08/14/05
hey, i'm sara, and i just adore harry potter! all seven books in the series are exquisite, and the fanfiction is generally pretty awesome too! some other favorite books of mine include: lord of the rings, pride and prejudice, wheel of time series, any books by shannon hale, terry pratchett, gerald morris or l.a. meyer, and many others that i'm inconveniently forgetting...
so, now that you know a little bit more about moi, i'll end by saying this little tid-bit: i love to read, i love to write and i love reviews. the three "r's". so how about i write, and you guys read and review, yes? great! oh, but please don't get angry at the three-month long gaps in between updates...
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Always and Forever by jamesnlilyforever
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: As Lily and James enter their last year at Hogwarts, many hidden feelings emerge. But when tragedy strikes, will Lily ever be able to tell James her true feelings? Or will it be too late?
Reviews are greatly appreciated. There's an e-cookie in it for you. ;D
Date: 05/28/06 Title: Chapter 6: The Trip to Hogsmede
How could you leave off at such a cliffhanger????? UPDATE SOON!
Author's Response: I\'m sending the chapter in today! Thank you. =)
Something Out of Nature by stardust
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Remus Lupin and Lily Evans run into each other in Diagon Alley and have a pleasant talk over a pleasant meal. Two friends discuss cabbages and kings to wear out a long lunch hour, and end up discovering things about each other’s lives that neither had had a chance to glean before. (Oneshot. This is my first fic, so reviews are very much appreciated!)
Date: 04/29/06 Title: Chapter 1: Summer, 1977.
wonderful (and LONG!) one shot! lily and remus were so well portrayed, and the entire thing was just great. good job!
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I\'m glad you weren\'t put off by the length! ^^;
A Tale of Two Matchmakers by Kerichi
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: Romance for three couples when Blaise and Luna use Shakespearean styled matchmaking to hook up Ginny and Draco. There's Much Ado about...something!
Nominated for a Quicksilver Quill for Best Romance-Non Canon 2007, 2008, and 2009. In 2010 mods changed the rules (they got tired of the same fics being nominated ^_~) so no more QQ hopes, but that's okay. No proof is needed that Draco/Ginny = love.
* Written before the HBP, this tale presents an alternate sixth year in which Dumbledore lives, Draco is more than a foil to Harry, and Blaise Zabini is a girl. I hope readers who ship Draco/Ginny will enjoy the story which includes dancing with faeries, Celtic and Norse mythology, school holidays in London and Spain, and loads of fantasy and romance. "Is this a kissing book?" (to quote the Princess Bride) Yes, it is. *
(Warnings were added for safety, due to brief allusions in later chapters, not graphic content.)
Date: 04/28/06 Title: Chapter 9: Getting Closer
wow. this is AMAZING!!!!! it's so clever and funny and wonderful! it took me awhile to get used to blaise being a girl, but now i love it! and i love the way you portray luna, it seems perfect for her. i watched the movie 'much ado about nothing', and it was pretty good--you do a good job of incorporating it in here. great job! i can't wait for the next update!
Author's Response: Wow! It made my day to get a review from someone of such obvious brilliance and good taste! :D I\'m so glad you love Luna. I think she uses her eccentricities to her advantage. No dummies in Ravenclaw, LOL, although Cho is the example of someone having \'book sense\' but no \'common sense\'! Weren\'t Thompson and Brannaugh wonderful in Much Ado? I was so sad when they split. Such a great acting couple, at least! Hope to get another update out soon. Thanks again for making my day! ^_^
Date: 06/07/08 Title: Chapter 52: The Long Goodbye Part Three: Draco and Ginny
oh, wow, this story has gone by amazingly quickly, in spite of the enormous word count in each of the 52 chapters...perhaps this is partly due to my total disregard for finals week, cause i ended up staying up til like midnight reading this story, even when i still had studying to do! i pushed through this story in just a few days, and every moment was awesome! i really admire your ability to create a plot that's not uber-dramatic and fake, yet you still having a focused story that actually goes somewhere and has a plot. the romance was awesome, although i have to say that the snogging got to be a bit much for me; it ended up seeming sort of repetitive, cause it was pretty much the same every time. although i suppose i should have expected that, since it was, after all, "a kissing book". which leads me to my next point of praise, the numerous allusions to stories and movies and books from all over the place! the princess bride ones were especially fun to catch!
also, you were very good at threading in bits of the plot throughout the story line, hinting at things to come and things of the past. i loved the complexity of the characters and their backgrounds, you were very thorough.
another great thing you did was characterization. luna was pretty much perfect, with her whimsical, dreamy, intelligent idiosyncracies--a perfect oddball ravenclaw. draco was pretty wicked awesome as a charming slytherin--i have no idea how you made him such a little slithering snake and yet such a loveable character! it was amazing! ginny was pretty good too, with her fiery temper, and ron was pretty much spot on! so overall, great job with that--they all stayed true to their houses and were still awesome, non cliché characters.
finally, i just need to leave a special note for wesley and luna. they were my absolute favorite couple, i think because it took longer for romance to develop between them--terry and blaise were pretty much a couple as soon as they decided they wanted to be one, and ginny and draco were quick to get together too, but luna was struggling with harry and wesley and somehow that made their relationship more real for me. also, i just have a weakness for smart, funny pirates! if i could have my own wesley, i would take him over terry or draco anyday!
so anyway, thanks so much for writing this awesome story, and for putting up with my lenghty-yet-unintelligent review; i'm off to see if there are any sequels or follow-ups to this story, so in the meantime, happy writing!
Author's Response:
Some of the chapters were ginormous, weren't they...and to think when I edited the story the word count dropped over sixty thousand words!
How do I snog thee, let me count the ways? Short and sweet, long and passionate, and all the varieties in between...and then there's the places our couples snogged...behind statues, beneath willows, in a toilet stall, across beds in dorms and homes across England and hammocks in Spain, in the attics of Hogwarts, Room of Requirement pirate ships, medieval solars, tarzan's tree house, the Great Hall, a cupboard in St. Mungo's and a waterfall in Romania... I'm all nostalgic, now, LOL.
Thank you so much for a lengthy and awesome review sharing not just the parts and characterizations you enjoyed, but why you liked them, too!
I've made an Unbreakable Vow that before the summer is over (I count August as part of summer, heh) I will write the second reunion story A Tale of Two Matchmakers: Spanish Holiday. I'll think of you when I'm writing, since this time the couple that will be worrying the others into arranging a holiday to "help" will be Wesley and Luna! :D
Thank you for giving me a reason to be even happier when I write! *hugs*
3 A. M. Confessions by msbigbad
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Over 3500 reads and counting!!! _____Okay so I had said this was to become my version of book seven but I just don't like that they are already together I want to develop that over a series if I'm going to write one, not smack dab at the beggining so I will post the sequel to this story and that will be it. I will write a book seven but I want it to be better than what this story allows!! So look for Harry Potter and the Final Riddle later!! The sequel to this story (5 A.M. Revelations) has been validated sp please go read!
Summary:
It's late at the Burrow the night after Bill and Fleur's wedding and Hermione has alot of things on her mind that she needs to get out. Will a certain redhead be able to help her or will he be as cluless as ever? Please Review!! this is my first HP fic!
Please look at the banner I made for this story!! it's on my author profile!!
Date: 02/08/06 Title: Chapter 1: 3 A. M. Confessions
great job!! i think it portrayed wonderfully the feeling sof ron and hermione, and the harry part at the end was a good entrance to a sequel...*wink, wink**nudge, nudge* lol, anyway, great writing, i can't wait to read some of your other stories! (hp, that is--i'm not much into buffy the vampire myself, but that could be because i've never seen a single episode...)
Paying the Price by hearyoume
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: After failing to complete the task given to him by Voldemort, Draco turns to the Order for help- and becomes a member. During his seventh year at Hogwarts, he must tell no one of his true loyalties. However, when he and Ginny are forced to spend two weeks of detention together, she begins to catch on. It seems he hasn't fooled her, but will Draco be able to fool the most powerful Dark wizard in the world? If so, at what price?
Date: 07/01/06 Title: Chapter 13: Confrontations
wow, great story! very interesting plotline, and good characters amd emotions and dialogue and everything. also, it's excellently written. good job, update soon!
Author's Response: Thank you very very much. I\'m so glad you like it that much! *glows* I appreciate your review.
Date: 04/21/06 Title: Chapter 5: What Ginny Learned
wow, this is really good! very interesting, well-written, and the characters are quite believable, not all weird and ooc. great job, i can't wait to read the next chapter!
Author's Response: Good, I\'m happy you think so. It\'s hard to make a story sound realistic. I appreciate your review and that you took the time to write one!
The Violin Teacher by stardust
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Wherever his reputation preceded him, he was unwelcome. So he kept inside and played his violin. And the music carried through his open window, and, unseen, he serenaded the city... Remus Lupin, as a Muggle, tutors one Hermione Granger, a brilliant young violinist with a promising career. (AU, slightly allegorical.)
Date: 04/29/06 Title: Chapter 3: Conversation
wow! this is so well written! it's sort of poetic, you know? and it makes me feel so badly for remus! but you've done a really great job. i can't wait to read the final part!
Author's Response: Aww, thanks! Remus is fun to write because he\'s such a pitiful character. :) It\'s really nice of you to review both my stories, by the way!
Inside the Minds by livingbreathingdream
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: One-shot. What happened when Ginny and Hermione shared a tent at the Quidditch World Cup? And what subject comes up that frustrates Ginny and makes Hermione realize... What is the matter with you, Hermione? I scolded myself. Harry is, as you said, just your friend. Why did that thought bother me? It was as if something was tugging at the back of my brain, telling me I was wrong… but I couldn’t be…
Date: 01/27/06 Title: Chapter 1: At the Quidditch World Cup
ha! i loved the ending, i loved the whole thing! i'm pretty much a shipper for everybody, i guess (except slash...*shudder*) and this was very original. good job!
Author's Response: thanks- it's good to know someone besides H/Hr shippers like this story!
Bicycle Built for Two by grape_2010
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Lily is having some majorly confusing thoughts about what she feels for James Potter. One morning though, that's all cleared up in a jiffy.
Date: 02/03/06 Title: Chapter 1: Bicycle Built for Two
i loved it!!!!!!!! it was very funny the way james conjured up the bicycle, and the song was great! i loved the ending, too, and endings (for me) are always the hardest part!!!! 10/10
Author's Response: Oh, I know! I hate endings! But at least most of them are happy. The song's not mine, incase anyone was wondering. It's old, I found it in a piano book of my grandma's. The first line is originally, 'Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do...' Thanx for the review! :)
The Trouble with Mistletoe by Crystallic Rain
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Lily decides to invite James along to one of Slughorn's Christmas parties, immediately deciding it was a huge mistake. Everything seems to go wrong, especially when Lily is caught off guard by the thing she hates most: mistletoe.
Date: 02/04/06 Title: Chapter 1: The Trouble with Mistletoe
cute, fluffy, and well-written. great job! you should write some more stories. 100000000/10
The Secret Diary of Pugnatious Weasley by Sarakiel
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: "Good Morrow dear reader. If you are reading this, you have found the diary of Pugnatious Aramor Weasley. As to how you found this diary I have no idea as I’ve decided to toss the ruddy thing as soon as I become famous for fear that this incriminates me in any fashion. Unless I haven’t become famous in which cause that ruddy well blows doesn’t it?"
Initially written for the The One-Shot Monologue Challenge.
Don't have time to continue this story currently. So consider it a one-shot. If someone else wants to use the character, please feel free :)
Date: 11/11/06 Title: Chapter 1: 1918
wow, this is really funny! i love how ignorant and oblivious pugnatious is, and all the trouble he gets into is great! i can't wait to hear more about his entertaining adventures! i really like your writing style, too, although sometimes you seem to use a comma where a semicolon would be more appropriate, and other times it seems a comma is lacking in the sentence. otherwise, though, it was perfect, and very funny! great job, update soon please!
We Echo On by Liisa
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Before beginning his final quest for the Horcruxes, Harry makes one last stop to close one last door: Number 12 Grimmauld Place
Light of Sunrise by rivers of gold
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Many questions remain unanswered about Lily and James. Was James always an arrogant bully? Did Lily really hate James, or was there something more behind her angry reply at the lake? And whoever said Lily was a bossy bookworm? Join the marauders and their friends as they go through Hogwarts, and experience pain and joy, tears and laughter...as they realize that no matter how dark the night may get, the Light of Sunrise will always follow.
Date: 06/10/06 Title: Chapter 1: Glow of Magic
wow! this is great. not very many lily/james start in first year and stick with it for so long, but you manage to do it really well! i love the characters, they're very believable, and your writing style is great. i also like your penname! ;) anyway, excellent story, i can't wait to read the next chapter!
Author's Response: Lol, I must admit it was a bit difficult...nothing much HAPPENS in their first year. I\'m happy you don\'t think the characters are Mary Sues, that\'s a relief.~rog :)
Date: 09/14/06 Title: Chapter 10: A Shadowy Discovery
great chapter! there was a long gap between this one and the last, so this long chappie was fun! very well-written and a good plot, too. super job!
Author's Response: Thank you! I\'m glad you liked the long chapter. I was going to end it halfway through, but then I decided that their first year has been dragging on WAY too long. Lol. I intended their first few years to be three or four chapters each.~roggy :D
Date: 06/24/06 Title: Chapter 9: Beware The Glare
haha! this was great! a bit of a short chapter, but interesting and funny. the ending makes me want to read the next chapter really badly, it's a bit of a cliffie! by the way, i like your ending author's note ^_^ update soon!
Author's Response: Lol! It wasn\'t that short, but I guess compared to the two chapter before it . . .yeah, I finally figured out how to do cliffies ;)~rog :D
Why Do I Love You? by thepatronus_n_thecharm
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: We know James fell for Lily, but why? Lily doesn't want to know either. But she has to know. Join the Marauders and Lily's friends in a series of events that begins the ups and downs of loathing, loving, and life.
--Please leave your favorite quote when you review--
Hey, should I keep this story going? I'm thinking of doing a series of one shots. Review and vote yes or no to keep this story alive. Thanks!
Date: 02/25/06 Title: Chapter 1: Prongs' Prank
pretty good start, i agree that you need to develop the characters more, we all know how james and lily feel about each other, but it'd be nice to know some of their thoughts, and what the friends think, look like, etc. otherwise, good job! keep it up.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review! I submitted the next chapter, and the plot starts moving a bit more in this one.
Panacea by deanine
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: A post-Hogwarts oneshot with Harry and Luna in an established relationship. It's a little fluffy and a little funny. This is a guilty pleasure, that will leave you with a sweet taste in your mouth. Follows Disengaged.
Date: 06/22/06 Title: Chapter 1: Panacea
wow. wow, wow, wow. this was great! very fluffy and sweet and funny. you portrayed luna perfectly, and harry was great too. good job, i really enjoyed it.
More Than a Feeling by Kerichi
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary:
Severus Snape has ambitions to rise above his humble beginnings. Eris Greyback has a family debt to repay. Their romance is a more complicated brew than the trickiest of potions. SSEG, LEJP. The sequel, The Potions Master's Apprentice, is also complete.
*Winner of the 2007 QSQ Award for Best Marauder Era Story*
Date: 12/10/06 Title: Chapter 21: Surprises
ooh, very good chapter! i love how you're updating so quickly too. great plot, great characters, great everything!
Author's Response: Thank you! I\'ll do my best to have the last chap (24) up before Christmas! ^_^