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The Book Life Tag

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Wow, it’s been a while since I posted something. Nine days. That seems like a lot though in retrospect, it really isn’t. What better way to start off again than a book tag? I was tagged by the wonderful Stellah @ The Little Book Nerd’s Life. Check her out, she’s awesome!

Who would your parents be?

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I would say Dante’s parents from Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamis Alire Sáenz. They are both hilarious, very supportive and just overall loving people.

Who would be your sister?

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I already have a younger sister and I’ve always wanted an older one. Honestly, I would love both Jane and Lizzy from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen as sisters. Jane’s kindness and Lizzy’s witty intelligence are exactly what I need in sisters.

Who would be your brother?

I would absolutely love having Nico diAngelo from the Percy Jackson series as a little brother. Also Ender from Ender’s Game except his intelligence will always make me self-concious. I guess we’ll just go with Nico then.

Who would be your pet?

Church! From the world of Shadowhunters. That cat is immortal I tell you. He’s been in all three Shadowhunter series so far.

Where would you live?

Ooo… hmm…. the Wizarding World after Harry defeated Voldemort. I feel the need to specify the after. 

Where would you go to school?

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Well, I guess the obvious answer would be Hogwarts. Though now that I just finished The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater, Aglionby Academy is now up there on the list. If only I was privileged, rich and a guy.

Who would be your best friend?

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This one is hard. I think I’ll go with Cath from Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. She’s a little quirky, a bookworm, super shy and writes fanfiction. We’re essentially the same person.

Who would be your significant other?

I know I’ve named Pride and Prejudice already but I can’t just NOT say Mr. Darcy. Because, MR. DARCY!! And following close behind is Will Herondale from the Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare.

This was fun! Does anyone have the same answers? Do the tag if you haven’t already!

OTP Book Tag

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I haven’t done a tag in a while! And I love tags! The OTP Book Tag was created on YouTube by Kristin Reads. I wasn’t tagged by anyone but this seemed like fun!

1. Pick an unpopular OTP that you ship:

Not exactly unpopular but a couple a lot of people disagree with: Cassie and Evan from the 5th Wave. I think they’re great and they help each other get through a lot.

2. Pick an OTP that you didn’t ship at first but now you do:

Simon and Isabelle from The Mortal Instruments. I wasn’t sure about them at first, I was very against them actually. But they grew on me.

3. Pick your most hated OTP:


Eleanor and Park. I don’t understand the hype around this book. I wouldn’t say I necessarily hate their ship, I just don’t get the obsession.

4. Pick an OTP that took way too long to get together:

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Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe from the Anne of Green Gables series. The first couple I ever shipped! I don’t remember completely but I believe it took them three books to get together.

5. Pick your favorite non-cannon OTP:

Draco Malfoy and Luna Lovegood! I know I’m in the very minority of Potterheads who ship these two, most people don’t even know Druna is an actual ship, but wouldn’t it be wonderful??!! Think about it!

6. Pick your favorite BROTP:

Heronstairs!! No bromance will ever beat Will and Jem from The Infernal Devices.

7. Pick an OTP you adored in the books but not in the show or TV adaptations:

Harry and Ginny in the movies were nowhere near the awesomeness they were in the book. Also Alec and Magnus in the show Shadowhunters. I LOVE them in the books but the show is destroying them!

8. Pick a popular OTP that no matter how hard you tried, you just couldn’t ship:

Clary and Jace in the Mortal Instruments. I just can’t. Their relationship honestly makes me cringe sometimes.

9. Pick your favorite LGBT+ OTP:

SOLANGELO!! Yes, yes, I know. Technically Nico and Will aren’t actually together YET. But they will be! (I can’t wait until The Hidden Oracle comes out! I need to know what happens!) Book Malec is a close second though.

10. Pick your all time favorite OTP:

It’s really hard to pick one so I’ll go with a classic and say Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice. They’re just wonderful and have the cutest love story!

I tag anyone reading this! What are some of your OTP’s?

Inside & Out Tag

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Hello everyone! This is the Inside & Out Tag created by MathomBooks over in BookTube. I was tagged by Stellah in The Little Book Nerd’s Life (you should check her out, she’s awesome).

I Inside flap/Back of the book summaries: Too much info? Or not enough (Discuss)
It honestly depends on the book. Some books give you a glimpse of the entire plot while some don’t give any clue as to what the story is about. Personally, I like to know the premise of a book before starting it to see if it is something I would be interested in. It annoys me when all a book blurb has is dialogue or a few sentences from one scene that occurs somewhere in the book because the entire time I’m reading the book, I’m waiting for that one scene so I can put the blurb into context.

N New book: What form do you want it in? Be honest: Audiobook, E-Book, Paperback, or Hardcover?
I love holding new hardcover books. Not even reading but just holding because those things are beautiful. So yes, hard-cover. 

S Scribble while you read? Do you like to write in your books, taking notes, making comments, or do you keep your books clean clean clean? (Tell us why)
Not in the least bit. Writing in books is a huge pet peeve of mine. I don’t even like writing in my most loathed school books, using post-its instead. Books are meant to be read, not written on.

I In your best voice, read for us your favorite 1st sentence from a book.
Slightly impossible since whoever’s reading this cannot hear my voice. One of my absolute favorite start of a book though:

“I’ve watched through his eyes, I’ve listened through his ears, and I tell you he’s the one. Or at least as close as we’re going to get.”

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. I love this book to death; it’s one of the very few books I can reread as many times as possible and not get bored. (Even though Orson Scott Card can be kind of a jerk).

D Does it matter to you whether the author is male or female when you’re deciding on a book? What if you’re unsure of the author’s gender? 
No, it does not matter at all. And it’s something that shouldn’t matter when you’re deciding on a book.

E Ever read ahead? or have you ever read the last page way before you got there? (Do confess thy sins, foul demon!)
No, reading ahead is another one of my pet-peeves. It ruins the fun of uncovering the book’s secret as you keep reading.

 

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O Organized bookshelves, or Outrageous bookshelves?
Definitely organized bookshelves. I don’t have a specific order in which I put my books; they’re mainly where they are based on size and whether or not the shelf has room.

U Under oath: have you ever bought a book based on the cover (alone)?
I don’t like buying books I haven’t read in case I don’t like them, so no. I have checked out books from the library based on their covers though (like A Thousand Pieces of You and These Broken Stars)

T Take it outside to read, or stay in?
I take my books everywhere and I do mean everywhere. My purses have one requirement, they have to be big enough to hold at least a paperback.

I tag anyone who wants to do the tag. Tag away!

"The Opposite Books" Tag

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Hello, everyone! This is The Opposite Books tag created by minhaestante over on Youtube. I was tagged by Stellah in The Little Book Nerd’s Life.

The first book in your collection and the last book you bought.

The earliest book I have in my collection right now would be Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary. I loved and still love the Ramona books to death. Those books are hilarious and heart-warming and the perfect series to hook a young mind to reading. The last book I bought would be Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I found it at Goodwill and jumped in joy. Jane Eyre is fantastic and one of my absolute favorite classics.

A cheap book and an expensive book.

Let’s see… I have bought A LOT of books from used book stores so I don’t know which one the cheapest is. My copy of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was only $0.25. The most expensive book would be Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan; it was $19.99 dollars of pain and disbelief. I regret buying that book to this day; it was highly disappointing and I refuse to take it as a legitimate conclusion.

A book with a male protagonist and a book with a female protagonist.

For male protagonist, I will choose I Hunt Killers series by Barry Lyga. These books are about Jasper Dent, the son of the most notorious serial killer in the world. Jasper is set on clearing his name when murders, very similar to the works of his imprisoned father, starts again in their area. These books are intelligent, violent and downright scary at times. I see Jasper as almost a teenage version of Sherlock (from the BBC show, not the books). For a book with a female protagonist (which is more than 90 percent of YA books these days)… I’m just going to go with a childhood favorite, Junie B. Jones. I have read every Junie B. Jones book, and if Barbara Parks chose to write more, I would still read them.

A book you read fast and one that took you long to read. 

A book that I read fast… I think that would be the Twilight series which took me roughly a week and a half to read in the sixth grade. A book that took me a long time to read would be Game of Thrones; I love that book but it took me almost two months to get through that whole thing.

A book with a pretty cover and one with an ugly one. 

I love the cover of A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray. It’s a YA Sci-Fi, about Marguerite, whose physicist parents have made a machine that can take you to parallel universes.

 

 

 

Winger by Andrew Smith. I like this book, but the cover is awful. The boy has a bloody napkin stuffed in his nose!

 

 

 

A national book and an international book. 

By national, I’m assuming it means United States (since that’s where I am). I guess I’ll go with Hunger Games since it is supposed to be a future United States. For an international book, I would choose Written in Stars by Aisha Saeed. It’s about a Pakistani-American teen names Naila whose very strict parents takes her back to Pakistan after they find out she has a boyfriend. I didn’t expect to like this book as much as I did.

A thin book and a thick book.

Hmm… the thinnest book I have read would be The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson. It takes place during the post-Reconstruction era in America, and follows the journey of a biracial man having to choose between being black in a openly racist society or passing as white and betraying his heritage. The thickest book I own (as in the book with the most pages), would be A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin.

A fiction book and a non-fiction book.

Seeing that 98 percent of what I read is fiction, I’ll go with my go to answer and say Harry Potter. One of my favorite non-fiction that I’ve read back in middle school is Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah. It’s about her experience growing up in China during WWII, in a family that considers her bad luck because her mother died two weeks after giving birth to her.

A way too romantic book and an action book. 

I think, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi had too much cringe-worthy romance without needing to. Needless to say, I do not like those books. For an action book, I will say The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey. It’s sci-fi/Fantasy in a world that has been taken over by aliens who look like humans. It follows Cassie who for a long time believes she is the only human left on the planet.

A book that made you happy and a book that made you sad.

I think a lot of the times, the same book makes me both happy and sad. In the Afterlight, the conclusion to the Darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken, made me feel both extremely happy and very sad. It was the perfect conclusion, but as with all my favorite book series, I never wanted it to end.

Want to do this tag? Go right ahead.

~o~ Disney Princess Tag ~o~

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I came across this tag over at The Little Book Nerd’s Life and it looked fun. I love Disney princesses so this is perfect! My favorite, of course, is Mulan. This tag was created by Soudha at Of Stacks and Books. Alright then, onwards!

1. Snow White – Name your favorite classic:

The one and only The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It took me two reads to love this book and I think it fully deserves its place as a classic must-read.

2. Cinderella – A book that kept you reading way past your bedtime:

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare. I couldn’t put this book down until I finished it. It was a great ending to the trilogy.

3. Aurora – Name your favorite classic romance:

 Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. Lizzy, in my opinion, is the wittiest classical female character and Mr. Darcy is… well, Mr. Darcy. Need there be another explanation?

4. Ariel – Name a book that’s all about making sacrifices and fighting for your dreams:

I think most YA books are about making sacrifices and fighting for your dreams. Because I can’t help myself and not include Harry Potter in something, I’ll go with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. They are all fighting for a greater future for the next generation so their children could live the dreams that they couldn’t

5. Belle – Name a book with a smart and independent female character:

June Iparis from the Legend series by Marie Lu. June is smart, independent, strategic and one of the bravest protagonists I’ve read about.

6. Jasmine – Name a book with a character who challenged the social conventions in his or her world:

Naila in Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed. Naila is a Pakistani-American teenager with strict, traditional parents. When her parents find out she’s been dating someone, they take her back to Pakistan under the ruse of a vacation and forces her into an arranged marriage. Naila is a very strong and willful character who doesn’t let her world’s society define her.

7. Pocahontas – Name a book whose ending was a roller coaster of emotions:

In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken: the last book to The Darkest Minds series. You know when you’re reading a really good book and you want it to end to know what happens but at the same time you never want it to end? This book was definitely that.

8. Mulan – Name a book with a kick-ass female character:

Katsa from Graceling by Kristen Cashore. Katsa is good at everything! Bow and Arrows? No problem. Sword fight? She can fight you with her eyes closed. Brawling? You better pray she only knocks you unconscious with no permanent damage.

9. Tiana – Name a book featuring a hardworking, self-made character:

Artemis Fowl from the infamous Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. Artemis made his own reputation as the criminal mastermind that he is at age ten. His reputation wasn’t a very good one but there’s no doubt he worked pretty hard to get there. His extraordinary intelligence doesn’t hurt either.

10. Rapunzel – Name a book that features an artist:

Both main characters, twins Noah and Jude, in I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson are phenomenal artists. They’re prodigies: Noah in painting and Jude in sculpting and designing.

11. Merida – Name a book that features a mother-daughter relationship:

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I had to think about this one for so long because YA books so rarely have mothers who are present in the characters’ lives. The award goes to Hazel and her mom from the one and only The Fault In Our Stars by the great John Green. Hazel loves and respects her mom and actually listens to her. And her mom does the same.

12. Anna and Elsa – Name a book that features a great relationship between siblings:

Penryn and Paige from Angelfall by Susan Ee. Penryn would go to the ends of the Earth to protect her little sister. I mean, she infiltrated a den of evil angels of the Apocalypse for the small chance of finding her alive.

Unpopular Opinions Book Tag

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This is the Unpopular Opinion Book Tag. It’s been floating around for a while now so I decided  to try it. First tag of the year! This tag was created by TheBookArcher on YouTube.

A popular book or series you didn’t like:

There are actually a LOT of books I dislike that most people seem to love.

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell; Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas; The Selection by Kiera Cass. For a classic, I’ll say The Lord of the Rings. I just can’t get through those books.

A popular book or series that everyone seems to hate but you loved:

I cannot think of one. Usually, the books people have problems with are the ones I also don’t like. Skip.

A love triangle where the character ended up with the character you didn’t like/ an OTP you didn’t care for:

 

Matched series by Allie Condie. I won’t give a spoiler in case someone doesn’t know who she ends up with but I was not a fan of the ending.

A popular book genre you hardly reach for:

Paranormal Romance. I have never read a paranormal romance I loved.

A popular character you didn’t like: 

Tris from the Divergent series, especially after Allegiant.

A popular author you can’t seem to get into:

I’ll go with a classic: Charles Dickens. His books bore to me death.

A popular book trope you’re tired of seeing:

An obvious one would be love triangles; I am so tired of those. Another would be absent parents; majority of main characters’ parents in YA literature are absent either physically or emotionally. I rarely read books where the protagonist’s parents are actually a major force in their life.

A popular book or series you have no interest in reading:

The Selection series; Hush Hush series; Shatter Me trilogy. I tried reading all of these and failed miserably.

The saying goes, “The book is always better than the movie” but what movie do you liked better than the book?

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There are times when I love the movie as much as I love the book but rarely do I love a movie better than the book. The only one I can think of is Ella Enchanted.

This was a fun tag! I tag Stellah @ The Little Book Nerd’s Life, Cindy Sanders @ Stranger Things Have Happened and anyone else who wants to do it.

The Zombie Apocalypse Book Tag

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A huge thank you to Cindy at Stranger Things Has Happened for tagging me! This is the Zombie Apocalypse Book Tag.

Rules: pick five books at random. Open a random page and the first character you see will be the one who answers the assigned question. Our job is to put together a team to survive the Zombie Apocalypse.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The first person to die: Daisy. I could not be happier. She can be torn apart by flesh eating zombies and I’ll sit at the sidelines taking pictures.

The first person you trip to get away from the zombies:Jordan. I like my team already. Not a big fan of Jordan either so this is completely okay. No regrets.

 

 The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan

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The first person to turn into a zombie: Annabeth. Noo! The last thing we need is a overly intelligent zombie coming after us.

The first person who trips YOU to get away from the zombies: Chiron. What?! He would never! He wouldn’t right? Maybe his little centaur legs accidentally tripped me when he was running away from Annabeth.

 

Matilda by Roald Dahl

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The idiot of the team: Miss Trunchbull. I’m surprised at how much this fits. Miss Trunchbull will definitely be the idiot of the team; here’s to hoping she gets eaten by Annabeth.

The “brains” of the team: Matilda. YES!! We’re getting somewhere people. I can see Matilda be the brains; I would not expect anything else.

 

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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The team’s medic: Lady Catherine. Yeah… I don’t know how that would turn out. She would spend more time talking about herself than caring for the others.

The weapons’ expert: Elizabeth Bennett. As much as I adore Lizzie, I don’t know if weapons would be her thing. But hey, sheis pretty smart so maybe…?

 

Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix  by J. K Rowling

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The brawler: Umbridge. Hmm… mixed feelings. On the one hand, she is my most despised character. Ever. But then again, the woman is probably good at brawling.

The team captain: Harry Potter. Sure. I can live with that. Harry is a born leader.

 

 

 

You know what guys? I think we can make it. I got an okay team, could be better. This was great! Do the tag if you will it!

Ultimate Harry Potter Tag

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I’ve been seeing this tag for a while now in both BookTube and the blogosphere and I have no idea why I’ve waited so long to do this. I am a HUGE Potterhead so this should be fun.

1) Favorite book?
It’s a tie between Deathly Hallows and Order of Phoenix. I love the final scenes in DH, I think it was a great ending for the series. And I love OoP mostly for the twins and all their pranks at Hogwarts before leaving for good.

2) Least favorite book?
Half-Blood Prince. I love the book but not as much as the others.

3) Favorite movie?
Deathly Hallows Part 2. I think the directors and the actors did a phenomenal job with the ending. There are some scenes that I would like to change but overall, it was my favorite.

4) Least favorite movie?
Half-Blood Prince. They left out so much stuff from the book and mostly focused on the romantic aspect; they could’ve done a lot better.

5) Favorite quote?
There are so many quotes I absolutely love.  

“I don’t think you should be an Auror, Harry,” said Luna unexpectedly. Everybody looked at her. “The Aurors are part of the Rotfang Conspiracy, I thought everyone knew that. They’re planning to bring down the Ministry of Magic from within using a combination of Dark Magic and gum disease.”

I do love Luna 

6) Favorite Weasley?

Molly Weasley. That woman is the kindest most wonderful person and does not get enough credit. She pretty much adopted Harry as a son (even though they were tight on money) and was as much as his mother as Lily Potter was. 
 
7) Favorite female character?
Luna Lovegood
 
8) Favorite villain.
Dolores Umbridge. That woman deserve to be eaten by centaurs. Fenrir Greyback is a close second.
 
9) Favorite male character?
It’s a three way tie between the twins and Neville Longbottom
 
10) Favorite professor?
Professor McGonagall. She is an awesome woman
 
11) Would you rather A) wash Snape’s hair or B) spend a day listening to Lockhart rant about himself?
Wash Snape’s hair. Listening to Lockhart rant about himself seems way more trying. 
 
12) Would you rather duel A) an elated Bellatrix or B) and angry Molly?
Definitely Bellatrix. You do not mess with the Weasley mother
 
13) Would you rather travel to Hogwarts via A) Hogwarts Express or B) Flying Car?
Hogwarts Express. I’ve been wanting to ride that train since I read the first book. And the flying car is way too unpredictable.
 
14) Would you rather A) Kiss Voldemort or B) give Umbridge a bubble bath?
Give Umbridge a bubble bath; maybe I’d have a chance to drown her. 
 
15) Would you rather A) ride a Hippogriff or B) ride a Firebolt?
I would love to ride a Firebolt. And giant birds terrify me.
 
16) Is there a character you felt differently about in the movies?
Ginny Weasley. Book Ginny is WAY more awesome. 
 
17) Is there a movie you preferred to the book?
NOPE
 
18) Richard Harris or Michael Gambon as Dumbledore?
I think they both did a wonderful job portraying Dumbledore.
 
19) Your top thing (person or event) that wasn’t in the movie that you wanted there the
most?
I have a few.
  • That scene in Deathly Hallows where Dudley says Harry wasn’t a waste of space. I really wanted that scene in the movies because it showed that there was still hope for at least one Dursley.
  • The fact that it was Marietta Edgecombe who betreayed the DA in the book and not Cho Chang
  • A lot of the memories Dumbledore had collected of Tom Riddle got left off in the movies
 
20) If you could remake any of the Harry Potter movies which would it be?
Half-Blood Prince. I’ll make it closer to the book or just add in more scenes; I have no problems with long movies.
 
21 Which house was your first gut feeling you’d be a part of?
Hufflepuff. I loved that house since the very beginning. Us Puffs don’t get enough credit.
 
22) Which house were you actually sorted into on Pottermore?
To my immense joy: Hufflepuff. 
 
23) Which class would be your favourite?
Charms or Arithmancy
 
24) Which spell do you think would be most useful to learn?
Accio (the summoning charm); I’m a lazy person. 
 
25) Which character do you think you’d instantly become friends with?
Hermione Granger or Luna Lovegood. They’re very different but I love them both. I’m bookish like Hermione so we’d get along. And Luna seems like she would be a very loyal friend. 
 
26) If you could own one of the three Hallows, which would it be?
Invisibility Cloak. Raising the dead is scary and I’m not a dueling person. 
 
27) Is there any aspect of the books you’d want to change?
No
 
28) Favourite Marauder?
Moony. I think Remus is like the brains of most of the Marauder pranks but people just don’t blame him.
 
29) If you could bring one character back to life, which would it be?
Fred Weasley, no doubt. I can’t imagine George’s life without his other half.
 
30) Hallows or Horcruxes? 
Hallows. Splitting my soul isn’t really my thing. I’d much rather master Death.

If anyone actually read this whole thing, thanks! If you have a blog, do the tag!

Disney Book Tag

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Disney Book Tag

This is my first tag! This is exciting stuff! I believe the tag was created by Kat from Katytastic. Being an avid Disney fan, this tag just had to be done.

The Little Mermaid

For this I picked Cinder from Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Cinder is a fairy tale retelling of Cinderella that takes place in a future world. For one, Cinder is the outsider in her family living with her stepmother and two stepsisters. And then she’s an outsider to her world because she’s a cyborg.

Cinderella

For this I picked Tris from Divergent by Veronica Roth. Divergent, as I’m sure most people know, takes place in a future dystopian world where everyone is divided into five different factions. Tris goes through a major transformation. Beatrice Prior went from the simple, self-less Abnegation to Tris a brave and fearless Dauntless fighter.

Snow White

I just had to pick two casts because I couldn’t choose one. First the Ender’s Game cast from Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. I have loved the Ender’s Game characters for years now and every time I re-read the book, I fall in love with them again. The characters are written with beautiful depth. And second the characters of Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. All the characters in these books are very believable and the amount of personality Martin put in them is extremely impressing.

Sleeping Beauty

There are quite a few books that put me to sleep, school textbooks making the very top of the list. 😀 On literary terms though, I would have to pick either Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe or The Lord of the Rings series by J. R. R. Tolkien. I tried to get through these, I really did; not a success.

The Lion King

Many of the YA characters had something traumatic happen to them as children. I picked Ruby Daly from the The Darkest Mindsseries by Alexandra Bracken.For those who don’t know, the Darkest Minds series takes place in an alternative U.S.A where the nation was devastated by a plague that killed most of the children and those who didn’t die developed superpowers. Ruvy goes through a LOT in this book and I think she is one of the strongest female heroines in YA so far.

Beauty and the Beast

The original question for Beauty and the Beast was: “a beast of a book that you were intimidated by but found the story to be beautiful”. But I don’t usually get intimidated by long books, I tend to love reading longer books. So I changed the question to: “A book that you hesitated to pick up because of the cover but ended up loving”. I know people are always saying “don’t judge a book by its cover”, but we all do it anyway. I picked City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. I first picked it up when I was in 6th grade and the cover just did not appeal to me but I’m glad I read it.

Aladdin

This one took me a while for some reason. I am going to pick The Boy Who Lived (Harry Potter for those of you who don’t know). Growing up in an abusive home, Harry probably wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. He gets that wish granted. He finds two very loyal friends, he finds a place he could call home and he finds his true family. Granted his life isn’t the best even in the Wizarding World, but I guess you can’t have everything.

Mulan

A character who pretends to be someone else. I picked June Iparis from the Legend trilogy by Marie Lu. She goes under cover to follow the criminal/legend Day. I love these books wholeheartedly and June is probably the most intelligent YA heroine out there.

Toy Story

No way could I pick just one book. I want them ALL! Only the good ones though, the bad ones are free to stay trapped in their respective stories.

Disney Descendants

I would say the villain I most love to hate would be Umbridge from the Harry Potter series. I’m pretty sure everyone hates her. President Snow from the Hunger Games series is another one I would love to see the dead body of.

I hope you liked it!