Perfume vs. Book

[grace701]

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> I, Grace replied:
> 
> > If it's going to come down to what she gave both boys.  I think 
> > Harry got the "better" gift.  His planner actually talked. :p
> 
> 
> Serendaust wrote:
> Actually, I've always throught the planners were identical.  Is 
> there something in canon that suggests to you that Harry's planner 
> talks and Ron's doesn't?
> 
> Come to think of it, why *would* the two planners be different 
> anyway?  It seems to me that if Hermione thought that both Ron and 
> Harry should have homework planners as Christmas presents, what 
> reason would she have for getting Harry a talking one and Ron a 
non-
> talking one?  Harry's not blind or dyslexic, after all, so I can't 
> see any kind of "special needs" reason.  Seems to me that Harry 
and 
> Ron need equal amounts of nagging to do their homework ;-), so why 
> would she go to the trouble of buying two different kinds?
> 
> This is an interesting suggestion that I haven't seen before, so 
I'm 
> really curious as to why you think Harry got the "better" gift.
> 


I think Hermione was just looking out for her bestfriends by giving 
them something that would be good for them even though it isn't 
anything that they want.  

I have book 5 here in front of me to check to see where I got my 
idea from and I misread it:

US Edition Order of the Phoenix, Ch. 23 - Christmas on the Closed 
Ward - p. 501:

"Harry sorted though his presents and found one with Hermione's 
handwriting on it.  She had given him too a book that resembled a 
diary, except that it said things like 'Do it today or later you'll 
pay!' every time he opened a page."

See I thought that when JKR wrote "except" she meant that his diary 
was different from Ron's because it said things.  :D  


~Grace