House Pride

I was talking to one of my friends the other day and we got onto the topic of Harry Potter, as we often do, and when I asked what house they belonged to our other friend thought I had gone crazy. He said that Hogwarts isn't real and so obviously we don't belong to any house, and oh boy was that the wrong thing to say.

My friend is a very, very, proud Ravenclaw and I've never seen someone get shot down quite as fast as she shot down our friend. Now I am an incredibly proud Slytherin and, on more than one occasion, have gotten into pretty heated arguments with some of my close friends about the Hogwarts houses. 

I do have a point to this... All these conversations and arguments have made me think about the house pride that we all have for the houses we identify as, this became worse for the people I know when Pottermore came around because then we finally got sorted. Now for me being sorted was great because it solidified what I always knew - i am a slytherin. However one of my best friends has always thought of herself as a Gryffindor was sorted into Hufflepuff, and I have never seen such disappointment in one person. So why is it that being a part of these fictional houses means so much to us? I mean I wear my Slytherin hoodie at least three times a week, and it's one of my favourite things in the world, but why? I have a hoodie from the uni I've just graduated from which I never wear, and I really miss that place, but when I wear my Slytherin I feel a sense of pride and belonging that doesn't happen with my uni hoodie. 

Maybe I'm just nostalgic for HP, or maybe it's just because I grew up with Harry and Hogwarts? Whatever it is I love the pride that's found in the Harry Potter fandom and I'm proud that I'm a part of something so massive.

Slytherin forever <3

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Meghan x

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Top 5...#3

Today I thought I'd do another top 5, and this one was probably the hardest one to work out, but it's one that is definitely going to have 5 of my all time favourites because I'm going to list my top 5...Harry Potter books! (I am aware there's only 7!)

5: The Prisoner of Azkaban 

I adore this book. Sirius is one of my all time favourite characters from everything, and this book definitely started that love. I just love everything about the story, and I love the relationships that form between Harry and Sirius and Harry and Remus. 

4: The Deathly Hallows

I think this is the HP book I've probably read the most (other than the book in the number one slot.) and I just adore everything about it. I love the the story of the three brothers and it's just a wonderful book to read, apart from Snape... Oh Snape :'(

3: The Half Blood Prince

Snape baby, I love you. I love this book. When it came out I remember my friends that were into HP at the time (there wasn't that many...) were all so sad about Dumbledore, but I was never his biggest fan, so this book doesn't make me as sad as most people I've spoken to about it, but it is definitely one of my favourites. I love everything about it. 

2: The Philosophers Stone

This book started it all and I love it more than pretty much everything because it's basically the reason I'm who I am today. Harry Potter is the reason i like the stuff I do today and it's the reason I love books and reading so much and this is the book that started all that off. I love this book and I owe this book a lot.

Finally....

1: The Goblet of Fire

Oh Em Gee I love this book more than basically everything in existence. It's my favourite of the HP books, it's my favourite of the films, it's just my favourite everything. I love everything about this story and ugh I just love it. Cedric, baby, I love you more than basically everyone. This is just the most perfect book in my eyes. 

Meghan x

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"I will go down with this ship, I won't put my hands up and surrender."

"Shipping" is something that happens in pretty much every single fandom, whether it's friendly or romantic, shipping happens everywhere these days. (I'm going to admit that as much as i hate the term shipping i can't help wanting certain people to be together.) So I figured that I'd talk about some of the "ships" I have from books.

Jace and Alec - The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

This is one of the ships that I'm going to mention that isn't a romantic one. I love the brotherly friendship that Jace and Alec have, Alec might be in love with him (and I could kind of get on board with that) but these boys would die for each other. They're my two favourite characters in this series and I just love them. (Just in case you're wondering I decently romantically shop Jace with me ;] )

Anna and Seth - The Winter Trilogy

Ugh I love Anna and Seth more than basically every other couple ever. They're so wonderful and great together, and A Witch in Love kills me a little bit. Can I be Anna? Or can I just have a Seth? Thanks.

Katniss and Peeta - The Hunger Games

If you don't read this trilogy wanting these two to get together in the end - you confuse me. They go through so much together and they make each other better people and I just think that if any two people were to ever be together in the end of a book series it should definitely be these two. 

Hazel and Augustus - The Fault in Our Stars

Oh come on who doesn't ship this? Most perfectly written book/love story/characters ever. 

Light and L. - Death Note

I don't care, I want them to just be locked in that hotel room and just let them get on with stuff. Just saying that I would read that book...

Ethan and Lena - Beautiful Creatures 

Eeep. I just kind of love them together okay? They're a pretty adorable couple and I love Ethan a whole lot and just yeah I love them a lot together. 

Ron and Hermione - Harry Potter Series

The worlds most wonderful couple award goes to... I just love these two together. I love their whole story, and come on who didn't cheer a little bit when they finally kissed?! The best and most wonderful couple to ever come out of a book series. 

Harry and Luna - Harry Potter Series

(Please don't kill me for this one?) I just love them, Harry was really the only one who saw how nice/wonderful/cool Luna was and I just think they would have been a great couple. 

And finally, because why not throw out a completely different one?

Harry and Draco - Harry Potter Series

I'm pretty sure these two have more fanfic written about them than any other couple ever? And honestly I just ship Draco with me (along with Jace obviously...) but I think everyone has that one 'ship' that they have buried deep down that they're not quite sure why they ship it or when they started but they've kind if just accepted it - that's Drarry for me... 

Meghan x 

Top 5... #1

Hey there Internet! :) I've decided to do a new series type thing over here on my blog where I talk about my "top 5" I certain types of books. I love a lot of different types of books and I thought this would be a good way to talk about all the different kind of books I love.

To start lets look at: Top 5 Series

5 : Fallen

I love, love, love the fallen series. I love the premise and plot of the series and I love (almost) all of the characters. Cam and Daniel are two of my favourite characters in a book and I love the weird friendship/hatred thing that they have going on. Yeah I just really like the series.

4 : The Hunger Games

Who doesn't love the Hunger Games series?! The world Suzanne Collins created in these books is one of my favourite worlds that I've ever read. I love pretty much everything about this series, some parts of each book kind of disappointed me, well apart from Catching Fire which was just amazing.

3 : The Winter Trilogy

Ugh I love these books so so so so much. Anna and Seth are one of my favourite couples ever, and I love every other character, even the ones I hate I love. They're just brilliantly written and completely addictive. Just, ugh I love them. 

2 : The Mortal Instruments

Oh come on everyone should read and love this series! Jace is basically the love of my life (just don't tell Draco...) and the world is one of the greatest places to escape to ever. Each word makes you fall more in love with the series and each character is so wonderfully written that you feel like you know them better than most people you actually know. It's basically a perfect series. 

1 : Harry Potter

Obviously. The most amazing, wonderful, perfect collection of books ever. Everyone loves Harry Potter, if you dot then you are definitely wrong... Without being to clichè these books changed my life, and without them I know that my life would be completely different. So yeah, no books will ever beat the love I have for Harry Potter. And, you know, it has Draco...

Meghan x 

The Books Make The Name.

I saw a few people both on YouTube and on blogs doing the "spell your name with books" tag and I thought it seemed like a good idea. So here it is, my name spelt out with books :)

And that's it. MEGHAN all spelt out with six wonderful books.

Books used:

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Eragon by Christopher Paolini 

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J K Rowling

Abandon by Meg Cabot

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell