In a startling turn of events, I’m going to talk about two things: (1) me, and (2) books.
It’s not like this is a book blog written by me of course…hahhaha. So SURPRISE for today’s topic!
I also really love doing tags and answering random bookish questions, so I thought, “LET’S DO BOTH TODAY”. I’m going to answer a few questions as tagged by Esther @ Queen of Fantasy * and also some I’ve plucked out of thin air for mine own amusement.
I also have a slight confession to make…I may look like I’ve returned from my hiatus to write a book BUT I HAVEN’T. I decided to write the sequel too. I’ve never written books back-to-back before so who knows if this’ll work or I’ll collapse on the carpet and melt to nothing or if I’ll be too tired ** or if I’ll have the most freaking fantastic fun in my life because I love torturing characters I love writing murderous stabby sweet kind books. The truth was, I ended in such a bad cliffhanger that even I want to know what happens next. I’m hopeless.
I return properly next week. Don’t cry for me, Argentina. ***
* FYI she is not actually the queen but I let her keep this title because I’m kind and think it’s cute. But I am the actual queen here. I. Me. Alone. Rawr. (STILL LOVE YA, ESTHER, TRULY.)
** I’m actually quite tired so this could be a horrible idea but I GOT SICK, PEOPLES, AND I’M A BIT MAD ABOUT THAT. So I currently have a hacking chainsaw cough and no voice, but plenty of vigour to set characters on fire and murder OTPs.
** Dude, I realise you probably haven’t noticed my lack of regular posts this last week BUT LET ME ENTERTAIN THE NOTION THAT THE SUN ONLY SHINES WHEN I’M AROUND.
1. WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 5 READS OF 2017 SO FAR?
Normally, when asked this question, I spend at least 42 hours staring blankly at my bookshelf trying to choose BETWEEN ALL MY CHILDREN and hoping the chosen ones aren’t then bullied and tormented by their less-loved siblings. It’s honestly a life crisis around here. You wouldn’t ask a mother to choose between her flesh and blood children would you??? *
BUT! Let’s talk about 2017. And since we’re only 2 months into it, I have only got to choose between 35 books.
I shall nominate:
#AccidentalCoverColourCoordination
Basically Allegedly EMOTIONALLY MANIPULATED ME in the best way, Red Seas Under Red Skies was sassy and piratey and huuuuurt, A List of Cages HURT EVEN MORE, The Weight of Feathers was so beautiful I ate it, and A Darker Shade of Magic was even better the second time round.
* Spoiler: I actually occasionally ask my parental which of her 5 daughters she likes best. She refuses to answer out of motherly duty I assume, but I’ll keep trying. I would rank my siblings out of usefulness/niceness so surely parents secretly do the same with their children??? SURELY???
2. TOP FIVE FAVOURITE BOOK FRIENDSHIPS
ME, TRYING TO RESIST HUGGING ALL THE PSYCHOPATHS I LOVE IN BOOKS.
- Locke and Jean from The Gentlemen Bastards. I particularly like these two because they got to the point where they wanted to murder each other and realised that’s the definition of family. BLESS THEM. Plus sass, snark, general insults = BFF.
- Ronan and Gansey from The Raven Cycle. Again. FAMILY. Because they’re like brotherly insomniacs and Ronan kicks things and Gansey pays for them to be fixed. I need me a friend like that though??? Like one with lots of money and nice cars and magical dreaming friends and obsessions with aesthetically pleasing journals and abandoned buildings and dead Welsh kings.
- Aled and Frances from Radio Silence. Because these two. THESE TWO. Think of the biggest nerds you can and multiple it by six. Because they wore rainbow unicorn leggings and had tumblrs and are 1000% platonic and will give each other biscuits to make the pain go away. #QualityFriendship
- Darrow And Sevro from Red Rising Trilogy. Because friends that slay together, stay together! No really. There was this one time Sevro went to war for a chocolate bar…
- Kell and Rhy from A Darker Shade of Magic. Coincidentally they are adopted brothers who like to sass each other to death, make fun of each other’s hobbies, tell each other what they should be doing, threaten each other’s romantic partners, and also hide their mischief when their parents are around. Yes, they are grown men. Yes, they are mischief. ALSO DOOM AND DESTRUCTION AND DID YOU KNOW THE FINALE BOOK COMES OUT IN LIKE A WEEK AND I’M DYING!!!!!!!! MY PREORDER HAS SHIPPED AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH I’M DYING.
3. MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASES OF 2017?
There are so many I’m broke just thinking about it. But here is a small sampling:
DO YA SEE THAT NEW STIEFVATER BOOK??? DO YOU DO YOU DO YOU????? My life is made.
4. HOW MANY BOOKS ARE ON YOUR TBR PILE?
Physically in my actual house, in my actual possession, that are actual physical books? I give a rough count at about 60?
Then there’s the bottomless depths of my kindle that no human dares traverse.
Then there’s half a dozen audios in my possession.
OH. And on goodreads? I have 1,399 added. (Hey I don’t own them so stop looking at me like that!) Because apparently I see a book and I JUST GOTTA READ IT EVEN THOUGH I HAVE ONLY GOT ONE LIFETIME AND MY TBR IS MAKING IMMORTALITY LOOK GREAT.
5. WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS ON BOOK MERCHANDISE?
I like it, but I would honestly rather spend the money on books. But cool book mugs are obviously amazing (I sell them, WOAH SELF PROMO MOMENT) and I also am ridiculously in love with these bookworm themed canvas shoes I found on pinterest. Would I sell a sister for them? Absolutely. I have 4 sisters and that’s 4 too many.
But, okay, come closer while I whisper quietly to you: there are some book merchandise I just don’t get. I don’t get the point of owning pillows. LIKE WHY. And my brain short-circuits at the idea of bookish themed candles. A book character might smell like a pine tree, but SO DOES A PINE TREE. So you could literally just buy a pine tree candle and it’s the same thing. And don’t even get me started on anything bookboyfriend themed. Hahahahaha HAHAHHAHHA hahaha. No. I don’t want to wash myself with soap that smells like a book boy that smells like that pine tree again probably. I feel creepy just thinking about it. * I’ll just go wash with a pine tree.
* FYI in case you’re new here and don’t know how this works: I DON’T MIND IF YOU LOVE THINGS I DON’T LIKE!!! OBVIOUSLY!! BLESS YOU!!! Have fun with all these things and I’ll be in my lemon cave of #nope quiet happily by myself.
6. WHO IS THE LATEST AMAZING AUTHOR YOU HAVE DISCOVERED?
I shall refer you back to question #1 wherein I was screaming about Allegedly. I think that author is one to watch because no one is supposed to manipulate my emotions like that. I’M SUPPOSED TO BE VULCAN AND IMPOSSIBLE TO SURPRISE, GOSH DARN IT.
I also just discovered Adam Silvera with History Is All You Left Me and it was so sad and I loved it.
10/10 to all books that make Cait have an emotion. *
* While we’re talking about Cait in the 3rd person like she’s not even here (but is she really here?? is she really typing this??? have you ever seen her face?? HOW CAN YOU KNOW??? #CrisisIntensifies) we will mention that Cait has so far had 19 reads that are 3 stars or lower….which, considering it’s only FEBRUARY, is a lot. She’s as fussy with her reading as a child is who’s given a whole bowl of froot loops but only wants to eat the pink ones. Heaven help us all. Send more froot loops.
7. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A BOOK BLOGGER?
I think just about forever. And the reason I know it’s been forever is because I’m actually struggling to not plagiarise my own blog at this point. I keep thinking up a brilliant idea only to scroll my archives and realise, oh. I have done that.
Help meeeeee. *
Also, in actual cold hard facts, it’ll be my 6th bloggy anniversary this May! And that means nearly 6 years of shouting at you and yet you’re still here!! Who deserves the real award, right?!? (Spoiler: it’s you.)
* No, I REALLY DO MEAN IT. Send me post requests if you have them! If you don’t have them, send me small lemon tarts because I have a hankering for them.
8. WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT READING?
- Going on nice adventures without having to leave my house. #IntrovertBliss
- Also being able to live multiple lives without being a cat which is handy because I am, as of this moment at least, not a cat.
- Writing reviews. HEY THIS IS LEGIT. I really like writing reviews and reading = reviewing.
- Also stats…I’ll just put it out there that one of my greatest joys in life is logging and calculating my reading stats. I’m a nerd and I know it.
- Beautiful books to photograph and pet. Why are they so beautiful. They just appear in my life with their beautiful covers and then — BOOM — they own me hook, line, soul, sinker, wallet, common sense, average cents, and 83% of my thoughts.
- Learning SO MANY THINGS so that when humans say “hey I have experience in extraterrestrial life forces and changing car tires” I can say “ME TOO” and pull out 9 books which makes me a pro.
- How it feels like your own private world. Like this book, in my hands, is just mine. Nevermind that 40 million other people have copies. THIS ONE IS MINE AND THIS WORLD IS NOW MINE AND I ALONE AM QUEEN OF IT AND WHO CARES WHAT THE WORLD IS DOING.
- Delusions; see above.
- I think reading may have instigated some delusions.
- Not sure???
- Will keep you updated.
9. WHAT ARE YOU READING SOON?
Here let me show you a little glimpse of what my kindle looks like at the moment. This is ALL MY FAULT because I’ve thrown all my “do not request more than 3 books at a time pls be a sensible adult, Cait” rules to the wind and just REQUESTED ALL THE ARCS. I want to read these books, dude. Why deny myself. Life is short. Eat dessert first.
Also where might I find the button to pause the sun so I have a few more hours to actually squeeze these in???
Also how the heck did I actually get approvals on Netgalley for once???? Usually they hate me. But apparently it is THE YEAR OF CAIT™ and I’m not knocking it.
Also do you see all those dragons? DO YOU??? Because this is one happy little Vegemite right here shrieking gleefully from the rooftops.
BOOKS MAKE ME STUPIDLY HAPPY. I JUST CANNOT EVEN WITH THEM.
10. DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN 5 BOOK TITLES.
This actually the most brilliant of questions and the most terrifying because the books I relate to honestly are the worrisome ones. But hey! You asked! *
- A Dance With Dragons. Because I am a dragon, obviously.
- Never Never. Which is me 99% of the time when you ask me to do something because no.
- Shadow Queen. Because I am queen and also an insomniac so hey are those bags under my eyes or the entire creepy shadow wraith contingency in the service of Sauron?? Who can know.
- Blackhearts. Me describing myself as a writer.
- The Leaving. Which is me for basically any social occasion ever. “Oh have we just arrived? Right. I’m THE LEAVING.” Boom. Gone.
* You didn’t actually ask. I stole this question from abroad but pfft. The day I let actual fact and details into my blog is the day the world denies dragons exist and the galaxies spontaneously combust.
Allegedly: O. M. G. That book!!! That last chapter!!! Why haven’t more people read this yet so that I can debate it with them?!?!
Adam Silvera: oh, History Is All You Left Me broke you? *subtle maniacal laughter* Read More Happy Than Not. Please. 🙂
My TBR shelf on Goodreads has…1,183 books. So, you know, close to you. I actually probably do own a lot of them because I tend to buy ahead; what if they go out of print in the mean time? This is a safe guard against that!
My three books:
Adulthood is a Myth (yeah, no, I may be an “adult” but nope, no thank you)
My Heart and Other Black Holes (there are *moments*)
R.O.D.: Read or Die (Yomiko speaks to me and really, what would happen if I couldn’t read? It’s not to be thought of!)
I KNOW. IT’S HORRIBLY UNDERHYPED!! I don’t know if you’ve read Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas but it reminded me of that and like this is a debut author??!?! Imagine what she’s going to do next!! omg!!!
I will read More Happy Than Not very soon. And probably be a small wreck over it. Lovely. :’)
Also omg *HI FIVES* I’m glad I’m not alone with my Goodreads explosion of a TBR. I don’t even know how many unread books I own. I try not to think about it.😂 I’m constantly behind and it’s freaking me out. I want to read them aaaaall.
I love that you used Adulthood Is A Myth. AGREED.😂
I’ve added Dangerous Girls to my TBR; thanks for the recommendation! It sounds good. Did she do it, who did? Why doesn’t my library have a copy? *lol*
A+ STAR TREK GIF USE 10/10.
A List of Cages is on my “maybe” list, but I ABSOLUTELY MUST READ THE DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC BOOKS. A few of my favorite reads thus far this year have been Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice, The Martian by Andy Weir, and the Durarara books by Ryohgo Narita.
Okay I understand Ronan and Gansey but RONAN AND NOAH. They’re the absolute best.
I’m super hyped for Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia, The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich, and Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens! All the Crooked Saints also looks awesome. Tony himself was handsome like a cigarette….
I think perhaps the latest amazing author I’ve discovered is Sarah Dessen? But Andy Weir and Ryohgo Narita are amazing, as well!
Goodbye Days and You’re Welcome, Universe are on my “maybe” list as well, so I’m excited to hear your thoughts! Soon, I’ll be picking up American Spring by Walter Borneman and The Thief by Stephanie Landsem.
I think there are around 63 books on my TBR pile? Maybe a few more…..? I don’t always keep track of them all on Goodreads because it overwhelms me enough to see the 63 there, lmao….
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Why thank you.😂😂 AND YES YOU ABSOLUTELY 1000% MUST TRY THE A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC SERIES. I WILL ACTUALLY BEG YOU. OKAY. BEGGGGGG. *bribes you with cake*
Ronan and Noah though! Omg YES. And I also adore Ronan and Blue’s friendship. <3 It's the best and they're so mean to each other.😂
I'm super excited for The Love Interest. I hope it's as good as it sounds because I NEED that trope turned on its head. 😂 Also yesss to Eliza and her Monsters. Made you Up was so so so good.
Haha, I’m so glad to hear you don’t get candles either 😀 I totally don’t. It’s like all that stuff they sell for Valentine’s. I just don’t get it. Also, mildly allergic to scented candles. So maybe I’m just biased.
I was going to tag you in a post I came up with (haven’t posted it yet). Haven’t seen anyone do it yet. Can I really tag you? 🙂 cause I was wondering if maybe you didn’t care about those, but this post has made me wonder 🙂 I would love to.
Also, I haven’t read 35, of course – more like, um, 8? But I haven’t given any a 2 star rating yet. Most are 4. I’m slightly weirded out by the fact that most of them are 4 xD am I just really bland? Or has the reading this year been so good?
As for TBR, I think mine’s kind of the same 😂 mostly the Kindle one.
Also really glad for you that you finally for approved on NetGalley. I told you that day is going to come 🙂
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I’m also totally bias too towards candles because I hate scents.😂 SO I HEAR YA. And oh yes, tag me if you want!! I sometimes don’t always get to them, because I’m about as distracted as a psychotic squirrel. But I try. 😉
I’m glad that you’re having a good reading year! I’ve given out way too many 2 star ratings already hahah. I’m just a very picky reader I suppose.
YAS NETGALLEY HAS SHINED ITS HAPPY FACE UPON ME I’M SO GLAD.
I will you then! 🙂 BTW, I got a comment notification. Don’t remember if I marked the checkbox on this one though, or not.
As for me, NetGalley has turned away from me ;_; I didn’t get approved for Brother’s Ruin, which is a crazy enough adult fantasy that it dragged me into the story in one chapter that was an excerpt (you should check it out too). Now I’m just GOD LET ME READ IT PLS T_T that book is going to be so great.
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*tag you, I mean xD lol typo
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Friends that slay together stay together should totally be a thing… although maybe more the less stabby use of the word slay because that might just be a bit problematic.
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As long as we’re all HAVING FUN AND NOBODY DIES we should be good. :’)
I have 939 on my TBR in Goodreads D:
YOU’RE NEARLY CAUGHT UP TO ME. *hi fives*
I don’t get candles either. Or Funko Pops??? I just don’t get bookish merch in general; if I’m buying bookish merch, it’s either a t-shirt or a laptop sticker and that is literally it. I NEED ALL THE BOOKS.
Ugh Ronan and Gansey. ❤ I also love Adam and Gansey even if it can get angst-y, but they care about each other SO MUCH. Kell and Rhy are my children and I want them to stay safe. Darrow and Sevro are just wonderful; Sevro is just one of the best things about Red Rising in general.
Adam Silvera is wonderful; I LOVE HIS BOOKS. I literally cannot wait for They Both Die at the End ugh. 😍
Omg don’t get me started with the Funko Pops.😂 I actually dislike them because I don’t see a point AT ALL hahha. I would just rather buy books! I mean, I think cool mugs are the best, but I only have them if I win them.😂
Adam and Gansey are GREAT but Adam needed to just stop with being so jealous of him all the time. They were ruining each other’s friendship for a while there. *smacks both of them with a pancake* But they are all still so precious. <3 And I love how Gansey just adopts people and keeps them safe. SEVRO THOUGH. SEVERO IS THE REASON FOR EVERYTHING EVEN WORKING IN RED RISING.😂
Hmmmm I got around 280 books on my to read shelf… owning only 10% of them.
And I never realized picking titles to describe myself is that hard, so… hmmm… I’ll just pretend I didn’t see you ask that and change the subject by telling you how I realized that I could just buy a bunch of cheap soy candles and label random character names on them. TA DA.
That’s actually pretty downright awesome. YOU ARE RESTRAINED, MY FRIEND.😂
Genius. You can start a business too. REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU’RE RICH AND FAMOUS.
Go Cait! You can WRITE THIS BOOK. There 386 books on my goodread to-read, but it’s not exactly comprehensive, because I also have non-listed books on my shelves and on my library wishlist, and just floating around my mind, as they do, and there are some books on there which I no I would describe myself as a “brown girl dreaming”, “you know me well” (because I want to be known well) and “something in-between” because that is what I am, and what I search for.
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THANK YOU SHANTI. I DID AND I HAD A MARVELLOUS TIME!! And I actually think your GR tbr is amazing and please show me your ways.😂 And I love your life-describing titles there!!!
I have 651 books on my to read shelf, and a student, that may as well be 123567890 books. *glares at school* Luckily I’m nearly finished.
Three books that describe me….hm
1) King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard bc I just finished and I’m dYING I CAN’T EVEN ASDFGHJKL
2) LOTR bc hello? Favourite book of ever. Ever.
3) All The Bright Places, bc I relate the characters so much.
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Yayyy for nearly being finished school! And also yayyy for only 651 books! THAT’S LIKE ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS READING IF YOU DON’T ADD TO IT, RIGHT?!? *dies laughing at own stupid statement*
All the Bright Places = afjdklajdskflad I LOVE THAT BOOK.
some pillows are handy. like, i got a light purple one for christmas, and it says ‘please go away i’m reading’ on both sides. and its the PERFECT size for hugging when it gets exciting, squeezing the stuffing out when your otp is in mortal danger(*cough* the mark of athena *cough*) muffling your squeals when they do something adorable, and failing to muffle your laughs when they do/say something funny, so that when your sibling ask whats so funny you can just hit them with the pillow. #winwin really, its awesome! you should get one! 😀
Most crazily, ~Olive
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Omg I LOVE that quote!! That would be perfect on a pillow…or, like, on a poster you could hang on your door.😂
MARK OF ATHENA. *pterodactyl screaming*
I think I might have died a little bit when I saw The Hate U Give AND You’re Welcome, Universe on your Kindle. I really need to read both of those!
As for books on my to-read shelf…737. It’s been worse – I had over 1400 at some point – but after looking through the whole thing AGAIN last year and getting rid of a bunch, I really thought I was going to be able to keep it below 700. But no, that’s impossible. I guess I just have to suddenly start reading twice as quickly.
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THEY LOOK SO GOOD AND I’M SO EXCITED!! *flails* I hope I love them to bits. 😀
And your TBR shelf is actually admirably good! *bows to your skills* I should honestly clean mine out but also… no.😂
1. Oh, I know you did not just say that Kell and Rhy sass each other to DEATH. *whips out concealed knives* COME AT ME
2. YOU HAVE A LILA BARD MUG?!?!!!?!!!???!!
3. Is there a post about your reading schedule? Even if there is, how about an updated one soon? I need to up my reading game, you’ve completed so many!
4. I have 4,748 books on my Goodreads tbr (perhaps I should go through and clean that up) and somewhere between one and two hundred on my shelves (I ain’t sorry)
AHHAHAHAHAH. *starts crying*
And yES. I have made a Lila Bard mug because the world needed one.
I actually haven’t done a post about my reading schedule. Do mean like what times I read? Or just like my reading habits, like how many pages I read per day or…something like that? Because I could totally do that.😜
DUDE YOUR TBR MAKES MY TBR LOOK SMALL AND THAT’S A FEAT AND A HALF.😂
ERM okay first of all I AM the Queen. I checked. Just sayin’. 😛
And I must say: Be glad you are not obsessed with bookish candles like I seem to suddenly be because now I spend good money on those candles and how am I supposed to feed my book obsession AND this one???? It’s a problem.
There are so many good books coming out this year and ERMEGERD I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU THINK OF DAUGHTER OF THE PIRATE KING BECAUSE I ENJOYED IT MONSTROUSLY.
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Erm, no. I double checked and it seems you’re mistaken. It’s okay. Mistakes happen. *pats head* I’ll forgive you.
I’d just so much rather spend all my money on books.😂 I JUST HAVE SO MANYB OOKS I NEED OMG. And ohhh I’m about to order Daughter of the Pirate King! I LOVE PIRATES. THIS IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC.
The Shades of Magic books are my everything right now. I can’t wait to get my hands on A Conjuring of Light. I need it. I can’t even buy it on the day it comes out because I need to wait until the price comes down or cheap used copies start showing up. Being a bookworm is stressful.
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Being a bookworm IS stressful. *panics* I preordered even though those books are spectacularly expensive for some reason but I was panicking because it wouldn’t arrive on time. BUT IT DID. MY LIFE WAS MADE.
Okay, so when I saw an email in my inbox saying that there was a new post from Paper Fury, I thought, YAAAAS OH MY GOODNESS SHE HAS A POOOOOOOOST. True story.
Anyways, AGH CAIT YOU’RE WRITING BOOKS BACK TO BACK??? LET US CHEER FOR YOU AND FEED YOU CAKE (because we can tell you like cake) SO YOU WON’T FAIL AND DIE AND LEAVE US HOPELESSLY WITH NO AMAZING POSTS.
So many books in 2017 look so freakin’ amazing??? STOP WORKING TOGETHER WITH MY TBR TO KILL ME. I’M INNOCENT. MOSTLY.
I would try to give you some post ideas, but my brain is rudely refusing to cooperate with me??? I’ll have to take it out again and give it a good stomping.
(note: NOOOO WHY’D YOU HAVE TO GO AND BE SO NICE??? I already have so many post ideas that I can’t keep up and I end up smushing everything together. But smushing things is fun.)
(note #2: *sigh* Cait, you must stop leaving us here all alone. We have cake over here. COME TO US.)
OMG YOU’RE MAKING ME SMILE SO MUCH RIGHT NOW. *tackle hugs you* 💕💕 And duuuude, yes, I don’t even know what’s wrong with me, but BACK TO BACK BOOKS. And they turned out so well and I’m crying with love for them. <3
Also agreed: 2017 is trying to kill us with all these amazing books. I want to read them aaaall.
*comes to you because needs cake to live*
*pats Cait’s back* You’re welcome, little bean. And omg YOU DID IIIIIIIIIIIT *gives cake*
I know right? Don’t authors know we have murderers called TBRs?
*gives cake again*
ADSJFHLASKDJF. I just read The Raven Boys and thought of you while doing it. I can’t wait to read the Dream Thieves and I JUST LOVE GANSEY AND RONAN LIKE AHFKASDJFLHKASJDFLHKSDJFH *flops helplessly* and CONGRATS ON NEARING SIX YEARS AHHHH. THAT’S SO EXCITING. *hurls chocolate at you*
THIS MAKES ME RIDICULOUSLY HAPPY BECAUSE THAT SERIES IS MY LIFE. 😍😍😍 Also Ronan is the most precious and The Dream Thieves is mostly about him so yayyyyyyssssss.
Six years is so long! I feel so old!!😂
3 titles that describe me? That’s hard man. UMMMMM…
One (by Sarah Crossan)- because i am so awesome and there is only ONE of me
Everything Everything – because I RULE Everything, maybe?
Dangerous (Shannon Hale) – BECAUSE I AM DANGEROUS, okay! I might mistake you for a book and the eat you. And if you offend one of my fandoms, I’ll stab you with a hardback and release all the fantasy creatures in my brain and defeat you. MUHAHAH. Oh, and you want a Twitter battle, I’ll just retweet PaperFury’s tweets and pretend they make sense. I’m such a good mastermind!!!
Ahem, I’m totally normal and I haven’t even read ANY of the books listed above. #imsodumb
I’ve only got about 50 on Goodreads TBR but that’s because I’m too lazy to add books. In real life, hmmm, 1000, maybe?
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YAS FOR YOUR TITLES. And like now I’m genuinely scared because of your dangerousness. I don’t want to be accidentally eaten by you. *feeds you sandwiches so you stay calm*
Okay this is so fun! I really can’t wait for Gentleman’s Guide, Conjuring of Light and Royal Bastards. Actually, Royal Bastards really give me this game of thrones vibe! 6 years is a long time, you’re practically ancient in book blogging age! xD I also don’t get the whole boyfriend candle and soap… I mean, the idea is interesting but I rather spend my money on other bookish merchandise like Funko, mugs, or multiple edition of my favorite books! 😀
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I feel ancient in book blogging years.😂😂 And omg GREAT. I’m glad I’m not alone with not getting the soap/candle thing. I mean, it’s great that it’s so popular, but I just want to read all the books of ever?!? hehe.
WELL GO YOU AND KEEP WRITING YOU CAND DO THIS I BELIVE IN YOU. (also: don’t die of sickness! I had a cold this week and couldn’t breathe through my nose and that wasn’t any fun. So don’t die! )
I DON”T HAVE GOODREADS SO I CAN CONVENIENTLY AVOID YOUR QUESTION. In fact, this is one of the two reasons I don’t have goodreads (the first is that I would have too much fun on it and be distracted all the time) (The second is that I would panic about all the books I haven’t read and feel like a terrible excuse for a bookworm. But I’m a busy bookworm so I’d rather not think about it.)
I did finish Harry Potter 5 today though, and considering it was 764 pages and took me a whole week to read that was quite an achievement. NOW I CAN READ FUN STUFF YAY GO ME.
3 titles that have nothing to do with me definitely (oops I misread the question haha) are Wicked, a Wicked Thing, and The Wicked Will Rise.
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Don’t die to you too then!! I’m still trying to shake a cough *starts hacking in the background* AH THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN WE WANT TO BE CREATIVE. *shakes fist at being sick* 😂😂
Omg how do you live without Goodreads. Goodreads is MY LIFE.
Oh congrats on finishing HP! That book is a massive thing. I quietly think it should’ve been shorter but shhh don’t let the wild fans hear me.😂
On my TBR shelf: 47 books. LAME, I KNOW. I shall try to grow it to respectably gargantuan proportions as soon as possible. 😉
Three titles that describe me? OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FUN. Lemme see:
“The Book Thief.” Because I need books in my life and I will totally steal them if not kept well-supplied. Y’all have been warned. 😉
“Quo Vadis.” Because this means “Where are you going?” and I ASK MYSELF THIS ALL THE TIME. Both literally and figuratively. #adulting is hard #send help
“Peace Like a River.” Because why not? I haven’t read this, actually, but I’m running out of titles . . . and I rather love peace 🙂
Oh be glad you’re TBR isn’t about to crush your head!!😂
YES THE BOOK THIEF!! I almost used that one actually because I’ve been known to thieve books from my sister.
Just. So. Much. Happiness. Over this post. I totally get a lot of this, and yes, you are completely the Queen, and I found about 4 new titles to add to my Goodreads. 🙂
Aww, thank you!! This makes my day. <3 And I'm glad you added some titles. We can flail over them together.😂
Ahhhh, Allegedly was so good!! You were totally right about it. I’m glad I bent my New Year’s Resolution a little to buy the ebook. xD I devoured it in like two days. Wow, what a wild ride. And a great book to be the first I review this year!
Leigh Bardugo is writing a Wonder Woman story?!?! I HAVE to get my hands on that at some point. That’s going to be amazing.
Ohhh, book merchandise is so freaking great. Etsy and Society6 are my wallet’s weaknesses. xD Plus, online shopping is just so darn convenient. You can do it IN YOUR PAJAMAS. Without talking to people! Double win.
Do my eyes deceive me or did you get approved for a The Hate U Give ARC?!
The book titles question is super clever. The Leaving made me snicker. Mine would probably be Fangirl, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), for obvious reasons. xD
OMG YOU READ IT AND LIKED IT TOO??? YAS!!! I was totally blown away at the ending. I feel like I was lied to the whole time.😂
yES. Leigh Bardguo is just being queen.
Also 100% yes to shopping in one’s pajamas. Or like shopping at midnight. So convenient that’s for sure.
I LIKE YOUR TITLES AND RELATE. Particularly to the fangirl.😂 (And I really need to read Felicia Day’s book soon!)
Okay, call me crazy but I never update my TBR shelf on Goodreads, so I have some books in my physical shelf that haven’t been added there yet. I don’t know why, I just forget about it, hahah. But I do probably have over 30 books there, which is much more than I’m used to read in a year, being a slow reader. But I’m glad you plan on reading all the books ever, because then this means no matter what book I decide to read, I’ll have a Cait review waiting for me. And how amazing is that?
And the gif you added perfectly describes my favorite thing about reading. I love that I can be so immersed in another world or in someone else’s thoughts that I won’t even realize the world around me. Of course, this may be inconvenient at times, like when I don’t notice a ball heading my direction during PE class because I’m reading, BUT it is also a great way to avoid awkward conversations, hahah.
That’s fair! I’m totally obsessed with Goodreads so mine is always hyper organised and up-to-date.😂 And OF COURSE we must read all the books of ever, right?!? WE CAN’T MISS SOMETHING AMAZING. (And people keep telling me they go to read a book and I always have a review for it already.😂 This amuses me.)
On my Goodreads “to read” shelf? Hahaha… 679. Yeah, I don’t think that’s going to happen.
Three titles that describe me… Um, okay:
Change Places with Me… because sometimes my life sucks. But then, it could suck worse, so maybe that’s not such a great idea.
The New Hunger… because I’m hungry right now and my stomach is making weird noises that make me think I might have contracted something weird like zombiism.
Dreamhunter… because I had a weird dream last night and I’m trying to recapture bits and pieces of it. Why are dreams so hard to remember sometimes?
Anyway, these would be subject to change, depending on mood. Or how much food is in my stomach.
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I love your titles there!😂 Especially The New Hunger….I feel like I should’ve put The Hunger Games up on mine because I’m starving and will fight for food if needed. I mean, I even put half a muffin in the fridge yesterday, left for 30mins, came back and it was eaten??? Like what is this life???😂
My “to read” shelf on Goodreads has 766 books, and that’s AFTER I cleaned it out the other day, so, whoops! I saw you have Blood Rose Rebellion from Netgalley – I do too! I’m trying to recruit someone to read it at the same time as me so I can be motivated to do it and stay on track with my ARCs! Ha! I keep going on Netgalley “just to look” and “accidentally” requesting ARCs and I get farther and farther away from 80%! D:
I do the same with Netgalley and “Just looking”. 😂😂 And usually I get denied SO MUCH STUFF but this year I’m being approved for it all and I don’t even know. I’m drowning in books but also so happy. :’) YAY we should try to read Blood Rose Rebellion at the same time then!
Yes please! Let’s do it. Let me know when you want to start it and I’ll start at the same time!
AUGHGH your blog is everything!! I’m so happy I found it!!
Anyway. Right now I am dead inside because MY FAVORITE author is writing a book and it is beautifully and wonderfully named A Skinful of Shadows and now I have to go into a comatose until October. *sob*
OMG THANK YOU AND WELCOME AND HELLO!! *waves wildly and gives you cake* And I hear that pain with waiting until October. Meeeee with the new Stiefvater books. We can just sit here in distraught puddles whilst we wait.
I haven’t heard about A List of Cages, thanks for putting it on my radar. I’m excited about new Stiefvater’s book too. I have waaaaay more added books on GR. Lol.
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Ah, we bookworms are all going to be crushed by our TBRs someday.😂
“Oh have we just arrived? Right. I’m THE LEAVING.”
ME.
#PRIORITIES ARE IN ORDER.
I currently have 82 books on my to-read shelf on goodreads. But then there is the other million that I see on Instagram and tell myself, “I am going to read that.” Oh, I missed your blog. I still check it everyday even though I know your not posting (#dedicated). Oh, three books that describe me! Hmmmm…..Heir of Fire (Fire is my element), And I Darken (because I am as stubborn as Lada:), and Alice in Wonderland (We’re all mad here, am I right?). That was a hard question. Who came up with it!? I am the queen of questions! I wish you the best of luck on your sequel! I will still stalk your blog and Instagram, as loyal as I am.
OMG THANK YOU, LEAH. <3 I've missed chatting with you!! You truly are the most dedicated of ever and deserve aaaaaall the cake. ALL OF IT. *builds a cake fort around you*
I love your titles!! YES to And I Darken <3 Lada is queen basically...although I'm terrified of what she's going to get up to in the next book.😂 And yessss Alice in Wonderland!!! (I think I saw the question on pinterest or tumblr or something.)
…Okay, we are not even going there with the number of books on my Goodreads To-Read shelf. No. Just no.
THERE’S ANOTHER STIEFVATER NOVEL COMING OUT?!? XD
Post ideas…um…I just did a Hamilton tag if you wanted to steal that? Ooh, and I always love to hear about your writing in general. 🙂
Three titles that describe me?
1. The Invisible Library (because I’m practically invisible, and I own the equivalent of a library)
2. Half Lost (seriously, ask any student and they will tell you that they relate to that title)
3. Room (because that is where I spend most of my time)
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*pat shoulder* All shame is understood very much by me.😂 I think sometimes I should clean out my goodreads TBR? But also…who has time for that.😂
I LOVE YOUR TITLES. Especially Room.😂 That made me laugh! Also #relatable
I don’t do Goodreads as much as I should and when tried to think of titles, my mind drew me a blank… So why am I leaving a comment? Because dude… Your pine trees killed me 😹
I’M GLAD YOU LIKED THE POST ANYWAY.😂
My TBR shelf has only 183 books on it…I tend to take books of my TBR shelf if I’m not interested in them anymore which may be the reason for the lower number.
Three books:
The Martian: I might as well be one.
The Shadow Queen: Because I’m basically nocturnal.
The Plan: I always need to have one.
You are clearly GOALS. *nods* I need to weed out my Goodreads wishlist but…I just never get around to it.😂
I LOVE YOUR TITLES!! Yesss to the Shadow Queen and having plans. *hi five*
Oh I just published this post right now lolol. And I don’t get any merch in INDIA? LIKE WHAT IS THIS???? I am so excited for the new Stiefvater book I can’t. The book gods did indeed answer our prayers this year, we are getting so many cool books! The depth of ereaders is one even my swimming soul would drown in, I am literally terrified of the number of ebooks I have. And congrats for finishing the book AND writing the sequel! I have said this enough, but I envy your skills 🙂
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OH TWINS. *hi fives* And zomg Stiefvater = WRITING QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE I SHALL ADORE EVERYTHING SHE EVER WRITES. *waits impatiently for October*
Aww thanks!!😜 I promise both books are a HUGE mess though…but so much fun to write.😂
I am a bit sad Cassandra Clare is not on your tbr list
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Okay then!
I plead the fifth on how many titles are on my TBR, on the grounds that it could land me in book rehab. As for titles that describe me, Confessions of a Bookaholic I MEAN SHOPAHOLIC. *Dies laughing* Just that one book does it pretty well.
I can’t agree on you with the candle thing, mind because I LOVE MY BOOKISH CANDLES. Granted, I didn’t JUST buy them for the characters, I mostly bought them for the smells. Except when I totally bought Dorian and Chaol and Aelin just because. I’m in a bit of a candle phase at the moment, although that may be short lived because they do not infuse my room with scent which is WHAT I EXPECTED?!?!?!?! IDK. Maybe I want too much from my candles.
Probably the most bookish merch I have is bookmarks. I especially enjoy FREE bookmarks – thank you Wordery and Book Depository, but I love bookmarks regardless. Although I only ever use the same one??? The rest go in my bookish merch box which is full. Here’s how I see it, though : I don’t go out drinking, I don’t smoke, I don’t do drugs, so what if I buy books and merch? SO WHAT. It’s a harmless addiction (Until you’re buried in books).
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Dude, I just confessed to THOUSANDS so you’ll be fine.😂 And hey better too many books we want to read than not enough, right??!
I’m really glad you love candles!!😂 I mean, I’ve never tried them so maaaaybe I would like them, but I actually hate scented things so I’d also probably die. I think they’re clever though. 😜 I have HUNDREDS of bookmarks and I use like the same one all the time. *facepalm*
Last time I checked Goodreads was, five minutes ago to be exact, and I have 99 books on my to-read shelf. XD I’m just going to go to the library next time, use Goodreads, and have people stare at me and be like, “That girl knows what she is doing.” Bookworms are literally THE BEST PEOPLE on the entire planet.
Three Titles:
“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs – Because I am honestly so peculiar in ways that I can’t explain. 😀
“Glitter” by Aprilynne Pike – I LOVE GLITTER AND GLITTER LOVES ME.
“Girl Online” by Zoe Sugg – Enough said right there. XD
And OH MY GOSH I LOVE YOUR MUGS. I may have to buy one because I finally have money and also I can show all of my friends and tell them to buy a snazzy mug.
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Dude, only 99?! yOU ARE AMAZING AND RESTRAINED.😂 I feel like I add every YA book of ever these days but there are so many good ones coming out?? I have need?? Bookworms ARE the best people on the planet though. 100% agree.
I love your titles!! So relatable too omg.😂
AWW, THANK YOU. <3
ASJHKG HOLLY BLACK IS BRINGING A NEW BOOK OUT?? HOW DID I MISS THIS?? I’M SO EXCITED I LITERALLY CAN’T EVEN RIGHT NOW! Also, I also got approved for Goodbye Days and I literally squealed for like 10 minutes because JEFF ZENTNER. I still haven’t recovered from The Serpent King though so hopefully he won’t break our hearts too much with his new book (hahahaha wishful thinking, Kyra).
I have 1,290 books on my wishlist shelf on Goodreads…I JUST WANT TO READ ALL THE BOOKS OKAY.
YAS SHE IS HOW DID YOU MISS THAT, KYRA, SHAME.😂 I’ve been dying for this for sooooo long and I need a cover.😍 Holly Black is MA FAV. And omg I’m so glad you got Goodbye Days too!! I’m psyching myself up to read it because it’ll probably be paaaaaain right?!
I really should celebrate: only a year on Goodreads and I’ve already reached a 100 in my to-read list.
You are clearly amazing and very restrained.😂
I have “only” 183 books on my TBR list. I deleted almost 300 of them recently because I realized that my reading tastes changed a lot.
And 3 titles that describe me? That is hard but let me think….. OUTLANDER (because I do not live in my home country), ADDICTED FOR NOW (because obviously I am a book addict) and THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE (because I love to bake and eat pies/cakes/muffins/cupcakes etc.)
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That is actually SUPER admirable!! I need to do that.😂 I surely have books on GR that I’ve added and wouldn’t want to read now haha….but the idea of actually sorting through them is …daunting.😂
I LOVE YOUR 3 TITLES and especially the last one. THAT ME TOO.
I’m stealing this, just FYI. It’s been absolutely forever since I’ve done a book tag, and this one looks fun.
A List of Cages was SO GOOD. I’m surprised it hasn’t had more hype. Or maybe it has, and I’ve just missed it? Either way, it was amazing and everyone should be talking about it. AND I finally got my hands on Radio Silence…and it kind of hit me sideways and made me fall in love with it and I didn’t even realize it was doing it. AMAZING. Frances and Aled are total sweethearts and I love them. And did you know you can listen to snippets of Universe City on the author’s youtube page? Whoever voiced it sounds exactly like I how pictured Radio/Aled sounding.
OH GLORIOUS. I can’t wait to read it! 😀
I looooved A List of Cages so much I may just cry.❤️💔 It was exactly the kind of book I like to write too so like afjdklsad it just spoke to my soul basically. And omg I’m so glad you loved Radio Silence too!! IT WAS SO GEEKY AND GREAT. I didn’t know you could actually listen to some of Universe City though omg. I’ll need to go check that out immediately.😱😱
Oh yay, this is fun, I’m so glad for an unexpected dose of Cait! 🤗 I’m super impressed, and fine, kind of crazy jealous that you have written a book and are now writing another! Also, 35 books already? Just wow. I love the book titles that describe you! That’s such a fun question! I’ll have to think about this… as for my TBR, it’s unhealthy. My Goodreads is probably similar to yours. But my books that I own and haven’t read? It’s… bad. Probably hovering around 700? I should count.
Okay, books that describe me… The Hunger Games (and not for reasons you think ,I’m just REALLY HUNGRY right now) , Wanderlost because I like to travel but I’m also kind of a mess, and umm… I’ll have to get back to you on a 3rd 😉
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I’ve NEVER written books back-to-back before so omg Shannon I think I melted my bRAIN completely. I loved it and yet I’m so dead.😂 I haven’t slept in 2 weeks basically but heh who even needs sleep. *runs around screaming under the full moon*
I think the Hunger Games would describe me too honestly. And plus it is a GAME to get food around here. I legit put half a muffin with jam in the fridge and came back HALF AN HOUR LATER and someone in my family had eaten it. Like what. What is this life and what did I do to deserve that.
WAIT, Cait writing about HERSELF and BOOKS?! What a rare occurrence, better catch it while it lasts!
Wow that is a lot of years blogging. Man.
Also like yes I asked for way too many ARCS and IM NEVER GOING TO FINISH THEM ALL OMGNS
I KNOW RIGHT?!? THIS NEVER HAPPENS. 😂 I haven’t been blogging about this topic for 5 years that’s for sure. :’)
I hear you with the ARCs…like do we laugh because YAY BOOKS or cry because hOW DO WE GET ENOUGH YEARS TO READ ALL OF THESE.
LOOK AT ALL OF THE PRETTY ARCS! But…. *waits to spoil the mood*…. Blood Rose Rebellion is sooooooooooooo boring. I just couldn’t. nope. dnf. ALL OF THE DNFS. I hope that you enjoy it more that me though (if you like dresses and self contemplating, you might like it). Wow, well now you know my opinion about that one. 😉
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OMG NOOOOOOOO. I’ll just be here crying. I get so bored so easily with slow books. 😝
Thanks for sharing this one, Cait! It was fun.
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Thanks for reading and enjoying!
Oh wow! How did you turn this to be so informative and funny at the same time! It is soo AWESOME!!!
Right now to your questions, I think I have about 1084638545u4584985747847857 books that I find everyday and forget to add to my tbr because otherwise I will just cry myself to sleep! 🙁
1. The Black Witch – it doesn’t really describe me but I wanted to add it in anyways!
2. Blood Rose Rebellion – this sounds so majestic, and I think I maybe erm… related to a royal blood line
3. The Last Magician- why not? Because I am so AWESOME and I should just be the last one on Earth to be right? I can just make all the bad people vanish!
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BECAUSE FABULOUS IS MY MIDDLE NAME.😂😜 And I’m very glad to hear your TBR is about the same as mine. We shall die buried beneath it and we’ll be so happy. #legit
You could totally be the Last Magician. IT COULD HAPPEN. (I so want to read that one too!!)
HAHAH.. That you are my friend, you are totally fab. YES!! This makes my day, we shall both be buried under our never ending tbr together!
Of course, I would totally ace being a magician 😉 (YES ME TOO! Have you seen how amazing the cover is?)
Ronan and Gansey, Locke and Jean, and Kell and Rhy – some of my favorites!
I’m really looking forward to The Cruel Prince and All The Crooked Saints! 🙂
2017 is giving us such amazing books omg what are we even to do with ourselves.😍😍😍
SHE’S BACK????? SHE’S BACK?? SHE’S BACKSHE’SBACKSHESBACKSHESBACK SHE’S- NOT BACK?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?! WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
BUT SHE’S WRITING A SEQUEL….. I SHOULD BE HAPPY….. YOU’RE WRITING A SEQUEL, MAJESTIC WORSHIPFULNESS…… I SHOULD BE HAPPY??????????
*DISSOLVES INTO OCEAN OF TEARS*
WWWWWWHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYHYHYHYHYHYYYYYYYYYYYYY????!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!!!!?!?!!!!!!!!?!?!!!!?!?!!!???!!???!?!??!????!!?!????????????????????????
*sniffles* SIGH. I…. *hic*….. suppose… *sniff*…. I’ll….. *blows nose*…. survive??? I’ll tryyy anyway???
BUT I GET TO READ THEM RIGHT???????? I MEAN, YOU’LL LET ME BETA, ZETA OR EVEN OMEGA READ THEM RIGHT??????????? RIGHT???????????????????!?!!!!!!?!?!!!??!?!?!??!??!!!!?!!?!!?!!?!??
Humdiddlydeedum…… Well, ANY AND EVERY SNIPPET OF ANY AND EVERYTHING YOU’VE WRITTEN WOULD BE MORE THAN FANTASTICALLY AWESOME!
And uh…… maaaybe you could do a post on blogging tips and techniques?? You’ve probably already done that though, seeing as you are all-awesoming and Queenly!!!!
If you run out of ideas, throw in a few Life Stories!!!!! I mean, the Fake Life that all your family and friends see you living in the short amount of time you AREN’T being SPLENDIFEROUS on the internet. Of course, don’t do facts and details, because THAT WOULD BE A SAD DAY. I DO BELIEVE I DO BELIEVE I DO BELIEVE IN DRAGONS!!!! Also, I sorta want to visit other galaxies so maybe not. Oh my gosh, thinking of which, I need to get Instagram and Twitter JUST so I can follow you!!!! Seriously. I don’t know if mum will let me….. But IT’S A HOPE. Right??
Well!!!! Let’s see about that Goodreads question!!!!
WHAAAAT?????? I ONLY HAVE 54?????? THAT’S WEIRDO!!!! I THOUGHT I HAD MORE…. what’s up, TBR??????? Huh?!?!?! WHY ARE YOU SLACKING?!?!?! I FED YOU LAST YEAR, AND I’M ALMOST POSITIVE I PETTED YOU BEFORE THAT. OH, and before you ask, NO CRUMPETS!!!! YOU ARE TOO YOUNG, AND THEY’LL SPOIL YOUR APPETITE FOR DINNER NEXT MONTH. ALSO, DO I LOOK LIKE I WANT YOU TO GROW?????
Wait a second.
DON’T ANSWER THAT!!!!!!!!
Ahem. Sorry about that, Highness, sometimes you just have to scream a little at your pets. As I am SURE you know!!!
Okay, these three describe me:
1. The Dragon with a Heart of Chocolate. Just ask anyone who knows me!!!! I adore chocolate, and WHAT’S THAT?? YOU WANT A BOOK OF MINE???? *BATTLE ENSUES* *LOTS OF FIRE AND TEARS AND DESTH* maybe no. You can’t have a book.
Ha. Wait till they dirty/dog-ear/break/tear/touch my books without permission…. Oh the days. I’m still getting scorch marks off my wall and carpeted-no-longer floor.
2. (Wait here while I cheat and raid my read shelf, because NONE OF MY TO READS DESCRIBE ME?????? TBR, I’m starting to want to burn you….) Okay, REALLY the second is Fangirl. Gosh I am such a Fangirl…. I mean, not the giggly, screechy, what-are-you-a-two-year-old????? (Mostly) but I am definitely a fan of many things and even MORE definitely, a girl so. Yup.
And 3. The Help. Because who is the one doing dishes and closing doors and counting kids and making food and mopping on her hands and knees and cleaning toilets and sometimes doing laundry and yelling and her siblings to do their own xhores???? Oh yeah. That’s me.
But it’s fun sometimes, so that’s okay.
Well this was the perfect post to start off my day!!!! Now I have to catch up on the rest of your posts, because I’ve been devoid of internet for a loooong time and that’s not fun.
~E
I WASN’T BACK. BUT I AM NOW!!! (And catching up on comments.😂) So yayyyy, I’m glad you missed me. Did the world stop turning? Should I summon the dragons to make the sun rise again BECAUSE SURELY THE WORLD WAS IN DARKNESS WHILST I WAS OTHERWISE OCCUPIED YES???? #legit
I have done posts on blogging before but I could do another one! My main tips are always the same though: have fun and be friendly.😂 But if I can figure out how to make that an interesting whole post, I shall. JUST FOR YOU. <3
YAS FOLLOW ME ON INSTA AND TWITTER. I'm like on there 100% of the time. You'll never miss me again.😂
dude. Be happy your TBR is manageable. You have hope.😂
Omg I LOVED The Dragon With the Chocolate Heart. <3 So relatable it was ridiculous. 😍😍
YOU’RE BAAAAAAAACKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOOORRAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAKE FOR EEEEVVERYYYOOOONNNEEEE!¡!!!!!!!!
YES, IT STOPPED TURNING!!!!!!!! WHAT DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN?????? JUST GO ON WITHOUT YOU?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?! No WE WERE IN DARKNESS FOR SOOO LONG AND IT WAS SO TERRIBLE!!!!! THE SUN WAS THROWING A FIT BECAUSE HE MISSED YOU TOO!!
YEEESSSSSS, GET THOSE DRAGONS BACK ON SUN DUTY!!!!!! I mean, if you wouldn’t mind? Ahem. I was NOT just screaming at your Highest Majesty! That would be utterly ridiculous! (Don’t incinerate me?)
But hey, those are good tips!! OH MY GOLLY GEEE AEIJFHSBFUDKSNCIJDHHFHEBAKAJSHAHHAHHAHAHAHAJJJDHDNCJOJDK!!!!!!!!! WOULD YOU REALLY????????????????????????? OH MY GOSH THAT IS SO FANTASTIC I AM JUST DYING OVER HERE!!!!!!!!!
Okay then I MUST get them!!!!!! Missing you is so much work it is a strain on my nerves! UTTER TORTURE. I THINK I WAS GETTING SICK BECAUSE OF IT, I REALLY HAVE A SORE THROAT THIS MORNING. BUT IT’S BEEN BETTER SINCE YOU REPLIED!!!!!!!!!! *SCREAMS TO THE WORLD* I FOUND THE CURE FOR ALLLL SICKNESSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep, that’d be you, Queenly Cait.
(Ugh! Stupid autocorrect!! It’s Cait not Fair. No, it’s not Can’t, NO! IT’S NOT CRAIGSLIST!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?!?!?!)
Then I simply MUST read it!¡!!!!!
You are back! *DANCING FOR JOY* HOORAAY!!!!!!! *CONFETTI* CAKE AND ICE CREAM FOR YOU!!!!!¡!!!!!
ALED AND FRANCES YAS. Also I love how our only mutual anticipated 2017 book is Wild Beauty. Bless us and our wildly different taste in books. BUT OMG YOUR TBR.
Hahahhah…omg look at all my fantasy anticipations. 😂 I TRY TO READ MORE CONTEMPORARY BUT LOOK AT ME. I’M DOOMED. But Wild Beauty is going to be amazing I just KNOW it and I just ordered When The Moon Was Ours. 😍😍
I love your stats posts (which usually occur at the end of the year – damn those pie charts always look so scrumptious) so any posts with lots of stats in them are what I’m requesting!!
1,712 books to be read sooner or later (blimey). It’s ok. I think I’ll be able to get it done. Considering my goal for the year’s reading is 150 books and I’m currently 19 books behind schedule (hahah). I sometimes think I love torturing myself more than I love actually reading books…
And oh gosh three titles that describe me? Bad Feminist, The Humans, and Honour. (All brilliant books you should definitely give a read, Cait!). The authors: Roxane Gay, Matt Haig and Elif Shafak.
Oh YAY. Because it actually occurred to me that it’d be very interesting to analyse my average star rating for each genre with pie charts. 😂 So be prepared for that to come hahah. Ahem.
THAT’S A LOT OF BOOKS AND I DON’T FEEL SO BAD NOW.😂 I think we bookworms all love torturing ourselves somewhat??? Oh I want to read Bad Feminist!!! I keep meaning to reserve it at my library, but it was on order last time I checked. *dashes off to see again*
So now I have 4 more books that’ve been added to my TBR pile (it got out of control a long time ago and now it scares me when I look at it) Thank you, Cait! No, I’m serious because I didn’t even know that Leigh Bardugo and Maggie Stiefvater will have new books. It’s probably because I’m wasting my time looking at my tbr pile instead of doing something about it.
And absolutely one big YES for the books that make you go on adventures when you don’t want to live you safe haven (going to the kitchen is another adventure to go just be sure that your hands are big enough for all of the food you’re bringing on your way back). Learning new things – also yes. And still I haven’t learn how to cook a proper meal. The Microweave is my bestfriend hehehe
Please comeback soon with another post (*puppy eyes*)
Yulia @ My Unprofessional Blog recently posted…Top 5 Wednesday: Books To Get You Out of a Reading Slump
Oh my TBR scares me constantly. So I FEEL YOUR PAIN. At least if either of us disappears we know to come dig the other out from under a pile of books??? BUT YAS LET’S SQUEE OF STIEFVATER AND BARDGUO BECAUSE THE QUEENS ARE GIFTING US WITH GLORIOUSNESS!! 🎉🎉
Omg YES I was re-reading A Darker Shade of Magic and it was actually better the second time around??! Right now I’m re-reading A Gathering of Shadows and I LOVE IT SO MUCH but aghhhhhhh I can’t wait to pick up A Conjuring of Light. <3 <3 KELL AND RHY ARE PRECIOUS GEMS omg. Also LOL I have over 1000 books on my TBR on Goodreads…. oops. It's not my fault, it's too easy to be tempted by the pretty covers and the synopsis (although I end up not remembering the synopsis at all 2 seconds later but oh well) mostly the pretty covers. 😉
Analee @ Book Snacks recently posted…How to capture readers’ hearts A Darker Shades of Magic style
YAS IT IS BETTER THE SECOND TIME ROUND. This is the part where I just insert wild happy flailing over how much I adore that series omg. It’s just beyond perfection. 😍😍 And ACOL was perfectttttt. And if you need someone to shout about ACOL with I AM HERE. *screams into the void*
I hear you with the TBR problems.😂 We are twins in this.
THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. YOU SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. FOR BEING TOO FUNNY.
DO YOU EVEN KNOW how I can choke to death on nothing at all but my own laughter when reading a post of yours??? It is a health hazard!!
I ALMOST DIED AND ALMOST HAD TO CALL 911 I WAS HORKING LIKE A SEAL IN A BALL ON THE FLOOR. It was glorious and deadly.
The book Merch soap?? #HoldMeImDying
You should have to put a note warning at the beginning of every post: “WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. READ WITH CARE. MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY DUE TO UNCONTROLLABLE LAUGHTER.” 😂
I’M GLAD YOU LIKED IT. I AM HERE TO MAKE YOU CHOKE TO DEATH LAUGHING. 😇😈
I solemnly swear that I will eventually read Allegedly. As soon as I work up the courage to read something emotionally jarring. Probably the next time I PMS or something because THAT sounds like a great idea!
I LOVE BOOK STATS! I actually have a background in stats (and yet I read and write and review books because #Consistent) so I LOVE tracking things and studying them. Especially about books. And whatnot. I have WAY too many spreadsheets aggregating data. It is sad. I need a life. Ha. Haha.
OMG A Conjuring of Light is SOOOOOooooooo good! I’m about halfway right now. Favorite book of the series. YAAASSSSS!
Michelle @ FaerieFits recently posted…Why I Loved A Gathering of Shadows (But Maybe Not as Much as Book 1)
DOOOOO IT.😂 It’s so sad but just so AMAZING. And I’m like such a picky reader so this is a lot coming from me haha.
Omg I’m glad you like stats too. Stats and spreadsheets and lists are basically half the joy of my reading life.😍😍
Another awesome blog post! As for post ideas, maybe a new tag? Or a contest of some sorts? For example, a bookmark contest were people design bookmarks and maybe get a blog promo if they win? Maybe more guides, such as how to deal with someone who doesn’t read, or what to do when someone won’t return your book?
Oh those are really epic suggestions! Thanks, Sydney! I’d like to consider holding a contest because it’s been FOREVER since I have done anything fun like that.😜
Also, I like bookish canvas bags!
Sydney @ WellReadRebel recently posted…Discussion: Calling Out Problematic Books and Backlash