Book Rankings: Battle of the Books

On Episode 398 we discuss...→ How the Weasleys don't care about Harry yet→ Turquoise is an odd choice for a car→ Lockhart is a "watered down soda"→ We need to see the tax slips→ So many holes in the plan→ Ginny in the wild→ Same day, different story

On Episode 397 we discuss...→ Hagrid's arrested development→ Dragon eggs→ The actor who plays the girl in Damsel→ Held back students→ What is stoat?→ Ron impresses us, again→ Subway Cloak→ Dragons, Lions, and Bears

On Episode 396 we discuss...→ Molly and vehicular manslaughter→ Grunge era, 90s' cool, Bill→ Hermione, torn between amusement and anxiety→ No one cares about Bertha→ The complicated relationship between Molly, George, and Fred→ A plea for Percy→ Ginny is just awesome

On Episode 395 we discuss...→ How the movie did it better→ Elves who work in houses→ Lavender needs to read the room→ Geoff REALLY doesn't like Cormac McLaggen → Snape teaches in a way that makes people remember→ Dumbledore is the puppet master of Hagrid→ Fred and George are smart little bullies

On Episode 394 we discuss...→ the maturity of the Trio→ The longing tension between Harry and Ginny→ 90s tropes → Everybody Loves Molly→ "We're coming with you"→ The number of towers at Hogwarts→ The slimy goo inside of all of us→ Death, Horcruxes, and the meaning of life

On Episode 393 we discuss...→ Voldemort's soft launch→ Dueling clubs to get back in practice→ Instructional DVDs→ Hugs for Harry→ In our feelings→ Street cred for Filch→ Summer break plans at Hogwarts

On Episode 392 we discuss...→ Moaning Myrtle just a lonely child→ Piggy Wiggly→ Filch's redemption→ Cats chose violence→ Fleur might be a big softy→ Snape's store of potion ingredients→ Le-ion

On Episode 391 we discuss...→ Best line: "Your hand is all sweaty"→ Wizard plummers→ Menacing ellipses→ Pausing for effect→ Voldemort is a dramatic B→ The adventures of Tommy and Bianca→ Grace Candido-Beecher shout out→ Fawkes or convenient plot point→ It's not weird, it's funny

On Episode 390 we discuss...→ Adverbs and potentially bad writing→ Sprouting it all up→ Prophetic knives→ Unbreakable Vows as kids→ The origins of oranges in stockings and Saint Nick→ Chris Tingle→ In-depth look at godparents→ Christmas time with FleurRead below to for information on how to contact our guest, Emily Strand.Her website is emilystrand.com and my Academia.edu site is here: https://carmelcollege.academia.edu/EmilyStrandPotterversity: https://www.mugglenet.com/mugglenet-family/potterversity/New book (just out!) is Potterversity: Essays Exploring the World of Harry Potter available from publisher McFarland Books here: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/potterversity/Her essay "Said Hermione Earnestly: Harry Potter's Prose and Why It Doesn't Matter" in Open at the Close: Literary Essays on Harry Potter, is available here: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/O/Open-at-the-CloseShe also edited these pop culture collections:Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier: https://vernonpress.com/book/1672Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away: https://vernonpress.com/book/1751

On Episode 389 we discuss...→ Let's go to the hospital→ Hermione puts the "camp" in camping→ McGonagall's Caturday with Mrs. Morris→ Dumbledore's Pager→ Festive in death→ Accio baby→ Portrait powers activate!