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Notes:
(1) Hagrid shows Maxime, and by proxy Beauxbâtons, the secret first task simply to get her to like him. On one hand, it's helping the competition. On the other hand, everyone cheats anyway, and at least he gets the girl.
(2) '"Never mind me, how are you?" said Sirius seriously.'
- It finally happened! Been waiting the last two books for that pun.
Apr 07, 2020 12:30AM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)

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Notes:
(1) For someone who doesn't think much of muggles, Fudge sure loves to wear their clothes.
(2) "Sirius Black!" [Mrs. Weasley] shrieked, pointing at him.
"Mum, shut up!" Ron yelled. "It’s okay!"'
- Often a good "shut up" is the quickest remedy for hysteria.
(3) Dumbledore forces Sirius and Snape to shake hands. Ever the teacher, ever the students.
May 02, 2020 12:10AM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)


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Notes:
(1) Fawkes uses his tears to speed up Harry's wounds healing. That's handy... sort of like wizard Polysporin.
(2) Now that Fleur likes Ron and pays him attention, I guess she's not hot no more. Not surprising. (see gif)
- Alternatively, once kissed, perhaps her veela powers wore off.
- Alternatively, perhaps Ron's shifted his attention elsewhere.
May 01, 2020 12:45AM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)


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Notes:
(1) Harry's first clue should have been that Crouch always called Voldemort "The Dark Lord." All upright wizards use "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named." The boldest just say Voldemort.
(2) Wonder if all the lip licking meant David Tennant needed ChapStick on standby?
(3) Karkaroff fled? Who's going to sail the ship back to Durmstrang? Magic, most likely.
Apr 30, 2020 01:00AM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)


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Notes:
(1) Not the most impressive group of Death Eaters here. A bunch of no-names, Buckbeak's would-be executioner and some Slytherin dads.
(2) Wormtail speaks rat. Apparently being animagus gives you the ability to speak to animals. I guess McGonagall speaks cat.
(3) Voldemort gives a traditional villain tell-all monologue. A tad cliché if you ask me.
Apr 29, 2020 12:15AM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)


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Notes:
(1) '"Stop being noble," said Harry irritably. "Just take it, then we can get out of here."'
- Yeah, Cedric, stop being noble! Wait... no! Be noble! Take a dive!
(2) First student death, and the series is never the same again.
(3) Baby Voldemort is no Baby Yoda.
(4) Color-changing tattoos would be a goldmine!
(5) "Lord Voldemort had risen again."
Apr 28, 2020 12:10AM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)


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Notes:
(1) Harry: "Mrs. Weasley, you didn’t believe that rubbish Rita Skeeter wrote in Witch Weekly, did you? Because Hermione’s not my girlfriend."
Molly: "Oh! ... No — of course I didn’t!"
Narrator: "But she became considerably warmer toward Hermione after that."
(2) In North America we say "uh" not "er." The sphinx's password's "spiduh" to us.
Apr 27, 2020 12:35AM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)


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Notes:
(1) Continuity error. This is set in 1994, the Macarena (see gif) wasn't a thing until 1996.
- The male cheerleader on the right's creeping me out.
(2) "Fleur ... was eyeing Bill with great interest over her mother’s shoulder. Harry could tell she had no objection whatsoever to long hair or earrings with fangs on them."
- Fleur loves ze bad boys.
Apr 26, 2020 12:30AM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)


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Jayson is 81% done


Glitchreads:
(1) Somehow, my recent review for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" switched editions. Normally I'd switch it back, but it's the second review I've written for the book, and Goodreads only lets you switch the edition of either your earlier or more popular review. So now my book covers no longer match! and my OCD is driving me nuts!
Apr 25, 2020 12:10AM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)


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Notes:
(1) Krum's oddly puritan about Hermione possibly being with other guys. Who knew?
(2) Hagrid: “The less you lot ’ave ter do with these foreigners, the happier yeh’ll be. Yeh can’ trust any of ’em.”
Harry: “You were getting on all right with Madame Maxime.”
Hagrid: “Don’ you talk ter me abou’ her! ... You can’ trust any of ’em!”
- Xenophobic much?
Apr 24, 2020 12:40AM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)


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Notes:
(1) 'Both Harry’s and Ron’s [Easter eggs] were the size of dragon eggs and full of homemade toffee. Hermione’s, however, was smaller than a chicken egg. Her face fell when she saw it.
"Your mum doesn’t read 'Witch Weekly,' by any chance, does she, Ron?" she asked quietly.
"Yeah ... Gets it for the recipes."
Hermione looked sadly at her tiny egg.'
Apr 23, 2020 12:10AM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)


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message 1: by TMR (new) - added it

TMR 😂😂😂 good for you.


message 2: by Tani (new) - added it

Tani You're making me look at this book with different light. Lol. The series never seems to get boring. Keep up with the updates!


Jayson TMR wrote: "😂😂😂 good for you."

Puns are very nice rewards indeed 😁👍


Jayson Tani wrote: "You're making me look at this book with different light. Lol. The series never seems to get boring. Keep up with the updates!"

Thanks, Tani! I'm happy to hear that! Glad you're enjoying them :)


message 5: by Alja ✨ (new) - added it

Alja ✨ "Everyone cheats anyway" now that you mention it, true 😂 You'd think wizards would do something about that!


Jayson Alja ✨ wrote: ""Everyone cheats anyway" now that you mention it, true 😂 You'd think wizards would do something about that!"

Teacher biases have been totally blatant since the first book, with all the house cup points and quidditch tampering. I think it's just an aspect of wizarding culture that people accept unquestionably on grounds of custom, like it's permissible under a kind of wizard common law.


Virginia Ronan ♥ Herondale ♥ Ahhh that kind of pun never gets old. XD And you're right, they all cheat but Hogwarts seems to have a culture of students not doing what they are supposed to do so I guess it fits the entire series. ;-)


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I love this book and movie. It is definitely my favorite Harry Potter book.

Love Hermione in this book! I read this book on my Kindle first, then I listened to the CD and then I finally got the book from my local library's tiny book sale.


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Lau I love this book! it was my second fave in the series!


Jayson Virginia Ronan wrote: "Ahhh that kind of pun never gets old. XD And you're right, they all cheat but Hogwarts seems to have a culture of students not doing what they are supposed to do so I guess it fits the entire serie..."

Yes, that's very true in many ways. From Tom Riddle learning how to make horcruxes, to the Marauders becoming undocumented animagi, to Fred and George stealing food from the kitchens. I't a long tradition of rule-breakers.


Jayson Ⓟⓔⓐⓒⓗⓨ Ⓚⓔⓔⓝ Ⓡⓔⓐⓓⓢ wrote: "I love this book and movie. It is definitely my favorite Harry Potter book.

Love Hermione in this book! I read this book on my Kindle first, then I listened to the CD and then I finally got the bo..."


That's great! I'm sure it's a different experience reading and listening to it in different formats. I'm always picking up new insight and tidbits with every reread :)


Jayson Lau wrote: "I love this book! it was my second fave in the series!"

Happy to hear that! I think it's my second favorite in the series too, though my rankings always change with every reread :)


Jayson gabi wrote: "this is siriusly a good status update

haha i couldnt resist 😂"


Thanks! Happy you like it :)




nuin giliath I guess that's my cue. 😉
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Jayson nuin giliath wrote: "I guess that's my cue. 😉"

Lol. Yes, right on cue. I knew you'd be able to sniff out the "seriously" in my statuses 😁👍




nuin giliath Jayson wrote: "I knew you'd be able to sniff out the "seriously" in my statuses"

Of course. 😁 I'm seriously committed to this running gag of ours.


Jayson nuin giliath wrote: "Of course. 😁 I'm seriously committed to this running gag of ours."

Me as well. As far as I can tell, it started in May last year, so it's seriously been almost a year. That's serious commitment to the bit :)


nuin giliath 😲 Almost a year?! That's seriously impressive! 😁


message 19: by Jayson (last edited Apr 08, 2020 11:55AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Jayson nuin giliath wrote: "😲 Almost a year?! That's seriously impressive! 😁"

Yup, it's a seriously long time for a running gag 😁👍


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