Greetings Bookworms!
I know it’s been a full week since my last post. I am seriously burning the candle at both ends. The holidays, you guys. They are fun and exhausting in equal measure. So much living to cram into such a short amount of time. It’s times like these I could reeeeally use a time turner. Or the ability to apparate. Man, apparating would make everything so much more awesome. Can you imagine? It wouldn’t matter where your friends and family lived. You could just pop in for a visit whenever and go home to sleep in your own bed. Please excuse me while I lament (for the billionth time) that the wizarding world is not real. It’s time to carry on with the Potter Binge! We left off halfway through my rambling thoughts on Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
- I really hate when there’s trouble in the great Harry-Ron Bromance.
- Can you imagine if celebrities had access to invisibility cloaks? They’d foil all the paparazzi!
- I bet Sirius had to deal with a lot of homonym jokes growing up. No really, I’m SERIOUS, SIRIUS.
- In a classic case of Hollywood being Hollywood, they made Viktor Krum a lot more attractive and a lot more adept at back flips than he was in the book. He was supposed to be schlumpy and duck footed… Though, I’m pleasantly surprised to find out the actor was, in fact, Bulgarian.
- Neville’s got a really good sense of humor for a kid that’s the butt of other people’s jokes so often. I mean, laughing at himself with the canary creams? He’s a good egg.
- “Percy wouldn’t recognize a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing Dobby’s tea cozy.” Too true, Ron.
- The Yule Ball antics confuse me a little. I mean, I know MY 14 year old self would have been giggly and blushing madly during the whole thing, but I always thought I was just a late bloomer and horrible at dating. It seemed to me the reactions of the dating pool seemed a little younger than their ages would have suggested, though. I’ve probably seen too many lifetime movies. Which of course, now has me wondering about wizard birth control.
- McGonagall should win best dressed for the Yule Ball. I mean, red tartan and a thistle crown? Girl knows how to represent. SOMEONE GET THE BAGPIPES!
- I want the prefect’s bathroom in my house. Minus Myrtle the voyeur. The hazards of teenage ghosts, I guess. Though speaking of bathrooms, why is this one so far away? I know it’s just for the prefects, but it seems inconveniently located. They’ve got to have toilets in the dorms somewhere, don’t they? I mean, since students aren’t technically allowed out at night and all?
- Molly and Bill showing up to be Harry’s “family” guests during the third task warms my heart. It also (with the benefit of hindsight) provides us with the first encounter between Bill and Fleur. Bow chicka bow wow.
- You know, if Harry had let Cedric be his true Hufflepuff self, Cedric never would have died. He tried to give up the cup but noooooo Harry just had to let his noble Gryffindor-ness overpower Ced’s selfless Hufflepuff-ness.
- Long-ass speeches will be your downfall, Voldy. The HUBRIS of this guy. Bleh.
- Mrs. Weasley’s hugs probably cure as many things as phoenix tears.
Oh man, the end of this one always hits me like a punch in the gut. It’s not like dangerous adventures don’t abound in the first three books, but this book is when shit gets real. I mean. Cedric. Gone. Poof. Why must we grow up so fast?! We’ve still got three books to go, y’all. I hope you’re hanging in there with me, because I’m seriously going to need the moral support!
Talk to me, Bookworms! Do you ever get weirded out thinking that ghosts can see you in the shower? That’s a totally normal thing, right?
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Quirky Chrissy
My favorite book in the series. Leaat favorite movie.
Words For Worms
I don’t know if I’d say my favorite book, but I feel like I was more on board with the movies prior to this one. The dancing lessons? That was not a thing!
Megan M.
I have thought about whether ghosts can see you in the shower! The bathroom should be a Sacred Space of Perfect Aloneness, but Moaning Myrtle really throws a wrench in that theory.
Words For Worms
This is why we’re friends. Matching neuroses, FTW!
Heather
This just reminds me why, while I love all the Harry potter books, this one is still my favorite. And my least favorite movie, because they left out too much important stuff. I will say, Cedric’s funeral just gets me every time… and it only gets worse from here on out! Also- now, every time I see McGonagall, I’m going to think about bagpipes. Thanks for that 🙂
Words For Worms
She’s always bringing the Scots pride! She wears tartan at every opportunity, I tell you!
AMB (Amal)
I could really use a time turner too! It’s so much fun to revisit the Harry Potter books. My little ones have only read the first one so far, but they’re starting to take an interest in reading the rest of the series. I can’t wait!
Words For Worms
My BFF is reading them with her little boy (he’s 7 going on 8 but a very advanced reader.) She said her heart broke a little when they got to the end of book 6 because it’s always emotional and it was even worse to see his little face so shocked.
Jenny @ Reading the End
Do you actually think about ghosts watching you in the shower? That has litrally never ever occurred to me but THANKS A LOT MADAM, now I’m going to think about it.
Words For Worms
Yes, yes I have had that thought. On more than one occasion. I’m sorry to spread my neuroses.