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Friday, August 5th: If you could choose 3 magical items from any Harry Potter book, which would you choose and why? Explain what you would do with them and how you would use them to your advantage.
Before we jump to today’s question, I wanted to warn you that I haven’t read The Cursed Child, so whoever throws even the slightest bit of spoiler my way will be punished in the most terrible way (Yes, the audio book of 50 Shades of Grey was invented for you! So, behave!)
Now that my little Umbrage moment is gone, let’s open the treasure chest!
Item n°1 : A Time Turner
How can this little magic object can NOT be on your list?? We, book bloggers, need all the time we can spare to tackle our endless TBRs. I know I would love it if I could have an hour on the couch to finish a book and then get the same hour on the bed to write my review. I am pretty sure that’s the key to me not failing at writing reviews on time.
Also, imagine how good it would be for your social activities! If you’re like me, you decline nice lunch invitations to have secret dates with your books in a quiet place. What if you could have that hour to dive into a story, and then go out with a friend for a well-deserved burrito and a mandatory chat about the last scandal in the Taylor Swift/Kanye West case? 8 sharp at the party? No worries, the Time Turner will give you the extra hour you need to finish Me Before You and cry your heart out before you head out to be the queen of the party (people will blame alcohol for your red eyes so you’re all covered.) Cleaning up the apartment takes you forever? The Time Turner will give you back those stolen hours!
I want one.
PS: My birthday is September 18th :p
Item n°2 : Hermione’s bag
I don’t know about you but my bag is never big enough. All Gods bless the team who invented Kindle and other e-readers to avoid shoulder-destroying overflowing bags filled with books. But our babies aside, there are still a million things I need to fit in my bag. The list includes:
- A jacket, especially with the so-called summer we are having these days. One minutes it’s 35°C and the next the temperature drops to 15°C. I love the cold, but I can’t enjoy it without the right outfit. You know what? Make it my entire wardrobe!
- A giant bottle of sunscreen because I hate the sun and the feeling is mutual. He thinks I’m a cookie that needs to be browned.
- My entire makeup bag. Yes, I’m a girlie girl. I can’t go anywhere without my lipstick, powder, and foundation in case of emergencies. It also contains a first-aid kit because you never know when you are going to need a Hello Kitty dressing.
- Dog toys. What if you find the perfect park but can’t play because you did not take your baby’s favorite squirrel toy?
- My yoga mat. Feeling tired? Try a Savasana in the hall of the train station.
- My laptop. Imagine having the best post idea ever, and nothing to write it down? When I am stuck on a review, I often get the perfect introduction when I’m doing something completely different, and before I have time to grab a pen (my hand is lazy with pens) the entire thing is in my head and I have about 5 minutes before it self-destructs. Therefore I need my laptop, its charger, my external drive, and one of those little tables to put on your knees when you’re laptoping (Yes, I like inventing words.)
- A tiny fridge. They keep warning us about a zombie apocalypse. If I get stranded on the tramway, I need supplies! Moreover, you never know if you’ll be up for a Mars bar or some saucisson. Better cover all options by getting all snacks.
- Bottles of
watericed-tea. Hydration is the key to a perfect skin and mind. Or so they say. I’m sure they were drunk when they stated that. - A kettle. Too cold for iced-tea? Make yourself your favorite hot beverage with your own kettle and cup.
- Shoes! A sudden downpour? Get your sneakers. An impromptu hike? Mountain shoes! A walk on the beach? Feet. Always bring another set of feet with you.
This is only the beginning of the list. I’ll spare you the rest, I should probably make it a List post! But you get the point.
I know the bag is only magical because of the spell (and if I were Hermione, I’d pick a better-looking one) but every woman needs a bottomless bag in her life.
Item n°3 A spell-checking quill
Another ordinary object turned vital for humankind. I don’t know about you, but I sure need a spell-checking quill. Especially one that works on blog posts and tweets. At least until the spell wears off and your work starts sounding like a foreign language. I wonder if there are quills made to check grammar, too…
That’s it for me! What are the objects you’d like to steal from the magic world?
Ha, no one with any taste in real music cares about Taylor Swift and Kanye West! Metal all the way for music! 🤘
Ha, 50 shades of grey audio book, so you own that do you??? 😂
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Guess what, I have never listened to metal. Never ever!
I do :p I thought it might be less painful if I listened on my way to work. I was wrong. So wrong.
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Disgraceful! Metal is the best type of music! 😠
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To someone not used to it, it sounds like noise!
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Ah, and to anyone who has a decent taste in music Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift sound like garbage! 😂
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I don’t listen to Bieber or West!! 😂 Only to Taylor, The Spice Girls and Brad Paisley :p
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WTF is a Brad Paisley???? 🤔
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A country singer :p
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Eurgh! 😠
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That’s not very gentlemanly of you!
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And calling metal noise wasn’t very ladylike! 😀
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You’re too sensitive, Marsh :p
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You guys are crazy. 😜 Drew, stop pestering Donna about her bad taste in music. 😂 See what happens? She starts calling you Marsh again. When the Strumpets team up, we always win. 😘 But yeah, I have to agree with you on the music choices. That’s a big hell no to Kanye and Beebs. Spice Girls??! Seriously? Why? If you wanna be my lover you gotta get with my friends. That’s all I needed to hear. Lol. What an awful song. 😂 My ears bleed. Oh, no and you’re listening to country. Wah wah hillbilly music. 😂🙈😩😪 Anyway, cool picks. I love that you’d bring everything you can think of in your bag. Lol I suck as the host of Hype or Like because I was too tired to write my HP post.
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It’s not about bad taste, it’s about loving everything music has to offer 😝😂 I even tried your metal thing! I am a lover of sound. Except for the bad one 😂 I can’t help it, The Spice Girls is part of my childhood! And country is fun xD
I need all my stuff when I leave the house. I live by the word “be prepared”, haha. Oh No! Bad host!!!! I was looking forward to seeing your choices!
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Metal is awesome! I like my rock music. No pop or country for me. I need drums and guitar. Ha! Spice Girls were part of mine, too. Lol. 😝 I know I’m a bad host. People are still posting links today and I still haven’t done mine. I think I would’ve went with most of the same choices, though. I need a few days off from writing posts. I’m in relax mode this weekend. ☀️
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Weekend breaks can be good 🙂 I’ll nag you about work tomorrow :p
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Oh my gosh!! The Time Turner would be amazing! Then we book bloggers could have all the time we need to read, blog and maybe write. Hermione’s bag would be great for anyone! We could all bring everything we could ever need with us. The Spell Check Quill is pretty obvious. It would safe time that’s spent constantly looking up how to spell words. If you can’t already tell, I loved this topic 😀
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I know! I want one! I’ve been jealous of Hermione since the Time Turner was revealed. I’m so mad it doesn’t exist, haha. I would totally use the spell-checking quill as a gift for my little cousins who have no idea how to write properly….
Jill has had great ideas for this month’s discussions 😀 Did you participate today?
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I love the Time Turner!! When I read about it in the book, I was instantly a bit jealous of Hermione. Spell Checking Quills would be great for little kids 🙂 I actually don’t participate in this meme/event! I think I’ll have to though 😀
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Please, do! It’s a lot of fun! And August is all about Harry Potter 😀
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I joined the group and will start next week 🙂 I love Harry Potter so this should be a fun month!!
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Yay, welcome! It’s gonna be great 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Oooh the Time turner looks amazing! 🔮
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I know!! I want it. I need it!
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Haha yesssss!! 😃
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Great list! I love your reasoning for Hermione’s bag lol. (btw it says snickers instead of sneakers).
I completely forgot about the time turner and the bag whenever I made my list, but my list is still the same because they win over the other two. Even though the time turner would be cool, I’d rather have a TARDIS or DeLorean.
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Haha, I must have missed the sneakers, sorry! I’ll change it right away. Oh yes, a TARDIS! But only with the doctor inside xD
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The Doctor and TARDIS are a package:)
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Daaaaaamn, Donna! This should be “Essentials to Survive Adulthood” post 😂
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Hahahaha, so true!
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God I really should have put Hermione’s bag. Even as a guy, I carry a lot of stuff and could have been useful especially when I travel.
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That bag is vital 🙂
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“you decline nice lunch invitations to have secret dates with your books in a quiet place”- Yes! Now I’m thinking I should have put a time turner on my list..
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See! It helps with books AND with life! 🙂
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Hooo… I love your list! We have the Time Turner in common.🙋
Hermione’s bag looks like a dried, wilted pumpkin or something.. Lol😁
I also need that bag… I’m not too sure about the quil but anyway if I can have all the magical items on HP world, I’ll have them all.💜
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Hahaha, true! Hermione should have picked another bag, this one just screams “I’m a rescued fabric, I was a rug in another life.”
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I can’t believe I forgot about the Time Turner! Great list 🙂
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Oh could you?? 😀 Thank you 🙂
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Wow! I always loved time turner but i never thought of hermione’s bag! Hahaha. Nice one!
Although I also wished to have the room of requirement inside my house ;))
Come on, read the book! And host a discussion here!!!! 🌺🌺🌺
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I will!! When the entire world has read it, haha. I was thinking about having The Maze Runner series and Harry Potter series discussions during winter 🙂
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Wow, that should be exciting!
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Ah yes- all us bookworms could all use a time turner- just so we could read more books!! And I’m not gonna pretend I’d use Hermione’s bag for anything other than stuffing it with books!!
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Only books in your bag? Not even a Mars bar? :p
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hahaha okay- I take that back- I would also put lots and lots of chocolate in there too!!
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Great choices! I didn’t put the time turner on my list for the specific reason of me probably doing something horrible and messing up the future! Hermione’s bag would be an amazing thing to own, the possibilities would be endless! I also think I know quite a few people (and strangers on the Internet) that could definitely use a spell checking quill…….
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True, one has to be careful with a time turner!
Hahaha, that quill should be handed out to so many people, it would save the language!
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