Happy Monday, bibliophiles!
I was honestly so surprised that I hadn’t done this tag before—I found it, like I do most of my tags these days, on The Corner of Laura, and the tag was originally created by A Books Neverland.
Let’s begin, shall we?
🔟TEN BOOKISH QUESTIONS TAG🔟
HOW MANY BOOKS DO YOU CURRENTLY OWN?
…I don’t know the exact number, but certainly more than I have space for…
HOW MANY BOOKS ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING?
Normally, I stick to one book at a time, but since I’m often reading for other classes, it usually ends up being two or three at this time of the school year. Right now, I’m currently reading Ten Low and re-reading The Left Hand of Darkness for one of my classes.
CHOOSE A COUPLE OF BOOKS YOU READ BUT DIDN’T ENJOY.
I just chose a handful here that I’ve read (somewhat) recently and didn’t enjoy:
- Only a Monster – Vanessa Len | I really, really wanted there to be some nuance, but no. Apparently we just had to have the themes beaten into our heads with a crowbar.
- Frontier – Grace Curtis | for the fascinating premise it had, this novel just felt so…boring? For a book with the tagline of “love. loss. laser guns,” you’d think there would be more action, but every plot point just blurred into the next.
- The Sevenfold Hunters – Rose Egal | this was my first DNF of the year, but it was more out of a feeling of “I have neither the time nor the will to read any more of this” than “I hate this book with a passion.” Even still, there were a lot of problems I had with what I read—mainly the implausibility of everything happening to the characters (and them emerging almost unscathed every time) and the sin of listing off every single character’s sexualities instead of organically weaving in their representation in a way that didn’t feel like checking off boxes.
A COVER BUY?
I put off reading Firekeeper’s Daughter for quite some time, but after reading Warrior Girl Unearthed, I was fully convinced to buy this one…but the cover was a significant part of the sell. Absolutely gorgeous design, isn’t it?
A BOOK YOU OWN BUT HATE THE COVER OF?
I don’t hate the cover of Ammonite, but it kind of screams “graphic design is my passion,” y’know? Gotta love the ’90s.
A BOOK YOU HAVEN’T READ IN YEARS?
It’s been at least a decade since I’ve picked up any of the Warriors books, but those consumed my life from 3rd to 5th grade like nothing else had before…god, those were the days. Nothing like cats violating every single term of the Geneva Conventions for some after-school reading.
A BOOK YOU WILL ALWAYS RECOMMEND?
Every time I go to any bookstore with friends, I inevitably try to steer them over to this one. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is truly special. I swear.
ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOK SERIES?
Y’all already know the answer to this one…
WHERE DO YOU READ?
Mostly in bed or on the couch, but when the weather’s warm, I read outside, and when the weather’s cold, I read in the campus coffee shops.
I TAG ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE!
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That’s it for this book tag! Have a wonderful rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!
The Bookish Mutant 