#BookTag Saturday: The 20 Reading Questions Tag

This week I'm switching gears just a little bit and doing the 20 Reading Questions Book Tag...

1. Favorite Genre To Read:

A: Young Adult Fantasy

2. Current Book You're Reading:

A: Bad Boy Brody by Tijan

3. First Book You Remember Loving:

A: East O' The Sun and West O' The Moon (my grandmother read it to me at bedtime when I was a child)

4. A Book / Series You Wish Would Be Adapted To Film:

A: The Thousandth Floor Trilogy by Katharine McGee

5. Favorite Protagonist:

A: Elena Michaels (Women of the Otherworld Series by Kelley Armstrong)

6. Favorite Antagonist:

A: The Darkling (Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo)

7. Do You Write Any Stories:

A: Yes! I've written young adult paranormal romance, urban fantasy, historical fantasy, retellings, fantasy, dabbled in horror, and now I'm attempting new adult sports romance, sci-fi, and thriller.

8. A Movie You Think Was Better Than The Book:

A: The Jane Austen Book Club

9. Best Book You've Read This Year:

A: That's a toughie - Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

10. One of Your Favorite Authors:

A: Wendy Higgins

11. Least Favorite Genre to Read:

A: Dystopian

12. A Book You'd Recommend to a Friend:

A: Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff because I don't think enough people know about that book.

13. Favorite Film Adaptation of a Book:

A: The Great Gatsby (the Baz Luhrmann version)

14. Book You've Read The Most Times:

A: Strange Bedpersons by Jennifer Curse

15. A Book You Didn't Expect to Like:

A: Unknown by Wendy Higgins

16. Favorite Classic Book:

A: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

17. Book That's Impacted You The Most:

A: Crash Into Me by Albert Borris

18. If You Could Meet One Author (Living or Dead) Who Would It Be?

A: Wendy Higgins or Sarah J. Maas

19. An Author You Think More People Should Know About:

A: Sabrina Ramoth

20. Favorite Book / Series of All Time:

A: The Thousandth Floor Trilogy by Katharine McGee (and I haven't even read the third book yet but I know it will be f'ing amazing!

#BookTag Saturday: The ACOTAR Book Tag

I'm continuing the theme of book tags inspired by some of my favorite books and series this week with the...

The ACOTAR Book Tag was created by Crazy4Books.

1. High Fae: Recent Favorite Magical or Fantasy Book

A: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

2. Beast: Your Favorite Fictional Bad Boy

A: The Darkling (Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo)

3. Hunteress: Favorite Kickass Female Character

A: Elena Michaels (Women of the Otherworld Series by Kelley Armstrong)

4. Riddle: Book With a Great Twist

A: As She Fades by Abbi Glines

5. Bogge: A Book that Gave You Nightmares

A. Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics (Man eating pigs. Enough said.)

6. Naga: Favorite Book Monster

A. Does the Bone Carver Count? (A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas)

7. Rose and Thorns: Favorite Love Hate Relationship

A: Matthias and Nina (Six of Crows), The Darkling and Alina (Grisha Trilogy), Feyre and Rhysand (ACOTAR Series)

8. Spring Court: Book that Reminds You of Home or makes you Nostalgic

A: Boy Heaven by Laura Kasischke 

9. Painting: Book With The Best Descriptions

A: The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco

10. Curse: Favorite Retelling

A: RoseBlood by A.G. Howard

#BookTag Saturday: The "I Dare You" Tag

It's moving day! Since I'm up to my elbows in boxes I'll make this brief. This week I'm doing the "I Dare You" Book Tag...

1. Dare you to jump backwards: Name a book you went into blindly and it let you down. 

Beautiful cover, great prologue.. completely downhill from there.

2. One drink too many: Name a book that gave you a hangover. 

3. Spin the bottle: Name a book with a terrible romance or romance scene.

Zach and Adria's romance could have ended up so messy if the author hadn't made it possible at the end.

 4. Mooning: Name a book that was too descriptive. 

Though I liked the descriptions of the world of Caraval, at times they bordered on purple prose.

5. Scream and Run: Name a book that wasn't descriptive enough or left you confused. 

This book definitely left me confused. 

6. Staring Contest: Name a book you thought was going to take forever but was over in the blink of an eye. 

This book is 500-600 pages but I breezed through it about 200 pages at a time. 

Side Effects- 

7. Car crash: Name a book that started great but ended badly. 

Again, this book had a killer prologue but after that I couldn't get into it.

8. Amnesia: Name a book that was forgettable or you forgot you read. 

I know I liked this book but I can't honestly remember what happens in it or what the character's names are. 

9. Broken Limb. Name a book that shattered you.

#BookTag Saturday: The #ShadesofMagicalBooks Tag

This week I'm fresh out of bookstagram tags to double for this post so I went searching on twitter and found...

The #ShadesofMagicalBooks Tag was created by Amanda at A Cup of Tea and An Armful of Books. I chose this tag because I got the collector's edition of A Darker Shade of Magic for Christmas last year and I've heard great things about the series. I'm intrigued by the different versions of London.

Moving on to the tag....

1. DULL LONDON: A BOOK THAT BORED YOU

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake. I tried reading it, I tried listening to the audiobook. It just dragged. 

2. KELL LONDON: A BOOK THAT HOLDS MAGIC FOR YOU

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. I loved the world building in the All Souls Trilogy. 

3. CREEPY LONDON: A BOOK THAT MADE YOU KEEP YOUR LIGHTS ON

Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics still creeps me out and it's been years since I read it.

4.DEAD LONDON: A BOOK THAT GRADUALLY TOOK OVER YOUR LIFE

The whole ACOTAR series is kind of my bookish obsession, but I loved A Court of Mist and Fury the most!

Have you read the Darker Shades of Magic Series? What books would you compare to the four Londons? Drop me a link to your answers in the comments!

#BookTag Saturday: #AceofShades Book Tag

Happy St. Patrick's Day. I'm back and feeling lucky this Saturday as I tackle the #AceofShades Book Tag...

1. Ace of Shades takes place in the very mysterious, very dangerous City of Sin. Name a fictional city with a personality of it’s own!

Velaris in the ACOTAR series by Sarah J Maas. 

2. The City of Sin is home to three ruthless gangs: the Irons, the Scarhands and the Doves. Tell us about your favorite fictional criminal family/gang!

The Dregs (Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo)

3. Enne and Levi are about to be thrown into a deadly game… Name your favorite book in which the characters must play with, and for, their lives.

I guess I'll go with Feyre's challenge of Amarantha Under The Mountain. 

4. The Doves are a gang of assassins… What book would you kill to have in your hands right now?

The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee and Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco

5. The City of Sin is full of people with dark and complicated pasts. Name one book or book series you used to like, but don’t anymore.

The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyers.

6. With complicated pasts abound, we can find many… burnt cinnamon rolls, so to speak. Name a character that has prickly and tough exterior, but is actually a sweetheart deep down!

Varen Nethers, The Goblin King, Rhysand, Sawyer Weston

7. Not only anti-heroes live in the Ace of Shades world! In New Reynes, one can find plenty of villains as well. Which bookish character do you just love to hate?

The Darkling... wait... I love to hate him??? Definitely not. #Darklina

8. You, much like our main character Enne’s mother, went missing in the City of Sin. The main character from the last book you read is the one looking for you… How screwed are you?

LOL That's debatable. I'm reading Chaser by Kylie Scott so if I went missing and Eric thought he was going to get laid... yeah he'd probably come looking for me. 

#BookTag Saturday: Catching Up Part II

Oftentimes I get hopelessly behind in my book tags on here and on Instagram, so I do a bunch of them at one time. This week I've cranked four out at once...

I was tagged by @heretherebeareader for the #shelfie tag and also for the #animalbooktag
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🐶 Dog (A Book You Always Bring With You): My checkbook 😆😆
😺 Cat (Classic Tale): Northanger Abbey
🦊 Fox (A Book You Thiught Was Dull But Turned Out to Be Exciting): RoseBlood starts off slow..
🐢 Turtle (A Book You Spent A Lot Of Time Reading): Empire Of Storms
🐳 Whale (A Book w/ 500 pages or more): ACOMAF
🦁 Lion (A Funny Book): Queen Of Babble
🦄 Unicorn (1st Book You Read): The Princess Diaries? 

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I was also tagged by @dogearsandcatnaps for the #top5bookishfandoms tag:

1. ACOTAR
2. Grishaverse
3. TOG
4. Royals Series
5. Stalking Jack the Ripper
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And the #spellthedayinbooks tag:

S - Shadowsong

A - Anna and the French Kiss

T - Ten Tiny Breaths
U - Uprooted
R - Renegades 
D - Daylight's
A - And I Darken
Y - You Don’t Know My Name
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#BookTag Saturday: The Grease Book Tag 2

This week I’m trying my hand at creating my own book tag for book tag Saturday. I was watching Grease the other day and decided to call this the Grease Book Tag #2!

Grease Book Tag #2 

Sandy (A character from a different culture than the one they are living in): 

Jude in The Cruel Prince

Danny (A character who acts tough but has a sensitive side): 

Tea from The Bone Witch

Rizzo (A badass female character): 

Aelin Galathynius  

Frenchy (Favorite Book BFF): 

Dee Black

Kenickie (An effortlessly cool character): 

Nikolai 

The T-Birds & The Pink Ladies (Favorite Book Squad): 

The Inner Circle 

Rydell High (Favorite Book World): 

The futuristic New York and the Tower in The Thousandth Floor

#BookTag Saturday: The #BooksEveryday Tag

This book tag Saturday is a short little tag, only a few questions long about me and my reading experiences. As you all know, books are a part of my every day so it makes sense this week to partake in the #Bookseveryday #Booktag...

Book Tag Saturday: The Books Everyday Book Tag

🇺🇸 Foreign or National? 

Um... I don’t get the question? I live in the US?

📚 Book You Couldn’t Finish:

 The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert 

📱 Physical or eBook:

 Physical

😈 Favorite Villain: 

The Darkling

📚 Book You Recommend to Everyone: The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

📖 Book You Judged by Its Cover: Caraval (I was expecting it to be as cool as its cover)

#BookTag Saturday: The Gilmore Girls Book Tag

I found this book tag on Coffee Break YA/NA/MG on Goodreads and since I've been rewatching Gilmore Girls (again) I thought this would be a great prompt for this week's Book Tag Saturday!

1. Lorelai: A character with a sarcastic sense of humor-

Shane Collins (Morganville Vampires Series by Rachel Caine)

2. Rory: Your favorite classic book -

Persuasion by Jane Austen

3. Luke: a book that you love but are afraid to admit it - 

Claiming Addison by Zoey Derrick

4. Lane: A music character - 

Mal Ericson (Stage Dive Series by Kylie Scott)

5. Dean: Your first book love - 

I don't know... Nat from The Witch of Blackbird Pond? Ty from Heartland?

6. Suki: A book that you devoured - 

The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich

7. Jess: A book that you love that everyone hate - 

Twilight (or at least I used to. It's been years since I read it)

8. Ms. Patty: A book that was ruined by all the hype - 

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

9. Emily Gilmore: Your most expensive book - 

A Collector's Edition of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I think I got it at Half Price Books for $50. 

10: Paris: Name an uptight/intense character -

Elizabeth from The Witness by Nora Roberts. She was  a child genius and all but it was like reading the perspective of a computer operating system. Very dry.