical beings, they deny us the possibility of extending our powers” - Griphook, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

WHAT IF THE ONE TIME A WIZARD SHARED HIS KNOWLEDGE WITH HIS GOBLIN FRIEND THEY CREATED THE DEALTHLY HALLOWS??

[notinkbutagoldensplash]

Writing goals: The Prince’s Tale, or how to completely restructure the story your reader thought they’d been following in 32 pages or less.

[seinen-slut]

126.365 by kameron elisabeth on Flickr.

[harrypotterfantoni]

http://weheartit.com/entry/9270315

[skittlebits]

It still bothers me that we see Professor Slughorn drink liquid luck before the Hogwarts battle and not offer any to anyone else.

[winterdelusions-blog-blog]

126.365 by kameron elisabeth on Flickr.

[onebeautifulcomplexity]

When I'm at a Party, Me and My Friend's Dancing is Like:

[adelart]

“I know, mate,” said Ron, who looked as though he had recently been hit on the back of the head with a Bludger, “so it’s now or never, isn’t it?”

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows