Bookish Friday – Jill's Book Blog

Bookish Friday – Animal Sidekicks in Harry Potter

This is a weekly meme hosted by Laurie Reads and Niffler Reads. Every Friday, they post a list of bookish things based on the prompt they provided. The prompts for Feb to May can be found here.

This week’s prompt is Animal Sidekicks, so I decided to do Animal Sidekicks in Harry Potter. Here’s my list:

Hedwig (Harry Potter)

Scabbers (Ron Weasley)

Crookshanks (Hermione Granger)

Trevor (Neville Longbottom)

Fawkes (Albus Dumbledore)

Fang (Rubeus Hagrid)

(Photos from wizardingworld.com)

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Bookish Friday – Disappointing Books

This is a weekly meme hosted by Laurie Reads and Niffler Reads. Every Friday, they post a list of bookish things based on the prompt they provided. The prompts for Feb to May can be found here.

This week’s prompt is Disappointing Books. Here’s my list:

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge by Lisa Jensen

The Reckoning of Noah Shaw (The Shaw Confessions #2) by Michelle Hodkin

Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica

The Raven’s Tale by Cat Winters

Stranger Things: The Other Side by Jody Houser

The Tenant by Katrine Engberg

Nancy Drew: The Curse by Micol Ostow

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Bookish Friday – Genres

This is a weekly meme hosted by Laurie Reads and Niffler Reads. Every Friday, they post a list of bookish things based on the prompt they provided. The prompts for Feb to May can be found here.

This week’s prompt is Genres. Here’s my list:

Young Adult

Middle Grade

Historical Fiction

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Thriller

Graphic Novel

Manga

Romance

Horror

Memoir

Poetry

(All book covers from Goodreads)

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Bookish Friday – Middle Grade Covers

This is a weekly meme hosted by Laurie Reads and Niffler Reads. Every Friday, they post a list of bookish things based on the prompt they provided. The prompts for Feb to May can be found here.

This week’s prompt is Middle Grade Covers. Here’s my list:

Real Friends by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham

Rival Magic by Deva Fagan

Guts by Raina Telgemeier

Me and Banksy by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen #1) by Marthe Jocelyn

Swing it, Sunny (Sunny #2) by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm

Sugar and Spice (Whatever After #10) by Sarah Mlynowski

Just Jaime by Terri Libenson

Boy-Crazy Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #7) by Gale Galligan, Ann M. Martin

A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying (Royal Guide to Monster Slaying #1) by Kelley Armstrong

From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess (From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess #1) by Meg Cabot

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Bookish Friday – First Lines

This is a weekly meme hosted by Laurie Reads and Niffler Reads. Every Friday, they post a list of bookish things based on the prompt they provided. The prompts for Feb to May can be found here.

This week’s prompt is First Lines. Here’s my list:

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.” – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

“Sometimes it seems like all I ever do is lie.” – The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

“It wasn’t a very likely place for disappearances, at least at first glance.” – Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

“I have just returned from a visit to my landlord – the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with.” – Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” – The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

“‘We should start back,’ Gared urged as the woods began to grow dark around them. ‘The wildlings are dead.'” – A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

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Bookish Friday – Places to Read

This is a weekly meme hosted by Laurie Reads and Niffler Reads. Every Friday, they post a list of bookish things based on the prompt they provided. The prompts for Feb to May can be found here.

This week’s prompt is Places to Read. Here’s my list:

In Bed
On the couch
In my backyard
At the coffee shop
At the beach
On a plane
In the car (audiobooks)
In a waiting room (i.e. doctor’s office)

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Bookish Friday – Fictional Worlds

This is a weekly meme hosted by Laurie Reads and Niffler Reads. Every Friday, they post a list of bookish things based on the prompt they provided. The prompts for Feb to May can be found here.

This week’s prompt is Fictional Worlds. Here’s my list:

Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia)
Hogwarts (Harry Potter)
Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)
The Hundred Acre Woods (Winnie the Pooh)
Kingdom of Norta (Red Queen)
Ravka (The Grishaverse)
Luna (The Lunar Chronicles)

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Bookish Friday – Character Traits

This is a weekly meme hosted by Laurie Reads and Niffler Reads. Every Friday, they post a list of bookish things based on the prompt they provided. The prompts for Feb to May can be found here.

This week’s prompt is Character Traits. Here’s my list:

Bravery
Loyalty
Sincerity
Determination
Persistance
Confidence
Humorous
Courageous

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Bookish Friday – Overhyped Books

This is a weekly meme hosted by Laurie Reads and Niffler Reads. Every Friday, they post a list of bookish things based on the prompt they provided. The prompts for Feb to May can be found here.

This week’s prompt is Overhyped Books. Here’s my list:

Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 1 by Yukito Kishiro

Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica

The Reckoning of Noah Shaw (The Shaw Confessions #2) by Michelle Hodkin

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

(All book covers from Goodreads)

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Bookish Friday – Reading Requirements

This is a weekly meme hosted by Laurie Reads and Niffler Reads. Every Friday, they post a list of bookish things based on the prompt they provided. The prompts for Feb to May can be found here.

This week’s prompt is Reading Requirements. Here’s my list: