Month: October 2021

TTT – Bookish Pet Peeves

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Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Theme – Bookish Pet Peeves

Ooooooo I do love to moan so this was perfect for me!!!! Let’s begin!

Stickers on the cover
Why? Why? And worse, the ones that are printed on and you can’t take off!

Changing covers when the whole series isn’t out
Again, why? I guess it’s something to do with rights but it’s soul destroying!

Movie covers
No!

When books in a series are different sizes
A thousand times, no!

Spoilers
This goes for books and also book boxes. I get that people are excited to show their stuff/review but for gawd sake wait or don’t put spoilers!

Don’t talk to me when reading
My son must hear me rustle the page of my book and its like a red rag to a bull and he’s there, talking!

Folding down pages
Please no. Just no!

When someone judges a book….and hasn’t even read it
Haven’t read it? No opinion!

What are your bookish pet peeves?

Halloween Book Tag!

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I saw this tag on Anna’s Book Nook and wanted to do it….because Halloween! 👻

🎃 Carving Pumpkins- What book would you carve up and light on fire?

I hate to trash a book, I just don’t have it in me so I will politely decline to answer (but you can see my DNF’s on Goodreads)!!!

🎃 Trick or Treat- What character is a treat? What character is a trick?

Wrath from Kingdom of the Wicked/Cursed is just delish and is a total treat (for me!)

A Trick? The only thing that pops in my head is Tric from Nevernight but totally not in a bad way. Tric is also my treat!!!!

🎃 Candy Corn- What book is always sweet?

Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds. I read this when it came out in 2013 and still reread it now! You can read the blurb here.

🎃 Ghosts- What character would you love to visit you as a ghost?

Jacob from City of Ghosts/Tunnel of Bones by VE Schwab. I just loved him, I felt for him and wanted to give him a motherly hug (or 3!)

🎃 Dressing Up in a Costume- What character would you want to be for a day?

Manon Blackbeak. Although those iron teeth might sting a bit!

🎃 Wizard and Witches- What is your favorite Harry Potter moment?

Sirius asking Harry to live with him. Waaaaah, don’t make me relive it 😔

🎃 Blood and Gore- What book was so creepy that you had to take a break from it?

Not creepy as such but just mind blowing….The Nocte Trilogy by Courtney Cole. See the blurb for book 1, Nocte, here.

I wasn’t tagged so am not tagging anyone but please feel free to do!