Selena Gomez Book Tag and Outstanding Blogger Award

Does what it says on the tin! A big thanks to Lost In Neverland for both nominations – go check out their site, its gorgeous. Hope you enjoy, there’s some really fun questions 🙂

The Outstanding Blogger Award

Rules:

Provide the link to the creator’s original award post. (very important: see why in step 5)
Answer the questions provided.
Create 7 unique questions.
Nominate 10 bloggers. Ensure that they are aware of their nomination. Neither the award’s creator, nor the blogger that nominated you, can be nominated.
At the end of 2020, every blog that ping-backs the creator’s original post will be entered to win the 2020 Outstanding Blogger Award!

The Questions

Have you had a five star read this month?
At the very very start of January, I read More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer and it was sooo goood. I also finally read From Blood And Ash which was brilliant – I should have a review of it coming up next week, so keep an eye out for that!

Do you have any reading or blogging goals this year?
I’m trying to read 80 books but I’ve started reading ARCs and now I have DEADLINES so I think it will be more than that!

What’s a genre you don’t like?
In a word: non-fiction. *shudders*

Do you like morally grey characters?
Ahhhh, I try and avoid books with morally questionable charatcers because it kind of ruins the book for me. So, whilst I have to admit I haven’t read that many morally grey characters… no.

Do you like to read classic books?
Some classics are classics for a reason and are so timeless and awesome – that’s the type I love. But then there’s the other type of classics that you are forced to read for school and feel borderline racist? Yeah. Not so great.

Have you got a book recommendation for me?
Ummm, recommendations are so hard to give depending on the person but I’ve been thinking of rereading What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silverra because… it’s Becky Albertalli and Adam Silverra! So if you’re in the mood for an adorable love story, go try it!

Do you have a comfort book, if so what is it?
Noooo of course nottt!

*Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda and Carry On glare accusingly from my shelf*

My Questions

What’s the longest book you’ve ever read? (aka the ones that could double as weapons)
Your favourite post?
What’s a popular book that you feel like you’re never going to read?
Your least favourite trope?
Your favourite trope?
What’s a character that will always cheer you up?
What’s a book to film adaptation that you think was done really well?

Nominations

No pressure! I’ve linked in the blogs, go and check all of them out – some great blogs and bloggers 🙂

The Selena Gomez Book Tag

I’m not the biggest fan of Selena Gomez but I thought I’d give it a go!

The Rules:

Thank the person who tagged you and leave a link to their blog.
Mention the creator of the tag: Nehal @ Books and Words
Answer the prompts.
Tag at least 5 people.
Just have fun!

The Prompts!

Love You Like A Love Song: A romance novel that is cliché but you still love it
I’d like to say that I’ve moved on from chic-lit teen books… but Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins will always have a special place in my heart. The entire series is just adorable.

Rare: A book with a female protagonist unlike any other
Both Gideon and Harrow are unlike anything I’ve ever read before. In short, these are some badass bone nuns (are you intruiged yet? Find my review of Gideon the Ninth here and Harrow the Ninth here. This is a series like no other).

Look at her now: A character who suffered a lot (physically/mentally) but eventually recovered and is now at the better end of life
This was quite a hard one to pick – I think I read too many traumatic books without happy endings haha – but I’m going to go with Zachary from the Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. As the reader, you were always rooting for him to keep going and I need a sequel to this book so badly.