Sunday 24 January 2016

Fairy tale Book Tag

So I've just finished the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (which was incredible and if you haven't read this series then you need to!), and rather than doing a review for them, I thought I'd try and find a book tag to do instead, just to keep things interesting. So, because this series is made up of fairy tale retellings, what better tag to do than a fairy tale book tag? I found this one from The Daily Prophecy and all credit goes to her for creating this tag ~ my brain is definitely not functioning well enough to create a wonderful tag like this - I'm simply borrowing it for a while!

PART 1 - CLASSIC PRINCESSES
Pinocchio - The boy whose nose grows when he lies
Is there a book you lie about because you feel ashamed for liking it?

Probably Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. I think this is the series that introduced me to YA and I fell in love with them. It wasn't until the films came out that I started hearing negative things about them and a few years after that when I think a lot of people maybe started to feel a little self-conscious about admitting they like the series.

Beauty and the Beast - The girl who fell in love with personality
Which book do you love that has a hideous cover?
The Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead is a great spin off series from Richelle's Vampire Academy series but I hate the covers for them. They could be so much nicer and more representative of the series itself.

Snow White - Hunted down for her beauty
Do you ever buy a book based on the cover alone and if so, what is the last one?
I tend to order books from the library before I buy them, and even then I usually buy them on my Kindle because I don't have enough room! The last book I bought was Winter by Marissa Meyer although that was because it's the last book in the series but I love the covers for all of those books - they're so pretty!

Sleeping Beauty - Cursed to sleep, awakened by true loves kiss
What is your favourite book couple?

Daemon & Katy from the Lux series. Although, I have now developed a fondness for Cress and Thorne from the Lunar Chronicles series. I think I'm attracted to sarcasm and sass, which both couples have in abundance!

Little Mermaid - Gave up on her old life for love
Do you ever branch out into new genres or do you like to stick with the ones you know and love? If you try new things out, what is the latest book?

I do read Young Adult with a mix of genres under that umbrella. However I do sometimes read crime books, particularly Tess Gerritsen books and my favourite of hers is Gravity, which is set in space and had me hooked from beginning to end. I also love Cecelia Ahern books - Where Rainbows End and One Hundred Names are both amazing books. It's quite rare now that I do pick those kind of books up though - YA is more relatable to me I suppose.

Cinderella - Who lost her shoe after midnight
What is the last book that made you stay up all night?
Probably Winter again to be honest - I needed to know how that series ended!

Rapunzel - Locked in a tower
What is the worst book you read last month?
It's actually been a while since I read a book I really didn't like, but the most recent one that springs to mind is The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin. I so wanted to like this book and I just really didn't like it at all.

PART 2 - MIX AND MATCH

Aladdin - The poor boy who found a genie
What is the latest book treasure/gem that you've found?
For me this is probably the Infernal Devices series. I love the Shadowhunter world that Cassandra Clare created in the Mortal Instrument series and the characters in this prequel series are as equally amazing at the ones in TMI. Action packed, full of witty lines and sarcasm this series is brilliant in about a hundred different ways.

Alice in Wonderland - The girl who fell through a rabbit's hole
Which book made you feel like you'd landed in a different world?
The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa. The way that she incorporated well known characters such as Puck and Oberon and Mab and mixed them into both our modern world and a completely different one is amazing and it's a world I go back to again and again.

The Frog Prince - Where an enchanted prince becomes human again
What is a book you thought you would hate, but ended up loving?
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. I thought I'd hate this series, it never really appealed to me, but I was in a reading rut and wanted to push myself and I ended up loving the series.

Hansel and Gretel - Left alone in the woods and captured by a witch
Which duo (brother/sister sister/sister) is your favourite and why?
It's got to be the same answer as my favourite couple, Dee and Daemon from the Lux series are so sweet. Daemon really loves his sister and will do anything to protect her. I've always kind of wanted a big brother like that.

Little Red Riding Hood - Almost eaten by a wolf dressed as her grandmother
What book disappointed you after falling in love with the cover and blurb?
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce, which is an appropriate choice for this question. The cover was gorgeous and the blurb intrigued me and I finished the book a little disappointed.

Rumpelstilskin - Nobody knows his name
What book do you love that doesn't get enough attention?
Argh so many. Lux and Iron Fey obviously. But then The Glimpse & The Fall (duology) by Claire Merle, City of Halves by Lucy Inglis, Clarity and Perception by Kim Harrington (duology) - all of these are amazing books or series that need way more recognition!

I hope you enjoyed this tag - what books would you answer with?

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