I saw the I Should Have Read That Tag on Siobhan’s wonderful book blog and it looked like fun! I don’t think I’ve actually taken part in a book tag before so this looks like the perfect time to start! This tag was originally posted by Beth from Books Nest.
Rules:
- Thank the person who tagged you and link back to their post
- Link to the creator’s blog (booksnest.co.uk) in your post
- Answer the questions below
- Tag 10 others to take part
- ENJOY THE TAG!
A book that a certain friend is always telling you to read
I’ve had a few people tell me I need to read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. Full disclosure, I actually started reading this one about 10 years ago and put it down because I found it a bit on the dry side. Perhaps it’s worth giving it a go again?
A book that’s been on your TBR forever and yet you still haven’t picked it up
Definitely 11/22/63 by Stephen King. Pretty sure I bought this one the week it was released, too. It’s a time travel story so I have no idea why I haven’t got around to it yet. I even re-bought it here in England after coming across it in a charity shop!
A book in a series you’ve started, but haven’t finished yet
Obsidio (#3 in The Illuminae Files) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I read the first two which were AMAZING and filled my sci-fi heart with joy. I will get to Obsidio soon, but I also don’t want to turn the last page on this wonderful and unique trilogy.
A classic you’ve always liked the sound of, but never actually read
I go on and on about how much I love time travel, but here’s a confession: I’ve never read The Time Machine by HG Wells. I really need to change that as it’s the book that spawned my favourite trope!
A popular book that it seems everyone but you has read
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. I will be honest, Faerie court stories don’t really do it for me. I may give it a shot one day, but I think it may be more due to the hype more than anything.
A book that inspired a film/TV adaptation that you really love, but you just haven’t read it yet
The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way. I recently watched this on Netflix for two reasons: 1) Gerard Way (I was a 16 in 2005 during the peak My Chemical Romance era, what did you expect??), and 2) it looked amazing (and it was amazing).
A book you see all over Instagram but haven’t picked up yet
I see so many pretty variations of A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab. It’s such a gorgeous book and it looks fantastic! I’m going to try to read this one in the next couple months.
Feel free to take part in this book tag! Are any of these your faves?
I feel a little smug over this post. About time you’ve done a tag.
It took me a while to read Cruel Prince, but the scheming is so worth it though. And I want to read Illuminae Files so badly now.
Hahaha now I want to do book tags more and it’s all your fault!
I think I’ll take The Cruel Prince out from the library and see if the first 25% catches my interest (fingers crossed). Yesss, read Illuminae! Especially if you’re open to sci-fi now. It’s visually such an amazing book (and a great story too).
AAAAAAAGH READ ILLUMINAE!!
Ahhhh I know exactly what you mean about Obsidio! It took me forever to find a copy of it and when I did, I didn’t dive straight into it because I didn’t want it to be over! (and I was so worried about all my favourite characters, considering it was the last book…) It’s such such a great series, though.
I have a copy of Cruel Prince sitting on my shelf! I’ll crack it open at some point…
This is such an awesome tag, and a brilliant post! 😀
Thanks so much!
Hopefully Obsidio lived up to the first two books for you! I think I’ll try and read it in May or June 🙂
Yeah, Obsidio was fabulous 😀 Now I’m just counting down till Aurora Rising…
I can’t wait for Aurora Rising, too!
lol this tag definitely holds a mirror to your face and shows you how many books you wanted to read and still haven’t! i definitely want to get to 11/22/63 and the next two books in the illuminae series (because the first one was awesome!! and i still didn’t make room for it). thanks for sharing! c:
Hahaha definitely! My TBR list is in the hundreds (I’ll get to them… eventually)..
Gemina was a fantastic follow up to Illuminae, hopefully you can get to it soon!