Potterhead July: Book Moments that Should Have Been in the Movies

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Harry Potter

So, for Potterhead July, I (finally) decided on a topic: Harry Potter book moments that should have been in the movies.

Book 1: Peeves

I know this is supposed to be about book moments that should have been included in the movies, but the majority of book 1 actually did make it into the movie.

But Peeves, PEEVES, did not make it in…and every scene with him is just so great that I just really wish he’d been included.

Book 2: Lockhart

In the movie, they just get the recipe for the Polyjuice Potion from a book in the library…in the book, they need a book from the restricted section.

And they need a teacher to sign the note.

Book 3: Sir Cadogan and McGonagall

Ok, the original plan was to just choose one moment from each book, but I needed to…

The movies included the Fat Lady being attacked by Sirius Black, but not the part where she got replaced by a crazy knight who changed the password at least twice a day.

And another thing they didn’t include was McGonagall’s reaction to Trelawney’s prediction of Harry’s death.

Book 4: Preparing for the Maze

This is where it starts to get tough, because there is SO MUCH that got left out: The Dursleys meeting the Weasleys, Percy’s cauldron bottom reports, Dennis Creevey…but the one I chose was where Ron and Hermione helped Harry practice for the third task; particularly his learning to use a stunning spell.

Book 5: St. Mungo’s Hospital

Again, lots of possibilities, but this choice was actually pretty easy. Every scene at St Mungo’s was completely cut out of the movie, which was such a shame since it featured various moments such as: Arthur getting stitches, Professor Lockhart, and Neville’s parents.

Book 6: Dumbledore at the Dursleys

Another book with a lot of possibilities, but yet again an easy choice. Even though book 6 features such great moments, like: The Muggle Prime Minister talking with Fudge/Scrimgeour, Harry and Ginny (movie did NOT do that justice), and Scrimgeour visiting Harry at Christmas. Oh, and let’s not forget the reappearance of Fleur Delacour.

However, if I could have any one thing changed about the 6th movie, Dumbledore would have visited the Dursleys, because that was just gold.

Book 7: Percy and the Evacuation of the Students

Again, two choices because how could I not.

Obviously, none of the previous movies had placed any emphasis on the estrangement of Percy from his family, so his return during the battle of Hogwarts was also subtle. In the books, however…

And then there’s the fact that they got the students out of harms way before the battle started. And the fact that Harry blatantly refused to hold the Slytherins hostage.

A Temporary Farewell

Hey guys,

So, I will be disappearing until probably next Monday. If I’m lucky.

Otherwise, this is going to be a two week break and I have little or no posts scheduled.

I will still be on twitter for most of this time, but this blog will become mostly inactive for a bit.

To recap: I’m taking a week off, unless circumstances make me take two weeks off.

Bye.

Prioritise My TBR

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A Discovery of Witches, Alienated, All Fall Down, All the Rage, Ally Carter, Amy Ewing, Barry Jonsberg, Cat Clarke, Cloudwish, Courtney Summers, Dawn Kurtagich, Days of Blood and Starlight, Deborah Harkness, Dreams of Gods and Monsters, Dumplin, E. Lockhart, Estelle Laure, Far From You, Fiona Wood, Happily Ever After, Hidden, Hilary Badger, Hold Me Like a Breath, John Flanagan, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Josephine Angelini, Julie Murphy, Justine Larbalestier, Kerstin Gier, Kiera Cass, Laini Taylor, Lair of Dreams, Leviathan, Libba Bray, Lifespan of Starlight, Maggie Stiefvater, Margo Lanagan, Marianne Curley, Marie Lu, Megan Miranda, Melinda Salisbury, Melissa Grey, Melissa Landers, Pandora Jones, Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, Pompidou Posse, Ranger's Apprentice, Razorhurst, Rebecca Lim, Rick Riordan, Rick Yancey, Ruby Red, Running Like China, Sarah Lotz, Scott Westerfeld, Sea Hearts, Soman Chainani, Sophie Hardcastle, Sophie Jordan, Soulprint, Star Wars, State of Grace, Susanna Clarke, Tess Sharpe, Thalia Kalkipsakis, The 5th Wave, The Astrologer's Daughter, The Dead House, The Diviners, The Girl at Midnight, The Infinite Sea, The Jewel, The Lost and the Found, The School of Good and Evil, The Scorpio Races, The Sin Eater's Daughter, The Young Elites, This Raging Light, Tiffany Schmidt, Trial by Fire, Trish Doller, Uninvited, We Were Liars, Where the Stars Still Shine, White Time

I seem to have a problem that many book-nerds have, my TBR pile is HUGE!

And because it’s 2016, I have decided…this time next year, I will not own any books that I have not read.

Can I actually do it?

But I need your help

Obviously, my pile is huge, so I need some suggestions of where to begin.

What’s on my TBR:

• Pandora Jones trilogy, by Barry Jonsberg
• All the Rage, by Courtney Summers
• Hold Me Like a Breath, by Tiffany Schmidt
• The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater
• White Time, by Margo Lanagan
• The 5th Wave/Infinite Sea, by Rick Yancey
• Cloudwish, by Fiona Wood
• The Diviners/Lair of Dreams, by Libba Bray
• Star Wars: Verily a New Hope
• Dumplin’, by Julie Murphy
• The Lost and the Found, by Cat Clarke
• Pompidou Posse, by Sarah Lotz
• This Raging Light, by Estelle Laure
• Happily Ever After, by Kiera Cass
• Uninvited, by Sophie Jordan
• Running Like China, by Sophie Hardcastle
• Where the Stars Still Shine, by Trish Doller
• Sea Hearts, by Margo Lanagan
• State of Grace, by Hilary Badger
• Ruby Red, Kerstin Gier
• Razorhurst, by Justine Larbalestier
• The Young Elites, by Marie Lu
• Lifespan of Starlight, by Thalia Kalkipsakis
• We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart
• Alienated, by Melissa Landers
• The Dead House, by Dawn Kurtagich
• Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, by Rick Riordan
• All Fall Down, by Ally Carter
• Days of Blood and Starlight/Dreams of Gods and Monsters, by Laini Taylor
• The Sin Eater’s Daughter, by Melinda Salisbury
• Ranger’s Apprentice, by John Flanagan
• Leviathan, by Scott Westerfield
• Soulprint, by Megan Miranda
• Trial by Fire, by Josephine Angelini
• The Jewel, by Amy Ewing
• The Girl at Midnight, by Melissa Grey
• The School of Good and Evil, by Soman Chainani
• Far From You, by Tess Sharpe
• A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness
• The Astrologer’s Daughter, by Rebecca Lim
• Hidden, by Marianne Curley
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke

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So, my question to you all is this: which books should I prioritise? I need to know where to begin.

Help me out, guys!

Shelfie Hop

So, Bookiemoji and MyFriendsAreFiction had this fantastic idea that everyone should post pictures of their bookshelves on the same day.

So here are mine:

Want a closer look?

10 Reasons you all need The Princess Bride in your life

Over the weekend, it came to my attention that there may, in fact, be people in this world who have not seen The Princess Bride.

This is completely inconceivable! And so I decided I better remedy this right away.

A Little Background Info

The Princess Bride is a book that became a movie in the 80s. It’s a book about a book that the author’s father (or grandfather…I forget) used to read to him, while skipping the boring bits. Reading the book for himself as an adult, he author decided to write a better version of the book.

The book became a movie at some point, and it is this movie that brings this post here today.

So…why do you need to watch this movie?

A Challenge for July

So, stuff happened in June:

Books were bought:

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, by Stephanie Oakes
Prodigy, by Marie Lu
Risk, by Fleur Ferris
Ruby Red, by Kerstin Gier

Books were received:

Prize:
In The Afterlight, by Alexandra Bracken (signed)

ARC:
Dumplin’, by Julie Murphy

Bought online:
The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater
The Dream Thieves, by Maggie Stiefvater

Books were read:

Because You’ll Never Meet Me, by Leah Thomas
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, by Leslye Walton
Magonia, by Laura Dahvana Headley
An Ember in the Ashes, by Sabaa Tahir
Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard
Risk, by Fleur Ferris

I had a bloguversary:

My blog turned one! YAY!

For those wondering, Brit from Crash My Book Party won the giveaway 🙂

So…What’s happening in July?

Well, Uni is done for the time being, so I have much time on my hands

So, I’m giving myself a challenge

Cassie’s ‘Cut down the TBR’ Challenge

This challenge is basically me trying to read ALL the books in the pile!

Without buying any books in July (with the obvious exception of all the books I’ve already bought in July).

Now, I don’t actually know how many books are on this pile, but I want to read as many as I can…

Of course, in order to do this, I’m going to have to internet less. So if you see me hanging around less, you know why (I’m reading).

Cover Reveal: Stray

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Rachael Craw, Spark, Stray

As some of you may recall…this book is a thing:

Evie doesn’t have a choice.

One day she’s an ordinary seventeen year old, grieving for her mother. The next, she’s a Shield, the result of a decades-old experiment gone wrong, bound by DNA to defend her best friend from an unknown killer.

The threat could come at home, at school, anywhere. All Evie knows is that it will be a fight to the death.

And then there’s Jamie. irresistible. off-limits.

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I absolutely LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!! You can read my review here. (Warning: many gifs).

You can find it on Goodreads here.

And Now…for the thing we’ve been waiting for…

A Loony Blog Hop

Emily from Loony Literate is 18 now! And as part of the celebration, we get to answer 5 of the questions from the birthday post.

1. What is your favourite music?

Soundtrack music, wizard rock

2. What are your other interests beside from blogging?

Reading…does that even surprise anyone?

3. Favourite word?

Parallelogram. It’s just so much fun to say.

4. Favourite Movie Adaption?

Most of the Harry Potters
Hunger Games
City of Bones

5. Why, in your opinion, is Ravenclaw the best house?

Um, because it is. And if you think otherwise…

It’s a BlogUversary! (And a Giveaway)

I’ve seen many spellings for this: Blogaversary, Blogiversary, Blogoversary…but I haven’t been able to figure out which one is the ‘correct one’.

In fact, it’s possible that there is no correct one.

So, I have decided that I am spelling it differently all together.

Welcome to my first BlogUversary.

I started vague attempts at blogging way back in July 2013…but I’m not counting that as official, nor am I going to link to any of those posts.
Those with extreme patience will be able to find them. And those people deserve to find them.
But I’m not making it easy for anyone.

Anyways, I decided to make the official bloguversary date June 21.

And now, for the giveaway!

To celebrate my first bloguversary, (and to thank you all for putting up with me for an ENTIRE YEAR) I’m giving away a book!

The winner can choose between any one of my favourite books that I’ve read since I started blogging officially. And since we all know how I am with favourites (I love everything), there’s quite a few to choose from.

This giveaway is for Aussie/NZ residents only (sorry international friends).

So, which books can you choose from? (Click on the pic to get the goodreads page)

   

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It’s June Now

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An Ember in the Ashes, Barry Jonsberg, Betsy Schow, Bright Before Sunrise, Everything Everything, Fool Moon, Illusions of Fate, Jim Butcher, Kiersten White, Miss Mayhem, Nicola Yoon, Pandora Jones, Rachel Hawkins, Sabaa Tahir, Spelled, Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, Tiffany Schmidt, Virginia Boecker, Witch Hunter

So, May was a busy month

After April’s “I bought almost nothing” fiasco, I had much to make up for.

Books Bought:

Illusions of Fate, by Kiersten White
Miss Mayhem, by Rachel Hawkins
An Ember in the Ashes, by Sabaa Tahir

Books for Trade haul:

Pandora Jones: Deception, by Barry Jonsberg
Pandora Jones: Reckoning, by Barry Jonsberg

TeenCon Book Haul:

List available on my TeenCon Wrap Up post

I read 7 books

Bright Before Sunrise, by Tiffany Schmidt (Review)
Spelled, by Betsy Schow
Fool Moon, by Jim Butcher
Miss Mayhem, by Rachel Hawkins
Witch Hunter, by Virginia Boecker
Everything, Everything, by Nicola Yoon
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, by Stephanie Oakes

So…June…

Uni is wrapping up, with my final week being this week, and then exams, and then FREEDOM!

The plan:

– Finish ALL the books on my ‘currently reading’ shelf on Goodreads (it’s getting out of hand)
– Buy as few books as possible
– Clean up this mess: