I’ve been meaning to get back into my bookshelves lately, and what better way than to do a book tag! Basically there is # questions, and you search your shelves for books that fit each prompt. I figured this would be a pretty fun tag to give a shot to, so here we go!
[Quick note: I’m still typing one handed, because bruised hand plus I may have sliced the tips of two fingers at dinner last night. This won’t be as detailed as I wanted, but I’m doing what I can!]
- Do you have a book with deckled edges? Absolutely! One of my favorite books from this year has deckled edges. The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth. Apparently there are some people who feel strongly about deckled edges, but they don’t bother me too much.
- Do you have a book with three or more people on the cover? Yep! The first book I saw on my bookshelves was Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, which is one of my more recent purchases. It’s the pick for Barnes and Noble’s YA Book Club for October, so I had to get that edition. I haven’t started it yet, but there are three bodies on the cover, two young men and what looks to be the Mummy. I’m counting it.
- Do you have a book based on another fictional story? I tried to go a little bit off the wall with this one, since I actually own a lot of retellings. I picked Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan, which is obviously a retelling of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
- Do you have a book with a title ten letters long? I grabbed an Owlcrate book for this one. Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova, which has been on my to-read list for way too long. It was the choice for May 2020, and the exclusive cover is gorgeous.
- Do you have a book with a title that starts and ends with the same letter? This took longer than it should have, especially since after I pull a book for a prompt, I put it back on the shelf before hearing the next prompt (more exercise that way). This was four books away. Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim was picked for January 2020 by Owlcrate. It’s another I haven’t had a chance to read, but I really really want to.
- Do you have a mass market paperback book? I actually didn’t think I did! Well, until I started looking in the very corner of my most blocked bookcase. I have the novelization of X-Men by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith. Yes, it’s based on the first movie. Yes I own more novelizations than I thought I did, and I could have picked any one of them. No, I’m not saying which ones I have, because there’s more than five, and I really need to hide those away.
- Do you have a book written by an author using a penname? I have many books written by authors using pennames. I’ll go with one of the obvious ones though. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, whose real name is Judith Lewis. And yes, I own all but one of the Shadowhunter Chronicles.
- Do you have a book with a character’s name in the title? Well, that’s an easy one. One of my all time favorite Owlcrate picks from 2017, Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia. Eliza is the main character, and she is flawed and amazing.
- Do you have a book with two maps in it? I honestly to god thought I didn’t. Then I gave one last book a try. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, paperback edition, has two maps, one right after another. This is a series I just haven’t gotten into yet, but I hope to do so at some point.
- Do you have a book that was turned into a TV show? I have many! I won’t choose the obvious, since I already used it for another challenge. Instead, I’ll choose the one I have yet to see, simply due to not having HBO right now. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. It’s on my list to watch right now actually.
- Do you have a book written by someone who was originally famous for something else? I decided to again not go with the obvious, and thus I stayed away from my few biographies. I chose the very first Barnes and Noble YA Book Club pic, way back in June 2019, Again, But Better by Christine Riccio, who is a major booktuber over on Youtube.
- Do you have a book with a clock on the cover? One of my childhood classics does, and I actually bought a copy right before quarantine because I was going to read it to my cousins! It’s The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, in which my mother stole many life lessons from. It was one of my first chapter books as well. I still hold it on my list of favorite books of all time, and I always gift it to 10 year olds when I need a birthday/Christmas gift idea.
- Do you have a poetry book? Hey look, something I don’t have! I’m not much of a fan of poetry, so I don’t really bother purchasing it. I gave away my last poetry books from school before I made the cross country move (14 boxes of books were enough, thanks).
- Do you have a book with an award stamp on it? Well, it’s not stamped, but I have a copy of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas with a “National Book Award Longlist” sticker, so I’m counting it. Usually, I’m buying books right after they release, so unless they have been given awards prior to publication, they aren’t included yet.
- Do you have a book written by an author with the same initials as you? I actually do! I have The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry. I picked it up because it was an Owlcrate selection from before I subscribed (February 2016, I joined for March). I’m just happy because I couldn’t find anything for the longest time.
- Do you have a book of short stories? I have two! My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories and Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, both edited by Stephanie Perkins. I absolutely love them both, and have read some of the stories multiple times. They were some of my first rebuys once I moved.
- Do you have a book between 500 and 510 pages long? I have multiple that are just over 510, but I actually found one right as I was about to give it. Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray, 501 pages in hardcover, Which has the distinction in my collected for being the most restarted book I own. Every time I sit down to start reading it, I end up blasting through three or four other books, only to return to this one and having to start it over again. Shame, really. It have a great opening.
- Do you have a book that was turned into a movie? Really? Multiple. So many. I’ll go with one of my oft-mentioned books, Nerve by Jeanne Ryan. The movie fixes so many issues from the third act, and is actually pretty good. (My second choice would have been Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, but I hate that movie. And I have MANY others I could have chosen.)
- Do you have a graphic novel? Yes! And one that isn’t manga! Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson was released as a graphic novel about four years ago and I bought it immediately. (If we want to talk manga, I should do a separate post. I have feelings about certain manga.)
- Do you have a book written by two or more authors? I have several. I’ll go with one of my favorite newer series, The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I put off reading it until I moved, and immediately bought the whole series as soon as I could. Fun fact, I finished reading all three volumes using copies from my local library before they could arrive by mail. Whoops!
There you have it! Twenty questions about books. And as I finished this challenge, I found out that there is a part two, “Do I Have That OTHER Book”. So, you can guess what the theme of tomorrow’s post will be.
Let me know if you want me to talk about any of the books I’ve mentioned here. There’s some I could talk about for days.
Until next time!
