Magical plants is the topic of the meme from Tough Travels. While I don't have an extensive collection, I can give you some of the magical plants from the Harry Potter series.
The one that first came to mind was Gillyweed, from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This is the first book in the series that really started to get dark, the fifth book was when shit hit the fan, which makes this book very special to me. Gillyweed was a magical plant that gave Harry, as the name suggests, gills for an hour so he could complete a challenge in the tournament that Hogwarts was hosting. Basically, this is one of the many plants in the series though this is one of the two plants that I remember being used for good. Mandrake roots also helped de-petrify the people/creatures, that were petrified in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
That's it for the magical plants meme, I don't doubt that I've read more books with magical plants but my brain is friend so that's it for now.
There's another meme I want to address from Booking Through Thursday which asks the following:
When it comes to non-fiction one of my Mom's friends who ended up being my friend, has given me some suggestions I plan on acting on while my other friend, Jose, does share similar interests. I haven't read any books recommended by him but we have read many of the same books and I know for a fact that, because of this, he has good taste ;)
The one that first came to mind was Gillyweed, from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This is the first book in the series that really started to get dark, the fifth book was when shit hit the fan, which makes this book very special to me. Gillyweed was a magical plant that gave Harry, as the name suggests, gills for an hour so he could complete a challenge in the tournament that Hogwarts was hosting. Basically, this is one of the many plants in the series though this is one of the two plants that I remember being used for good. Mandrake roots also helped de-petrify the people/creatures, that were petrified in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
That's it for the magical plants meme, I don't doubt that I've read more books with magical plants but my brain is friend so that's it for now.
There's another meme I want to address from Booking Through Thursday which asks the following:
Do you read books recommended by friends? Or do you prefer to find your own books to read.I definitely prefer finding books on my own. My friend David, is one of the few friends whose suggestions I actually act on (the last two recommendations were Redshirts and Leviathan Wakes). He and I have read many of the same books and like the same subject material. His sister is another friend who, in our youth, suggested that I read Emma and Calling on Dragons, the latter ended up being one of my favorite middle school-high school books that I've ever read, Tamora Pierce's series, The Lioness Quartet, being my other favorite.
When it comes to non-fiction one of my Mom's friends who ended up being my friend, has given me some suggestions I plan on acting on while my other friend, Jose, does share similar interests. I haven't read any books recommended by him but we have read many of the same books and I know for a fact that, because of this, he has good taste ;)
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