Top 5 Tuesday, for the whole month of February, is Harry Potter themed. Each week will be a top 5 list for one of the houses. Week 1, Gryffindors. As stated by the Top 5 Tuesday Tycoon, The Bionic Bookworm:
They are experience oriented, honest, practical, blunt, passionate, playful, funny, trusting, idealistic, stubborn and procrastinators. They live in the moment, don’t take themselves seriously, are wary of manipulators and liars, have a strong moral centre, and are unafraid to seize opportunities and make changes.
Red Rising
In my mind, Gryffindors are all about bravery. The first in this series of heroic books is Red Rising. Darrow could have been in just about any house if he went to Hogwarts, but I think he’d end up in Gryffindor. And really, wouldn’t Gryffindors want to read books about people that would be Gryffindors?
Mistborn
Small band of rebels trying to take down a crooked system of power. Sounds a bit like Order of the Phoenix…
The Raven Cycle
I think Gryffindors would get into the mystery, intrigue, and strong relationships in these books.
Hunger Games
Trade the bow for a magic wand and you’ve got Hermione.
Lord of the Rings
Since Harry Potter takes place in our world, they have our books. And I’d like to think that most Hogwarts students have read Lord of the Rings and that most Gryffindor students aspire to be like Gandalf. Dumbledore certainly looks like he does.
So many great ones! Why am I not surprised to see Red Rising on your list?!
Great choices! Didn’t we just have the spell check conversation yesterday….. lol! Every time I try to write “never” it changes it to “Nevernight”…….. spell check can be so helpful but not so helpful at the same time lol
Haha I agree with Kristin! Howlers forever 🙂
The Hunger Games! Of course!!!
Awesome choices! Especially agree with you on red rising and hunger games!
Yes for The Hunger Games! Haven’t read the other books yet but they sound pretty awesome. Great list 🙂
Here’s my top five tuesday post if you want to check it out: https://livingahundredlives.wordpress.com/2019/02/05/top-five-tuesday-gryffindor-reads/
If you like Hunger Games, you MUST read the Red Rising series.
Will definitely check it out!
My younger cousin watched Lord of the Rings with me once some years ago and asked why was Dumbledore there too. 🙈😄
Have you seen the lego movie? There’s a scene where Dumbledore and Gandalf are hanging out. Can’t remember what was said between them…
Oh I haven’t but now I really want to!