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Irresistible You
Author: Kate Meader
Page: 401
Date read: 5/17/18

Spells:
B: character - Bren St James
C: series Chicago Rebels
D: character - Remy DuPre
H: character - Harper Chase
I: title - Irresistible
K: author - Kate Meader
M: author - Kate Meader
R: character - Remy DuPre
S: character - Bren St James
V: character - Violet

Classes - cont

HERBOLOGY

To repot a baby Mandragora you will need:

◈ Dragon dung compost : Read two books with dirt, dung or compost on the cover/title
◈ A large pot :Read a brown cover book with 500+ pages
◈ Dragon hide gloves (to protect from bites): Read two hardcover books
◈ Ear Muffs (The cry of a baby mandragora puts you to sleep): Read two fluffy/chick-lit books

HISTORY OF MAGIC

Read one book per Hogwarts year (7 books)
Using the book titles above, write an essay for the class

POTIONS

Add salamander blood until the potion turns red.
Stir until the potion turns orange.
Add more salamander blood, this time until it turns yellow.
Stir until the potion turns green.
Add more salamander blood, until the potion turns turquoise.
Heat until it turns indigo.
Add more salamander blood until the potion turns pink.
Heat until the potion turns red.
Add five lionfish spines.
Heat until the potion turns yellow.
Add five more lionfish spines.
Add flobberworm mucus, until the potion turns purple.
Stir until it turns red.
Add more flobberworm mucus, this time until it turns orange.
Stir till it turns yellow.
Add Honey water until it turns back to a turquoise colour.
Add another few drops of boom berry juice.
Stir the potion again, then let it simmer for thirty minutes.
Take the potion away from the heat and allow it to cool, when it is cool its ready for use.

◈ Collect your Equipment - Cover Hunt (books with the items on cover)
For mortar and pestle, you can use any item that allows to crush and grind - A baseball bat, a heavy rock, etc.

◈ Collect the Ingredients
Salamander blood - Read a mystery/thriller book where someone is murdered.
Lionfish spines - Read a skinny book (under 125 pages)
Flobberworm mucus - Read a book that contains the words worm or mucus, or is a bright green or yellow.
Honey water - Read a romance book with a body of water on the cover.
Boom berry juice - Read a cozy mystery book with berries or juice on the cover.

◈ Brew The Potion - read books with cover colors, or colors in title or series.

TRANSFIGURATION

For this class you'll need to form pairs again. One book represents the initial object, the second the transfigurated one.

You can use just a part of something BUT you need to say is that part of something. For example, you can't say person to cat, and then have a book with just an arm on the cover.

Classes

Here is the link to the thread - to make it easy to discuss, I'm going to copy the info here.

ARITHMANCY

For this class you need to read one book for each point tier. After that, class is considered mastered and you will earn one point per each book read during the challenge.

ASTRONOMY

For this task you'll be required to read one book per Hogwarts year, where the book title contains a celestial object (sun, moon, stars. comets, etc).
Books are worth 0.02 points per page, and all seven need to be read to score.

CARE OF MAGICAL CREATURES

◈ Describe your Magical Creature using book covers(Required: 5 books)
Using books, piece together your unique creation. You can look for just those unique parts (fangs, wings, skin, etc.) that you want. Just make sure the part you are using is on the cover.
◈ Using aspects from the book, tell us more about the Magic Creature
4 books

Classification : Book Rating

Ministry of Magic (M.O.M.) Classification
XXXXX – Known wizard killer / impossible to train or domesticate
XXXX – Dangerous / requires specialist knowledge / skilled wizard may handle
XXX – Competent wizard should cope
XX – Harmless / may be domesticated
X – Boring

Localization :Book Setting: Louisiana, Under Water, Panem, etc

Feeding Habits : What they eat - blood, raw meat, etc (*)

Uses : Eggs, Feathers, Blood, etc (*)

(*) It has to be mentioned in the book

CHARMS

Read Pairs of books that represent the Charm you are trying to master (Can be cover or title)

Levitation Charm : is a charm used to make objects fly, or levitate

Cheering Charm : is a spell which makes a person happy. When the spell is overdone, it can cause the victim to be overcome with fits of hysterical laughter.

Mending Charm : also known as the Repairing Charm (Reparo), is a charm that can be used to seamlessly repair a broken object.

Summoning Charm : is a charm that causes a target at a distance from the caster to levitate or fly over to them. This spell needs thought behind it, the object must be clear in the casters mind, before trying to summon.

This spell is one of the oldest spells known to wizarding society

Banishing Charm :is the counter-charm to the Summoning Charm. As Accio summons objects to the caster, Depulso sends both objects and living things away from the caster.[3] Unlike the Summoning Charm, which can summon specific objects from anywhere, the Banishing Charm banishes whatever the wand is aimed at.

Fire-Making Spell : also known as the Fire-Making Charm (Incendio) is a charm and a form of Conjuration, that can be used to conjure a jet of orange and red flame. Thereby this spell can be used to set things alight

Water-Making Spell : "The Water-Making Spell conjures clean, drinkable water from the end of the wand." The Water-Making Spell, also known as the Aguamenti Spell (Aguamenti) is a charm that conjures a jet of clear, pure water and shoots it from the tip of the caster's wand.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS SET 1
CHAPTERS 1-8

1. LILAC GIRLS IS MARTHA HALL KELLY'S DEBUT NOVEL TELLING THE TALE OF THREE WOMEN CAUGHT UP IN THE HORROR THAT WAS WWII. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE?
I'm not sure. There was a brief reference to the fragrance by Caroline, talking about her mother's perfume, but I doubt that is it.

2. IN THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS, WE ARE SEPARATELY INTRODUCED TO OUR THREE HEROINES, CAROLINE, KASIA AND HERTA. WHAT ARE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE GIRLS AND THE PLACES AND TIMES THEY LIVE IN?
They are all so different, it's hard to understand how their stories will ultimately intersect, other than they are all affected by the war. Obviously Kasia and Herta have it the hardest, being in Germany and Poland.

3. WHY DO YOU THINK THE AUTHOR HAS BEGUN THE NOVEL IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES INSTEAD OF ALTERNATE POINTS OF VIEW WITHIN THE SAME CHAPTER?
She is weaving a story - as I mentioned above, it's hard to understand how these three will come together, but that is the magic of a good storyteller.

4. DO YOU THINK PIETRIK HAS ROMANTIC FEELINGS FOR KASIA AND WHAT DO YOU IMAGINE HAS HAPPENED TO NADIA AND HER MOTHER?
No, I think Pietrik is using Kasia, knowing that she likes him.

5. DESPITE HERTA'S POLITICAL BELIEFS DO YOU FEEL ANY SYMPATHY FOR HER IN HER SITUATION WITH HEINZ?
Yes. She is in the situation many young women find themselves in and she has learned to deal with it as best she can.

6. PAUL SEEMS TO BE THE EPITOME OF THE SAUVE, URBANE FRENCHMAN. DO YOU SEE ANY FUTURE FOR HIM AND CAROLINE?
I am hoping they end up together, but I think he may just find Caroline a distraction.

7 ALREADY I AM FINDING MY EMOTIONS ENGAGED BY THIS NOVEL. SADNESS, ANGER, INDIGNATION AND HORROR FOR WHAT I KNOW IS TO COME. HOW IS THIS BOOK AFFECTING YOU SO FAR?
So far I am finding this book very depressing. This is not an easy or light book to read.

Devann wrote: "i honestly don't see why his name would need to 'be down' in the first place. i mean ...they aren't exactly turning anyone away are they? even people with very weak magic like neville are accepted ..."

My impression is that the school invited the students, not that the students were applying. So somehow the kids came to the attention of Hogwarts, whether it was through their families or some other way, and then they got the invite if the school wanted them.

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Harry just got his invisible cloak and is roaming the halls at Christmastime I love the wizard chess where the pieces are telling Harry what to do."

Wouldn't it be great to have a chess board and pieces like that? I don't know how to play, so having the pieces telling me what to do would be amazing!

Yay Erika! And great job to Danielle as well - a 100-pointer!

I'm going to do the Cherise Sinclair book too, and I'm doing the Harry Potter books (except Chamber of Secrets since I recently read it.) I'm also going to do - my Overdrive has it on audiobooks, so I'll listen to it.

I'm reading right now for the BOM and I do my questions next week. In between I've got other books for various other challenges.

Too little time, too many books!

How's everyone doing so far? Hopefully we'll get info on the classes today. Is anyone doing any buddy reads?

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Any Time, Any Place
Author: Jennifer Probst
Pages: 400
Date read: 5/16/18

BOM/BR: No

Spells
A: Title - Any
B: character - Brady
C: character Cal Pierce
D: character - Dalton Pierce
M: character - Morgan
P: author - Jennifer Probst
R: character- Raven Stratton
S: character - Raven Stratton
T: character - Tristan
X: character - Xavier

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Tied to Trouble
Author: Megan Erickson
Pages: 175
Completed: 5/15/18

BOM/BR: No

Spells
A: character - Austin Rivers
C: character - Chad Lake
E: author - Megan Erickson
G: Series Gamers
H: character - Owen Hawkins
L: character Chad Lake
M: character Marley Lake
R: character Austin Rivers
T: Title - Tied

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POMONA SPROUT! From Newt Scamander

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Rank & File
Author: L.A. Witt
Pages: 230
Date read: 5/15/18

BOM/BR: No

Spells
A: series - Anchor Point
B: character - Brent Jameson
C: character - Will Curtis
L: Author - LA Witt
N: character - Noah
R: Title - Rank
T: character - Travis
W: character - Wilson

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Author: J.K. Rowling
Pages: 324
Date read: 5/14/18

BOM: No
BR: Yes

Spells:
D:character-Dumbledore
F: charcter - Professor Flitwick
G:character-Hermione Granger
H: character- Harry Potter
M:character-Malfroy
N:charcter-Neville
P: character -Harry Potter
R: charcter-Ron Weasley
S: character-Snapes
V:character-Uncle Vernon
W:character-Ron Weasley

I just realized the first time I read it was last year during TT-V!!

I finished the book last night - I loved how Harry, Ron and Hermione worked together to solve the problem. And how happy Neville was to be rewarded. Such a fun story!!!

I hope you're feeling better, Danielle. I get migraines, so I know how bad headaches can be

Laura wrote: "Newts... I need to tell you my little story. :-)

Its a feel good story. My great aunt called me this afternoon but when I said hello it wasn't her. I imagined all sorts of awful things. The lady a..."

Awww, what a nice person that woman is. I'm so glad your auntie got her purse back!!