{"id":1401995,"date":"2018-04-19T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1401995"},"modified":"2019-02-11T14:03:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T19:03:25","slug":"pick-5-novels-and-well-tell-you-your-hogwarts-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/pick-5-novels-and-well-tell-you-your-hogwarts-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick 5 Novels and We&#8217;ll Tell You Your Hogwarts House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/apr20pickabookhphouseMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Sorting Ceremony always struck me as suspect. How do we know the Sorting Hat can see into our souls? Because some long-dead wizards with funny names said so? How do we know the Hat&#8217;s not just tossing people into houses willy nilly? \u201cYeah, this guy looks like a Gryffindor. And this guy? Total Hufflepuff. I&#8217;m like 50% sure on this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I feel that a more accurate assessment of a person&#8217;s character would involve choosing from a list of books. Nothing on this earth reveals more about you than the kinds of books you read. With that in mind, let&#8217;s give the REAL Sorting Test a try.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sorting Ceremony always struck me as suspect. How do we know the Sorting Hat can see into our souls? Because some long-dead wizards with funny names said so? How do we know the Hat&#8217;s   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[278,25016],"tags":[32,5287,3345,22805,8878,5267,24648,20770,630],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401995"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}