Rant ot Rave: The "Big Reveal" Trope

Time for Rant or Rave! This week the topic is a rave about the "Big Reveal" Trope. I love it.

You know that scene in almost every YA paranormal/Urban Fantasy book where a “normal” character meets some mysterious person, usually a hot guy, and they find out that that guy isn’t exactly human or that there is a whole other world out there they had no idea about? This is a trope that I will never get tired of.

I love having the big reveal, it adds so much drama and it’s exciting when you know something the protagonist doesn’t. It also says so much about the characters with how they react to this. Some characters take this in stride and others lose their shit. Either way, it’s extremely entertaining. If I could only read books with one trope for the rest of my life it would be this one. 

The big reveal can tell you so much from the authors writing style to the characters themselves. You can tell who the hothead is and you can tell who the wallflower is. 

Raven Boys Spoilers

Also, the big reveal doesn’t even have to happen during the beginning of a book. If it’s part of a series it could just be a plot twist that happens at the very end of a book. The one that comes to the forefront of my mind is the Raven Boys. If you haven’t read the Raven Boys yet skip to my end of Spoilers in bold. So we end off The Raven Boys with the iconic:

“I guess now would be a good time to tell you," he said. "I took Chainsaw out of my dreams.” 

This sets the stage for the rest of the series. We realize that there truly is magic in the world. Ronan’s abilities and big reveal tell so much about what we never understood throughout the series. 

End of Raven Boys Spoilers

Even though a lot of these are really well written and very revealing, I have to admit that my main fascination with this trope is that I find it entertaining. Not even from a critical standpoint, I just like to see characters lose their shit when they find out their love interest is a vampire or they’re actually a Shadowhunter. It’s a guilty pleasure.

Thoughts on the topic?

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Phoenix Fire Blog Tour + Giveaway/Spoiler Free Review

Phoenix Fire
by S. D. Grimm

About Phoenix Fire: 

After spending her life in foster care, Ava has finally found home. But all it takes is a chance encounter with hot nerd Wyatt Wilcox for it to unravel.

Now, things are starting to change. First, the flashes of memories slowly creeping in. Memories of other lives, lives that Wyatt is somehow in. Then, the healing. Any cut? Gone.

But when Cade and Nick show up, claiming to be her brothers, things get even weirder. They tell her she’s a Phoenix, sent to protect the world from monsters—monsters she never knew existed. It’s a little hard to accept. Especially when they tell her she has to end the life of a Phoenix turned rogue, or Cade will die.

With Wyatt’s increasingly suspicious behavior, Ava’s determined to figure out what he’s hiding. Unless she can discover Wyatt’s secret in time and complete her Phoenix training, she’ll lose the life, love, and family she never thought she could have.

My Thoughts:

I received an ARC for an honest review

I gave this book 4.25 stars. I decided to read this book on a whim. The synopsis really does not do the book justice. It’s so much more than just a book about a girl who is reunited with her brothers and has a crush. 

I thought that Ava and Wyatt’s relationship was going to be really cheesy and I kinda expected instalove. Despite my expectations going in, there was actually a build towards their relationship instead of jumping right in. We slowly got to know them and were along with them as they fell in love.  I loved how it didn’t just start at the beginning of this book, it went back even further than we thought. 

There are a lot of secrets in this novel and not all of them get revealed in this book, so if you hate unanswered questions you might want to wait for the rest of the books in the series before starting this. However, even though not all the questions are answered the novel isn’t left on a cliffhanger which we should all be thankful for, I know I am. 

The idea behind the book is so simple, yet I’ve never seen anything like it. Phoenix’s as humans. It’s something I’ve actually thought of before, but I’ve yet to see it translate onto paper before this novel. I always thought it would be a cool idea and I’m glad this author thought so too and decided to bring this captivating story to life.

This book had substance. I find that some YA urban fantasy books can get caught up in a romance or something and the plot is none existent and you pretty much spend the whole book wondering how their tricky relationship is going to work. This novel doesn’t rely heavily on the romance. It also deals with family and betrayal and badassery. 

The world itself is so cool. I haven’t seen a lot of phoenixes in stories. The only time I can actually remember a phoenix being in a story was Fawkes from Harry Potter and we don’t really know much about him. I loved how flushed out the phoenixes are. We get so much information on how their cycles work and their magic. It’s fascinating. 

Overall, I highly suggest giving this one a read. It’s exciting, has that hint of romance, and most importantly has an abundance of magic.

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About S.D. Grimm: 

S. D. Grimm’s first love in writing is young adult fantasy and science fiction, which is to be expected from someone who looks up to heroes like Captain America and Wonder Woman, has been sorted into Gryffindor, and identifies as rebel scum. Her patronus is a red Voltron lion, her spirit animal is Toothless, and her favorite meal is second breakfast. Her office is anywhere she can curl up with her laptop and at least one large-sized dog.You can learn more about her upcoming novels at www.sdgrimm.com

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Excerpt from Phoenix Fire: 

He shrugged. “I should have expected Danny to warn you about me.”

“It’s not like you made a habit out of beating people up, right?” I offered a smile.

The way his gaze locked onto mine, suddenly easier to read, though the moonlight was blocked by branches here, made me think he might be staring deep into a memory, too. 

“Wyatt?”

He sucked in a breath. “Right. I don’t go around hurting people.”

“No. You let them pick on you.” I released his hands. 

His small laugh seemed to drip bitterness. “Well, I can’t exactly fight back—I’d be in so much trouble if I were to have another…incident—and they know it.”

That ignited a fireball in my stomach. That’s why they picked on him? “How can people be so cruel?” I pointed my flashlight on the path ahead. “Can I show you something?”

“Of course.”

Within a few minutes, we’d arrived to my favorite place on the run. I stepped through the thinning dune grass and out onto a sandy cliff of the top of a dune. From here we could see over Lake Michigan. But the sun had already set, leaving nothing but darkness in front of us. Here, at night, the best view was looking up. 

I sat down and motioned to the stars. “I looked up Andromeda after you came over.”

“Yeah?” His voice carried the hint of awe and surprise mingled together. 

“But I don’t know which constellation it is.”

He sat beside me and leaned close enough that his shoulder brushed against mine. “There.” His fingers traced an outline of stars. “It’s been said that she’s a beautiful princess.”

“I read that, too.” I chuckled. “But like all princesses, she got into trouble.”

He laughed. “Yes. She got herself captured.”

I made my voice mock-dreamy. “But her handsome prince—what was his name? Perseus!—saved her. I can only imagine they lived happily ever after.”

He didn’t respond, so I tore my eyes away from the night sky and found Wyatt already looking at me. 

“Thank you,” he said, turning his attention back to the sky as a breeze off the lake muffled his quiet words. “For not making me feel like a monster for what I did.”

I wanted to touch him again, but I refrained. “You’re hardly a monster, Wyatt.”

Something in his soft smile made my heart beat faster.

Blog Tour: Between the Blade and the Heart Review and Giveaway

Between the Blade and the Heart
by Amanda Hocking

Release Date: January 2nd, 2017

Publisher: Wednesday Books/St. Martin's Press

SUMMARY:

When the fate of the world is at stake
Loyalties will be tested

Game of Thrones meets Blade Runner in this commanding new YA fantasy inspired by Norse Mythology from New York Times bestselling author Amanda Hocking.

As one of Odin's Valkyries, Malin's greatest responsibility is to slay immortals and return them to the underworld. But when she unearths a secret that could unravel the balance of all she knows, Malin along with her best friend and her ex-girlfriend must decide where their loyalties lie. And if helping the blue-eyed boy Asher enact his revenge is worth the risk—to the world and her heart.

AUTHOR BIO: 

Amanda Hocking is the author of over twenty young adult novels, including the New York Times bestselling Trylle Trilogy and Kanin Chronicles. Her love of pop culture and all things paranormal influence her writing. She spends her time in Minnesota, taking care of her menagerie of pets and working on her next book.

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My Thoughts:

I received an ARC through Netgalley for an honest review

I gave this book 4 stars. It’s an incredible start to a series and I have no doubt it’ll bloom into an even better series. 

This is the only realistic love triangle I have ever read about and probably the only one I will ever read about in the future. We have a bisexual protagonist who can’t decide between her bombshell ex-girlfriend and a sweet sexy new guy in her life. It wasn’t as dramatic as you may think, I honestly had such a good time reading about it. If you’ve been following my blog then you know how much I hate love triangles. This is the first time that I haven’t absolutely detested one and that’s huge for me, therefore this book can do no wrong.

I’m loving this influx of books based on Norse Mythology. A few years ago I had maybe one series centered around Valkyrie and now there are so many and I love it. Valkyrie are something I personally have always found incredibly intriguing so any book about them is guaranteed to have me reading.

I’m slightly confused about the setting. It wasn’t exactly clear is the story was set in our world with a secret underworld, or if it was our world but everyone was open about being supernatural, or if it was complete fantasy. 

Our protagonist is a bit emotionally stunted which seems to cause quite a few problems in her life. This all ties back to her mother. I personally hated her mother, she was awful. Malin however, feels a bond towards her mother despite her mother barely being just that, a mother. It bothered me that Malin cared so much about her mother when her mother obviously didn’t care at all about her. It’s understandable since that is her mother, but it’s still really annoying.

I’ve read this author's writing before and this is so completely different from what I’ve read that I was a bit surprised that it was even the same author. This is in no way a bad thing, just an observation.

Overall, I would highly suggest this book to those who love upper YA and fantasy novels. It was in short, epic.

Giveaway:

Rules:

• This giveaway will run from January 1st to January 3rd
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Waiting on Wednesday

Queen of Air and Darkness
by Cassandra Clare

Release Date: December 4th, 2018

Synopsis:

Dark secrets and forbidden love threaten the very survival of the Shadowhunters in Cassandra Clare’s Queen of Air and Darkness, the final novel in the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling The Dark Artifices trilogy.

What if damnation is the price of true love?

Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters. In the wake of the tragic death of Livia Blackthorn, the Clave teeters on the brink of civil war. One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the blight that is destroying the race of warlocks. Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead. What they find in the Courts is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark path into a future they could never have imagined. Caught in a race against time, Emma and Julian must save the world of Shadowhunters before the deadly power of the parabatai curse destroys them and everyone they love.

My Thoughts:

This book is coming out a year from now and I am still the most excited I have ever been. We finally have a cover for this beautiful finale and I can't wait to actually get my hands on a copy. This series has been the best one Cassandra Clare has released yet and I have no doubts that this final installment will make the first two books look boring. 

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The Girl Who Saved Ghosts Spoiler Free Review

The Girl Who Saved Ghosts
by K. C. Tansley

Release Date: October 17th, 2017

Synopsis:

She tried to ignore them. Now she might risk everything to save them. 

After a summer spent in a haunted castle—a summer in which she traveled through time to solve a murder mystery—Kat is looking forward to a totally normal senior year at McTernan Academy. Then the ghost of a little girl appears and begs Kat for help, and more unquiet apparitions follow. All of them are terrified by the Dark One, and it soon becomes clear that that this evil force wants Kat dead. 

Searching for help, Kat leaves school for the ancestral home she’s only just discovered. Her friend Evan, whose family is joined to her own by an arcane history, accompanies her. With the assistance of her eccentric great aunts and a loyal family ghost, Kat soon learns that she and Evan can only fix the present by traveling into the past. 

As Kat and Evan make their way through nineteenth-century Vienna, the Dark One stalks them, and Kat must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to save a ghost.

My Thoughts:

***I received this ARC through Netgalley for an honest review***

I gave this book 4 stars. This sequel was way better than the first book to say the least. I was 100% invested by the end that I really just want to sit down and binge the rest of the series that has yet to be written. 

Kat is what I would call a perfect character. She is the perfect amount of flawed, relatable, and compassionate. She’s a character that maybe I don’t love with all my heart, but I can’t think of a single reason to dislike her. She’s a solid character that I don’t mind reading about at all.

Evan has done such a one eighty from when we first met him. He went from the man who was making Kat miserable for no apparent reason to making sure that everything was always going okay for her and that protecting her when she needed it the most.

What I find most grounding about this series in general is the fact that they don’t always win. In most YA novels the protagonist somehow manage to always come out on top, nothing bad ever really sticks to them. In this series, Kat can’t fix everything with the snap of her fingers. She wants so badly to help them and she does to a point, but she can’t fix things 100% and sometimes those small bits and pieces that remained broken are really heartbreaking.

If you’ve read the first book already you can probably sense the slow burning romance coming on. It hasn’t happened yet but the sense is getting a lot stronger, there are many hints and I’m curious to see how it’s going to happen.

I’m happy to report that we also finally get to know what their ages are! I was so confused about how old the characters were in the first book and I’ve finally figured it out. The group of friends are in this special boarding school, their seniors so 17 or 18 years old; Evan is in fact 20 years old doing that teacher assistant thing. I don’t know if it’s for school or if it’s an internship of some sort, it becomes more clear while still remaining pretty vague. 

Overall, read it. It’s got something new to add to the YA world. It’s more than just an action packed teen romance, it’s got a whole bunch of titillating subplots mixed in along with intriguing characters.

Waiting on Wednesday

Brave
by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Release Date: December 11th, 2017

Synopsis:

Ivy Morgan hasn't been feeling like herself lately. Not like anyone can blame her. After all, being held captive by a psychotic fae prince hell-bent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld is bound to leave some mental scars.

It’s more than that, though. Something dark and insidious is spreading throughout Ivy, more powerful than she could ever imagine... and it’s coming between her and the man she’s fallen deeply in love with, elite Order member Ren Owens.

Ren would do anything to keep Ivy safe. Anything. But when he makes a life altering choice for her, the fallout of his act has far reaching consequences that threaten to tear their lives apart. If Ivy is going to have any hope of surviving this, she must put aside the hurt and betrayal she feels, and work with not only those she loves, but with an enemy she would rather kill than ever trust. War is coming, and it soon becomes clear that what Ivy and Ren thought they knew about the Order, themselves, and even their enemies, has been nothing but a cluster of dangerous, deadly lies. Ivy knows she must be more than just brave to save those she loves--and, ultimately, to save herself.

Because behind ever evil fae Prince, there’s a Queen…

My Thoughts:

I will read anything Jennifer L. Armentrout writes, no matter what (well, unless it's really offensive for some reason, but I highly doubt that would happen, so my statement stands.) I can't say too much because this is the third book in the series, but I can say that I am highly anticipating the release of this book. I was hooked from the moment I found out that there was a character named Ren (I am obsessed with the name Ren, some of my favorite characters are named Ren). If you are interested in checking out the other books in this series I will leave a link here.

Sunday Favorites: Practical Magic

This is going to be a new series on my blog! I'm gonna choose a new book or series each week, or close to each week. These are going to be books that I love and I just want to talk about everything I love about them. I'm excited!

In honor of me just finishing the prequel to Practical Magic, The Rules of Magic, I decided to make this my very first post in this series.

The first thing I love about this book is the writing style. Alice Hoffman has a way of writing her stories in a way where you feel like you're in a different world. I feel like I'm sitting there listening to someone tell me a story, sorta like a fairytale and I absolutely adore it. The writing feels so poetic and beautiful that you don't want to devour the entire story at once, you want to read it slowly and savour it.

Practical Magic is a world where the characters are dealing with real problems, but there just so happens to be a bit of magic mixed in. They're witches who have real problems just like any other human being. They can die, fall in love, fall out of love. The whole shebang. They even work day jobs.

I've mentioned this before, but I love the magic system. It's what I've always expected of witches and wizards for as long as I can remember. It's all about superstitions and weird things that happen that can never quite be explained, or can be explained away as an accident or a coincidence. They speak of magic and curses like they are living beings, it isn't quite something that can be understood, but they are okay with not knowing exactly what their magic is.

The romance in this book was full blown and I couldn't hate any matches that were made in this book. Even if it was insta love, I know I made a big deal about hating any and all instalove, but this book is my one exception to the rule. These characters are magic and have more intuition than the regular being and the way the emotions are described is too much for the reader to deny. Therefore, I will forgive any instalove that may happen in this book.

Because I am trying to do my best to avoid spoilers, that is all I will say. I truly do believe that this is an amazing book and if it sounds interesting you should definitely give it a shot.

If you've read Practical Magic what are some of your thoughts?

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The Rules of Magic Spoiler Free Review

The Rules of Magic
by Alice Hoffman

Release Date: October 10th, 2017

Synopsis:

Find your magic

For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man.

Hundreds of years later, in New York City at the cusp of the sixties, when the whole world is about to change, Susanna Owens knows that her three children are dangerously unique. Difficult Franny, with skin as pale as milk and blood red hair, shy and beautiful Jet, who can read other people’s thoughts, and charismatic Vincent, who began looking for trouble on the day he could walk.

From the start Susanna sets down rules for her children: No walking in the moonlight, no red shoes, no wearing black, no cats, no crows, no candles, no books about magic. And most importantly, never, ever, fall in love. But when her children visit their Aunt Isabelle, in the small Massachusetts town where the Owens family has been blamed for everything that has ever gone wrong, they uncover family secrets and begin to understand the truth of who they are. Back in New York City each begins a risky journey as they try to escape the family curse.

The Owens children cannot escape love even if they try, just as they cannot escape the pains of the human heart. The two beautiful sisters will grow up to be the revered, and sometimes feared, aunts in Practical Magic, while Vincent, their beloved brother, will leave an unexpected legacy.

My Thoughts:

***I Received an ARC through Netgalley for an Honest Review***

I gave this book 5 stars. This was a book of first love, true love, heartbreak, and magic. It was one of the greatest books I read this year. The story felt so timeless and fluid I was so completely distracted that I would forget that I was actually reading a book.

This book isn’t harsh or action packed, it isn’t about witches who fight off evil or do evil things. The best way I can describe this book is that it’s enchanting and gentle, if at times a bit emotional, it isn’t a rollercoaster.

This book was so beautiful and heartbreaking. My heart completely broke for these characters. These three protagonists are completely different but they work so well together. 

It made me very anxious because I knew for a fact that only two of the characters actually make it out of this story alive seeing as they are important characters in Practical Magic. I felt a sense of foreboding, knowing that everyone but these two characters would probably end up dying. That stressed me out pretty badly. 

There were several aspects of this story that normally I would hate, but I didn’t actually mind in this book. For one, there was some instalove. It didn’t feel like instalove because of the magic, and the beautiful way that the author played it out. It felt like those characters were meant to be together and time didn’t exist to them in those moments where they were together. I fell in love with their love.

It was also most of a tell not showing story, as the first book was also like that. I liked it though, the author is telling us a tale of those characters and is drawing on their emotions and experiences. I feel like I’m sitting in front of a fire while someone is telling me a fairytale. 

I think the author did an amazing job balancing the story lines of all the characters. I felt I got a lot about all three siblings. 

 It was also nice to see that the characters were actually effected by different things that were happening around that time period from riots to the Vietnam war. It wasn’t just phased out as I often see in books set around that time period.

One of the greatest aspects of this book was the magic system, this is what I expect of stereotypical witches. Superstition and weird things that can’t be explained. Herbal remedies and psychic abilities. No offense to my favorite, Harry Potter, but this is probably my favorite magic system.

Overall, I need more of these characters. I want to know more about what happens to them because a lot of those questions aren't even answered in Practical Magic. This book is really good and I would highly suggest reading it. Although, it is not a fast-paced book and is more character driven, so if you prefer things fast paced and plot driven, this probably isn't the best choice for you. 

Book Similarities: What's Okay and What Isn't

I was sitting in my room thinking about books that I thought had very similar premises or were just similar books in general, and I was thinking about at what point does it cross the line? When does a similarity become plagiarism? So I figured I'd talk about that today.

I should add a spoiler warning also, so before each paragraph I will put a picture of the books it will spoil, if any. I want to use comparisons between books to further my argument (although I'm not quite sure what my argument is at the moment, maybe I'll figure it out by the end of this post). I'm also trying to stick with comparisons that I've read, so no theoretical ones that I don't know for sure about, like the Eragon vs. Star Wars thing, or the Mortal Instruments vs. The Dark Hunters Series, I feel like I wouldn't have the best view of things if I didn't have all the details myself, so I'm leaving those out.

The one similarity in books that always comes to mind right off the bat, is The Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead and The Covenant Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout. These are two of my favorite authors of all time with two of my favorite series's of all time, so they're at the forefront of my mind a lot. They have a lot of similarities, such as the protagonists both ran away from their magical boarding schools before the books started. There's also the fact that they both have hot older mentors and were in forbidden relationships with them. The protagonists also have pretty similar personalities, they aren't doormats. There is also a lot of other comparisons that can be made, like the fact that there are halfbloods, and full bloods, and evil creatures that are out to kill the full blooded ones so they must be protected by the half blooded ones. Now while that is a lot of similarities and when put like that it does seem to be the same story, however, their plot lines go in completely different directions. Personally, I find it's okay that circumstances are similar as long as the plot line isn't identical.

Another topic I feel I should cover is fanfiction and books based off of classics. The entire point is that they would be similar to the original. I feel like as long as the author is straight forward about it being similar to another work then it wouldn't cause significant damage because that is the premise of their story. It's like covering a song, everyone knows that you didn't come up with it, but you made some changes and made it your own version. I whole heartedly support retellings and fanfiction, for the most part. Some fanfiction gets really weird...

Another comparison I should make is between, The Night Circus and The Crown's Game. These two books have the same premise, two magic users in a battle to the death, and whoops, they fall in love. What makes these two similar premises separate in my mind is that they have two completely different settings, they have a different end game, the atmosphere in these books are completely different from each other. While I do think that if you liked one, you would like the other, I don't think you could only read one and it would be like reading the other one.

Two series's that I think were a little too similar were the Royals Series by Erin Watt and the Kennedy Boys Series by Siobhan Davis. Don't get me wrong, I love both of these series's so much, but I can't ignore the fact that they are so incredibly similar at times I can't tell them apart. Like, I will remember a scene from one of them, but I can't quite remember which series it was from, which characters it entailed. Honestly, the reason I read the Kennedy Boys series was because it sounded so similar to the Royals Series, a series I loved, and I wasn't disappointed.

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The point I am trying to make is, two different book series's should not be interchangeable, similarities are okay, they are bound to happen, but having nearly identical stories is not. There should never be a point where I'm not sure about what happened in which book. I know it's not always on purpose that these books are so similar, but I feel it should be an effort to try and make sure your book isn't too similar to another.


Thoughts? When do you think the similarities between stories go too far?



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My Life in Books Tag

I was not tagged for this, I never am, but I'm going to do it anyway because I enjoy doing tags. Also I'm not 100% sure that is the name of the tag, but I'm about 99% sure, so that's good enough for me. 

1) Find a book for each of your initials

J - Just for Now by Abbi Glines

S - Shadowkiss by Richelle Mead

S- Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater

2) Count your age along your book shelf- which book is it?

Sentinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I'm keeping my age a secret because a lady never reveals her age;)

3) Pick a book set in your city/state/country.

The Calling by Kelley Armstrong. This book briefly takes place in Vancouver and I live in the Greater Vancouver Area, so that was the closest I could find for this one. Also probably the only book I've read that has taken place here. 

4) Pick a book that represents a destination you would love to travel to.

On Dublin Street by Samantha Young. I would love to go to Ireland. It's number one on the list of places I want to go.

5) Pick a book that's your favourite colour.

Crooked Kingdom. I know the dust jacket on the hardcover isn't red, but under the dust jacket, it's red along with the pages. It's completely red and completely my aesthetic.

6) Which book do you have the fondest memories of?

The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker. I read this book before I liked reading. I had checked it out of the library before and barely gotten a chapter in before I stopped. But the second time I decided to give it a go, I stayed up way past my bedtime, if I'm not mistaken it was one in the morning and I'm surprised my parents let me stay up that late, and I finished it. It was the very first chapter book I ever read in one sitting.

7) Which book did you have the most difficulty reading?

The Lord of the Flies. I could not for the life of me get through this book. I wanted to love it so much but it was honestly like chewing cardboard. I had to read it for school, but I ended up just using sparks notes.

8) Which book in your TBR pile will give you the biggest sense of accomplishment when you finish it?

Under the Dome by Stephen King. I've had it on my shelf for so long, plus the book itself is fricken huge. I will be so proud of myself when I finally get through it.

This was a really fun tag to do, so if you also want to do it you definitely should. 

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