The Coffee Book Tag

While I can hear the echoes of some hipsters in the background screaming, "Starbucks isn't coffee," I remain unapologetic to the fact that I love it. And while I can't say that I drink all the types of coffee, my Nespresso machine is also my one true love. Take that.

What genius created a book tag that combines a love for reading with a love for staying up? Because I would love to meet that person and shake their hand. Unfortunately, this post is sans coffee gifs because I tried it and it looked too cluttered in my opinion. However, you can check out Mishma's, the one who tagged me, post because she's got some nice pictures!

Um.... am I the only one thinking this? To be fair, I did "get into" this series for awhile but it did take time. And after I did, I found a way out pretty early on [before I got my soul sucked.]

...I haven't read this book. See, to be fair, a lot of the books I read aren't dependent on the season. I've always found those kind of books a gamble because what happens if it isn't the right season? Summer books never made that much sense to me, to be honest.

However, this was the first book I thought of when the tag said "a book that's festive." I mean 12 stories by best selling authors, all taking place during the winter season? I might have to read this one day.

Surprisingly, this is the only book I can remember from my childhood that was a picture book. I think I might've read Jumanji also but this one carried me from grades 1-5.

It's basically about a woman with seven children named the days of the week. She goes out to buy stuff at the market and leaves the kids at home. A witch shows up and kidnaps the children, turning them into food [glad to know this witch is above eating children as children and refers to other means of cannibalism.] So what happens next? Does the mother save her children?

Dun dun dun.

Sweet actually took some time to get used to. It started off as a contemporary but things went to hell so quickly that I was on the edge of my seat for about the last 30% of the book. It was terrifyingly delicious how quickly things escalated.

Book tags are specifically designed for me to talk shit about books I don't like in a place where it's acceptable.

That being said, this tag could've gone both ways. I could've talked about how I see Throne of Glass literally everywhere but I chose to go down the route that my therapist would call, "healthy venting."

BOOK GODS, I DON'T WANT TO READ THE SELECTION. PUTTING THAT BOOK VIRTUALLY EVERYWHERE IN MY VICINITY DOES NOT MAKE ME WANT TO READ IT. IN FACT, IT MAKES ME WANT TO START A MAGICAL FIRE THAT ONLY BURNS BOOKS WITH WHINY HEROINES AND IDIOTS WITH REGAL NAMES SUCH AS MAX[ON.]

*lets out breath* I'm cool.

This book was indie when I read it. It was known as "Secret For a Song" and to be honest, I requested it based on the story and also based on the cover. However, it was so good. I was surprised that I connected with the main character because in ways, Saylor is an awful human being. 

This book is about a girl who makes herself sick. I don't want to go too into it because I went in blind and found that really heightened my experience. While it got republished as "One Last Song," I'm still counting it as "indie" because that's what it was when I read it.

Besides the fact that this book lacked any action, Uninvited had some serious disappointment issues with me.

A girl who's got the "kill gene" where she's predicted to be a murderer? Hell yes! And she's all sweet? Even better. But for some reason, "sweetness" is associated with being weak and needy, pining after a guy whom you don't even end up with because the author does a love interest switch. I'm a little bitter about that, guys, is it showing? It sucks because the idea had me sold right away but there was close to no action. Ugh.

I haven't even FINISHED PS but with the way things are going, I know I'm going to either freak out because it's a beautiful ending, cry or both. Even though Lara Jean can be really immature, I find her personality really refreshing since it's so different from mine. I love it so much. I can't bear to part with this duology.

Don't get me wrong - I don't necessarily want to live in the ruins of France, however, Sharon Cameron really got it going on with the whole Sunken City. Dystopians usually occur in the US, so one set in Europe is fantastic!

Also, if this world comes with my very own Rene Hasard, Jess from My Reading Dress and I will have some kind of timeshare thing because he is just perfect.

I ended up skipping two because I didn't understand one of them and because I don't read classics. At all. [So I don't have a favorite.] However, feel free to join in on the fun! I'd love to hear your answers on these!

Were there ones you agreed on? Ones you'll never agree on? I can be quite strong in my opinions so let's have an epic discussion.