Follow My Book Blog Friday Hop #7

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Rachel at Parajunkee's View 

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This week's featured blog is:

Belle Books!!

Here's this week's question:

If you could write yourself a part in a book, what book would it be and what role would you play in that book?



Fascinating question!  The one big problem I see with it is picking a book, since there are several that I love to the point that I wish I could live in them...

Those who have been reading my blog on a regular basis know how much I love The Twilight Saga and Jane Eyre, as well as the Harry Potter series and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.  Since I have emphasized the first two in previous posts, I'll pick one of the other two.  Okay...I'm still undecided... Well, what the heck!  I'm going to pick both series -- HP and LOTR!!!

I'll start with the Harry Potter series.  Since my high school years weren't very memorable, I was totally enchanted when I first encountered Hogwarts!  How I wish I could go to such a school!  If I were to write myself into the series, I would definitely be a friend of Hermione's, or perhaps a cousin of hers.  I would be her age, too, so we could discuss boys together, and engage in other  "girl talk", although of course we would also cover more intellectual topics; after all, Hermione is the star pupil of her class! 

I think I would be the daughter of a Muggle couple, too, so that I would be on an equal footing with Hermione.  We would do research projects together, bouncing ideas off each other.  We could even plan spells together.  I would join in all of her adventures with Harry and Ron, too, naturally! 

One more thing -- I would be the one to snag Harry in the end!! 

As for LOTR, I think I would love to be an elf, like Legolas, except that I would be an unusual type of elf -- one sharing a special bond with horses.  I would be a skilled equestrian.  However, since I've always been awed by wizards, I would apprentice myself to Gandalf, who would teach me the magic of the forests and the rivers.  Thus, I would be part of the Fellowship of the Ring, riding my magnificent, snow-white stallion along with Frodo, Merry, Pippin, Aragorn, and Boromir. 

Normally, a female elf would never be allowed to go into battle with the men.  But then, I would not be a 'typical' female elf.  The thing is, my talent with horses would enable me to 'charm' the enemies' horses right from under them...a very convenient skill indeed, in the heat of battle!