In a shocking turn of events, today I’m answering questions about books.
This is a topic I never broach, so try to keep calm.
And YES. This is a tag post! And I’m going to put it out there that I’m super bad at tags. This is partially because the same questions just repeat * and partially because I am a super slacker at fitting it in my schedule. And no don’t be ridiculous, I can’t change the schedule. Moons might fall from the sky and squash me and I won’t take that risk.
But I do actually love answering bookish questions!
So ignore the fact that I’m a huge life failure and go ahead and tag me. Also excuse me while I do like 50 tags in this post because I’m just that behind, and I’ll pick and throw questions around because I’m Loki and do what I want.
* MOST INVOLVING “WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK” WHICH GIVES ME HYPOTHERMIA TO TRY AND ANSWER.
Thanks Bliss Bold Beautiful and The Booknerd Diaries and Between The Pages!
1. FAVOURITE GENRE?
FANTASY. And I am quite fond of all kinds — from epic fantasy, to magical realism, to paranormal. Just please give me magic and knives and a little bit of murder.
2. PLOT YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED WRITTEN BUT ISN’T PUBLISHED YET?
Excuse me while I’m monstrously PROUD OF THIS TWEET TOO. Also someone write me this or do I have to do everything myself.
3. WHAT ARE YOUR “TURN AWAY” TROPES?
There are soooo many tropes that absolutely wither my soul. Which is frightening because it was born withered to start with and you don’t want to see me reduced to the fine hue of an avocado. But I want to take a second to shout about HARMFUL tropes. Because they’re freaking annoying and even if you beat them back with a flyswat, they keep coming back.
Petition to never read these again:
- Love cures a mental illness or disability.
- When the character with a disability “overcomes it” in order to be accepted by others. (This happens so freaking much in Autism books I will just be mad.)
- Killing off ONLY minorities and nobody else.
- Using “OCD” as a descriptor for someone who’s neat. (That isn’t even what OCD is??? Seriously.)
- Girls having a make-over and suddenly “omg they’re beeeeautiful and 100 x better than they were before!!” (Girls are totally allowed to change and have makeovers. OBVIOUSLY. But it shouldn’t be a summary or increase of their worth.)
- Mocking feminine women.
- Books without cake.
4. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST ARC?
It was Hate Is Such a Strong Word by Sarah Ayoub in 2013, and I’M SERIOUSLY SO PROUD OF ME FOR REMEMBERING!! I have the actual worse memory honestly. I can’t remember the most basic things, like the year I was born, my street name, what type of animal my dog is, what book I just finished reading, and what a blog is.
5. WHAT WAS THE LAST LIE YOU TOLD?
I told my smol visiting niece she was blocking the view of my bookstagram photoshoot which is a LIE because obviously she is the view.
Does she seem related to me???? I think she seems related to me.
6. HOW TALL ARE YOU AND HOW TALL DO YOU WISH YOU WERE?
I am 5’1. I used to wish I was taller, but now I accept that I’m a good height for biting ankles.
7. WHAT IS ONE MOVEMENT YOU ARE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT?
My legs honestly. I really like moving my legs. I go for a 5.5km run in the morning and a 2.5km walk in the afternoon every day and generally spring about the house in full battle armour between times. I also quite like the movement of my fingers because TYPING.
My least favourite movement is looking right. My neck was out for like 5 years and it’s fixed now but like, I’m not used to looking right. So if you want to stab me, come at my right— WOOOOOAH. That was a massive typo. I have no weaknesses. I’m perfect.
8. WHAT IS THE BEST COMPLIMENT YOU’VE EVER RECEIVED?
Someone with a very very very important opinion said I made them cry with my book. Excellent.
9. NAME TWO WEIRD QUIRKS ABOUT YOURSELF.
(a) I have double jointed thumbs and they make my hands look like perhaps my parents were a spider and a nazgul. *
(b) I sometimes balance my iPod on my face while reading. I also sometimes can’t see the book because of this but that’s a difficulty I’m working to overcome by seeing through objects. Not, obviously, by quitting this weird habit.
* Can neither confirm nor deny in case a parental reads this. But if it’s true, it’d explain a lot about me.
10. NAME THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD.
My bedroom mirror — which coincidentally is covered in POSTCARDS AND POSTERS! Because I hate mirrors! That’s way too much social interaction, okay? I have Penguin Postcards and the posters are Lord of Shadows and Lady Midnight. 10/10 enjoy staring at Emma and Julian drowning.
I’m aware that’s supposed to be a A Darker Shade of Magic book hugger…but why not a wall hugger? I’m letting it be its own person. And as nice as this is…if you remember my view before I moved house…well. [INSERT HOWLING]
11. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK QUOTE?
So I just finished reading Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine and it contained this gem:
“I think all homes should be stuffed with books.”
So much yes.
I also have infinite love for this one just because RONAN LYNCH and aesthetic writing:
“And Ronan was everything that was left: molten eyes and a smile made for war.”
12. NAME ONE TALENT YOU HAVE.
Sometimes I do a good job at breathing.
I’m also very very good at holding grudges, hence I will take this moment to remind my older sisters OF THE TIME THEY ATE MY WILLY WONKA CHOCOLATE 11 YEARS AGO. IT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
Thanks Ashley @ Bumbling About Books!
1. FAVOURITE UNDERRATED BOOK AND WHY?
I mean, I have absolutely 2 billion of these. But the most recent is Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz! It’s about a lonely island boy + queer magic fish + a tragic abused merboy and IT’S SO SWEET AND HEARTBREAKING AND I LOVE IT.
2. IF YOU COULD TELL A YOUNGER YOU ONE THING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Dear Smol Me,
IT’S NOT A PASSING PHASE. YOU’RE GOING TO BE SO OBSESSED WITH THE RAVEN BOYS IT’LL TAKE OVER YOUR WHOLE INSTAGRAM FEED.
signed,
obsessed present me
3. WHAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU REMEMBER SPARKING YOUR LOVE OF READING?
Oh definitely goodreads. As soon as I learned you could set goals and have major competitions with yourself — BOOM. I’M THERE. I’m so competitive with me. You can literally motivate me to do anything with stickers, cake, stat charts, and the ability to do it faster next time.
4. UNPOPULAR BOOKISH OPINION YOU STAND BY?
RON AND HERMOINE MAKE A TERRIBLE COUPLE.
WHAT’S THE POINT OF BOOKISH-FLAVOURED CANDLES.
CAN THRONE OF GLASS JUST PLEASE NO.
I DON’T EVEN CARE ABOUT SIGNED BOOKS.
WHY ARE THERE NOT DRAGONS IN EVERY SINGLE BOOK.
AUTHORS CAN WRITE ABOUT BAD STUFF AND NOT BE BAD PEOPLE THEMSELVES.
Thanks Zoey @ Magiverse and Destiny @ Howling Libraries!
1. NAME A BOOK WHERE YOUR SHIP SANK.
I won’t be specific because of spoilers but feel free to ask in the comments!
- The Grisha trilogy
- Ember in the Ashes
- Strange The Dreamer
- Game of Thrones
- Vicious (but I suppose there’s still time with the sequel…)
- Clockwork Angel
2. WORST ENDING EVER?
I have 70 books on my 1-star shelf on goodreads, so we’re just going to assume they all have rather sucky endings.
MY FULL OPINON @ THESE BOOKS
3. NAME THREE AUTO-BUY AUTHORS.
(a) Maggie Stiefvater
(b) VE Schwab
(c) Cassandra Clare
I’M SO PREDICTABLE IT’S AMAZING.
4. AN AUTHOR YOU LIKED BETTER AFTER THEIR SECOND BOOK?
This is such a fabulous question because I really like trying an author multiple times before I decide they’re not for me. Because sometimes their second book is way better for my tastes and I fall rapidly in love. I actually did a whole post on it, but who wants to go back and read that. Ha, not me.
So instead, here. Eat this nice visual illustration of my growing fondness for these authors.
This is why my TBR is ridiculous because I jut have to read everything.
5. WHAT BOOKISH WOULD WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO BE TELEPORTED TO?
All of them. Do you expect me to save the world??? I’m literally an INTJ and a Slytherin. I’d just let you all perish. 1/10 do not recommend putting me in a book.
6. WHAT CHARACTER’S SPECIAL POWER DO YOU WISH YOU HAD?
In the Clockwork Angel series, Will and Tessa sit there quoting WHOLE PASSAGES OF BOOKS at each other to show that (a) they have good memories, and (b) they’re pretentious. Amazing. I’d love to be able to do that. I’d settle for just remembering titles, to be honest.
7. DO YOU PREFER ARCS OR FINISHED COPIES AND WHY?
Um, obviously finished copies!! I know some people like to collect ARCs but if it’s not photogenic for bookstagram, I am shallow enough to admit I’m not super interested.
I WANT BOOKS WITH THIS KIND OF ATTITUDE.
8. DO YOU HAVE ANY PHOBIAS?
- People who eat custard with their cake. Like it makes it soggy why are you doing this. Separate bowls, please.
- Lettuce.
- Running out of books to read literally keeps me awake at night despite having 93894 on my TBR right now.
- Touching like bugs or lizards or fish or anything that breathes. This is why I don’t be around humans.
- STICKERS ON BOOK COVERS, DANGIT JIM.
- The colour pink.
- My own handwriting terrifies me please make it stop.
- Christmas
- The entire of the movie Jumunji which I watched as a very small child and honestly is why I’m a traumatised adult.
- The word “phenomenon” because I can’t spell it.
- Series finales of all TV shows. Seriously. I don’t watch them. I just slowly get spoiled and am salty forevermore even though it’s my fault.
9. BIGGEST CHILDHOOD CRUSH?
One time I got body-slammed with a huge exercise bouncy ball and you can still find pieces of me on the footpath to this day. To say I was crushed is an understatement.
10. WHAT WAS THE LAST BOOK TO MAKE YOU CRY?
The one I wrote and am coincidentally editing right now but — I ACTUALLY HAVE EMOTIONS AND SURE IT WAS JUST 1 SINGLE TEAR BUT !! I HAVE !! EMOTIONS!!! Vague ones, but wow.
Cait!
I just need to take a moment to say thank you for having such an amazing blog.
Your sense of humour is brilliant, and the aesthetics of your layouts and photos are inspiring.
A) One weird quirk about myself – Water makes me sleepy. Being in it, not drinking it.
B) I struggle with most sequels. Which is a problem, because I love fantasy novels and they tend to be sequels. But I can’t think of a specific author.
Also – exercise balls are lethal and should be avoided at all costs.
YOU’VE HONESTLY MADE MY DAY. <3 THANK YOU FOR READING.
Also I’m really glad drinking water doesn’t make you sleepy because that could be awkward. I wish something made me sleepy because I’m like a wild insomniac.😂
And omg I’m the SAME with sequels. I can’t even count how many sequels I have zero excuse for not reading. But they’re so scary??? What if they ruin the goodness of the first book. It’s a decent fear.
(And exercise balls are just deadly. Especially if you’re smol and they’re HUGE and people are kicking them around.)
I’m also really glad drinking water doesn’t make me sleepy! Insomnia is meh, but at the same time – SO MANY HOURS to get stuff done! You could try lavender. It’s very relaxing/sleepy inducing.
I have 5 billion unread series because of sequels. I just can’t bring myself to experience crushing disappointment.
Best way to start the weekend : a post made by Cait. And now, somehow, I want to eat cake. Which is great because I have /cherry cake/
– One weird quirk about myself : I don’t know, I’m just a giant quirk. Maybe this one : when I move a part of my body for no reason, let’s say I’m rolling my left shoulder, I have to do the same for my right shoulder. Otherwise I feel weird. I mean, weirder than usual.
– An author I’ve rated high AND low : Specific author, I’d say Stephen King. Other than that, let’s say I’m a difficult bean. I want my stories meaty, and I want them to mean something. If I sense that something is missing to make the book a “complete story”, then I probably won’t enjoy it fully. WHICH IS WHY I BARELY READ AT ALL NOWADAYS BECAUSE VERY FEW BOOKS FULFILL THIS NEED. and it’s also why i read your blog because i need someone to be excited about ya books for me.
Awww *BLUSHES* Your comment literally made my day! THANK YOU.
And I toootally get that with the make-it-even-thing. Like otherwise you’re unbalanced right?? Balance is good.
I haven’t read any Stephen King, but I want to.😂 Someday. And omg I’m sad that you don’t read much anymore but at the same time I’ve been reading a ton of crappy books lately and it’s depressing.😭However if you ever want some excellent YA book recs, I AM HERE!! I CAN GIVE ALL THE RECS!!
You’re welcome, makes me happy then <3
YES IT'S EXACTLY THAT. It's so odd !
Honestly I only read, like, three or four of his novels ? My favorite being The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, it's more psychological (well, at least less gory) than, say, Carrie or Charlie or whatever-ends-in-"i". My dad's usually like "READ THIS BOOK" "Dad I-" "REDIT. IT'S STEPENH KIGN"
I believe you, like, on one hand you love reading and you want to read as much book as you can, and on the other hand you happen to read books that are just plain awful (read some of your 1-star reviews for fun and oh boy. Especially Paper Princess) ALSO THANKS. It's just sad that most of the books you reviewed and which seem great won't be published in France :c Literally, last time I went to library I only spotted A Darker Shade Of Magic and that's about it. I WANT /NEW THINGS/ FFS
Also your tweet made me laugh. I'd love to read that in a book, it would make my day tbh
I tried to adapt it to my novel and, well-
Aurore : you know, you're not like most girls
Kriss : *frowns as Aurore leans towards her with a smirk* Hm, yes..?
Aurore : yup, first time I come across a grumpy girl who throws up /sea water/ right after saving my life. You're one of a damn kind
a. I can wiggle my nose in two distinctive different manners, and one indistinct.
b. Neal Stephenson’s ‘Baroque Cycle’ is the best thing ever. ‘Reamde’, not so much…
Happy Reading and Writing, Cait!
~Icky. 🙂
Nose movement seems indeed like a quirky and distinctive habit, well done.😂
1) no romione is amazing, what???
2)”what type of animal my dog is” same, and as far as i’m concerned i don’t even have a dog
3) “christmas” was under phobias?? i’m concerned but also very interested in this backstory XD
~julia <3
I’m glad someone noticed the “what type of animal is my dog”…😂 I’M FINE, REALLY. I’M SURE I’M DOING FINE. *runs in screaming circles*
Omg Christmas is just TRAUMATIC.😂 I want out.
Long comment, sorry. I have thoughts.
Wait, you’re the one who originated the dragon version of “You’re not like the others” that keeps showing up on my Pinterest dash? Huh. Actually, I’m not surprised. It’s a very you thing to come up with. Anyway. It’s on my story ideas board, but I make no promises about writing it.
Also . . . wait. You actually, like, run? At a faster speed than a jog? And for significant distances? I feel like you probably mentioned this before, but I’d forgotten and WOW I’m impressed now. Congratulations for being about 5x more athletic than the average bookworm.
Regarding your unpopular book opinions: I agree completely with the Throne of Glass thing. It needs to go away, but it doesn’t seem to want to. Also the dragons thing is totally true. That said, I like the idea of bookish-flavored candles. It’s clever and interesting and it’s an excuse to have a nice-smelling candle. (They are a touch overrated though, so, yeah.)
And I would like to point out- simply because you’re teleported to a book world doesn’t mean you have to save it. You could be teleported to a fantasy world, find some charm to fully unleash your inner dragonness, and conquer the world, if that’s more your style. Or if you wanted to save some effort, you could just find the spot with the best view, make yourself a house there with a massive library, and set about reading all the books (and also learning magic so you can slow down time and not run out of time to read all the books and also make portals to earth and fantasy world cities and buy MORE books).
And, answering your commenter-question: does the fact that I color code my notebooks, folders, and pencils according to class count as a weird quirk? Otherwise . . . I like to eat banana chips with cream cheese. I know I’ve never seen anyone else do that one. And an author I’ve rated both high and low would be Bryan Davis (love most of his books, but don’t particularly care for the Dragons of Starlight) or Ted Dekker (loved his Circle trilogy, though it’s too heavily reliant on emotions for me to enjoy it as much now, but I refuse to acknowledge that Green, the fourth book, exists except to complain about it).
Great post!
Well if it’s worded like my tweet then it’s me, otherwise someone probably had the same idea. 😂😂(But hopefully I was original?! *fingers crossed* 😂)
I KNOW. I’M SHOCKING TO ME TOO. Like the bookworm/writing stereotype is usually the speed of turtles, but I absolutely adore running. My sister thinks I might be damaged. Definitely possible.
The problem with ToG is that it’s EVERYWHERE?!? Like a lot of books really annoy me, but I can forget about them. But ToG…ugh. Just hit me in the face with it 3898 a day. Same with the ACOTAR series too.
I also like your idea of just like comfortably living in a book world but not, like, STARRING as the protagonist. Like I could handle Hobbiton so well??? All those snacks and cosy hobbit holes. Frodo could go do his thing and I could just live in peace. This is an excellent point, you genius.
I colour code things so we’re probably weird together.😂And I HAVEN’T eaten banana chips and cream cheese but like??? It sounds good??? What can go wrong with cream cheese let’s be real.
I suspect you were. Like I said, it sounds like a very you sort of thing.
Yeah . . . I know what you mean about Maas’s books being everywhere. Especially on Pinterest; for a while, I was seeing a couple dozen things from ToG and ACOTAR a day. It was annoying. 😛 Especially since some of it was amusing, and a small crazy part of my brain was like “Maybe the next books aren’t as bad?” and the rest of my brain was like “No, remember the 351 reasons we stopped reading this series? Remember them? Not reading it.”
CAIT CALLED ME A GENIUS WHAT. 😀 That’s what I would want to do, so. And YES, Hobbitton. Or Rivendell; I could get behind Rivendell as well- prettiness and waterfalls and libraries. Though I’d also be intimidated by literally everyone I met, so . . . Hobbiton it is!
You’re literally the first person who hasn’t thought I’m super weird for that food combination. Thank you. And yes, cream cheese is absolutely the best; I’ll eat it on basically anything. (Well, within reason. But yeah.)
You know I actually BROKE and tried reading a bit of ACAMOF just to see if maybe I’m making up how bad those books are but omgggg only a few chapters and I was cry/laughing and wanting to eat a wall. So yeah no. It’d be great if they would just stop being everywhere so those of us with sense can catch a break.😂
Rivendell would be AMAZING but I feel like you’d have to be so ethereal and like, poised and not clumsy and that is 500% not me. I would probably want to eat something non-edible. It’s very pretty there. But I want food and books.
I’m very very sensible when it comes to cream cheese. I mean, CHEESE CAKE, too. I’m in approval of its existence.
Good to know. Thanks for the warning; I shall remember that if I’m ever tempted again. (Also, I found out that ACOTAR can be considered “erotic” so . . . yeah. I don’t need that in my life.)
I can see what you mean- but Bilbo managed pretty well there for roughly 30 years, if I recall correctly. Then again, he was old at the time, so that makes a difference . . . live in Hobbiton and retire to Rivendell, that seems to be the ticket.
YES CHEESE CAKE. I haven’t had a good cheesecake in so long . . . my roommate had some at her church’s lunch today, but she could only bring home one piece and I’d brought home red velvet cupcakes from MY church’s picnic, so . . . yeah. She ate her cheesecake; I ate one of my cupcakes. The cupcake was yummy, though. And she brought home a whole container of parmesan cheese- the really good kind, shredded, not grated- and pasta and alfredo sauce and meatballs, so I really can’t be upset at her. So, yeah. I shall just have to wait on my cheesecake.
Alert! Alert!
There is a Bruno Mars gif in this post!
Alert! Alert!
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Nooooooooo!!!! I didn’t heed the warning and my feet started dancing without my consent!
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Also. My best friend is an INTJ Slytherin. I knew I liked you for a reason!
It’s A GOOD SONG. 😂😂
And omg you obviously know how to pick your heartless world-dominating friends!!! Well done!!!
I’ve been following you long enough so wasn’t that person who cried reading your book your parental? 😂😂 I remember reading that in one.of your posts.
Also you exercise so much?? I’d have to be paid in pizza to even GO for a walk???
This is actually a DIFFERENT important person I made cry. But also reducing my parental to tears was wonderful too. :’) I’m developing a reputation and I like it. (Also I’m impressed that you remembered that.😂)
I know right?! I’m shaming the bookworm name. Aren’t we supposed to hide in our hobbit holes with snacks??? Sheesh, Cait, you failure.
Hi Cait!
Love your answers and I am glad to know more about you! Your answers to “favourite movement” and “crush” made me laugh out loud haha 🙂 that’s awesome that your story made yourself and your very important reader cry- what an accomplishment! I love VE Schwab as well 🙂
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Sophie! THANK YOU.😂 I had a bit of nonsense fun with this. And omg isn’t Schwab just AMAZING?!? She likes to reduce us to piles of tears but…love it.
I’m an INFJ-T 😀
I don’t think they meant that kind of crush. XD
a weird quirk about me…..
i talk to my reflection. sometimes i just walk into the bathroom and stare at my reflection, talking about anything off the top of my head. 😛
Most crazily, ~Olive
WHATEVER DO YOU MEAN, OLIVE. SURELY THAT’S THE KIND OF CRUSH THEY MEANT.😂😂
Hey at least you look at your reflection! I haven’t seen my face since 1660.
XD XD XD
I am actually double jointed in all my joints so yeah….. I get some weird looks
Excellent WE RELATE. *hi fives awkwardly and probably backwards*
Stickers on books are the actual WORST!! And oh my goodness, this post is freaking hilarious!
I also so strongly relate to the point that being neat is not OCD… I’m a very neat and organised person.. but literally one of my obnoxious friends bullied me by throwing the term OCD around… like, chill dude, you being messy doesn’t make ME want to call you a pig.. *eye roll*
Anyway, loved your post, Cait!
I’m so glad you liked it.😂😂
And I’m so sick of people being so callous towards ACTUAL mental health conditions. OCD is not fun or quirky or silly and people just minimise the word by using it as a descriptor?? It’s so callous. *sighs*
Alrighty alrighty.
(a) I like to quote books I haven’t read. No joke, I’ve got about a half-a-dozen quotes on my Goodreads that are from books I haven’t read and I just love quoting them to my friends! Specifically one that says “You’re all horrible people”.
(b) Hmm, I’d have to check my Goodreads to be sure, but um…. I started reading a trilogy by Melissa De La Cruz and the first book was absolutely amazing. It was sci-fi/fantasy (Not just one, both, and I loved it) with futuristic America, gambling, street racing, dragons, magical gateways, romance and pirates and I just absolutely loved the first book. (It’s called Frozen, nothing like the Disney movie, both are fabulous though) and a couple years after reading Frozen, I found the second book, Stolen. Let’s just say I was less than thrilled by…. everything. The only thing I liked was the plot twist at the end and it’s probably the only reason I’ll read Book #3.
Oooh any quote that is like “You’re all horrible people” is a GREAT quote. *nods* 😂😂 Seems like it knows.
OMG I READ FROZEN! I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT! I actually liked it too but every single other thing I’ve read by Cruz I’ve hated. So. I understand.😂
My personal favorite is from Six of Crows, which I keep telling myself to read, but haven’t gotten around to it. Another quote I like from a book I haven’t read is from Lady Midnight. I love those quotes so much, but I haven’t gotten around to reading them.
Frozen’s got to be one of my favorite books, but Stolen was just like… Okay, was all this really necessary? Did you have to work that in there? I’m gonna try to read the third book, but…. my TBR list is soooo long.
Your opinion about candles is one person less unpopular. I agree. I don’t see the point. If you want to make a dark-chocolate + vanilla candle and name it Ronan, okay. But honestly, it’s just a label that says “RONAN LYNCH”. I don’t know. They smell nice and all but I fail to see the big deal.
I could change my mind and suddenly become obsessed, though. I’m just not big on candles right now, OKAY?
I’m currently in the middle of The Grisha Trilogy and… I think I know what you mean and I’m not loving the shipwreck either. **Shivers**
V.E Schwab is auto-buy for me too.
I don’t love where the ToG series has been going, and I recognize the series has its problems. But they’re close to my heart and I love the ACOTAR books a lot, so Sarah J. Maas is still auto-buy for me too.
Other auto-buy authors: Rick Riordan, Leigh Bardugo, Cassandra Clare, Adam Silvera.
I’m terrified of Jumunji too!
(1) Weird Quirk: I keep a dream diary; I have all my ideas organized on my phone in case a super great prompt is thrown into my mind and I can someday write a book; tomatoes and lentils are my favorite food. YEAHH… that was more than one. I’m just too awesome not to be super weird.
I’ve rated Kasie West books high and low. I didn’t like The Fill-In Boyfriend but loved P.S. I Like You and also some of her other stories. But honestly, if I don’t like someone’s books, I’m most of the time too merciless to try another. #JohnGreen
I KNOW RIGHT?!????? I have so many questions. It’s like they’re literally just making a scent and saying it’s bookish. For no real reason. I can go sniff a tree if I want to spell the forest of Cabeswater ok.😂
*cries at the shipwreck of Grisha world*
I shall hold NO MALICE for your love of SJM books.😂 And Rick Riordan/Clare/Bardugo/Silvera ARE SO AMAZING LIKE THEY BLESS US WITH THEIR WORDS.
That’s so cool you remember your dreams. I never remember mine. 😱
I totally agree with you about Ron and Hermione. Stephen King is an author I’ve rated high and low. Some of his books are brilliant, and some of them are just . . . no.
Omg PHEW. I feel like I have an unpopular Romione opinion but like…no??? Ron is awful.😂
Cait, you bring me such joy 😁 even if you don’t like bookish candles!!
Aww, thankyou, Alex!! I will let you keep all the bookish candles.😂
me acting indifferent: wow I did not need to know all that about you Cait
me inside: TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR DOUBLE JOINTED THUMBS BAHAHAHHAHAH
omg your niece is so cute and you have SO MANY BOOKS SEND HELP idk how you keep track of all of them bahahhaa
😂😂 Omg I know, play it cool, Vicky. This post is super boring. I can’t even with this dull blog. *eats a brick wall*
And honestly I use up 94% of my brain on keeping track of my books and like I have legit no idea what else is happening in the universe. WHAT IS MY FAMILY’S BIRTHDAYS??? WHAT’S THE DATE??? HOW DO YOU COOK TOAST??? I DON’T KNOW. THERE’S JUST BOOKS.
I probably have many weird quirks, I don’t know if I can pinpoint a specific one! I guess one is that I really like chicken and philly cheese sandwiches and people seem to think that’s strange! I don’t, I think it’s delicious! Umm authors I’ve rated high and low, I’m not really sure. I’ve rated Jodi Picoult books both high and low before, she’s written some of my favourite books, but some of her early stuff is not that great. Also I have to ask, Christmas phobia?
But like cheese + ANYTHING is good?!?? I think you’re very smart here. *nods* 😂
Omg everyone’s asking about my Christmas phobia.😂 I should’ve explained haha. I just find it so stressful and unnecessary (THE FOOD IS GOOD THOUGH) and I hate giving/receiving gifts. It’s too hard. 😭😭
An author I’ve rated high and low is John Green. Like, I was totally in love with the fault in our stars, it ruined my life but I adore it. Then Paper Towns and An abundance of Katherine’s were just…boring. I feel quite sad about it actually. Another author I’ve rated high and low is Rainbow Rowell. Eleanor&Park was the best thing ever and Fangirl made me angry. (soooo sorry.)
I don’t have any quirks, I’m a totally normal and perfect human dragon.
I love it when you answer questions like this, it’s so cool!!!!! Thank you for the great post!!!
Ahh, that’s sad about not loving all of John Green’s books! But I Do get it. I’ve loved all his solo books but that short story he did in the Christmas collection?!? Nope. *burns things* Or that might just be because I hate christmas….IT’S STRESSFUL AND UNNECESSARY OK. I hate giving gifts and receiving them. 😂😂
You do sound like a normal
persondragon. I admire you.(Also thank yoooou! I’m so glad you liked the post!)
WHAT????
So far I loved these comments. But HAVE YOU READ CARRY ON BY RAINBOW ROWELL OR NOT??? It’s AMAZING. You need to read it right away and THEN we can see what you think about Fangirl.
(Sorry about that… I just like Rainbow Rowell a lot. Also Rick Riordan and JK Rowling and… etc.)
also, why and how are you afraid of Christmas????
I agree that tags are super fun but also super exhausting? I’ve taken to just saving them in my drafts and on days that my prompts fail me (Top Ten Tuesdays has no prompts for October yet and sadness) I’ll plug one in the empty slot. Like right now I have to schedule the Fight Like A YA Girl Tag for an upcoming Tuesday….
Question: did your sister also steal your Golden Ticket?
Ooh Fight Like a Girl YA Tag sounds really cool?!? I will be looking out for that!!
Yes my sisters DID steal my golden Ticket. That’s why I’m still so salty. 😒😒I could be living in a chocolate factor by now, for goodness sakes.
THE RAVEN CYCLE OBSESSION NEVER ENDS. AND WITH A RONAN-CENTRIC SERIES, IT’S NOT GOING TO STOP IN THE FUTURE, EITHER.
it will never end….
IT’S JUST GOING TO GROW. FOREVER. FOR AT LEAST 3 MORE YEARS. AND THEN I’LL JUST EXPLODE.
I think your niece might be upstaging you on Instagram. If you don’t watch out, she’ll become incredibly famous on your account. 😉
Isn’t making people cry with your writing the greatest feeling ever?! Once somebody told me my book made them cry, I finally understood why all authors love to torture us.
Ooh, weird double-jointed/body movement quirks are the BEST, because you can freak sooo many people out with them. I can turn one foot completely backwards and keep the other one forwards (and even walk like that for a while). It never fails to gross people out.
Your childhood crush answer made me snort.
SHE IS. IT’S A PROBLEM. And she totally was pulling those faces while I’m shouting, “MOVE! YOU’RE IN THE WAY!” …and I mean, of course if I ask her for a photo any other time she refuses. She’s wonderful.😂
And omgggg like just knowing something I wrote made someone have an EMOTION?!?? It’s unbelievable. We’ve made it, Kate. *hi fives* 😂
I love being double jointed.😂 Except for when it messes with musical instrument playing though…I totally suck at piano because my thumbs stay too high bleh.
Hahhhhhhh. I’m SURE I ansered the childhood crush question right. 😉
Omg the tweet in number two is hilarious i love it.
Surprisingly, an author I’ve rated both high and low is Rick Rioridan-I’m absolute trash for anything Percy Jackson, but I’m not a fan of the Kane Chronicles or Magnus Chase.
I definitely agree with all the harmful tropes, they’re all so terrible.
And a quirk…this isn’t really that “quirky” but I’m also very short and I used to be a bucket of salt about that but I’ve sort of accepted it and now just pretend I’m not like a foot shorter than all my tall friends,
I’m glad!!😂 We need books like that, WE DO.
And I’m the same with Riordan! I mean, I do still love Magnus Chase but Kane was so boring???? And Percy Jackson is LIFE.
Omg hi five for accepting our tininess! My childhood friends used to tease me all the time and I think honestly I ended up resenting my height SO MUCH because of that. But like there’s so many positives to being small?!? Biting ankles. You can steal cake faster because small = quick.
Omg yes I literally have friends that are actually a foot taller than me, but I agree-being short has so many positives(more cake=good times).
This is really random, but one of your tweets appeared on one of the meme/tumblr/funny tweets page in my explore feed on Instagram and I wanted to tell you.
a) weird quirk: when I am feeling anxious, i type a lot to calm me down. this used to be a computer-only thing, but since i got a typewriter (and later acquired another bc i have absolutely 0 pieces of chill), i type a lot on my typewriter to calm me down. i guess it ends up serving as a kind of journal?? but the main thing i find calming about it is actually the sound of the keys (aka the key action bc i’m super nerdy like that). my mom is a medical transcriptionist, so the sound of keyboards has always been super duper calming white noise for me!!
b) an author i’ve rated high and low: it took me a minute to come up with this, but an author i’ve rate high and “low” (quotation marks because I don’t really consider 3/5 stars to be low??) is John Green!! This is quite weird for me to think about now that i’ve thought it because i’m john green trash, but while i enjoyed Paper Towns and An Abundance of Katherines, i didn’t enjoy them AS MUCH as i adored TFIOS or Looking For Alaska, but again, 3 stars isn’t really a low rating?? maybe i need to do the i-need-to-try-the-author’s-second-book thing because i just seem to abandon them, and that’s not cool bc i could be missing out and omg existential crisis INCOMING.
also yes, your niece absolutely IS the view, and she is absolutely adorable and 127% fantastic i approve of her facial expressions immensely.
OH ALSO I FORGOT TO ASK – what is your ship that sunk in Strange??!!
OH that is such a great thing to help manage your anxiety!! Honestly finding ways to make anxiety manageable is like a superpower so you’re amazing.
I totally hear you about John Green.😂I mean, I love ALL his books and am absolutely trash for his stories, but I really hated his short story in that Christmas collection???? IDK. I also hate christmas so that might’ve had something to do with it.😂
My niece is cuter than anything omg.
(And I actually shipped Lazlo and Nero.😂 They have such fiery chemistry there ok.😂)
OMG YES LAZLO AND NERO I SHIP IT.
THEY HATE EACH OTHER AND YET DO SMOL NICE THINGS LIKE WHAT’S NOT TO SHIP HERE.
Nero: I hate you
Lazlo: let me gift you some of my spirti
Nero: ok
I feel like everyone hates Ron and Hermoine together from what i’ve heard it’s a super popular opinion. I don’t care about signed books either! I thought I was weird for not caring about signed books. So much yes to authors can write about bad stuff and not be bad people themselves! I need to read Teeth by Hannah Moskowtiz..I have had it sitting on my bookshelf for so long..and it’s still unread. I can hear it crying.
Really!?? Every time I mention my anti-Ron ship I have like 8498 people tell me I’m wrong.😂 I mean it helps that Rowling regrets it too now…YAS. Ahem. Ron was awful and I hate him. He was a passive bully and I think that’s still terrible.
OMG YES READ TEETH!! It needs love. And you obviously need to cry *nods*
1. “RON AND HERMOINE MAKE A TERRIBLE COUPLE.” – YES. PREACH. THANK YOU.
2. Clockwork Angel was one of your “where your ship sank” answers. Is it Jem and Tessa?
OMG I’M NOT ALOOOOONE IN MY UNPOPULAR HERMIONE/RON OPINION. Phew.😂
And haha, no actually I thought Jem/Will or Will/Magnus made more interesting ships because I thought Tessa was so boring.😂
I actually hated Ron and Hermione too. Yay.
What ships in the Grisha Trilogy and the Clockwork Angel?
WAS IT JEM AND TESSA BECAUSE EEEEKKKK THEY END UP TOGETHER CASSIE PERFECT YAY
EXCELLENT. *hi fives* We can stand together because I think I’m about to be murdered for saying that.😂😂
(So I shipped Jem/Will in TID and Nikolai/Alina in Grisha.😂😂 *cries*)
Yeah, I ship Dramione but it’s not canon so my friends are like BLAAARGH
REALLY?
Jem and WIll?? Wow, I really didn’t see that, tho. Not when I was reading but now that I think about it…
WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘Why are there not dragons in every single book?’ IS AN UNPOPULAR OPINION?!!? It’s OBVIOUSLY just complete craziness for there not to be dragons in everything. Although I’m just going to pretend I didn’t read what you said about Ron and Hermione… 😀
I KNOW RIGHT?!? IT SHOULD BE THE ONLY OPINION OUT THERE.
I don’t know if “AUTHORS CAN WRITE ABOUT BAD STUFF AND NOT BE BAD PEOPLE THEMSELVES” is necessarily an unpopular opinion. I think most readers are smart enough to realize this. Unfortunately, the minority that thinks otherwise is very loud and obnoxious… so it makes it look like all readers can’t separate the work from the creator. (Honestly… do people think that George Orwell was advocating for Big Brother?)
One weird quirk about me? I say purple is my favourite colour (and it is; I’m always drawn to it), but you’d never know it from looking at my possessions (i.e., I don’t own a lot of purple stuff). As for an author I’ve rated high and low, Ann Brashares is one of them. I loved My Name is Memory but really didn’t like The Here and Now.
It’s definitely an unpopular opinion in the book blogging community these days I feel.😂I see people rating books low for containing bad stuff and I’m like??? What else are books supposed to be about???😂
I still need to read an Ann Brashares book! I only own the one you didn’t like gah. *cries*
Okay, the main question I have reading this is why the heck are you petting fish, Cait? I mean, I get the whole not touching bugs thing, and the lizard thing to a point (I know some people dislike them, while I’m over here with a bearded dragon in my hoodie), but why would you even touch a fish?
I agree about the cake with custard thing. I feel the same way about people who put scoops of ice cream directly onto the cake. Like, no.
And a weird quirk? I’ve got a ton of ’em. But I’d say the thing that other people find the oddest/most entertaining is my food texture thing. It’s weird. But I can’t do anything especially eggy: no pastry cream, no custard, no pudding, no creme anglaise, or even scrambled eggs unless they’ve been absolutely drowned in cheese. I can’t do sour cream, clotted cream, creme fraiche. I can do yogurt, but only if it’s this one specific brand, been mixed with granola, or if it’s really really cold. And when I say “food texture thing”, I don’t mean I still eat it but find it kind of gross. The best way I can think of explaining it is that my brother has a video, and I’m in the background eating one of those yogurt squeeze tubes, and you suddenly see me gag, like full on dry-heave, and it’s because I had just gotten a mouthful of the liquid that you sometimes get when yogurt’s kind of old.
(Monster comment! Sorry)
But like…if you cook with fish you sort of pet it. I mean, just work with me here, Aine, I’m sure it makes sense. Also I shame my Slytherin name but I JUST HATE TOUCHING STUFF. I have tried to avoid physical contact with the human race since 1770 and it’s working well.
Hey my sister is EXACTLY the same with eggs!! Like she can eat them in some things but other things she just downright can’t. It’s so weird to me because I love eggs.😂But I’m weird about food colours. If it’s not the right colour IT’S NOT OK.
OMG I LOVE KIERSTEN WHITE! And yes 5’1 is the perfect height for biting ankles, thank you for making me laugh Cait, you’re just too funny! Books without cake should be abolished and love cures mental illness is the WORST! This was so lovely and entertaining, thank you for sharing! xx
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!😂😂
I don’t think I ever slammed on my table and laughed so hard at a post for some time, This was incredibly funny, Cait! (tho I’m not expecting any less from you) (no pressure btw)
Because seriously, I’ve never read a more brilliant anecdote of their childhood crush as yours 😀
Also Grisha Trilogy!!! I dunno which ship yours is but I definitely don’t like Mal and Alina together. I just don’t. It’s just AHHHHHHH I CAN’T.
I can’t really think of any one of my weird quirks because I just know they’ll attack me in my sleep if I do that. So does seeing your quirks as sentient beings a quirk or nahhh? As for an author I’ve rated high and low… gah! I haven’t met that author yet??? Or maybe I did but my brain hasn’t been 100% functioning since the day I was born so I might have forgotten…?
THIS MAKES MY SO WILDLY PLEASED YOU HAVE NO IDEA. 😂😂😂 Definitely not feeling any pressure after this. *sweats awkwardly in the corner*
Mal and Alina were so…ehhhh. Like Mal was so MOODY I hated him the entire time. NIKOLAI THOUGH. *insert herat eyes here*
Aww, Jumanji was one of my favorites! (Because Robin Williams, may he rest in peace.) Though I will admit, there’s probably some reason why my sister refuses to watch it with me … I wonder why.
I LOVE Robin Williams, I admit! I can’t believe they’re re-making Jumunji…I mean…it’s not right.😭
DUDE! I have double joined thumbs too! Maybe I am a sibling you’ve forgotten about, you have so many. I used to tell a story in my head that I was one of quadruplets- and one of my missing sisters lived in Australia! Obviously this isn’t you because you weren’t born then, but it could have been someone else you know.
Erm. Anyway. So I rated one author’s debut 5 stars and her sophomore book a 1 star. And I am a pretty rare 1-starrer. So you know it was a hot mess. I also may have scrolled through your 1-Star shelf and started chucking books off my TBR. This shelf is VERY handy, Cait!
THIS SEEMS SO LEGIT??? I mean I have way too many siblings so either I did forget about one, or I’m more than happy to swap you out with one. They’re all useless non-readers anyway and disappointment literally every second I remember I’m not an only child.
Also I’m glad you trust my 1-star ratings.😂I’m obviously quite a wild 1-star rater so yes.😂
All your posts are so entertaining I love them all so much! <3
Kim @ Divergent Gryffindor
I’m so glad, Kim! Thanks for reading! 😀
Wanna have an amazing Sunday?
Go to Cate’s blog. Find a new blogpost. Cry tears of happiness while you have your morning coffee.
Wonder how a human can be so authentic and awsome. Decide Cate’s not human. Celebrate you have a friend from outerspace.
Leave a stupid comment which doesn’t capture AT ALL what you’re feeling like: THIS POST MADE MY DAY!
PS: Point 2: I will write a book (hopefully,,, some day….) where the heroine falls in love with a dragon. If this helps.
Also: Are you doing NANOWRIMO this year?!
DEFINITELY NOT HUMAN. I am a quite smol but fierce dragon. < --- This is very true. (Also I'm so glad you enjoyed this post!😂 And YES definitely doing NaNo!)
Weird quirks? I don’t know what you mean. I am perfectly normal, thank you very much. (I play with my hair ALL THE TIME. I don’t know why. It’s just a thing.)
I rated the first few books of Michael Grant’s Magnificent Twelve series really high. …The last one got two stars,..
I’M SURE YOU’RE NORMAL. HOW WOULD I EVER DOUBT. (And honestly I LOVED Grant’s books growing up but now….like his latest one about the wars? I was so bored. Plus he’s really awful on twitter so that’s hard.)
why don’t you like throne of glass? also, if you haven’t read the whole series, including the assassin’s blade, i beg you to try it. please. it’s worth it. but if you have, then well wow. i would love to know what you think.
I have read the Assassin’s Blade and the first 4 books…I think it’s extremely problematic! It treats minorities and disabilities as tragedy and disposable stories and I literally loathe Celeana and her attitude towards how she treats other people.
Me: *whispers* There’s a new Jumanji film coming out @ the end of the year. With The Rock and Jack Black,
Me: *runs away*
XD
I KNOW. I DON’T KNOW IF I’M HORRIFIED OR INTERESTED. (I like the Rock but seriously???????? That’s ROBIN WILLIAMS’ MOVIE.)
BUT JACK BLACK PLAYS A TEENAGE GIRL’S GAME AVATAR!!! THAT’S AMAZING!
Oh man! I’m so curious about your book and why it made you cry!!
Also, whyyyyy the phobia of Christmas? Don’t worry about the pink though..I’ll take all of it and shield it from you! <3
I SO SO HOPE ONE DAY YOU’LL GET TO READ IT!! *flails*
And omg Christmas is just so stressful.😂 (And did you notice my rainbows rarely have pink in them? I’m terrible. Save me from me.)😂
How do you always make me chuckle creepily to myself while I sit alone in my office at work??
SO I just have to say that when I was in middle school I had a best friend named Thomas who has double jointed thumbs. I thought they were great. I would make him put them straight so I could bend them over and pretend I broke them (this is an early sign of me liking violence and blood in books). Wow I sound like a real freak/weirdo right now. BUT I got a kick out of it so he let me do it hahahaha
Also YOUR FEARS. I also fear stickers on books, though luckily I have not yet had the terrifying experience of a sticker being PRINTED on a book. The horror.
ALSO DON’T SAY THE SHIP IN STRANGE THE DREAMER IS SUNK. I WAS HOLDING ONTO SOME SHREDS OF HOPE.
Because I’m the queen of CREEPY. MWAHAHAH. (Ok wait that…sounds bad…)
Also I approve of your childhood games, that seems safe and normal. My sister and I used to play the fall of the Roman Empire on the trampoline and I don’t even know what was our childhood. So feel better about your creepiness.
(MY SHIP WASN’T THE CANON ONE IN STRANGE THE DREAMER, DON’T WORRY.😂)
I’m a reader who doesn’t really collect ARC editions either smushy, not for aesthetic purposes but I just like finished copies. I typically give my ARC editions away and buy retail. I’m surprised Splintered didn’t make your sinking ship prompt though, that was such a damn mess. They should have asked about books where your ship sailed into the sunset and lived happily ever after. *cough*shattermeseries*cough*
That’s a whole lot of running. Jesus. I would struggle to run 500 metres without collapsing to the ground and asking people around me to leave me to die. And that’s not even being dramatic. I am old though, so I’ll excuse myself.
I’m glad I’m not alone with the ARCs.😂 I mean I think it’s great people like to collect them! But I’d rather only own pretty things??? Shallow, here am I.
Also I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF MY SHIP SUNK IN SPLINTERED. It’s like they all sailed and it was weird but it worked??? Lowkey started shipping Jeb and Morphy there at the end though, they were getting on so well while Alyssa had her angst sessions.
I AM TRAINING FOR THE APOCALYPSE. Hopefully it comes soon.
Love these! Answering bookish questions IS fun; but I do tend to forget to do tags and whatnot, or I don’t have time or whatever.
I HATE stickers on books – some are super easy to get off and that’s great, but the ones where I have to pick at it drive me nuts because then you can always tell where the stupid sticker was! Sigh
I hear you! I forget I’ve been tagged ALL THE TIME and then suddenly it’s 12 years later and I feel guilty doing them.😂
An author I’ve rated high and low? Derek Landy aka the crusher of my soul, why is he the crusher of my soul? First by writing the ridiculously perfect Skul series and THEN by writing the ridiculously UNPERFECT-DID-NOT-NEED-TO-HAPPEN-LET-IT-GO-WHILE-IT’S-STILL-GOOD unexpected book 10 spin-off of aforesaid Skul series. And also the massively disappointing Demon Road trilogy.(American Gods killed me because it … just … wasn’t … good. I’ll be interested to see what you think of it. Desolation is p. good (I gave it four stars! Defs my fave of the trilogy) but then American Gods? Nope!)
It makes me sad on an almost daily basis, thinking about American Gods and Resurrection.
Like you want your faves to be perfect all the time, you know?
((because that’s totally realistic *ahemhem*)
Anyway, you are my inspiration bc the kind of person who has a stripy jumper and makes a stripy book stack in the same colours and photographs herself in this aesthetically pleasing way = the kind of person I want to be.
I haven’t finished the SP series yet! I NEED TO. I did like Demon Road but I haven’t read the sequels yet because I’m so slack.😂 (Also yes why can’t our favourites be continually perfect??? Like we deserve this???)
I’m so glad you approve of how I dress to match my bookshelf. :’) I’m living the best kind of life.
CAN YOU JUST GHOST-WRITE ANSWERS FOR ME FROM THIS MOMENT ON? I’m kidding. Mostly. A teeny bit.* ANYWAYS. Seriously, this post made me day. I meant to type “my” day but I’m kind of an idiot (see: lack of energy, lack of sense) and well you get the point. Why are your posts always so hilarious? That would have been my #1 question. That, and why do birds suddenly appear but that’s neither here nor there.
Crap I lost my comment there for a minute because I was going to scroll up to reply to a few things you said but then I scrolled to far and then I saw “Will and Tessa” and got a little emo and then scrolled again AND SAW RONAN and now I’m even more emo so I’ve kind of forgotten where I was going with this comment as a whole but. I meant to say “As a whole, but.” but kind of want to leave it as “as a whole but” because it is vibin’ in a “whole BUTT” kind of way and apparently that’s where my humor lies today. RIP, me.
Anyways YOUR POSTS ALWAYS MAKE ME LAUGH. Goodbye.
*I’m feverish so I’m probably less “kidding” and more “help my fever is going up and I am babbling again” you know?
I HOPE YOU ARE LESS FEVERISH NOW AND ALSO STILL ALIVE, JESSICA. I’m also glad you think I’m hilarious and not slightly terrifying as my family does when they huddle together in a tight circle and ask who found me on the street that cold winters day 23 years ago and why the heck did they bring me inside.
ALSO IF YOU WANT TO FLAIL ABOUT RONAN. HERE I AM.
First of all this post is brilliant and I am sorry that you were crushed in your youth.
I am a completely normal human with no weird quirks whatsoever. How dare you suggest such a thing.
Though now that you mention it would it be considered weird to have conversations with my own characters? Because I may or may not do that. When they don’t hate me so much that they won’t speak to me.
One of my favorite authors who is actually still alive is Kate Dicamillo. Her writing style is simple yet profound like poetry and I love it. An author whom I rate as the lowest of the low is James Dashner. I am afraid his way with words does not agree with me at all.
One last thing I must mention is that I was traumatized by Jumanji and I have never seen it. The movie trailer was enough to scar me for life.
Why THANK YOU. I’m glad you enjoyed it.😂 And we can share our mutual childhood terror of Jumunji together. The trailer is enough tbh. WILL NEVER RECOVER.
Holy cow, do you really run/walk that much in a day? If so, you are #goals.
Also, your niece is adorable and I can totally tell you two are related, even though I don’t think I’ve ever seen your face.
I MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY HYPER. I’M NOT SURE. *runs up a wall*
😂
Leibster
#2 oh gods, I can’t breathe
#5 she’s so freaking cute!
Sunshine
#8 😂
#10 if you need a beta reader….
I love your off the wall way of seeing things! Like the passionate movement, and childhood crush questions.
I’M SO GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT.😂 I know I neeeever misinterpret questions. :’)
Oh my god, I can’t. I’m literally crying with laughter over the ball body slam. Biggest crush. CAIT YOU’RE TOO FUNNY, DANGFLABBIT. Also the movement. Very good, sir, very good.
I will ignore your statement about Ron and Hermione (although I do think it wasn’t as convincing in the films – the books are 10000 times more believable). I 100% agree on the ARC situation, shnasty pasties. Which sunken ship doth thou refer to in The Grisha Series? I was always #TeamDarkling – I have never swung so ferociously to the dark side in my life. But if you were for Nic (what’s his name?) then I don’t blame you at all. I’m still traumatised from how The Darkling ended *whispers to self: Aleksander*
I agree on the fact that your tweet was probably the best thing ever. And also that gif of those books are weren’t so great was 10/10. *round of applause*
I’M VERY GLAD YOU AGREE I’M GOOD AT ANSWERING QUESTIONS. *nods* I never misinterpret. Never.
I haven’t even SEEN the Harry Potter films. Am I still allowed to be a bookworm?😂
I was so so soooo Nikolai it’s not even funny. He’s the LIGHT OF MY LIFE. (Did you hear he’s getting his own duolgoy??!?? jfdklafdjslk. I’m dead with happy.)
SORRY WHAT. NIKOLAI GETTING A DUOLOGY?!! I THINK I JUST DIED.
This was super fun to read! I can imagine it was quite exhausting to write haha! As for a quirk about myself- hmmm… I mean, my mom tried this new salad thing and I like them now? Quite good. Also, ice cream and cake are quite delicious together. You just have to eat them fast. Unless it’s ice cream cake. Can’t go wrong with that.
And I’ve definitely rated Kiera Cass both high and low- I loved the selection trilogy but absolutely hated the Heir. Terrible. Trash. No. Aghhhhhh.
You like SALAD?!? OK that is a weird quirk. (Also my mother is in the pits of despair over my abhorrence of lettuce but what can I do. I’m a dragon. I eat the bones of my enemies and that’s all.) Ice cream cake is heaven though. 😍
Haha yes! I don’t even know, but this salad dressing is a MIRACLE and I ADORE it. Hahaha!
I totally agree!
Cait, candles are scented, not flavored. There are no bookish-flavored candles, they are bookish-scented. Do not lick candles, Cait. CAIT, DON’T DO IT.
Who were you rooting for in Clockwork Angel? (Will and Jem don’t count because everyone was rooting for them) Also, what ship sinks in Grisha? (I’m reading the series now and would like to prepare myself for any heartbreak/also want to see if we share the same demented ship because I like bonding with people over weird shit)
And Christmas, Cait, Christmas? You’re afraid of Christmas? But it’s only the most magical time of the year!!! (will fully admit I probably only feel this way given my birthday’s proximity to Christmas, like, would totally have a shite birthday if I 10/10 didn’t love the holidays and binge watching Hallmark Christmas movies over the years has finally transformed me into a friggin Elf, there is hope for you Cait, embrace the dark side, we have glitter, baked goods, and an Icelandic tradition of gifting books on Christmas Eve and staying up all night reading them)
PFFT. THEY’RE FLAVOURED AND YOU EAT THEM. I KNOW HOW IT WORKS. I ATE ONE ONCE AND THIS IS WHY I’M SO PEEVED BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT GOOD.
(Willlll and JEMMMMMM. Okay also Will and Magnus.😂 I just feel like Tessa has the personality of a flower pot and why is everyone in love with her.) But I shall zip my lip about Grisha. You can wait and see.😂 And my ship there is actually the least terrible sooooo. I don’t like the Darkling.😂
*screams because you said the “christmas” word* I DON’T. I DO NOT LIKE. I AM NOT HERE FOR THE ELFS. TAKE ME AWAY.
10/10 feel like treating some of my candles like those yummy scented lip glosses- like why you smell so good if you no taste good? (or perhaps I should stop buying candles that smell like cream puffs and bourbon?)
Well WOW. I mean, as Magnus is a free-wheeling bisexual I can pretty much imagine shipping him with anyone, but I never thought of that! Mostly because I was obsessed with DOES JEM LIVE OR DIE OMG MY PRECIOUS BEAN YOU SHOULD BE IN BED WITH A SWEATER ON and trying to rationalize Tessa as a heroine… which basically went, “Well, I guess she reads, so she can’t be all that terrible.”
CAIT. Grrr…. Okay, I can’t say I LOVE the Darkling, but I definitely like the darker dudes because I’m really waiting for a heroine to pick one and then see what madness comes from that. Like in the Phantom of the Opera. Christine, why you run off with the rich dude you haven’t seen in years who is totes like, “OMG, she’s gorgeous and can sing, must marry her and make her a housewife,” meanwhile the Phantom is all, “I’mma write you an opera and you will star in it and you will be the star of the opera house and life will be grand.” Give me that insanity. Enough with the dashing hero who dashes in heroically (or is a snarky little sweet potato). Man. Now I’m going to have to bump those books up higher on my reading list.
Okay, elves are weird, I will give you that. And if that movie ELF never played again, I would be happy. But food, Cait. Baked delicious treats and presents and books and twinkle lights and… dude, seriously, as an American we tend to go nuts over any holiday- especially Christmas- but I literally use the holiday season to justify eating way more sweets than my body can produce insulin for, and buying books. Like, I say, “I’m going to the bookstore to do some Christmas shopping,” and just leave out the bit that I’m Christmas shopping for myself. Also, it’s cold. So, you know, more reason to stay inside (where the books and sweets are). Don’t fear Christmas, Cait. So long as you like your relatives/they’re dead/they don’t visit, Christmas is awesome.
These answers are HILARIOUS as always. #5 is perfect and #6 makes me want to read the Clockwork Angel series JUST for that aspect (I mean, I was planning on starting it soon anyways, but now I HAVE to).
YAS YOU SHOULD TOTALLY READ IT! I mean everything Cassandra Clare writes is fantastic.😂
I did not ship ron and hermioner either and yes my ship sank too on an ember in the ashes 😭😭 Btw, I love pink. I did not knew you have phobias of pink.
YAY THAT WE ARE NON RON/HERMIONE SHIPPERS TOGETHER! *hi fives* (I’m so sorry about my pink dislike.😭😂)
Weird quirk: I will keep rereading passages I like without realizing it, until I DO realize it, then I’m only allowed one more reread.
Author high and low: I love everything by Rainbow Rowell except Carry On.
Aww that’s such a lovely quirk though!! Sometimes I accidentally read passages several times because my eyes glazed over but that’s the opposite of a good thing.😂😂