The Pixar Book Tag

My lovely friend Mishma knows how hard tags can be for me and yet, she still tags me. I love her to pieces. And even more special! This tag was created by her. How cool? So without further ado, here are pixar movies paired with some bookish questions!

Nova likes food. Nova likes the idea that everyone deserves a chance. Why not? Also, the part where Remy could control the boy's actions through his hair made no sense in the least but I liked it. And the girl drove a motorcycle and she was pretty badass.

I actually still have this series on my shelf. I don't really like how the series kept going on and on but the original six books are my favorite. There's humor and fighting and somewhere along the road, I forgot it was about cats. Hey, it was either this or Harry Potter and I feel as though Harry Potter is a given.

"I know what you are."
"Say it."
"*gives a scientific explanation on how vampires came to be *"

Seriously, this book was like Twilight crossed with my science textbooks. Plus, the ending with the girl being isolated and her man having to go save her was parallel in both books.

I'd like to think that I've mentioned my fave in every single book tag I've done. The Darkling is my fave villain - no one can top him. I just love him so much.

I know Lara Jean was pretty immature and even though her dad was pretty clueless, I loved the family dynamic in this book. Her dad was obviously trying to be there, plus her sisters were such a big part of her life. Love it!

The fun part about Red Queen is that I have no idea whose powers I would want. Everyone's seems awesome! [But the mind control one might be for me. Watch out, children.]

This is the only one I could think of where I've read it. I haven't read Open Road Summer but truthfully, that was the first one I thought of. Q and friends stealing the actual car also made me giggle while choosing this.

Lucien being Tamlin's sidekick was the bomb. He was the only character who truly made me laugh.

I've mentioned this in previous book tags so I don't even have shame for the overlap. Whoops. I love that this isn't set in the US and because I'm very interested in French history, anyway.

This one took some time to think of. A lot of books are great in terms of romance but I specifically remember this one for its beauty. I didn't necessarily swoon at it but the beautiful part was how both Skyler and Josh were so messed up and how they found each other and found themselves. Love this book.

Micheline was so cool! She knew how to fight and she fronted her team when the rest of them were guys. Love a strong female lead. Plus, she's loyal and has all the good qualities in a badass heroine.

DUDE THIS BOOK - I don't even know how to explain it. I just got every feel from this book. It was so cute and even though not medically correct, I flailed over the blossoming romance between Olly and Maddy.

I think it's funny that I ended up using half of these in book tags of old. I have no creativity - whoops. Also, I don't really like that many books so the ones I do like, I love them hardcore which is why they end up on every book tag. Like, The Grisha for example - every book tag should have The Grisha in it some way or another.

As always, I tag everyone! Mishma is a lovely human being - let's make her tag a success! And let's discuss: which books did you agree with? Which ones are you like, "bruh, no"?

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The Find Me Book Tag

I've seen this tag around and I never got to do it but now I am! Most of the books are really typical - you've probably seen them before. And usually when someone has an ulterior motive, they don't say it... But another reason I wanted to do this tag was to promote by bookstagram account! Most of these photos, if not all are from my bookstagram. I've been lacking on the photography front lately but I'll be starting up soon, hopefully.

This tag was created by Novel Ink and I was tagged by Eugenia @ Genie in a Book.

The word GONE in the title: Since You've Been Gone.

A weapon on the cover: The Winner's Crime.

A moon: The Immortal Rules. It's an eclipse and yes, I'm counting that as "moon."

A girl in a white dress: Fates. I don't have The One because whoops, I'm not about that life.

 

A couple kissing: The Infinite Moment of Us. Unfortunately, I don't have any books where the models are in a full on liplock.

A sunset: -  I guess that says a lot about my relationship with contemporaries.

Headphones: This Song Will Save Your Life

Water: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. Seriously, I think that series nailed the "drowning" idea on the covers. It's so graphically pleasing.

Flowers: Blue Lily, Lily Blue. I mean, it's IN the title, right? Plus, the cover is just gorgeous - I can't get enough of it.

Hearts: How To Love only has one heart but hey, it's what I got. I actually really enjoyed this novel, it was interesting, had cute moments but also stood as a serious ones throughout.

You know the drill! I tag YOU! What was your fave photo? What do I need to work on? I'm still an amateur so it's a process. :)

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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.

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The Ultimate Book Tag

Huge thanks to Chiara for tagging me. You are a lovely human with equally amazing hair. [Goals!] Now, here are 25 questions that truly make this the ULTIMATE book tag. I understand if you don't read all 25 answers - it's pretty heavy.

1. Do you get sick while reading in the car?
Yep. One would think I'm on a rollercoaster.

2. Which author’s writing style is completely unique to you and why? 
Sally Green. The way she writes is artistic, in fragments and sometimes there'll be something like the same word for the entire page. It's creative and unique. Too bad I can't stand her books.

3. Harry Potter Series or the Twilight Saga? Give 3 points to defend your answer. 
Harry Potter all the way.

1) I grew up with Harry Potter.
2) The supporting characters in HP are just important as the title character whereas the supporting characters in Twilight are meant to make Bella look better.
3) The plot for Harry Potter kicks in pretty early while Twilight's takes three hundred pages [in a 400 paged book] before we can get any action.

4. Do you carry a book bag? If so, what is in it (besides books)? 
Nope. I read on my phone in public because I don't like other people creeping on what I'm reading. Especially if it's a contemporary romance and the people in my class are pinheads.

5. Do you smell your books? 
WHO DOESN'T?

6. Books with or without little illustrations? 
LOVE illustrations even though I'm not a visual learner.

7. What book did you love while reading but discovered later it wasn’t quality writing? 
...Twilight? Those were dark, dark times.

8. Do you have any funny stories involving books from your childhood? Please share!
I used to go to the library and borrow 20 books at a time. They were like 50 pages each so I breezed through them in a week. But one time I was walking out and the lady was like, "that stack is taller than you!" [I was also a short kid. I went into sixth grade barely being 4 ft.

also, i imagine this is how i meandered around a library as a kid. who
am i fooling? i still do this.

9. What is the tiniest book on your shelf? 
My tiny-ass editions of [Harry Potter] HP1, HP3 and HP4. [And just to add, HP2 and HP5 are paperback illustrated covers. HP6 and HP7 are the same illustration style but in hardcover. The non-matchingness kills me every time.]

10. What is the thickest book on your shelf?
City of Heavenly Fire - no contest. Although, I think Winter will beat that once I get my hands on it.

11. Do you write as well as read? Do you see yourself in the future as being an author?
I keep going back to writing but I literally hate everything I write. I don't know if it's because I have an esteem problem or because I've read too much and hold myself to a high standard.

12. When did you get into reading? 
Very early on. My parents aren't readers but they wanted me to be and starting a blog surpassed their expectations.

13. What is your favourite classic book?
Lel. I don't read classics. I read retellings of classics. [Also Easy A and She's the Man are bomb.]

14. In school what was your best subject? 
My marks tell me that Geography is my best subject but I've always felt like I do well in English. Let's pretend like English isn't my lowest mark. English is so hard and I got into a disagreement with the teacher so he marked me based on opinion. Whatever.
But to be honest, I'm decent at a lot of subjects and I owe it all to books.

15. If you were given a book as a present that you had read before and hated, what would you do? 
First, I would smile politely because books aren't cheap. I would probably keep it or give it away if I can. Best case - I sell it for a bit of cash to buy another book. 

16. What is a lesser known series that you know of that is similar to Harry Potter or the Hunger Games? 
Something that seriously bothers me is when publishers pitch their new book as "blah blah blah meets blah blah blah" because it usually raises my expectations and when I read the actual book, it's not that great. I see books being compared to Hunger Games all the time. I would compare Endgame to The Hunger Games [also, I refuse to finish Endgame because ugh.]

17. What is a bad habit you always do while blogging?
Does getting easily distracted count as a bad habit? Oh! I always draft a million posts but never finish any of them. Seriously, I've got at least 20 posts that are half-done.

18. What is your favorite word?
Hella. Or a word that is bad that I should not say on this post.

19. Are you a nerd, dork, or dweeb? Or all of the above? 
Since these terms have negative connotations, I'm going to go with the title of unicorn. Ladies and gents, I am a unicorn.

20. Vampires or Fairies? Why?
Vampires and only because of Julie Kagawa's The Blood of Eden series. Battling humanity is a big thing for me and I love reading about it. Also, faeries always give me the image of a barbie movie. #sorrynotsorry.

21. Shapeshifters or Angels? Why?
GUYS. I'M NOT GOOD AT FANTASY. Angels are okay, or at least the ones I've read. I enjoyed Angelfall and for a while, The Mortal Instruments was my jam. However, I have no interest to read about the fallen angel crap from Fitzpatrick or Kate. 

22. Spirits or Werewolves? Why? 
Spirits. Now here's an easy question. Werewolves are an eyeroll at this point. The whole "pack" thing feels like politics and I'm not about that life.

23. Zombies or Vampires? Why? 
Both? Again, Julie Kagawa's Blood of Eden series features both. 

24. Love Triangle or Forbidden Love? 
Can I say neither? Forbidden love tends to get whiny and a love triangle never made sense to me. You can't bounce between two guys or two girls [the latter rarely happens] and play with their feelings like that. 

25. And finally: Full on romance books or action-packed with a few love scenes mixed in?
ACTION PACKED. DUH. WHAT IS THIS QUESTION? Sometimes I love books without romance because the story is so gripping that the romance would just pull it down.

I tag anyone who's ever commented on my blog. Send me a tweet if you do this tag. I'll definitely check it out. What did you think of my answers? Anything surprise you?

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Unpopular Opinion Book Tag

let's pretend the second part of this gif doesn't exist. if you don't
know what that is, ignore this text.

Alright, when I first heard about this, I was like, "hell yes. A tag that suits me in every single way." And I wasn't tagged. Oh well, I'm doing it anyway. I think blogging has really given me a thicker skin about the things I say but also made me more mindful about the effects of the things I say.

That being said, this tag is created for us bloggers to talk about the books that we may have liked/disliked while others felt the opposite. Going against the crowd used to be a scary thing. And I think that's all because the way we think others are going to judge us. A post by Mishma [+ friends] really brings some light onto that topic, if you want to read it. Loved that post!

Also, I didn't mean to, but some of these get quite ranty. Um, I guess it just happened? I am, after all, talking about the shit that bugs the crap out of me. Read at your own risk.

I don't like this series. I think when I initially read it, I was like "Daemon, omg!" [It was probably longer with alt codes and text speak. Don't judge a twelve year old teenybopper for her bad choices, alright?] Anyway, now that I think about it, Daemon is cookie cutter bad boy with some swoony lines but seeing as I've heard it all before, interesting bad boys are getting harder to find. I have a post on how to create the perfect bad boy too, if you're interested. Just check the search engine.

Alright, not everyone hates Paper Towns, as it's a pretty popular book. However, a lot of people that I know really hated it and when I told them I liked it, after reading, they were like, O____O. I think this is because I haven't read Looking for Alaska and if I had, I wouldn't like Paper Towns as much. John's writing is... strange. I don't know if I like it but for some random reason, Paper Towns got four stars.

Also, you have NO IDEA how difficult this was for me. If a majority hates a book, the odds of me hating it are really high too. I am also a really picky reader [this year, for some reason] and the amount of four or five star books it's pathetic. Paper Towns was the ONLY book I could think of.

I love Anita, I love this storyline. Heck, I even love the mean girl: Taelor [I forgot how to spell her name. I just know it sounds like Taylor but is spelled weird.] However, the ending of this book is just like in Cassandra's clockwork series. Disappointing. I feel a rant coming on - sorry guys, skip if you love this series and don't want to hear my complaints.

Alyssa, you cannot have BOTH of them. That makes no sense to me. How can you love one, say you'll spend the rest of your life with him [and do] but when he dies, go for the other guy? I know you might have a fear of being alone or whatever, but both these guys have feelings and in a real situation, I don't think any indecisive girl is worth the affection of two pretty wonderful guys. They can do better!

Also, it might be because of the way the "teams" were split up and the author was trying to make us all happy but I don't think the ending should've been done in a way where it sacrifices the tone. All through the first two books, we're like, "who's she gonna pick?" The whole "we're all winners!" attitude when dealing with two sides of the fandom seems wrong. I'm just saying - can you imagine being the one pining for the girl/guy? I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want a guy who will end up leaving me after I die for the next in line. Ugh.

And scene.

Fantasy.

And I know you might be like, "wtf Nova??????" with your many punctuation marks. To be fair, I have read quite a few fantasies this year alone but I don't reach for them. Without someone's recommendation, I probably won't read a fantasy on my own. For example, I won copies of all three Grisha books [by Leigh Bardugo] and they sat on my shelf for like a year, unread. I got a rec and read them all in one sitting. The same thing happened with ACOTAR. Won a copy and with the hype from the community, I read it. But books like Daughter of Smoke and Bone, which I own, are still unread. I never got a recommendation [personally] but they were cheap [8 bucks a hardcover] so I bought them.

Fantasy has never been my favorite. I don't know why. Maybe I'm too realistic for it, which probably isn't true because the past two fantasies I read were fabulous reads. I don't know - something about it just makes it not my first choice. Did you know that Penguin asked me if I wanted an ARC of The Wrath and the Dawn and I turned them down? I don't really regret it but I feel like it would've been interesting if I had accepted.

And what of the fantasies I make myself read? Well, The Sin Eater's Daughter was an example of such. I didn't get a rec, I just read it. And it got 0.5 stars. Whoops.

Augustus Waters is a dick. I hate him. Movie him was 'ight because it was Ansel Elgort but book him? UGHEDONEOINVIE AO #done.

He reminds me of that guy from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody that Maddie had to go out with during the twin convention. If you watched that show religiously often like I did, you would know what I'm talking about. [Basically, he's a weird guy who was like "did you know..." during dinner, spitting weird facts and being an obnoxious jerk.]
If you don't, here's an image.

he's the dude on the right.

Anyway. Augustus Waters [book] , where do I start with you? Oh yeah, not everything you say has to sound like a quote you put on Tumblr. I bet you go home and memorize them so you can trick girls like Hazel into believing that you're charming! Also, you're pretentious and there's nothing attractive about you.

However, Movie Augustus, you just keep smiling because I do quite like your smile.

I've read two Ann Aguirre books and both of them were busts, unfortunately. I have no idea what it is! Both the books I read didn't have a well constructed plot, in my opinions and I couldn't really deal with the romance. It was blech. The characters were... alright in one but I hated the self-absorbed main character in Mortal Danger. She didn't grow at all.

What I am happy about, though, is that it isn't about Ann's writing. I haven't read her most popular: Enclave, so after reading that, I'll make the final call. I'm hoping that one will be amazing.

Here's the situation: insecure girl and boy are dating after all the crap it took over the course of about 75% of the book. in five seconds, the girl sees the boy and another girl [typically, the girl's enemy] in a compromising position. The girl flees, refusing to listen to the boy as both of them become zombies, figuratively speaking. After their friends getting involved and some kind of trickery, the two are forced to speak and come to terms while the boy explains that it was a misunderstanding. Also they ride off into the sunset while riding a frickin' stallion.

Was that a lot to take in or what? And it's specific, no? The last part was sarcastic. Fine, maybe sometimes the friends won't get involved or one person will take the initiative to talk to the other but I've seen this plotline so many freaking times. Usually, it's in wattpad books but I have started to see it in published ones too!

First, if a guy and girl are in a compromising position and you spent 75% of the novel trying to make things work, why would you let something like this break all that trust you spent building? At least hear the guy out first! And THEN react.

Next, why is it that the guy has a perfect excuse each time. "She was coming onto me!" isn't good enough. The chances of a girl coming onto a taken guy with the guy not reacting is so slim. And if she was, you should use your brain and do something about it, not stand there gaping like a fish while the girl you love runs out crying. The hell, man?
Also, I read this one where the guy was like, "I smelled vanilla and I thought it was your body spray. The lights were out and when she started kissing me, I thought it was you!" BISH PLEASE. HOW DO YOU MISTAKE YOUR SUPPOSED "LOVE" FOR SOME RANDOM??? HUH HUH HUH???

*drop the mic*

The movie was meh. I didn't really like it but I don't think it was the worst movie ever made. No, that spot still goes to Percy Jackson. I cry.

I don't know. There's just something about vampires that really turns me off. I don't think they're sexy or even cool. They're just really fast and they suck blood. Also immortality. So what? Big whoop. But can they lick their own elbow? That is the question.

[I also have no interest in reading about angels so sorry Becca Fitzpatrick and Lauren Kate.]

The first episode of The 100 was pretty bad. I watched it when it first came out. I wasn't impressed at all and it seemed like all angst and no plot. Octavia annoyed the everything out of me and I wished it was her with the spear and not Jasper. [Also, how the hell did Jasper survive????]

I stopped watching the show entirely until half of the second season was out. I didn't realize that everyone on twitter was talking about it. So I gave it another chance, based on peoples' recs. I still didn't really like it but it was getting better. But holy shit, the second season will terrify you and it will make you love it.

This show takes risks. There are a lot of things that are cringe-worthy about the scenes [in terms of how graphic they are.] Plus, the female characterization is so strong and Octavia has the most impressive character arc in the story, in my opinion.

Now how does that compare with the book, hmm?? The book is a lot shorter than 2 seasons, each episode being 40 minutes. That being said, the characterization is going to be stunted and a lot less happens, ergo, the show is miles better.
[Haha, I used the word, ergo.]

I loved this tag! It was so much fun to do. Now it's your turn. I tag each and every one of you, because I'm still salty about not being tagged lolol. However, let me know which ones you agree with. Which ones you totally can't accept and would shame me to the ends of the blogosphere for. [Seriously though.]

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