Ron Weasley

You know, Ron Weasley is really loyal and courageous. He really loves his friends. One of Ron Weasley's bravest moments was probably in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, when they were playing wizard's chess and let the queen take him out so that Harry and Hermione could continue on to defeat Voldemort. The time he was certainly most loyal to his friends was in Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban, when he tells Sirius that if he wants to kill Harry he'll have to kill him and Hermione too. There's really no question why Ron Weasley is in Gryffindor, is there?

Romione

Romione is kind of my favorite. They are my first favorite book couple in the top four. The second is Toast (Peeta and Katniss), third Percybeth (Percy and Annabeth), and fourth Miri and Peder (yeah, they don't get a cool couple name, but they're from Princess Academy). I could just go on and on and on and on and on about like every thing that's happened between them, but there's just too many of them! I'll stop now before I die or something!

Fred and George

Everyone's favorite redheaded twins. No, but seriously, everyone loved those guys. If you didn't, you're crazy. A trick of Fred and George's that I remember more clearly than almost any other was the Canary Creams. It's rather an odd and random trick to remember, but I still remember it, I don't know why I remembered this one out of all the pranks and tricks they did. The book is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Harry has just successfully completed the first task in the Triwizard Tournament, and all the Gryffindors are celebrating in Gryffindor Tower. One of the twins tries to give Hermione a jam tart. Hermione is suspicious, but it's hard not to be suspicious of the Weasley twins. He tells Hermione that he did not jinx the jam tarts, but he did put a spell on the custard creams, which Neville has just bitten into. Obviously Neville does not want to eat his custard cream anymore but Neville is told that he was only joking and Neville is left to eat his custard cream in peace. That is, until Neville turns into a canary. What a wonderful joke! Then there's the unforgettable one: the Skiving Snackboxes. How fabulous those things are! Candy that makes you sick? I would love those things! Some of them aren't even that serious, like the Nosebleed Nougat. I could easily eat one end, then eat the other end right after, no problem. With Puking Pastilles, it's a little more difficult, because you're vomiting so much that you can't really eat anything, and then with the Fainting Fancies you're not exactly conscious enough to do much, but, hey. An excuse to get out of class is an excuse to get out of class. Okay, now I'm going to say DO NOT CONTINUE READING IF YOU HAVE NOT READ ALL OF THE BOOKS IN THE HARRY POTTER SERIES and talk a little about Fred's death. I was sitting in class when I read that for the first time. I was just reading, and Fred died. Rowling writes this in such a heartbreaking manner that it hardly mattered how we all felt about the character anyway, but Fred was such a fun and carefree character that everyone loved, I just thought, What? Fred can't die! I really honestly kind of thought it was impossible. My teacher asked me what I was upset about but I didn't want to tell her because she hadn't read the book yet. She was a Potterhead, but I still didn't want to reveal that. I finally told her and she kind of seemed to have the same reaction as me. "Fred?" she said. So sad.
This is basically how it feels.

Summer Reading Program

Hey guys! It's summer! Did you know that means that you can sign up for a summer reading program? Well if you didn't know that I'll tell you more about it. The summer reading program is awesome; if you read a certain number of minutes then you can win prizes and whatnot. You can sign up for the summer reading program; there is a program for young kids, older kids, teenagers and adults. Say you have a little child who cannot read. That's okay! If you read to them it still counts. I am doing it, and I signed up on Saturday and I already read over two hours! That's awesome, in my personal opinion! :D It's no wonder that I finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and started Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, then! If you want to sign up for the summer reading program then you can just go to a public library near you can sign up, or you can sign up online at home, either way is real easy! Have fun and keep reading!

The Sassiest Book Characters of All Time

Not a Harry Potter post today? I know! Don't worry, it shall be mentioned ;) Well yes, we are straying from Harry Potter today and listing a few of your favorite, most-loved and most-hated sassy book characters. Here goes! (But not necessarily in this order, of course)
1. Pansy Parkinson from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. Girl is a gossip queen. Always checking Witch Weekly for the latest news, and she lives off of making the Gryffindors feel horrible about themselves. Always has her "gang of Slytherin girls" with her in case she needs someone to gossip to.
2. Thomasina from The Diamond Smugglers by O.M. Brookes. This is a classic that I think is a little less well-known than some of the others, but every good classic has to have a girly-girl, as you would know if you've read the Little Women series by Louisa May Alcott (And yes, readers, it is a series, which is quite a little-known fact). So, of course, what would  The Diamond Smugglers be without girly, adventurous, fabulous Thomasina?
3. Zoe from Vet Volunteers by Laurie Halse Anderson. Most people don't really know this one either. Vet Volunteers is good for you if you like animals and your idea of a long book is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and shorter reads are more your thing. Zoe is used to a life in New York where her mom was always at work (as an actress) and their maid Ethel does just about everything, including teaching Zoe how to French braid hair. Her cousin Maggie describes Zoe as "bubbly, perky, and too dramatic" in the first book in the series, Fight for Life. That should sum Zoe up for you. By the way, Laurie Halse Anderson is an amazing writer. If you couldn't tell by my little paragraph just now, Zoe and Maggie do not exactly get along. Zoe seems so annoying in the first book. But the book Say Good-Bye is from Zoe's point of view, and in that book Maggie seems way more annoying than Zoe. That's truly awesome.
4. Juniper from Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan. Were you guys all expecting me to say Silena Beauregard? Silena may be a daughter of Aphrodite, but she's not that sassy. Honestly, this one was a hard one. But I concluded that the sassiest character from Percy Jackson was Juniper because she's always worrying about Grover, oftentimes when it's kind of silly.
5. Esme Squalor from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Esme was willing to do anything if it was "in". Heck, she was even willing to smoke, even though she knew it was unhealthy! She may not sound sassy when I explain it like that, but read the books and you'll see what I mean.
6. Bess Marvin from Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene. Bess is always trying to lose weight. She's the cutest little thing in the world. She definitely seems like the girly-girl out of the group. Oh, and by the way, if you haven't yet, you need to read the Nancy Drew books, the really old ones from the 1930's. They're the most darling thing! I love them!
7. Corey from All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn. Corey is a drama queen. That's all there is to it. Who else could have so expertly imitated ghosts, so much that... now, I don't want to ruin the story for you! You should read it yourself! (That is, if you haven't already)
8. Lizabeth Merchant from The Girls of Lighthouse Lane by Erika Tamar. I like old stories, not that these are old, but these take place quite a few years ago, so if you're into that sort of thing these are awesome. Lizabeth is always worried about what people think about her. She thinks what Rose's mom does is disgusting (read the books to find out), and in the third book, all she wants to do is become Strawberry Queen. By the way, the third one is so good! Just saying.
9. Rebecca Baxter from Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter. Bex is just kind of what you see when you picture that sassy spy. Let's put it this way: Bex is just cool.
10. Sal from The Hunt for the Seventh by Christine Morton-Shaw. Sal quite reminds me of Corey from All the Lovely Bad Ones. Both awesome ghost stories, but let me just say this: this book is awesome. Quite a must-read.
11. Miggery Sow from The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCammilo. Miggery Sow was not at all the flashiest character. But, the flashiest aren't always the sassiest. Miggery Sow always had that in her. She was going to grow up and go to the palace and be a princess.
12. Susan from The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. This one I think you kind of have to read the whole series to understand. That's all I'm saying. (By the way, these books are awesome. Everyone should read these.)
13. Mrs. Finnemore from Theodore Boone by John Grisham. I do have a tendency for picking the books that no one knows about, don't I? Well, let's face it, April was never a girly-girl and never will be a girly-girl. Her mother, however, was quite the drama queen. But, I mean, in the second book she did have a reason.
14. Dame Olga from Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. I was going to say Hattie, but, let's face it, Dame Olga is far more sassy than her daughter is. Well, the whole family is sassy, but Dame Olga is the worst. Let's just leave it there.
15. Effie Trinket from the Hunger Games. I could name just about every Capitol person in existence, but let's let Effie represent them all. Effie sums up everything a Capitol person could be. She's always looking her best, and no one loves manners more than Effie.
Well, what a list! If you got nothing out of that at least you know what books you should read. Goodbye, friends!

Crushes

You know, every single member of the Golden Trio had a teenage crush before they actually found their true loves. Harry had Cho. (And after their first date everything was ruined.) Hermione had Viktor Krum. (And he just lived in another country, and we all know how those long-distance relationships never work out, not to mention she still liked Ron.) And Ron had Lavender. (Does anyone know how that actually happened? Well, yeah, but that doesn't make it any less weird.) Don't ask me what the point of this was. I just realized it when I was reading. Also, don't trust these childhood crushes, young ones! They never last! (Except for when they do, but that doesn't count.)

Harry Potter

Let's talk a little about the Boy who Lived. I was reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and the chapter was "The Quidditch World Cup". Lynch, the Seeker for the Irish team, had seen the Snitch. Lynch goes into a dive, and they know that this isn't a fakeout like the Wronski Feint, performed by Krum, was. And then Harry says this: "He's seen the Snitch! He's seen it! Look at him go!" Isn't that so adorable? The kid is so cute when he's watching Quidditch. Who doesn't love the boy wizard? And then, later in this chapter, at the very end, in fact, Harry is fantasizing about playing in the Quidditch World Cup someday. He's so cute! I love this kid. Sure, he is the most realistically moody teenager I have ever read, but we all love him anyway. And then he feels vulnerable without his wand. I think I just liked this because we all have those things that make us vulnerable, like being in front of a certain person or specific group of people, or maybe just being in front of people in general, or having forgotten your Harry Potter book at home ;) Haha