“THE SEASONS OF BOOK BLOGGING” TAG
RULES:
Thank the creator and the person who tagged you.
Begin with the month in which you were tagged and move forward from there!
State the best gift you’ve ever been given after you answer the question for your birthday month.
Tag whomever you like when you’re finished… or else you’ll be ‘it’ forever.
Have fun, of course!
The Seasons of Book Blogging Tag was created by Jordyn @ J. Bookish. I really enjoyed this book tag and would like to thank the one and only Beth @ betwixt-these-pages for tagging me. If you’re looking for edgy, well-written, off-the-beaten-path books to read, be sure to check out her blog.
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December is a time when friends and families come together and celebrate. Name one book you would give as a gift.
Lightning by Dean Koontz. I love this story so much. I mean, seriously, just check out this blurb:
In the midst of a raging blizzard, lightning struck on the night Laura Shane was born. And a mysterious blond-haired stranger showed up just in time to save her from dying.
Years later, in the wake of another storm, Laura will be saved again. For someone is watching over her. But just as lightning illuminates, darkness always follows close behind.
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January begins a new year. Name a resolution you made this year and if you’ve kept it or not!
My resolution this year was to write more novels and to read more books. I did both. 😀
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February is the month for relationships. Name your favorite book relationship: romantic, platonic, or familial, your choice!
Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons is so “charmingly” written. I loved the relationships between the three generations of “passionate, willful Southern women.”
Birthday Bonus: The best gift I’ve ever been given was. . . This is a little embarrassing but when I was a little girl I really liked baby dolls. One Christmas I got exactly the one I’d been wishing for and toted her all around with me after that.
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March is the month for luck and new beginnings. Name a book or series that you would like to re-experience as if you’d never read it.
You know how sometimes a book–or, in this case, a series of books– comes along when you’re in exactly the right frame of mind for it? That’s how Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was for me. Those books brought me so much joy that, after reading them, I went on to listen to the BBC radio broadcast, and that was really entertaining, too (definitely better than the movie).
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April is a spectacularly ordinary month. Name a book that was so over-hyped that it just could not live up to your expectations.
Well, I had high hopes for 17 & Gone, but I’m sorry to say it didn’t live up to my expectations.
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May is the month when the flowers start to bloom. Name a book that was a pleasant surprise to you.
I’ve never really jumped at stories about dragons, but Rachel Hartman’s Seraphina presented dragons in such an interesting, unique way that by the end I thought they were pretty glorious. It didn’t hurt that the story was really well written with an element of music running through it.
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June is the time to take a break. Name a book or genre that you like to read when you just need to check out.
I’ll just say right now that I am not a re-reader. However, a book that completely transported me to a different world was Patrick Ness’ The Knife of Never Letting Go.
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July is the time to celebrate your independence! Name a book that made you see fireworks. (Figuratively. Please don’t light books on fire.)
In concept and execution, Lauren Oliver’s Before I Fall is the perfect book for me. If Before I Fall were a person, I would marry it.
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August is the hottest month of the year. Pick an up-and-coming author that you think will be the next hottest thing.
I have a lot more 2015 debut YA authors’ books to read before I can decide who’s the hottest up-and-comer, but for now my guess is the talented and gorgeous Sabaa Tahir.
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September is time for students to go back to school! Pick a book you read for school that you actually enjoyed.
I found something to love about pretty much every book I read for school, but if I have to pick a favorite I’ll say Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (which has, in my humble opinion, the truest-to-the-book movie adaptation ever made.)
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October is time to celebrate Halloween! Pick one character that you would love to dress up as for Halloween.
Who wouldn’t love to dress as the baddest assassin in town, Calaena Sardothien from Sara J. Maas’ Throne of Glass?
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November is the month when we’re reminded of how much we have to be thankful for. Choose one book you’re grateful for having read and give a shout-out to the person who recommended it!
I am so glad I read Becky Albertalli’s Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda . I don’t remember how I stumbled across it, so I’m not sure who to thank, but Simon vs. the HSA was one of my favorite reads of 2015. I loved Simon’s voice and am puzzled by how this heartwarming book is not on more people’s favorites lists.
If this book tag is something you’d like to try, consider yourself tagged!
LOVELOVELOVE the seasons collage you chose for this! I should have been unique with mine; I just copy/pasted what the person who tagged me used. Oops!
Also, yay for meeting both of your resolutions for this year! That’s awesome!
I must have missed a memo somewhere; you’re the second person now to want to dress up as Celaena. Assassins will be next year’s Halloween go-to, I foresee. 😉 Also, I have Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda on my Kindle…I just need to find the time to read it! Here’s hoping I like it as much as I’ve seen others say they did!
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I know, right? And could you tell they’re bookmarks? It’s a deal then: I’ll read Magonia if you read Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, and we’ll compare notes.
Bahaha, yep, there are going to be a bunch of sexy female assassins running all over the place next Halloween.
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Oooh, I can deal with that deal! We should definitely do that, yes! Also–bookmarks?! GORGEOOOOUS!
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If 578-page The Diviners doesn’t give me too much trouble after Mr. Penumbra’s 24_hour Bookstore, I’m definitely shooting for reading Magonia in early January. (I really want to read it!)
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Magonia is *amazing* definitely one of my faves of 2015!
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Is it really, Lila? Now I’m even more excited to read it. At first, I ran across a lot of reviews saying Magonia was “weird”–something about eating a bird or something– but then I decided, well, I like “weird” so Magonia might just be my kind of book.
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its a little strange at first but then it turns really beautiful but it does straddle the line between magical realism and fantasy
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Oh, yay! Well, let me know and I’ll pick up Simon about the same time, then! It’ll be like a book buddy-y type thing. XD
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Magonia and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda–I adore that we’ll be buddy reading two books that are about as different as can be.
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We’re just awesome like that!
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Eve, I enjoy reading book tags and especially yours here. I loved Hitchhikers Guide series and could quote huge sections of it verbatim. The movie however was painful and I couldn’t watch it to the end. Did you see the BBC2 production (late 80s) though? I’m very interested by Becky Albertalli’s book and will add it to my tbr pile – ever growing! A great selection overall. Wishing you a magical Christmas. 😀
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Aren’t book tags such a treat, Annika? I love them, too, reading and writing them. Omigosh, I just had a thought–imagine that one day our books could be included in other people’s book tags. Whoah, I’m adding that as one of the details in visualizing where I’d like to be as a writer.
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Gosh, what a thought!! I’ve never done any visualising where I’d like to be as a writer but I may start now! Your words have me grinning away. 😀
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Loved reading this tag, such an inventive one! And some great recommendations, thanks for sharing 🙂 x
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Thanks, Sarah! I appreciate the kind words. Which book do you think you might be most interested in reading first?
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You picked Patrick Ness’s book in my birth month! It’s a sign! A sign that you must listen to me and read it immediately! Discover the greatness of Patrick Ness. 😊
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Yay, I’m so glad Patrick Ness’ book ended up in your birth month! I know how much you love this book and, thanks to you, I DID read it–and really liked it! Patrick Ness is such a talented writer!!
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