book tag – The Constellation of Moon

Animal Crossing is great, and the love of it sparked this cute tag by Angharad & Becky from Two Book Thieves. So of course I had to do it!

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Past Villager – Who is a character you found when you were younger that still has a place in your heart?

This is probably a tie between Menolly from HarperHall trilogy by Anne McCaffrey, Meg Murray from A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle and Aerin from The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley. I think they all three helped me feel less odd, and that being sometimes angry (like Meg), or still attempting to do things you love (like Menolly) or that finding your interests and finding a way to help when you know there’s some other way (like Aerin) weren’t so bad and you could be a heroine.

Blather’s Blatherings – Recommend a historical fiction book that you think everybody should read

I am torn between Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein or Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. Both are set during the Second World War, and in both the characters deal with camps and being prisoners. I was already interested in WWII history but they somehow sparked a further interest into concentration camps and gulags, plus the role of women in both world wars.

Celeste’s Wish – What is a future book release you wish you could read now?

The next book in the Wilde Investigations series by Laura Laasko. The first three have been amazing and I just want the next one now!

Timmy & Tommy – What is your favourite sibling relationship in a book?

There is something about Charles Wallace and Meg in Madeleine L’Engle’s books and how they are siblings and communicate and care for each other.

The Easter Bunny – A popular book character that you’re not a big fan of

Aelin form the Throne of Glass series (and the series as a whole)

Nook’s Loans – An author you’d give all your money to

So far I have a few authors who are instant buys. Tom Pollock, Sebastien de Castell, Laura Laasko, Stephanie Burgis, to be fair this list may get too long if I keep going and I will miss some.

The Sisters Able – What is your favourite fictional family (found or otherwise)?

Hum, not sure. I can’t really think of many, but I do love the relationships in Redwall series, so maybe that?

It’s a C+ – What is a book trope you don’t like that keeps popping up?

I am not big on love triangles where the main character has to choose between two of them and they both fight it between them like Twilight or Mortal Instruments or Hunger Games. It is boring when you know that the characters will be fawning over her forever and at the end she chooses one. I prefer more complex shapes of love or relationships, and pasisng feelings. Specially as teens. Heck, I had deep crushes and sometimes long, but they also were quick to fade and something new would come. And in most cases, there’s ample time for new to show up but it doesn’t…

The Wandering Camel – What is your favourite book set in a land far away from yours?

A relatively recent one is In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard, or Empire of Sand and Real of Ash by Tasha Suri. Absolutely love them (I mean I can aslo think Daevad/City of Brass)…

What Would Dodos Do? – A fictional land you wish you could fly away to at any moment?

Oh, I think this is a very tricky question. Most of the magical lands have perils I’d prefer not to deal with, so not entirely sure I’d be happier somewhere else. Maybe Yannia’s world in Wilde Investigations or a bit of the magic in Gods of Jade and Shadow.

Enjoyed that a lot! I am terrible at tagging on blogs, but I will happily tag on Twitter 🙂

Anyway, I was tagged by Taiwo @ Stuffed Shelves. You should go check out her own post on this tag and her blog as is 🙂

This tag was created by Kimberlyfaye Reads. All spell graphics are credited to her.

AN UPCOMING RELEASE YOU WISH YOU COULD GET YOUR HANDS ON RIGHT NOW!

This one is hard to answer with just one. I have a huge list of books I want to get my hands on. There is: More Than We can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer, Renegades by Marissa Meyer, The Invasion by Peadar Ó Guilín, The Beast’s Heart by Leife Shallcross, … the list really is long…

FAVOURITE SERIES STARTER

I love A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle. It starts off with the line “It was a dark and stormy night” because Madeleine thought she could pull it off despite it being so “cliche” and she did.

A BOOK THAT GAVE YOU ALL THE WARM FUZZIES

This is a very hard one for me. I rarely ever read warm fuzzies books (and it is only when you ask me to name one that I realise this). I guess the Redwall saga has a lot of moments when I’d love to be part of their banquets and be tasting their food and it has adventure and animals and it is just amazing, so I’ll go with that.

A BOOK THAT MADE YOU CRY

This is an easy one to answer. The one that always makes me cry is A Ring Of Endless Light by Madeleine L’Engle. It focuses on grief and death. The other one I would say is up there with ARoEL is Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer.

BOOKISH HERO OR HEROINE YOU WANT AROUND TO PROTECT YOU IN REAL LIFE

Can I choose someone like Aragorn or Eowyn? My life isn’t that crazy that the hero needs to be so amazing. I guess in a way, I’ve always wanted The Captain to be there which is why I created him, but he isn’t exactly a hero but he also isn’t an anti-hero.

A BOOK YOU INTENTIONALLY SPOILED FOR YOURSELF

Does reading the book and going like “I am sure this is going to happen” then skipping some chapters and “yes it is! see? I am sure now this will happen” and keep doing this until the end count? Because this happened most accutely with Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody. I generally can guess plot and plot twists but this was one where I was like “nope, it can’t be” and it was every time, so I spoiled it for myself.

A BOOK YOU WISH YOU COULD MAKE EVERYONE READ BECAUSE YOU LOVED IT YOURSELF

After the Fire by Will Hill. It is blunt and it is brutal but it is also beautiful and amazing and so human and I just wish everyone would read it and try to see life a little bit different.

A BOOK OR SERIES YOU WISH NEVER ENDED

Dragonriders of Pern. I love Anne McCaffrey’s books and they are amazing, I wish she was still around and could keep on writing. I mean, it is dragons, it is space, there is time travel, there is a “shoulder” dragon (fire lizards), it is amazing!

A BOOK WITH AN UPLIFTING ENDING OR MESSAGE

There are several of them, I am trying to think of one I haven’t mentioned here already (because several on this post would also be candidates for this spell). I think I will say, Franklyn’s Flying Bookshop was an amazing ending and it made me happy.

A BOOK YOU WISH YOU COULD FORGET YOU EVER READ

There are few and far between and I can’t remember one I wish I hadn’t read though I am sure there are a few. But I probably have forgotten them already.

AN AUTHOR WHOSE BOOKS ALWAYS GET YOU OUT OF A SLUMP

There’s 3 amazing ladies: Anne McCaffrey, Madeleine L’Engle and Robin McKinley.

A SWOON-WORTHY HERO OR HEROINE

I love both Corlanth and Harimad in The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley. And Aerin is kind of a hero in her own being for me (The Hero and The Crown by Robin McKinley).

A BOOK THAT MADE YOU TO STOP DOING ALL OTHER THINGS UNTIL YOU FINISHED IT

There are so many of them, but the most recent one was Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer. I had meant to read just a couple of chapters before bed and somehow stayed up late until I had finished it in one go.

A BOOK THAT WAS PAINFUL TO READ (FOR WHATEVER REASON) OR BROKE YOU

Lies Like Love by Louisa Reidd made me very thoughtful. It was kind of scary and at the same time, it could be true. Books with topics that are too close to some traumas in my life sometimes make it hard for me to keep reading but I try to keep up with them.

A BOOK THAT HAD YOU LAUGHING AT LOUD

Comics, I recently read Mikki’s Comic Book by Mikiko and it is so cute and funny, but of course, it isn’t the only one.

A BOOK THAT MADE YOU WANT TO SEND IT (OR YOUR E-READER) FLYING

Given to the Sea. Too many POV and not all of them in first person, and one of them is basically just filler because it is irrelevant to plot (part of plot but it could’ve done without it and not made a difference). The ending was atrocious and I kept trying to read and to like it but I just couldn’t.

BOOKISH WORLD YOU WISH YOU COULD VISIT

Pern. Damar. Deema.

A BOOK WITH A SHOCKING TWIST OR ENDING

Everless by Sara Holland. It was more unexpected and it actually was a pleasantly “oh wow” twist.

A CHARACTER DEATH THAT DESTROYED YOU

I don’t think any character death has destroyed me. I like characters but it doesn’t destroy me if they die.

BEST SERIES CONCLUSION

Would it be too geeky to say Return of the King by Tolkien? I think he ties things up amazingly, and specially for some of the characters like Faramir and Eowyn. It was a good mix of different endings, an ending that isn’t all the same for everyone but that “fits” each character. I liked that.

So now I’ve made all these book spells. Would you like to do some? (I will tag some of you on Twitter)

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