Hello bookish friends! Welcome back to another Book Tag Sunday, and I’m very excited for this week’s tag, because I made it! That’s right, after nearly three years of blogging, I finally got around to creating my own original book tag! I’m so happy with it, and I hope you all enjoy it as well!
So, this is the Animal Crossing Book Tag, and I decided to go with AC because I’ve been a fan of the games ever since I was a kid. You can catch me most days chilling in my little New Leaf town, which I adore.
THE RULES
- Please link back to the original creator of the tag, Bookish Things and Tea.
- Answer the following Animal Crossing themed book questions.
- Feel free to use my graphics, but please don’t take credit for them.
- Tag some friends to spread the love!
Pretty simple, yeah? Anyways, let’s get into the tag!
To be totally honest with you all, I’m not the biggest classic fan. Perhaps it’s because I read some of them when I was too young (for example, I read 1984 when I was 12 and despised it), or I just haven’t read the right ones. However, I’ve been wanting to read Fahrenheit 451 for quite a long time. So many people love this book, plus it’s a book about books! This one is definitely on my “read this book soon” list.
Hmmmm…. Can I get through an entire tag without mentioning a Cassandra Clare book? The answer would be no, because I simply can’t not choose Clockwork Prince for this question. If you haven’t read The Infernal Devices yet, I don’t know what you’re doing. However, I can tell you that this second installment does NOT suffer from second book syndrome! It’s sooooo good.
I won’t lie, I did have a little trouble coming up with a question for City Folk, but I think it turned out alright. For a book that’s set in a large metropolis, I’m going to go with A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab. The Shades of Magic series quickly became one of my favorite series this year, and for good reasons. It’s fantastic! Plus it’s set in (multiple) London(s), which is definitely a large city.
2017 has been packed with a bunch of awesome new releases, but the best one I’ve read so far has to go to Geekerella by Ashley Poston. This is a retelling of Cinderella with a geeky twist, and it’s the cutest thing I think I’ve ever read. I’m extremely particular about my contemporary novels, but this one was perfect to me. Seriously, I couldn’t stop smiling while reading it, and I can not recommend it enough! So, go go go!
Without a doubt, I must pick Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief for this question. I wasn’t on the original hype train for PJO, but I got on that train as quickly as I could. Both my brother (who isn’t the biggest reader) adored this series as kids, and still love it to this day. Whenever I’m feeling kind of down, I’ll just read a few chapter (….or the whole book), and it cheers me right up! This book has gotten some serious love through the years. Maybe I’ll share some photos of my poor beat up copy on Twitter so you all can see how beat up it is.
Er, this question may be a little confusing. Basically I mean a book that is well fleshed out, developed, and rich with description. I wanted to use “rich with character” because bells are the currency system in Animal Crossing! Anyways, I’m going to go with The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern for this one. This was a recent read of mine, and I’m SO glad that I finally picked it up. It’s one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read, as it’s full of beautiful and lyrical passages, and a wonderful story.
Ooooh, I may upset some people with this choice. However, one book that I don’t particularly want to see ever again is Empire of Storm by Sarah J. Maas. Yikes, I simply did not like the direction this series went whatsoever. I truly had to push myself through this one, but if you want to read all of my ranty thoughts, I do have a book review here! In fact, I actually donated my copy of EoS so I didn’t have to see it on my shelf anymore…
Over the last few years, I have grown to love historical fiction so very much. Part of the reason why is the lovely Ruta Sepetys, who is the queen of writing historical fiction. What I especially love about her stories is that they focus on parts of history that don’t get much attention. Her books follow a young girl during the occupation of Lithuania, a young black girl trying to make a name for herself in New Orleans, and the story of the Wilhelm Gustloff. Although, out of all her stories, Between Shades of Gray is definitely my favorite, and I highly recommend that you check it out!
I TAG…
- Nadwa @ Painfully Fictional
- May @ Forever and Everly
- Mahriya @ My Bookish Life
- Lia @ Lost In A Story
- Azia @ The Uncharted Word
- Michelle @ The Writing Hufflepuff
- Yvo @ It’s All About Books
- 24hryabookblog
Be sure to check out all these lovely blogs, and of course anyone who wants to participate is welcome to (in fact I encourage it)!
So, that’s all for this Book Tag Sunday. I really hope you all enjoyed this tag, because I had so much fun creating it! Let me know if any of you are also Animal Crossing fans in the comments, I’d love to know!
OMG! Animal Crossing was my game. I played religiously every day and checked off the items in my handbook, when I obtained them (on both Wii and DS). Yeah! I am glad Geekerella made your list for a positive thing. This book made me so happy. So much fun and too cute.
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Ahhhh I did the same thing on the Wii! That was my first animal crossing game, although I’ve gone back to play WW! Geekerella was very very cute 😄
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omg this tag is so perfect, I’m definitely going to have to do it
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Yay, that makes me so happy to hear! 😄
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omg! i used to love playing animal corsisng!
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Right? There’s also a never bad time to get back into playing it. 😉
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I never played Animal Crossing! I’ve always wanted to, though. And thanks so much for tagging me! Sorry it took me a while to get around to seeing your post 😦 Agree with most of your answers. I’d love to read Fahrenheit 451. I don’t read many classics, either, but I’ve heard some really good thing about Fahrenheit. The Clockwork Prince is a fantastic sequel. That whole trilogy is just amazing, though, so no surprise there. And The Night Circus is such a beautiful story. So many rich details and well-developed characters. I’m also in love with London (specifically Red London) in ADSOM. I haven’t read Between Shades of Gray but I really enjoy historical fictions so I may just have to check that one out! Great post, McKenzie. Can’t wait to do this tag 😀
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Aww, thank you Azia! No worries about not seeing it, I’m quite behind on reading posts as well…
Who isn’t in love with Red London?? It’s gorgeous, plus Rhy and Kell live there, so what’s not to love? I highly recommend checking out Between Shades of Gray, and I’m looking forwards to seeing your tag! 😀
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I have so much catching up to do. I’ve been writing and scheduling posts but haven’t really been blog hopping. I think I might take a week off so I can just spend time visiting other blogger’s sites 😀 Ah Rhy and Kell are amazing! My favorite brothers 😉
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Ooh that sounds like a plan! I still have to get back in the blog post writing routine haha… 😂
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I certainly may have to go through with that plan by next week at least. I have soooo many reviews to write. Starting today, I’ll be writing about 3 per day. Hope you manage to get back in the blogging groove! 😉
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Woah, that’s so many! I’m have some issues getting through one currently. 😦 I’m sure I’ll get back into in no time, though!
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LOL, sometimes desperation will get you far. I literally wrote 4 reviews in one day…I was on a roll. Hopefully I can keep it up! And I hope you do! ❤
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