Paula’s Comments (group member since Apr 18, 2016)

Paula’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

just posted in the leaky cauldron =)

Hello!! Team Gilderoy Lockhart

I finally have time for this =)

1) Harry Potter: I love him, he doesn't always get the credit he deserve from the readers of the series. Most people say he is stupid or impulsive, and yes, he's impulsive, he's a Gryffindor after all, but also he's very clever, and there are multiple times it shows along the books, just pay attention ;)

2) Minerva McGonagall: The best of all teachers, she's brave and clever, I love how bold she is. "Have a biscuit Potter"

3) Hermione Granger: I felt so represented the first time I read the book with this character, I was her in school.

Also, it is surprising (to me) how many people chose Snape, I hate him, he was obsessed, he treated 11 year old kids like crap (just think that Neville's greatest fear was his teacher, that's insane!) For me Snape was just a bad person who did just one good thing in his life. I agree that he's an interesting character, though.

Emily wrote: "Would Medusa and Mirror work for DADA? Mirror might not be too hard to find in a title (assuming someone finds a book with Medusa).

I'm just speculating at this point. I don't read much werewolf/d..."

I think it could work, the first Percy Jackson book has Medusa in it, I don't love that book though

I guess if we don't find more books with celestial objects in title, I could re read the twilight saga, New Moon is a pretty big book (696 pages in spanish, that's 14 points).
But only if we have nothing else, because I prefer to read new books haha, and I coulnd't read it right now, maybe next month

JanEyre9 wrote: "Paula wrote: "Talking about numbers in the series, I'm not sure if someone commented this yet, but have you noticed that the number 12 is pretty important in the series?
Some examples under the spo..."

That too, those people must be really frustrated hahaha

Talking about numbers in the series, I'm not sure if someone commented this yet, but have you noticed that the number 12 is pretty important in the series?
Some examples under the spoiler (just in case)
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There are 12 street lamps that are turned off by Dumbledore
Dumbledore's clock has 12 hands
Dumbledore went to at least 12 parties the night that Harry lived
The letters from no one arrived in dozens after a while
Dumbledore has discovered 12 uses for dragon's blood
Neville is worth 12 Malfoys according to Harry
The troll in chapter 10 in HPPS is 12 feet tall
Number 12 of Grimauld Place
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There are many many more
Also, for number 7:
(view spoiler)[ The seven Potters in the final book (hide spoiler)]

Melissa wrote: "I was thinking that too. The chess piece shown is the King (I think) so maybe we can use chess piece to King?"

I'm pretty sure that in Goblet of Fire was mentioned that a person can transfigurate into an inanimate object,so maybe we can use:
Person -> Chess piece

Melissa wrote: "We can use the Basilisk - I'm reading HP2 right now."

Yai we need a rooster book now =P

Well if someone reads Magic Burns from The Kate Daniels series we could use that one to defeat witches =P

Melissa wrote: "For DADA it has to be a specific way to kill a specific creature like Silver for warewolves or Sunlight for Vampires. Death is the end but it is not the way they get there - if that makes sense?

I..."

We can use Basilisk (from HP 2 maybe) as dark arts and rooster for defence (we should find a book with rooster in the title though =P)

Can we repeat the dark art for DADA? like using werewolves twice?

Also, for transfiguration, at least in the HP series, the two objects (the before and after) always have some similarities in form, size, etc. that's why chess piece into door doesn't make sense to me.

Some of the transfigurations seen in the series are:
Hedgehog into pincushion
Match into needle
Desk into pig
Beetles into buttons
Two rabbits into slippers
Teapot into tortoise
Owl into opera glasses
And the animagi transfigurations, any person into any animal (this should be easy to do for the challenge)

I thought of snake into rope too

Do we have a book with silver in the title yet?
Because I have one and it isn't too long, so I could read it =P
For the other "dark arts", I agree, burn for witches and maybe sun or sunlight for vampires.
And for demons, the only defences I could think of were Holy water or a Crucifix, there are books with crucifix in the title (none in my tbr =P)

Also, I was checking our official SS, and I don't get the books we put in the transfiguration class, chess piece into door?

Ok, got it ;)

I already started my Moon book ;)
I should be finishing one book at the end of the week.

How about Arithmancy? Are we going to complete that one soon? because finishing it will give us more points for the rest off the challenge (right?)

My HP1 edition is hardcover too

Alison wrote: "I have Smoke in the Sun for astronomy. Just over 400 pages so would get us 8 points. It'll work for other tasks if anyone has longer books.

I think Paula had one with moon lined up too??"

Yes! It is over 400 pages too, it'd get us 9 points, I can start it as soon as I finish HP1 =)

In the HP world, the levitation charm is only for objects, I'm not sure if hair would count, as it is part of a person and the levitation charm doesn't work on people or animals.

Wish by Grier Cooper
Date read: May 21
Pages: 303

Spells
B - Character Brad
C - Author Cooper
G - Author Grier
I - Character Indigo
J - Character Jesse
M - Character Monique
R - Character Roberta
W - Title Wish

Classes
Arithmancy - 303 pages
Potions - Indigo: name of the series is Indigo Dreams.

This is a long weekend in Chile, Monday is a holiday day here. May 21st is Naval Glories Day (or Navy day), it conmemorates the date of the Battle of Iquique wich was on 1879 during the War of the Pacific.
Also, my birthday is on tuesday, so I'll probably go out with my boyfriend to celebrate these days.
So, I'm trying to read a lot since I'm not working on monday =D

How creative of you two!! I liked it =)