Hello my booksicles!
Today I’ll be doing the Sleeping Beauty Book Tag which I saw on LauReads.
I haven’t done a book tag in ages and that is something I wanted to change because tags are such fun ways to discuss bookish opinions and connect with other bloggers so I’m going to try to do more in the future. Here’s the tag!
~SLEEPING BEAUTY~
A main/title character that is overshadowed by others
I would definitely say Alina Starkov (from Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo) because although she’s the main character and one of the most powerful Grisha ever, she’s so boring and didn’t capture my interest in the slightest. Whereas, the other characters like the Darkling, Genya, Nikolai and Zoya were so much more nuanced and intriguing and if it wasn’t for them I would never have read the whole trilogy.
~PRINCE PHILLIP~
Name a character you would slay a dragon for
Can I say two characters? I would slay a dragon without a moment of hesitation for Lazlo and Sarai (from Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor) because they are the sweetest, nicest people ever and I love them with all my heart.
I would slay a dragon for them even though I have a great appreciation for dragons. I would slay a dragon for them even though I don’t think I possess the physical capabilities to slay a dragon (but I could do a dramatic reading of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer until it dies of frustration). However, I do think that if Lazlo and Sarai were being attacked by a dragon they’d probably find a way to make friends with it and my slaying-by-dramatic-reading skills would not be required.
~FLORA, FAUNA & MERRYWEATHER~
Your favourite fictional dysfunctional family
Nova’s family in Mooncakes is very dysfunctional but also the cutest one ever. Her parents may be ghosts and she may have a cousin with a pigeon head but their love and support for each other makes my heart glow.
~BRIAR ROSE~
A book/character whose name confuses you/you always mess up
A character name that never fails to confuse me is Chaol (from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas). I had no idea whether it was pronounced ‘ch-aa-ol’ or ‘chay-ol’ or ‘kale’ until I found a pronunciation guide and realised it was ‘kay-ol’. I have a friend who adamantly calls him ‘chole’ even though she knows how it’s supposed to be said. I can’t help associating his name with the leafy green vegetable.
~ONCE UPON A DREAM~
A book that gave you déjà-vu
I got intense déjà-vu from Frostblood by Elly Blake because it was so similar to books I’d already read and so tropey I could almost predict what would happen next. In particular, it reminded me of Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas because it also had a character with ice magic train another character to use their fire magic and then- shockingly- they fell in love. It also reminded me of Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard because it had the Frostbloods vs Firebloods conflict whereas Red Queen similarly had Reds vs Silvers. It didn’t provide anything new or original that I hadn’t seen before.
~BLUE VS PINK~
A character who can’t make up their mind
Veda (from Beware the Night by Jessika Fleck) just couldn’t make up her mind about whether she liked her best friend, Nico, or this other person called Dorian so she just strung them both along for the duration of the book and formed a tidy little annoying love triangle that has yet to be resolved.
~SLEEPING SPINDLE~
Name a book that turned out exactly how you thought it would (good or bad)
I knew that I’d love Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik before I read it for two reasons. Firstly, because I’d read another book by Novik called Uprooted and I completely and utterly adored it and secondly because it was a loose retelling of Rumpelstiltskin and I am a massive fan of fairy tale retellings. So when I read Spinning Silver and fell head over heels for its intricately woven story with whispers of winter, I wasn’t surprised.
So that’s the tag! What did you think of my answers? Do you agree/ disagree? Let me know in the comments!
I tag:
- Rukky @ Eternity Books
- E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Little Nook
- Noura @ The Perks of Being Noura
- Dini @ dinipandareads
- Or anyone else who would like to do it!
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