#books asks

[booksandpaperss]

YES YOU SHOULD SEE THE MAUL SHOW BTW

it’s on the list trust 🫡

[readingrobin]

9 and 20 for the book asks, please?

9. Did you get into any new genres?

I think I stayed mostly within my wheelhouse this year. I think I opened myself more up to books from genres I don't particularly read, mostly sci-fi: Gideon the Ninth, All Systems Red, A Wrinkle in Time, Finna, On a Sunbeam. It's so hard for me to get into sci-fi, but I think if a book has a really stand out tone, writing style, or characters it's easier for me to latch onto it.

20. What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?

I had a couple of books I was looking forward to that hit the shelves this year. Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas was one, and, seeing as how much I loved Cemetery Boys, I figured I would like it just fine. It's a Peter Pan retelling and, to be as spoiler free as possible, it explores one element of Peter Pan than I think most retellings shy away from, so that was neat to see. I think I gave it 3.5 stars after reading it, mostly because I think I had such high expectations coming off of his previous book. The external conflict of the book felt a little weak compared to its internal one, but I liked its more somber and emotional take on this story.

End of the year book asks

[wildwren]

Hi :) 3, 6, 10 & 18 for the book asks?

3. What is your favourite genre?

Oooo, this one’s a toughie. As a general rule, I have to say historical fiction. My all-time favorite books tend to be historical fiction with a Lit Fic bias, or Classic Lit that reads to me as historical (despite generally not being a literal example of the genre). 

6. What books have you read in the last month?

…..none. so embarrassing 4 me. 

10. Do you have a guilty fav?

This response is becoming historical fiction themed so I guess I’ll say The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. I struggle to enjoy the Kingsbridge series nowadays (Follett is nothing if not formulaic), but Pillars of the Earth and World Without End were so formative for me and really were the gold standard of medieval historical fiction for me for so long that I’ll always have to count it as a fave. 

18. Do you like historical books? Which time period?

Hehe, well…yes! Both historical books as in “books written in a different historical period” and “modern books written about a different historical period.” I tend to go through phases with my time period fixations but perennial favs are early middle ages and 18th and 19th centuries. But honestly I’ll try anything historical if it’s good. 

[frangipanidownunder]

2, 5 and 25 for the book asks!

Hey lovely. Thanks for the asks.

2 Did you reread anything? What?

I never reread anything! There are too many books waiting to be discovered.

5 What genre did you read the most of?

A quick look at my list and it seems to be literary fiction that wins the day. Some of the titles either defy or cross genre boundaries, though. Close second was crime/mystery/thriller, then YA.

25 What reading goals do you have for next year?

A couple - to read more than 100 books in a year and to dip into genres/find authors that I would normally avoid, just for the mind-expanding experience.

[bourbon-ontherocks]

GTY

Thank you!! ❤️

G: What’s your favorite reading spot?

Already answered here! And since I’ve already done I, J, and K, I’ll pick L instead!

L: What’s your favorite guilty-pleasure read?

Katherine Pancol’s Scarlett, si possible. It’s the story of three young women in the Paris of the late 60s, and it’s full of details from that time, and it’s fun, and well-characterized and I love it. Pancol’s actually one of my favourite French contemporary authors, although I find that she’d given in to easy popularity now, and her latest books are too commercial for my taste. But her early works are great, especially in the way she writes the struggles and aspirations of young women at times when society wasn’t the same as it is now.

T: Used or new?

Used!!! Always!! I love that my books have a past!

Y: Do you have a favorite quote? 

Actually I have a lot of them (I love aphorisms!!) but since I never write them down then I forget about them, haha!

But I’m currently re-reading Jasper Fforde, and I’ve got to say that “My father had a face that could stop a clock.”  is an opening line I can’t get tired of (The Eyre Affair).

   Book asks!

[thekindworthreading]

Heyy! 22, 23 for the book ask game ❤️

Hi! Thanks for asking🥰💕

22. How do you organize your books?

I have them partly organized by colour and partly by genre/how much I like them

23. Do you prefer borrowing books from friends, borrowing books from a library, or buying them?

Definitely buying. I need to own all the books haha (yes it's a problem)

[colubrina]

22, 37, 4! :D

22. Tell us a little about your writing.

hahahaha

*hysterical laughter*

I write fanfiction, which I post sporadically, mostly the dramione pairing in the Harry Potter fandom.  I’m trying to break into traditional publishing.  It’s hard. I’ve queried 4 books and am currently in the middle of revising two books, both fantasies.  In one, meant for grade-school aged children, a girl discovers she’s part sea witch.  In the other, a high school girl with an anxiety problem finds a fairy/monster in her back yard.

37. Is there a book that you think everyone should read??

I think that perhaps every white American ought to read Between the World and Me.  

41. Do you put a book under your pillow at night??

Oh, god no.  Lumpy!

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