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Book Tag | Spring Cleaning Book Tag

Sep 12, 2020

It’s another book tag time. Today I’m doing the Spring Cleaning Book Tag. This tag was created by Book Syrup, however, the original video is no longer available.

You know me I love doing book tags and now that it’s officially spring here in Australia. I thought it would be a fun thing to do. Let’s get into it.

1. The struggle of getting started: A book/book series that you have struggled to begin because of its size.

This is an easy one for me. It’s The Diviners by Libba Bray for me. This series has massive books and I’m not sure what I’m going to think of it. But I need to get to it soon. It’s one of the books that Ely picked for me to read this year. I’m intrigued but it and I want to read it.

2. Cleaning out the closet: A book and/or book series you want to unhaul.

I’m most likely going to unhaul The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. I have had this series for years now, but I have never picked it up. And I don’t think I will. I think my time for reading this series has passed.

3. Opening windows and letting fresh air in: A book that was refreshing.

I know I’ve talked about this book a lot but it has to be The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune. This book was refreshing in so many ways. From the characters to the romance and everything in between. It’s a magical and profound novel that truly takes the reader on an experience. It explores family and the notion that sometimes you find them in unlikely ways. Full Review

4. Washing out sheet stains: A book you wish you could rewrite a certain scene in.

Ohh this is such a good one and hard to pick. There are a few scenes in The Dare by Elle Kennedy. There were just a few things that didn’t sit well with me. And I would love to fix that a little.

5. Throwing out unnecessary knick-knacks: A book in a series that you didn’t feel was necessary.

I have a lot of thoughts of City of Fallen Angels and City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare. They are my least favourite of all her books and I feel like they weren’t necessary. But then they are. I feel it the last three books could be another series on its own – maybe it would have felt different then.

6. Polishing the doorknobs: A book that had a clean finish.

This would have to be Girl Against the Universe by Paula Stokes. I really enjoyed how this one wrapped everything up. And I normally love series. I love being with characters for ages and finding everything out. But this one finished nice and clean and just made me happy. Full Review.

7. Reaching to dust the fan: A book that tried too hard to relay a certain message.

This one has to go to Fix Her Up (Hot & Hammered #1) by Tessa Bailey. I felt it tried too hard on a lot of things and it didn’t work out. I couldn’t really connect with the characters, the plot. It just didn’t work for me. I was really looking for to this and I finished it disappointed.

8. The tiring yet satisfying finish of spring cleaning: A book/series that was tiring yet satisfying to get through.

This had to be The Letter Letter by Rebecca Yarros. This one was emotionally tiring. I cried too much, especially in the last 20%. It really hurt. It was an emotional rollercoaster. You can read my full review.

And that is it for this post. I had a fun time doing the spring cleaning book tag. What would you pick for these questions? Let’s Chat!

The Musical Theatre Book Tag

Sep 6, 2020

Today I thought it would be fun to do The Musical Theatre Book Tag. This tag was created by somethinglikelydia. You can check out her original video now.

If you didn’t know I’m a massive musical theatre fan. It’s one of my favourite things to do, so this year on top of everything else has been a bummer for musical theatre. There are a number of shows that obviously didn’t go ahead. So to make me feel a little better, I decided to do this tag about something I love. Anyway, here we go.

1. Wicked – Favourite fictional friendship

The friendship between the ladies in Lisa Kleypas’ The Wallflowers series is high on my list. I love that these ‘outcasts’ find solace in one another and together the group turns into a fantastic friendship. The friendship in this one just makes me smile. It makes me happy.

It’s a friendship that I would love to see in more books for sure.

2. Sweeney Todd – Favourite villain

Ohh this one is so hard. But after reading it I would have to go with Queen Levana from The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. She is cunning and manipulative but that is what makes her so interesting. I liked how her character was explored. She is just an interesting villain that isn’t a cookie-cutter like others.

3. Phantom of the Opera – Favourite love triangle

This is a really hard one for me because I really don’t like love triangles. It’s one of my least favourite tropes and I try and avoid reading it as much as possible. However, the love triangle in The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare is fantastic. It’s one of my favourites and one of the only ones that I truly love reading.

4. The Lion King – Favourite sidekick

Can I go with sidekicks? Because I think the children from The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune are magnificent. I adore then with every fibre in my body. If you haven’t read this book yet, just do it for me. I can’t pick any of these children as my favourite they are all just fantastic and brilliant. You can check out my full review now.

5. Grease – Least favourite ending

The ending of The Divergent series by Veronica Roth was pretty blah. It just felt so weak to me. It just felt like a waste of time for me. I wanted to like this series – and I will tell you it was a smart and different ending. But I felt cheated.

6. Matilda: The Musical – Favourite adaptation of a book

This isn’t a hard question for me. The Hunger Games trilogy‘s adaptations are some of the best I’ve seen. It’s exactly what I look for me in an adaptation and there isn’t much that I can say to fault it. Catching Fire is hands down the best adaptation that I’ve seen.

7. Les Miserables – Favourite death in a book

This another one is so hard for me. I honestly can’t think of one. I sat here for ages trying to figure something out for this one and couldn’t.

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Anyway, that is this tag done! I had so much doing it. I tag Ely from Earl Grey Books. And anyone else that wants to do it.

Do you like Musicals? Have you done this tag yet? What would you pick for these questions? Let’s Chat!

Book Tag | Finished the Book

Aug 28, 2020

Today I thought I would have some fun and do another book tag. Today it’s the Finished The Book book tag. This tag was created by Headless Books. I wasn’t tagged by anyone but thought that this would a great tag to do.

1) Do you keep a list of the books you have read?

I normally just keep track on Goodreads. I’ve tried to use other methods, but I read a lot of books and it just got too much work. I want to attempt to do it again next year, but we will see. The other ways that I have tried are through spreadsheets and bullet journaling.

2) If you record stats, what stats do you record?

While I don’t always record stats. I love looking at the ones that Goodreads provide. There are two of them that I enjoy. First, the end of year stats is so fun to look at. From my longest read to my shortest and everything in between. The other one I like is these stats that they do. It’s just so fun to look at.

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3) Do you give star ratings for books and if so, what do you rate books out of and how do you come about this score?

I normally give my ratings out of 5. It’s just easier in regards to Goodreads and other sites that use ratings. In saying that I do give half ratings. For the most part, a 3 start is a pretty good rating for me. It means I enjoyed the book, it has some things that I didn’t like. But overall I had a good read. Mu current average rating on Goodreads is 3.64.

4) Do you review books?

Yes! I’m attempting to write at least a few sentences for every book I read, but like I said I read a lot. Other than that you can find my reviews here on Angel Reads or over on my Goodreads

5) Where do you put your finished books?

I just bought new bookshelves so I did a massive rearrangement of my books recently. I currently have all my finished books on my shelves in the family room, outside my bedroom. It has turned into a makeshift library though and has been that way for several years. I have most of my unread books currently in my bedroom, either on my shelves or in my TBR cart.

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6) How do you pick your next book?

I’m normally read by mood. I make a little tbr for the month and I reading them when I’m in the mood. I’ve been that way for a while. I find that a fixed TBR is hard for me to stick too and it just doesn’t happen.

I do plan out my review book reads, but like with my other tbr, it’s normally just a wide time frame. I don’t put too much pressure on myself to read books by a certain time.

7) Do you have any other rituals for when you have finished a book?

It depends on the book. If it’s a pleasure read, I normally just mark it as finished on Goodreads and rate it. Sometimes I’ll write a couple of sentences.

If it’s a review book, I normally try and get a couple of thoughts down. Especially if they are pressing thoughts. None of it really makes sense, but it helps me write my review later on.