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This looks like a fun list!Netflix
A series you want to start
The Grishaverse books, for sure. I finally bought Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows, so if I ever get through my arcs and readathon tbrs, I'll actually get around to those!
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
The Original of Laura by Vladimir Nabokov. I bought this when it was published, at Borders as it happens (which instantly dates its purchase, lol), but I decided I wanted to wait to read it until I've finished reading everything else by Nabokov. Which I still have nooot quiiiiite done. Yet!
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype
I don't buy new books very often, and I couldn't come up with any purchase that's been hype-based, but I did put The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires on hold at the library and grab it as soon as I possibly could because of the hype...and then was about a third into it before I remembered, oh right, I don't actually like horror?? and returned it so it could be read by those who do.
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump
ngl, I don't really get what this one means. If I'm finding a book uninteresting, I either DNF it or - if it's really just me and the moment - I read something else? So I don't know, I don't...slump? I guess?
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books
ugghhhhh how dare you make me choose, okay FINE let's see-
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Persuasion
Lolita
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
Anything by Sarah J Maas! They're alllll over my bookstagram and blog, vlog, whatever, feeds, but they don't sound like they'd be my cup of tea, so I just move along.
Main Character
A character that you love to see in another book
I'm a sucker for riffs on Pride and Prejudice (or other Jane Austen, but P&P is popular for this), so I loved one of Naomi Novik's short stories in Golden Age and Other Stories where she basically did "Pride and Prejudice but in the world of Temeraire" - Elizabeth is a dragon-riding captain, and it's absolutely delightful.
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
All the books I keep thinking of, it would be a spoiler to say they have a great twist! But uhh I'll just say any of the greats by Agatha Christie. At her worst, she sucks, but at her best, oh man.
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
The Marvelous Mud Washing Machine
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending
I've found myself recommending Boyfriend Material a lot lately, it's a genuinely hilarious, touching read!
Fun!Netflix
A series you want to start
I have so many. I've been feeling lately like I used to read a lot of series, especially fantasy series, when I was a kid/teenager, and as an adult I've somehow switched to reading almost entirely standalone novels. But I miss getting sucked into a series and spending a lot of time with a group of characters! I'd like to start series by Robin Hobb and Brandon Sanderson in the near future - maybe Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice?
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
This one is easy for me: Sense and Sensibility. It's the oldest book on my TBR, I love Austen and have read everything else by her, I've fully intended to get to it for years and by all accounts should enjoy it, so I have no idea why I haven't read it yet!
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype
I don't buy books I haven't read, but I guess the best answer for this one is An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, which I told my boyfriend-at-the-time to buy for me for my birthday. I love Hank Green from his Youtube work and I was excited to see what his debut would be like - turns out it was well worth the hype.
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump
Hmmm. My last reading slump was pretty obviously quarantine related, not book related. In 2019 though it took me a very long time to get through the quite short Tender is the Night by Fitzgerald - I didn't end up hating it, but it was very slow.
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books
Oh, how hard! I'll go with Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin, and Wise Child by Monica Furlong.
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
I try to keep a running list of these, because I like to stay somewhat up to date on the books everyone is talking about - I just like to know what's going on! There are many, but I'll say The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, which I have on hold but is going to take months to get to me.
Main Character
A character that you love to see in another book
I'm not quite sure what this one means...I'll go with Eleanor Oliphant, whom I found delightful and would happily follow on many deadpan adventures.
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
Thinking about this one is making me realize that I might not really like books with plot twists very much? Everything that I've read lately with a big twist I haven't ended up liking all that much. I had a pretty decent time reading Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane last year and that had a pretty dramatic twist.
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
My parents read to me as a child all the time and one of their classic "You were always such a bookworm" stories about me is that they read Where the Wild Things Are to me so many times that as a toddler I would flip through the pages, "reading" it out loud - but I actually couldn't read, I just had the book memorized and was pretending to read it out loud just like my parents did. I think that was one of the first books I actually learned to read, though!
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending
A somewhat lesser known one that I always recommend is The Rook by Daniel O'Malley. I adore this book - it's really unique urban fantasy, it has a really well done, un-cliched amnesia element, it features some really wonderful, supportive female friendships, and it's the debut novel of a guy who works in the Australian transportation department - who clearly used his life experience to fashion a hilarious story of a woman with incredible supernatural powers whose real superpower is being an extremely effective bureaucrat.
Mod
The Magicians by Lev Grossman - I read a YA series every summer (not on purpose, it just happens that way), and this year, with the pushing of my friends and husband, I'm picking this one up today.
Deep Clean One that's been on your TBR for ages
East of Eden by John Steinbeck - Added this one to my TBR on January 20, 2014. It's on my 40 Before 40 list, so I will definitely read it... eventually.
Animal Crossing A book you bought because of the hype
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - I picked this book from Book of the Month before the hype really started, but I read it (instead of it languishing in my TBR for months) because of the hype. It was great, but I don't know if it lived up to the hype.
Slump-Inducing A book that put you in a reading slump
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd - This was the last 5 star book I read, and it's been hard to find anything that compares.
Memories Your top 3 favorite books
YIKES How do I pick? Let's do my top 3 from this year.
YA - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Adult Fiction - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Nonfiction - Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller
Oops A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - I just am not sure if I want to read this. I have a real aversion to southern lit, and there's so much sketchiness with this author, but everyone loves it so much.
Main Character A character that you would love to see in another book
Adunni from The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré - We saw her struggles, and now I want to see what happens after the book ends! She's so courageous and determined and I'd love to see her in school.
Plot twist A book with a great twist
The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams - I just finished this book yesterday, but I thought the twist was beautiful and it made me so happy and love the book even more.
The Stone Age One of the first books you remember reading
The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene - I was a member of a Nancy Drew book club when I was growing up, so this is one of the first not-kids books that I remember reading.
Everyone Should Read A book that you are currently recommending
Homegoing by Yaa Gaysi - I reread this book in February for book club, and it's timely and important and just a really good narrative.
NetflixA series you want to start
Generally I avoid series. Several times recently, I have read a book only to discover it is part of a series. I have no series I want to start (at the moment).
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
This is the first book on my TBR listAnimal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype
I rarely buy books.. except for those that are book club reads.
is a book I read (from the library) because of all I heard about it.Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump
Juggling 4 challenges, I don't have time for reading slumps. That said, I was unimpressed with Pnin. Can't say it made me want to read Lolita
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books. There are so many awesome books out there that this isn't a doable request. Some recent 5 star reads: Where the Crawdads Sing, Beartown and Seven Sisters and a Brother
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
And have no plans to read Fifty Shades of Gray
Main Character
A character that you would love to see in another book
Nothing comes to mind.
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
A Nancy Drew book
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending
In this time of social unrest, I learned a lot from these essays by a black sociologist.reply | flag *
NetflixA series you want to start
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
Main Character
A character that you would love to see in another book
I can't think of any
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending
NetflixA series you want to start
The Harry Bosch series (With tangent books). Book #1 The Black Echo
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America I have finally found a prompt that I can fit it into and am motivated to read it. Hopefully I will read it during the read-a-thon.
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype
The Witch Elm I really like her books and it came highly recommended. See next promt.
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump
The Witch Elm I really like her books and it came highly recommended. I tried to get through it for a over a week and could not do it.
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books
To Kill a Mockingbird One of my favorite coming of age stories.
Harry Potter series-I cannot pick which is my favorite (except #6 which I did not like.) If only one then Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Mudbound I teach this one every year and still enjoy it immensely.
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
The Nightingale I am nervous to read it because everyone has said how amazing it is, which may have set my expectations a bit high. Hopefully some day.
Main Character
A character that you would love to see in another book
I would love to see a crossover of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Still Life and Dr. Kay Scarpetta Postmortem. His easy going style with her almost frantic one would be interesting. They would seriously irritate each other up until the very end but it would be fun to read.
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
Girl On A Train I had read two thirds of the book and was ready to be done so I went to Wiki to find out the end. Turned out the "who done it" was not even on my radar so had to finish the book. The ending actually pulled the book from a 1 star (dnf) to a solid 3 stars. Nice ending.
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
The Outsiders It was the book that a teacher challenged me to read in 6th grade. Before this book, I hated reading...after this book, I had to keep searching for books that were as good as it. Thanks Ms. Underwood!
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending
The Whisper Man It is a good read and nicely creepy.
NetflixA series you want to start
I keep meaning to start Red Queen but haven't gotten to it yet. I plan on starting Dorothy Must Die this year.
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
The Help - It's number one on my tbr and I put it there in 2012. It is in my plan for this year.
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - I bought it as soon as it came out but don't know when I'm going to get to read it.
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump
I don't know - the Red Rising books take me awhile to read but I wouldn't say they put me in a slump. Sometimes I'm just not into reading.
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books
Pride and Prejudice
The Handmaid's Tale
Frankenstein
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
Many but I'll go with The Silent Patient
Main Character
A character that you would love to see in another book
Hmmm Mark Watney from The Martian - His character was funny as crap.
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
Dark Matter
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
Lamont the Lonely Monster when I was little
Where Are the Children? when I was in my teen years
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending
Recursion
NetflixA series you want to start
Nothing really leapt to mind but Chosen Ones is on my TBR and looks like it is supposed to be made into a series.
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype (also because if fit a prompt)
The Kiss Quotient
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump The Wives
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books
Britt-Marie Was Here The Last Place You Look The Passage
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
The Silent Patient
Main Character
A character that you would love to see in another book
Astrid from the Crazy Rich Asians series
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
The Girl With All the Gifts
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
The Wump World
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending
Britt-Marie Was Here
Netflix - A series you want to startNevernight, if I could find copies of the books for less than $30!
Deep Clean - One that's been on your TBR for ages
Creepy and Maud
Animal Crossing - A book you bought because of the hype
House of Earth and Blood. I was going to buy it eventually anyway, but I bought it at the time I did mostly because of hype. (And because of the pandemic, and I actually had the time to devote to such a long book).
Slump-Inducing - A book that put you in a reading slump
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It was years ago, but it was such a slog.
Memories - Your top 3 favorite books
Very difficult choice! I guess I'll go with Jane Eyre, The Time Traveler's Wife and House Rules
Oops - A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
Chain of Gold
Main Character - A character that you would love to see in another book
Don Tillman from The Rosie Project
Plot twist - A book with a great twist
And Then There Were None
The Stone Age - One of the first books you remember reading
A Boy in the Doghouse
Everyone Should Read - A book that you are currently recommending
The Astonishing Color of After
NetflixA series you want to start
Six of Crows - My sister has been recommending I try this for a while now.
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
Wuthering Heights - I've had a copy for over 20 years now, and I still haven't gotten around to reading it.
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype
The Night Circus - It was a used copy. But between the hype and the pretty cover, I figured it was worth the $1 to try it.
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump
Books don't really put me in a slump - life does.
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books
Persuasion
Tailchaser's Song
The Secret of NIMH
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
American Gods
Main Character
A character that you would love to see in another book
I would love more stories from Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld series, YA or adult. I miss the characters and the recent Kate and Logan books introduced even more characters I'd love to see more of.
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
Beartown - Even though he tells you what is going to happen ahead of time, but the time the scene actually occures, you realize that what you thought was going to happen isn't quite what happens.
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
Speak Up, Christopher: Christopher Learns the Difference Between Right and Wrong - This was the first book I managed to read on my own. It was sooo important to me to be able to read on my own that the memory of it became seared in my mind. I think I loved it because it involved a T-Rex skeleton and at the time I was obsessed with dinosaurs.
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Mod
A series you want to start
Blind Justice - I like 19th century English detectives
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - one of the few Brontes I haven't read
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype - Where the Crawdads Sing which I didn't really like and The Goldfinch which I did
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek - Felt like I was reading forever about a tree and I was only on page 27, gave up
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books - Possession, Emma, The Night Circus
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet - Little Fires Everywhere
Main Character
A character that you would love to see in another book - Lord Peter Wimsey from Dorothy Sayers detective series
Plot twist
A book with a great twist - Affinity by Sarah Waters
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading - To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss was the first book I took out of the library but it was read to me. First book I read myself was Fun with Dick and Jane, which my brother brought home from first grade and used to teach me to read when I was 4.
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending - In the Distance - a very original and compelling story
NetflixA series you want to start
I've been meaning to read My Brilliant Friend for ages. It was on my plan for this year but keep putting it off.
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
The book that's been on my TBR the longest is The Geek Feminist Revolution
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype
I don't buy many books but I bought Less in a charity shop last year. I had heard great things about it and it won the Pulitzer. I didn't enjoy it all.
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump
Notes from Underground is only 136 pages but it took me two and a half months to get through.
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books
Sense and Sensibility
The Lord of the Rings
The Princess Bride
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
Gone Girl I heard great things about this and have started it a couple of times but just can't get into it.
Main Character
A character that you would love to see in another book
Elizabeth Bennet has been used so many times but I always related more to Elinor Dashwood and prefer Sense and Sensibility
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
Murder on the Orient Express I always try and work out who it is and am always wrong when reading Agatha Christie.
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
The Saint of Dragons was my favourite book as a child and I still have a copy on my bookshelf.
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending
Homes: A Refugee Story is about a boy and his family who are worried that it is getting too dangerous to live in Iraq so they move to Syria (spoiler this doesn't end well). It is from the POV of a child so it is easy to read but you still learn a lot about it was like in Iraq and Syria in the early 2010s. If anyone is doing Read Harder it fits the prompt read a book by a refugee.
NetflixA series you want to start
I've been wanting to start either Red Rising, Outlander or Crazy Rich Asians.
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
Divergent
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype
A Game of Thrones
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump
Jane Eyre I really enjoyed it but it seemed to take me forever to get through it
Memories
Your top 3 favorite book
Oof so hard to choose just three but i would say
Little Women
Pride and Prejudice
The Nightingale
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
A Game of Thrones
Main Character
A character that you would love to see in another book
Kinsey Milhone from the Sue Grafton alphabet series. She passed before the "Z" title was written and published and I would have loved to see how she would have wrapped up the series.
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
Gone Girl
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
Anne of Green Gables
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending
Beartown
This is very hard LOLNetflix
Red Rising
( I NEED TO READ THESE!!!!!!!)
Deep Clean
The Complete Works of Jane Austen (In One Volume) Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady ... Sandition, and the Complete Juvenilia
(on my actual shelf for decades- how embarrassing)
Animal Crossing
The Priory of the Orange Tree
(and it's not working for me yet....)
Slump-Inducing
American War
( I couldn't get over it)
Memories
Outlander
The Yearling
The Witching Hour
( I could go on and on, but I tried to pick the ones I think I've read the most times)
Oops
The Hate You Give
(But I watched the movie)
Main Character
The Catcher in the Rye
(because whatever happened to Holden Caulfield???? Did he grow up? Did his language improve? Is he still an ass?)
Plot twist
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
(Surprise! Didn't see it coming)
The Stone Age
Goodnight Moon
(Most likely)
Everyone Should Read
A Game of Thrones
( I have replaced Outlander with this LOL)
NetflixA series you want to start
The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun #1) by Colin Cotterill
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
I think I'm put off by the copy I have - an old library copy with a cruddy cover
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump
I usually go into slumps not because of books, but because of depression. Then I just keep trying different books until I find one that "feels" right.
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Main Character
A character that you would love to see in another book
Captain Kidd in News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
Some books by Agatha Christie have great twists.
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
Laurie and the Yellow Curtains
I had a whole set of easy readers that I read over and over again.
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending
In the Woods by Tana French
NetflixA series you want to start
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype
This was a while back. I haven't bought a book recently because of a hype.
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
Main Character
A character that you would love to see in another book
Tyrion Lannister. Come on, George RR Martin, release the next book already,
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending
NetflixThe Grishaverse
Deep Clean
Persuasion
Animal Crossing
I don't really buy books, but I did pick up Meet Cute Club because The Ripped Bodice posted about it.
Slump-Inducing
I recently finished The Scapegracers, and while it didn't put me in a slump per se (I was reading other things at the same time) it definitely slowed me down, because it was such a slog.
Memories
Oh no! Oh, this is so hard. Okay, if I just ignore all my childhood favorites...
Red, White & Royal Blue
Carry On
Witchmark
Oops
Little Fires Everywhere
Main Character
I'm going to cheat and say Robin, from The Kingston Cycle, who is in fact getting her own book next year!
Plot twist
I have to agree with the general consensus and say Agatha Christie.
The Stone Age
A Midsummer Night's Dream. We were in a production of it when I was very small and first learning how to read. It's the first book I can remember reading.
Everyone Should Read
Magic for Liars -- a queer adult noir take on Harry Potter set in Nor Cal. Absolutely brilliant.
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A series you want to start
Deep Clean
One that's been on your TBR for ages
Animal Crossing
A book you bought because of the hype
Slump-Inducing
A book that put you in a reading slump
Memories
Your top 3 favorite books
Oops
A book that is popular that you haven’t read yet
Main Character
A character that you would love to see in another book
Plot twist
A book with a great twist
The Stone Age
One of the first books you remember reading
Everyone Should Read
A book that you are currently recommending