It’s been, possibly, a thousand years since I’ve done a tag, because I have the most dreadful memory in the universe. SO. Time to inundate you with a) photos, and b) Disney Princesses.
Although I’ll let you in on a little secret…my childhood wasn’t about princesses. I just — didn’t care? I was in love with Robin Hood and Little Foot and Farthing Wood and…oh look. ALL THE ANIMALS. Ahem. Animals are clearly the best.
But I don’t mind princesses. And, despite what people say, I definitely don’t think Disney princesses sit around in pink and wilt like damsels. But I digress.
ONTO THIS TAG! I was tagged nearly two hundred years ago by Charnell @ Reviews From a Bookworm and also Tina @ Read The Bloody Book. The tag was originally created by Of Stacks and Cups, although I suspect it’s mutated but BAH. Who cares? I’ll probably mutate it myself. ALSO. It’s not actually a “photo” tag, but Tina did photos (her photos are simply the best) and if I can possibly wrangle an excuse for photos, I’ll take it. SO PHOTOS.
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SNOW WHITE: NAME YOUR FAVOURITE CLASSIC
Oh this is a hard one because I have equal love for Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan. I have to go with Peter Pan though because HELLO NEVERLAND. I will visit one day and probably stay forever. And there’s also the small teeny tiny fact that I, actually, wrote a Peter Pan retelling that was super creepy and malicious and I’m in LOVE with it. So there’s that.
CINDERELLA: NAME A BOOK THAT KEPT YOU READING PAST YOUR BEDTIME
The award for this goes to Dangerous Girls and Dangerous Boys. Oh. my. gosh. THESE BOOKS ARE DANGEROUS. They twist your mind so severely you’re like a brain pretzel afterwards. They’ve also shattered my trust, terrified me, kept me up late, and haunt my eyeballs.
So you should read them.
AURORA: NAME YOUR FAVOURITE CLASSIC ROMANCE
Me? Like a classic? Like a romance??!? PUH-LEASE. However I do admire Oliver Twist‘s relationship with food.
ARIEL: NAME A BOOK THAT’S ABOUT SACRIFICES AND FIGHTING FOR YOUR DREAMS
The Darkest Part of the Forest is INCREDIBLE. Have I ever mentioned that yet?! Basically it’s dark and twisty and creepy and incredible. Did I say that already?
Hazel sacrifices a lot for her brother and she also fights with an epic sword. I don’t know if she fights FOR her dreams or IN her dreams. Little details.
This gif tho. No, it doesn’t fit, but I had to use it.
BELLE: NAME A BOOK WITH A SMART, INDEPENDENT FEMALE CHARACTER
‘Scuse me while I get all emotional over Rose Under Fire ALL OVER AGAIN. (Oh and if you’re into audio books — totally look up the Elizabeth Wein ones on audio because the accents are amazing.) Rose Justice is…oh wow. She left her nice cozy home and loving family in America to go to England and fly a plane in an era where women didn’t get to do that sort of thing. SHE IS AMAZING.
JASMINE: NAME A BOOK WHOSE CHARACTER CHALLENGES THE SOCIAL CONVENTIONS OF THEIR WORLD.
Basically Puck from The Scorpio Races says, “YES I UNDERSTAND THE RACE IS FOR KILLER MAN-EATING HORSES, BUT, HA HA. LEMME RIDE MY PONY IN IT.” And proceeds to do so.
POCAHONTAS: NAME A BOOK WHOSE ENDING WAS A ROLLER COASTER OF EMOTIONS
Because that ending, oh Allegiant. OH ALLEGIANT. Now I knoooow I’m a minority in my absolute unfathomable love and respect for this book. The ending actually made me curl up like a sad little lettuce leaf and wither into tears. But it was perfect.
MULAN: NAME A BOOK FEATURING WAR OR BATTLES
I loved A Girl of Fire and Thorns. I didn’t even expect to adore it so much — and isn’t that the best feeling?! When a book is all like “SURPRISE! I’M YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND.” I loved that it was a) fantasy, b) Elise wasn’t tough, toned, and “perfect” by those standards, c) had Persian/Turkish influences, and d) had a lot of delicious food.
TIANA: NAME A BOOK FEATURING A HARDWORKING, SELF-MADE CHARACTER
Maggie from Disruption is AWESOME. And, pfft, I know I say that a lot…but she goes from average teenage school-kid, to learning martial arts, espionage, and hacking — all to fight against society and save her dad. She did it all HERSELF. This book also has, like, my top OTP in it, so if that’s not enough to make you read it *sniffs* I don’t know what will.
RAPUNZEL: NAME A BOOK FEATURING AN ARTIST
Okay so Victoria in A Mad Wicked Folly isn’t the SMARTEST artist. She keeps painting nude dudes and getting caught and then wondering why her life sucks so much. WOMAN, PAINT FLOWERS, MAYBE.
MERIDA: NAME A BOOK WITH A MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP
The Distance Between Us was my first Kasie West book and oh, wow, it was amazing. So. much. snark. I’m a sucker for sarcastic characters, I totally am. ANYWAY. There is an epic mother-daughter relationship here, where Caymen works in her mother’s uber-creepy-doll-store and they really depend on each other.
ANNA AND ELSA: NAME A BOOK THAT FEATURES A GREAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SIBLINGS
oh OH OH. I don’t think I’ve talked much about The Accident Season — but it’s been one of my FAVOURITE books of this year! It’s just so — AWK — brilliant. It reminded me of The Raven Boys, and you know that is my favourite series ever, also. It has an incredibly adorable family who get into so much suckiness together, but always are there for each other. It melted my stone heart.
Also does this photo make your head spin? If so — I HAVE SUCCEEDED.
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As always, if you want, STEAL THIS TAG. Oh, and tagees? It doesn’t have to be a photography tag! So feel free to ignore that bit.
Shannon @ It Starts At Midnight // Felicity @ Felicity-Helen // Aine @ Writing on a Vintage Typewriter // Rachel @ Confessions of a Book Geek // Jeann @ Happy Indulgence // Ella @ Once Upon A Bookish Time
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AWK AND ASDGHJKL AND AWK AGAIN! Thank youuuuu for tagging moi, gorgeous Cait!!!!! *smile hugely* *blows kisses through computer screen* I HONESTLY CAN’T WAIT TO DO THIS!!!! And LOL, my childhood was the same! Princess who?! Mine was all Enid Blyton, Egyptians and greek myths. Totally cool and not at all nerdy. 😉 😛
Also photos are a brilliant idea. *nods* *rushes off to find camera* THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUUNNNNN. *yodels to Love Is An Open Door* 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
OMG AND FIRST COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSS!!!!! *pumps fist proudly*
AFDSJLKDDASFJSDKL JUST THE FACT THAT YOU WANT TO BE THE FIRST COMMENT IS LIKE THE MOST BEST THING TO HEAR OF EVER. UM. LET ME GO, JUST, FLAIL LIKE A DERANGED OCTOPUS IN THE CORNER, OKAY? OKAY. Egyptians tho. YESSSS. I was also in love with the Romans. Um. Which is kind of scary for some reason, but literally, my sister and I used to play Gladiators. Vicious little kids we were. -_- AHEM.
*busts out into Let it Go*
DAMNIT. ELLA SNAGGED THE FIRST COMMENT SLOT. I WAS SO CLOSE.
Honestly I think Dangerous Girls/Boys kept me up to, like, three in the morning. I was dead the next day but gosh both those books were AWESOME. (Although I much preferred DG.) Still haven’t read Rose Under Fire. I WILL I WILL, I SWEAR. But… Code Name Verity ruined me haha. And I’m mildly terrified to read Rose Under Fire ’cause I’m 99% sure it’s going to stomp on my feels.
SO CLOSE YET SO FAR KARA. 😉 We’ll just have to compete for Monday’s slot! *prepares in hunger games like style*
BRING IT ON, ELLA. 😉
OMG YoU GUYS. ARGUING OVER FIRST COMMENT? I’M JUST GONNA SIT HERE AND FLAIL. YEP. I AM.
ahem.
Ohhh, it’s always worth it for DG and DB. I think that’s how YA thrillers should be done. EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE LESSONS FROM ABIGAIL HAAS. *nods* Rose Under Fire will ruin you too, I promise. 😉 But you knoooow you like the pain. you kNOW YOU DO
Ah, someone else who’s read Farthing Wood. <333 for the animals. I haven't seen many of the classic disney princess movies (misspent, isolated childhood) but I love Mulan and the Lion King and Frozen and Brave and Tangled…. but especially Mulan (why isn't she in this tag? for cross dressing or fighting or going against culture…) I've read the Distance between us and Disruption and Girl of Fire and Thorns and Allegiant (I loved the heartbreaking ending too, btw) and Rose Under Fire (the paaaaiiin) Well, I stayed up late yesterday (until 9:30, !!) reading Tricksters Choice. AAaagh, I loved it a lot. Thanks for the post 🙂
OMG YOU HAVE TOO?!! *dances in mutual Farthing Wood happiness* I was rewatching it on youtube the other day and aaaall the memories. *sniffles* I cried so much when the foxes died. WHAT KIND OF KIDS SHOW WAS THAT?! Wait. Mulan is in the tag!! 🙂
YAAY FOR ALLEGIANT FANS THO. I think we are a teeny tiny minority number. :O And I will never recover from Elizabeth Wein’s books. She is brilliant and also TORTUROUS. Omg, burning hte candle at both ends, I see. 😉 hehe, juuuust kidding. I’m a 9:30 collapser myself actually.
I BOUGHT DANGEROUS GIRLS and THE SCORPIO RACES YESTERDAY, CAIT!! We are on the same wavelength… I’m super worried about Dangerous Girls though, because crime/thrillers REALLY aren’t my cup of tea (I just usually hate all the characters.)
And I have read MANY of the books on your list – Peter Pan (who hasn’t read that, really?), The Darkest Part of the Forest, and… oh. Nope, that’s it. But now I WANT to read many of the books on your list… A Girl of Fire and Thorns sounds AMAZING.
So now I have to go and do another book haul. What a shame…
Beth x
I AM JUST BEING A MIND READER, CLEARLY. Also I approve of these life decisions of yours. YAAAAY FOR DANGEROUS GIRLS. If you need emotional support afterwards, you know where I am.
Oh Cait I was such a girly girl kid. I was addicted to Disney princesses and I even collected magazines about them! My fave would be Cinderella (because of the blue gown, her hair in a bun and of course all those animals who helped her in her chores) and Mulan (because she kicks ass!!).
THAT IS WONDERFUL THO. I was into Angelina Ballerina for a while (well, my little sister mostly was, I just copied her, hehe) did you ever get into those?! It might be an English thing tho…I don’t even know. HA. Childhood memories. XD So much fun. Ohhhh Mulan tho. AND ALSO MUSHU. Mushu really ought to be a Disney Princess too.
I didn’t know it. :/ Ahhh yes Mushu would be the most fab Disney princess!
I love your photos so much!
The ones of The Scorpio Races (one of my favourites!) and The Accident Season, so beautiful!
Yay for making tags into photo tags!
AFJDLSKA THANK YOU. <3 Ahhh I need to reread The Scoprio Races. It's been like, omg, maybe 3 years?! I need a refresher so bad.
EXCELLENT CHOICES, CAIT, and I have to read this Accident Season book because gah, it sounds amazing (and I also have to get around to reading the rest of the Raven Cycle…I’ll get there. Eventually).
It is. so. amazing. Ohhhh you know that moment when you pick up a book and it’s like “THIS ONE WAS MADE FOR ME”? I had that moment with The Accident Season. XD
I just gotta show the love for the Fat Amy GIF. Perfection.
I can’t wait to read ‘The Accident Season’. I love your choice for Mulan’s book.
SO MUCH LOVE FOR FAT AMY, TBH.
Haha. She’s awesome! Love her!
This is such a cute and cool tag! I agree with what you said about an emotional rollercoaster! 🙁
*cries over Allegiant but loves it anyway*
Haha, NOPE! I was more of an Alice-in-Wonderland/Milan type. Curious, creative, and passionate about what I care about. I don’t think I’ve changed too much since childhood, though? I’ve just used bigger words, started carrying around bigger books, can be super but proudly awkward, and just…louder? I can be either LOUD or quiet, abd there’s no inbetween sometimes? MULANNNN. She’s such a badass! No, I don’t think I have besides maybe Peter Pan? A book that kept me up past my bedtime (although I no longer have one) was Simon Vs. by Becky Albertalli. Oh, and (because I can’t end a comment yet without awkwardly fangirling over you) thank you for adding on GR. It was just an “AHHHH” moment. (I’ll learn to be cool, I just have to learn xD)
Carrying around bigger books is a fabulous sign of growing up. *nods* That’s me walking out of the library, hehe. Aaaanyway. MULAN IS EPIC. So is Mushu. I love Mushu so much I just…gah. I WANT A MUSHU.
OMG. YAY. I’M GLAD WE CAN BE FRIENDS ALL OVER THE PLACE. *tackle hugs you*
I loved the title picture (is it called a title picture? Does it even have a name? Whatever.) It looked like a tiara! 🙂 …Which was probably the idea, but you know what I’m trying to say. I’ve never been a Disney girl. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t an animation girl though – I’ll always be one of those! XD Books that kept me up past my bedtime – Dogfight sticks out because of the lengths I went to to keep reading. 😉 Also, I’ll Give You The Sun.
(I don’t know?! I think it’s called title picture? First Picture Of Awesome? <-- let's go with that) Disney AND animation AND pixar AND ALL THE THINGS. Who did Brother Bear? Disney? I LOVED BROTHER BEAR. Kenaii was totally a princess...
AH HA! A cool tag I don’t have to steal. Thanks for tagging me.
I keep hearing that the accident season is amazing, but I just keep forgetting to add it to my TBR list. NO MORE! I shall place a hold on it today.
YAY!! I AM GLAD. Dude, get thee to the library or something to eat The Accident Season. PREPARE FOR ACCIDENTS.
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Dangerous Girls and Dangerous Boys = AMAZING. Also The Scorpio Races. I’ve been staring at the The Accident Season cover for a long time and it’s tripping me out. Bless my brain. Also AS ALWAYS, fabulous pictures!
GOOD. MY JOB HERE IS DONE. XDXD I was so happy I thought of doing that though and I showed it to my family and they were all like “wut” so…perfect. I have succeeded.
Woman paint flowers!
I can’t stop laughing, I must read your creepy peter pan retelling thing.
I bet it’s marvelous.
I really one day hope to splatter it over Wattpad!! ONE DAY SOON.
I was like you as a child. I was not a fan of Disney Princesses, I actually thought they were rather lame. lol. Now…now I guess I’m indifferent. But it’s so funny when I tell people about this. First of all because I chose not to watch Disney princess movies, I think I saw Cinderella once, Snow White once and…I think that’s it. Girls my age are shocked that I didn’t watch them, and don’t like them. But then I was a tom-boy so that explains part of it. 😀 As a kid I liked old black and white movies. I know I’m weird! But I did, I loved the Three Stooges, Marx Brothers (in my teen years) I had a huge crush on Bing Crosby (because his voice) oh and I loved John Wayne. 😀
I was always bored with the princess dancing and singing. >_< I STILL SKIP OVER SONGS AND STUFF. (I'm horribly to have around when one wants to watch a musical. You should've seen me in Les Miz. It did...not work.)
I’ve actually only read a few from your list–like Peter Pan and Allegiant. *adds others to growing TBR* *dies when TBR collapses* I actually had the ending for Allegiant spoiled for me, and even though I would have seen it coming, and even though I usually spoil the endings for myself anyway, I think I would have enjoyed experiencing it for myself without actually knowing how it was going to play out. Ah well.
I actually wasn’t too much of a Disney princess girl either. I liked the real Robin Hood–like the human from the book/books. (I can’t remember which author wrote the one I liked.) But I think my favorite princess movie when I was younger was either Snow White or Sleeping Beauty, mainly because of the creepy witches. Like, seriously, the queen gets jealous so she’s just like, “Cut out little girly’s heart and bring it to me”. Totally great for a kid’s movie–she was pretty much my role model growing up. Nowdays I think my favorite princess movie is Tangled because Flynn Rider and Mother Gothel. Why else?
Not too many books have kept me up past my bed time because I’ve always insisted on rigid bed times. But The Phantom of the Opera and The Host both kept me up (which is funny on the last one, since I usually HATE romance). *shrugs*
*digs you out of collapsed TBR* SEE? THIS IS WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR.
Gah, though, I would’ve cried if I’d had the end of Allegiant spoiled for me. HOW INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING. 🙁
I love all the Robin Hood versions. I even, erm, watched the super old ones…and I LOVE the Russel Crowe version too. YEAH, THO, THOSE WITCHES WERE DUBIOUS STUFF. Actually making fairy tales into kids stuff is such a joke anyway. The originals are SO super violent. :O Flynn Rider though. XD I have a soft spot for Frozen, but I think it’s annoyed the brains out of mostly everyone.
Glorious book photos! (I have to take this moment in time to mention that your amazing book pics totally inspired me to snap some of my own last month. It’s a challenge, especially with bright sunlight reflecting off library covers, but it’s so fuuunnn.)
Haha, I love that Oliver Twist is your favorite classic romance. XD
ALLEGIANT. I don’t know your exact opinion on it, but I have a sense I agree with you. It was heartrending, I haven’t yet recovered, and Veronica Roth totally shattered my trust in her, but at the same time… I don’t know, it was beautiful and I almost…liked the pain? Does that make sense?
Your Accident Season picture is successful, just to letcha know. 😉
As for favorite Disney princesses: in short, Cinderella, Belle, and Rapunzel. ^_^
AYYYYYYYY I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOUR PHOTOS. ARE YOU DOING A POST??? (Or have you done one and I missed it, ehhe.) Agh yes, it’s hard to get the right light. Shiny bookcovers? I used to love them but now they’re an absolute pain. You wouldn’t BELIEVE how annoying Disruption was. It’s all really glossy gold. -_-
But yesss. I think I liked the pain of Allegiant too. I think Veronica Roth stayed TRUE to the characters and did what the story needed. I know people feel cheated, buuuuut…I think it’s important to go with the CHARACTERS. <3
kfjaslfjasljf REALLY? 😀 Well, I only did one book (my current read at the time, Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry)… I have a little collage in this post, if you wanted to see it: http://traceydyck.blogspot.ca/2015/06/subplots-and-storylines-june.html
But yesh, those clear protective coverings on library books make things difficult, and I’m sure glossy gold covers do too! 😛
*nods along* The story kind of HAD to end like that, you know? Character arcs and whatnot… Although knowing that doesn’t fix the pain at all. My reader heart is still bleeding.
Love this tag. The Darkest Part of the Forest was SO GOOD!! That was really my first ever book about faeries and it was brilliant. I was very curious about The Accident Season, but wasn’t sure how good it will be. Judging by your comments, sounds like it is one I need to read. 🙂
It made me love Holly Black EVEN MORE. I was already a fan since her White Cat series but adjfklsa I love creeptastic faeries. :’)
I never really got into the whole Disney princess craze. The Little Mermaid, which sort of started the whole princess popularity thing, didn’t come out until I was 12! Yeah… I’m old. (My favourite Disney movie is definitely Tangled. I can relate to Rapunzel in some ways. Plus, she has one of the more amazing love interests out of all of the princesses. Flynn Rider is an awesome character… and he’s awfully cute, too!)
I can totally relate to Rapunzel too. Except for the part where she squawked with excitement about going outside. LIKE WHAT? I need my darkness, my laptop, my books. *huddles in a hobbit hole* I think she’s one of the most 3D princesses, that’s for sure!
Okay, this has very little to do with your post, but your blog is awesome.
There, I said it.
WELL I APPRECIATE THIS, LIKE 10000%.
Fear not, I’m absolutely awful at doing tags as well. I’m pretty sure someone tagged me for a Leibster Award a while back but I can’t do it because I’ve completely forgotten who it was.
I also have another confession to make: I’m not that into Disney. OK, I know The Lion King, Aladdin, Mulan and all those are great, but I grew up with Pixar. I can honestly quote dialogue from nearly every (good) Pixar movie. Now this may just be me being nostalgic because I saw Inside Out earlier today (which was absolutely great, as I had hoped) but Pixar are definitely my favourite for animated movies.
I’m glad you liked Peter Pan, I remember I read it a few years ago and I don’t think it really left much of an impression on me. Alice In Wonderland is pretty great though.
Oh GOOD. I’m not alone in my terrible forgetting. XD I have a sticky note on my computer screen now with the tags I need to do. >_> Let’s hope it improves things. (I’m also picky about my tags, tho, so hehe that probably doesn’t help.) PIXAR IS AWESOME THO. I’m into, basically everything. As long as it’s epic and funny. (There needs be a Pixar tag.) I haven’t seen Inside Out yet, but I ADORE Brave and Ratatouille.
SCORPIO RACES. YES. EVERYTHING YES. JUST. SCORPIO RACES.
YES.
I NEED TO REREAD IT LIKE I NEED AIR. I REALLY HAVE NO EXCUSE EXCEPT A GARGANTUAN TBR. BUT PUUUUUUCK AND SEAN MY BABIES.
Rose Under Fire, The Scorpio Races, and The Girl of Fire and Thorns were all FABULOUS. As is this tag, which I mayyyy steal from you.
Gosh, I love Disney, but I don’t know what my favorite princess movie is. A lot of people say Mulan doesn’t count. Maybe Beauty and the Beast? Belle is probably my favorite princess.
Ooh, fun fact! From the research we’ve done, my family thinks we’re descendants of Pocahontas. Not proven(I’m not sure it’s even been proven that she existed), but pretty cool.
YES. DO STEAL IT. EVERYONE SHOULD STEAL IT. It was so fun. xD Why doesn’t Mulan count?! Oh…because she’s not actually a princess. Hm, yes, I guess I concede that. SHE IS A QUEEN IN MY EYES THO. hehe. I loved the Beast’s library. 😉
OMG REALLY?!! DESCENDANTS OF POCOHONTAS?! THAT IS SO COOL. I’m…um…descended from a famous convict possibly. UNSURE IF THAT IS A GOOD THING TO MENTION.
I was a fan of Sleeping Beauty when I was a kid – I don’t even know WHY I liked Sleeping Beauty so much. Maybe it’s just the entire wake up by a kiss from prince Charming? I have no clue.
From your list, I think I only read Allergist – unfortunately not a roller coaster over emotions. Dx
Splintered did keep me up past bed time… but only because I was just SO CLOSE to the end. At least, that’s what I tell myself. I might be lying.
Sleeping is awesome, so I do admire sleeping beauty for that. WHAT?! SLEEP IS NICE. hehe. Ahhh, I understand. I’m definitely in a minority for my Allegiant devotion. hehe SPLINTERED IS LIFE.
Agh!! Stop it!! This whole tag is like “TBR! TBR! TBR!” These all sound so good, though, and I’ve only read a few! Loved the Scorpio Races SO much- but I think you knew that!
YES. YOUR TBR CAN HATE AND LOVE ME AND I WILL BE HAPPY.
THIS IS GLORIOUS. AND THOSE PICTURES. *steals and cuddles allllll the books*
Hmmm, I’m actually somewhat of a Cinderella girl (she’s my most favorite of all of them) but I believe I’m more Jasmine at heart. BUT TANGLED. AH.
I don’t think I’ll ever outgrow my Disney obsession, so this is exciting for me. xD
I’m actually rereading Scorpio Races right now (squee!) and fangirling over the writing all over again because it’s just so beautiful. Halp.
YES. TANGLED. I very much relate to Rapunzel, actually, except for the whole loving the outside. Omg, no. Where is my darkness and my computer. (Wait. I’m probably, like, Jafar at this rate or something.) YES. LET US NEVER GROW OUT OF DISNEY.
AHHH I want to reread The Scoprio Races so bad. I HAVE SO MANY BOOKS TO READ THO. But Puck and Seeeean my little adorable OTP.
Outside of Allegiant and RUF I have read none of these, but I am intrigued by A Girl of Fire and Thorns and The Accident Season.
I have seen deplorably few of the princess films (Snow White? Sleeping Beauty? Aladdin? I’ve never been there.) but my favourite (and, like, favourite character/film EVER) is Mulan. WHAT A WOMAN.
PS Great photos!
YOU NEEEED THEM IN YOUR LIFE I PROMISE. Particularly The Accident Season. *huggles book* There is a sad lack of awesome sibling relationships in books I read, so that one was super refreshing.
MULAN THO.
YAY! I love when you do tags. And I love when you post your glorious photos. So this post is double the awesome today.
I was into all the animal movies and animal things as a child too! Animal over princesses. Or animal princesses were the best of the best! Sarabi and Nala all the way!!! 🙂
Peter Pan <3 I have endless love for that book, and the story in general. I have to watch all the adaptations too because… NEVERLAND!!!! <3 <3 <3
Dangerous Girls and Dangerous Boys both kept me up way past bedtime, and I don't regret it for a second. Both were completely worth it! I have far too much love for those dark, twisted stories. Haas needs to hurry up and write more.
LOVE THE SNARK IN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US!!!! I am a huge fan of sarcastic characters, so that book was just the perfect read for me.
AJFLKDS THANK YOU. :’) It took me like nine million years to get to this (but seriously I do love being tagged for things! :D) Ahhh, animal princess. YES. The fox-Maid-Marian was pretty awesome too, although I was totally watching that for Little John and Robin Hood walking through the forest *breaks into song with Allen o’Dale*
JUST YES TO EVERYTHING. The Darkest Part of the Forest, A Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rose Under Fire… you have a strange and awesome way of seeming to read minds, Cait. 🙂 Awesome post!
YES. I AM A STRANGE AND AWESOME MIND READER. MWHAHAH. Also A Girl of Fire and Thorns is totally underappreciated! I love it so much!
GAHHHHH, WHAT A GREAT TAG/POST. I love seeing what books you hold near and dear as “best fillintheblank.” It’s just super interesting. I have yet to finish reading Allegiant, but I’m already getting those lettuce leaf symptoms. (Even though I already know what happens. Heh.) I just have such a love/hate relationship with every book I read, save a rare few. They’re nasty, beautiful beasts. Anyway, lovely tag! The photos and GIFs were perfect. 🙂
love,
abbie
OMG. I can’t imagine reading Allegiant and knowing. IT WOULD KILL IT FOR ME 100% And books are totally nasty/beautiful beasts, that is like the best description of the universe.
I’m definitely Mulan… or Tiana… or Belle. Or better yet, I’m all of them mixed into one lovely batter (and let’s throw in some villains, too, because they’re always fun :D). I’ve read The Darkest Part of the Forest, but unfortunately, I didn’t really like it in the end. However, Peter Pan and Oliver Twist are quite fabulous tales!
YES. Always mix in a villain or two or six. But just don’t be Jafar. Ew. He was particularly awful.
AHH. I was so happy to see The Scorpio Races and The Girl of Fire and Thorns here. They are SUCH wonderful books. Also, you just reminded me I have to get my hands on so many of these titles STAT. Personally, my childhood did contain lots of Disney princesses, but it also had copious amounts of Studio Ghibli films as well, which is probably why I turned out the way I did. Oh, and lovely photos! I’m constantly amazed by your talent in multifarious areas (really, that’s an actual adjective).
So I had to look up “multifarious” and OMG IT IS MY NEW FAVOURITE WORD. It reminds me of nefarious and multi-millionaire, which are both fabulous words. *nods* Also fajsdlk you are too nice. xDXD I TRY. I still have a lot to learn though!!
“Me? Like a classic? Like a romance??!? PUH-LEASE. However I do admire Oliver Twist‘s relationship with food.” I so agree! Classics and romances just don’t have much going for them…. and together….. ah the slog… And as for Allegiant I have never cried over a book so…. Never…. And it lasted for days….. any mention of it and I was…. Well lying on the floor in tears…. Books really should not do that… but I loved it…
And I stared at that last photo for ages…. A lot of books have kept me up past my bedtime but the one that actually comes to mind is the last one in the Rangers Apprentice series “The Royal Ranger” I got it that afternoon and was so excited that it had finally become available that I read until around midnight…. (until I finished the book) I may have also done it with another of them… it was also holidays then so no getting up and going the next day 😀
YES. Slog is an excellent word for it. I completely just fall asleep. Someday I will get in touch with my romantic side but it is not this day, heehe.
I FELT LIKE SOMEONE I KNEW PERSONALLY HAD DIED WHEN I FINISHED ALLEGIANT. I was seriously in denial. I didn’t even talk to humans for a long time afterwards because I was so so sad.
Yaaay for Rangers Apprentice!! I loved that series when I was growing up. I wasn’t such a fan of The Royal Ranger though, because I thought Cassandra and Horace woudl be better parents!! THEY TOTALLY STIFLED THEIR KID. Boo. And Alyss. *sobs* That wasn’t fair.
Oh, I’m so stealing this even though I wasn’t tagged. I love this, Cait!
PS. Sorry for not stopping by recently. I have just gone off the grid…
Sending my love & *hugs* :DDDD
Omg, do not apologise!! I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. *tackle hugs you* And yesss steal it. Everyone should steal it, because it is SO FUN.
Please, sir, may I have some more? *puppy dog eyes*
*sings* FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!
That’s all I’ve got 🙂
Terri M., the Director
Second Run Reviews
THAT IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE COMMENT TO MAKE ON THIS BLOG. YOU KNOW HOW I APPROVE OF FOOD AND GLORIOUSNESS.
GAH ALL OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS ARE SO CRISP AND BEAUTIFUL. I love that Oliver Twist photo especially (idk why I picked one of the photos without an actual book in it to point out, but the orange background is so LOVELY IDK.) I don’t think I’ve read 90% of the books you’ve mentioned here but they all LOOK SO APPEALING, like you’ve set out this beautiful, scrumptious platter of perfectly, colorfully iced desserts. (Lord, I’m in a book buying mood, I need to stay away from all stores and online shopping venues.)
AFJDKLSA THANK YOU CHRISTINA. THIS IS SO NICE TO HEAR I’M JUST GONNA SIT HERE IN COMPLETE HAPPINESS. <3 I love orange so that Oliver Twist photo has a special place in my soul too. Ohhhh they are all FABULOUS books though. I am like the fount of recommendations if you ever want any. 😉 hehehe
I was obsessed with Disney as a child… I still am. NO REGRETS. Disney is amazing. It also didn’t help that for a few years I lived quite close to Disney World. BUT ALLEGIANT. Excuse me while I go cry my tiny little Vulcan heart out. Still kills me and it has been almost TWO YEARS since I read it. Where has the time gone? ( I know where…Netflix).
YAY NO REGRETS FOR ME EITHER. I am like every hated 5 year old and sing Frozen songs irritatingly all the time. Ohhh, you lived near Disney World. WOW.
Oh. my. gosh. TWO YEARS?!!! Two years since devastation struck. WHAT IS LIFE.
So I’ve never heard of Dangerous Boys before, but now I MUST READ IT. Also, the pictures are amazing. I need to read Girl of Fire and Thorns too. So many thingssss.
C.J.
Sarcasm & Lemons
YOU MUST. EVERYONE MUST. If I had to pick a favourite between the two, it’d be Dangerous Girls, but Dangerous Boys is still MAGNIFICENT. They’re like the best YA thrillers eeeever.
Wait, which comes first? I want to read that one.
I do like the Disney Princesses, but I wasn’t obsessed growing up or anything. I liked pretty much any Disney film I saw. haha I really liked Jasmine and Mulan and Pocahontas though. 🙂
Mulan! I adore Mulan! AND MUSHU. I want a Mushu.
I love the photos! Your photography is definitely improving! Adding the photos made this tag so much more enjoyable to read. I just might have to steal this tag!
AHHHHHHH REALLY?!!! THIS IS SUCH GREAT NEWS. :’) I really want to learn so much about my camera and I mostly fail for the actual, erm, settings and manual modes BUT. Composition is half the battle, right?! XD
Oh YAY thanks for tagging me!! This looks fun! Also, that Rebel Wilson gif? I am laughing so hard. SO HARD. I am starting The Accident Season tonight, and now I am extra excited 🙂
And wow, the Australian The Darkest Part of the Forest is so pretty and colorful! Ours is quite drab in comparison! And Disruption, I need to read it! You make me want to read ALL the books at once, but I am not you, Cait, I do not have magical reading abilities and/or seven clones.
Answer time! I have read Dangerous Girls, but not Boys yet, because time. I have read The Darkest Part of the Forest. Allegiant ::grumbles::. Oops, that is it actually! I guess I should probably be reading more- I own basically all of those, with the exception of A Mad Wicked Folly and Peter Pan!
REBEL WILSON IS AWESOME. Also Australian. Goes to prove just how hilarious we are. *nods* AJFDLSKA I HOPE YOU LIKE THE ACCIDENT SEASON.TELL ME IF YOU LIKE IT, OKAY?! BECAUSE I’M D YYYYING OF LOVE FOR IT AND NO ONE’S READ IT AND I NEED TO FLAIL.
Oh, my magical abilities and clones are to be envied. *pats clones* They are so helpful.
I don’t think I’d ever say I was a Disney Princess at heart, even if that was a childhood dream. I have a lot o admiration for Disney for creating for the main part such diverse characters that provide morales that will resonate with children.
My favourite disney princess film is Snow White ( I think) – she has always been my favourite Princess because I have black hair and am very pale, and because I had the same hairstyle until I was 8 or 9, “Snow White” was my nickname.
We Were Liars kept me up. I NEEDED TO HAVE SOME ANSWERS
YES. I think Disney princess are fabulous and I know there was a lot of outrage over them, but bah. They’re diverse and strong and interesting women. tHEy aRE ADMIRABLE. *nods* I used to dress up as Snow White as a kid because I had super dark hair…well. OKAY. My sisters dressed me up as Snow White. XD Left alone, I dressed up as Jack in the Beanstalk and I assume I ran around chopping things with an axe. <-- normal behaviour
Robin Hood and Little Foot?! That was my childhood too. We didn’t watch princess movies. We watched Scooby-Doo, and Godzilla. XD
Disruption sounds very interesting!
I’ve always wanted to read Peter Pan. Wait, you’ve written a retelling? A malicious one? *gasps* I want to read it. Now I have to read the original Peter Pan.
Ah! Allegiant. I agree 100% with you on that book. Just what a wild ride. But it wouldn’t happen any other way.
XD I love your answer for the Aurora question.
YAAAY! I was wondering if anyone would recognise Little Foot! I LOVED THAT DINOSAUR. I thought it was a girl though, for like 90% of my childhood. I felt betrayed when Little Foot turned out to be a boy.
*whispers* The ultimate plan is to splatter my Peter Pan over wattpad, so WE SHALL SEE HOW IT GOES. 0_0 I have so many things I need to edit for Good Reasons though, and I’m procrastinating sooo baaaaad.
I know! You rarely hear people talk about it. When my brothers and I would go swimming, we’d play “Little Foot” and we’d each be a character. We were strange little kids. . .
Oo! I can’t wait! Yeah. . . procrastinating on editing, that’s a phase I’ve been through/am in. 😛 While I wait, I’ll try to content myself with the original. 🙂
The Princesses weren’t really a thing when I was young, pretty sure I was already well into my adulthood then. But Dangerous Girls especially kept me reading well into the night. I think I may have read it all in one sitting actually. It still remains the best YA mystery / thriller I’ve come across and now I even seem to compare all thrillers to it too. Disruption is incredible, one of my favourite couples too. I loved Maggie’s character, so snarky and sassy. My favourite classic will always be Alice in Wonderland. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve read it, a few times a year actually. Even though I collect editions, I still only ever read the one. A ratty Collins classic that fits in your bag.
I can’t remember how many sittings I had for Dangerous Girls but Dangerous Boys was definitely one day/two sittings BECAUSE IT WAS FREAKING TERRIFYING. Also wonderful. Also clever. Omg.
OH ALICE. I love Alice.
I love Morpheus.ERM. AHEM. SORRY. GETTING OFF TOPIC HERE. But you read it several times a year?! I ADMIRE THIS A LOT.Yay for Allegiant lovers! I’m kind of afraid of what they’re going to do to the movie now, though, after how they mangled Insurgent. Also, The Scorpio Races has sat on my shelf for far too long and your tiny little description here just made me want to read it (except I just started a 500-page book…). And now I’m going to go read your review of A Girl of Fire and Thorns.
OMG I HAVE TO DO THIS. DISNEY!!!!!!!
Those questions about Classics are HARD though!
Whoa, me likes this tag. So cool!
HOW ARE YOU SUCH AN AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHER? HOWWW. *loves all the gorgeous bookish pics to Narnia and back*
Also the mental image of you being a sad little curled up wilted lettuce leaf is precious.
Hi Cait I participated in the book tag here: http://wp.me/3v5T1 A Mad Wicked Folly was also in my book tag post but under a different category. I love that book a lot! 🙂
Omg your photography is so beautiful, every time I see your posts I get an irrational urge to go to JB Hi Fi and splurge out on a camera lmao. Then I remember I would be no good even with the best DSLR XD Also you have the cleanest iphone screen I have ever seen.
This tag looks so fun! I adore Puck, she is the best and so is her little ordinary pony. A Girl of Fire and Thorns sound fantastic, I completely missed the book when it first came out, but definitely popping on my TBR now.
I know what you mean about Dangerous Girls. (I haven’t read Dangerous Boys yet, though.) That was a total mindfuck. 😀
I really liked this tag…so I stole it 🙂
Loved the photos and found about some books I haven’t read yet…
OH YAY!! I’M OFF TO READ YOURS!
Yayyy thanks for the tag Cait! I completely agree with Dangerous Girls and Dangerous Boys, both so brilliant! Haha I love so much how in the romance section it’s Oliver and food (because let’s be honest, it’s cait with food). I’m excited for Darkest Part of the Forest, have ordered that!
I actually haven’t read the Rose Under Fire or the first one yet…Historical fiction is still a bit meh to me. Although that’s great that you love Girl of Fire and Thorns, because I’ve heard great things and it sounds SO ME. Yup, so Maggie from Disruption is pretty damn awesome.
I laugh how the Merida tag is like “name a book with a mother-daughter relationship” because these are so rare in YA 😛
Love the photography and the tag Cait!
It is true, you know me too well. There will only be cake at my wedding. I NEED CAKE, NOT NO MAN. ahem. oh oh I understand you about Historical Fiction and *whispers* truth is I actually DNF’d Code Name Verity at first because the first 50% is kind of dull and inundated with plane terminology that made me nosedive into a puddle of brain smush. BUT STILL. It’s so emotional and wonderful and ajfdlksa
Omg, YES. Parent-kid relationships feel rare, tbh. And when there ARE ones they’re utterly dysfunctional. Like Clary and her mother? Good strong relationship…and her mother stayed unconscious for like 4 books. xDXD
I too loved Allegiant’s ending, although it was SPOILED for me on Goodreads. *still heartsick about that one* I want to read The Accident Season now! A Raven Boys comparison?You can’t get much better than that in my book! I was an animal preferrer, too. I used to take the clothes off my dolls, and dress up my stuffed animals for tea parties. I had a toy box full of naked dolls.
I accidentally spoiled Allegiant for my sister. D: BUT IT WASN’T PURELY MY FAULT. She was reading my review as I typed. SO I blame here. hehe YES SERIOUSLY READ THE ACCIDENT SEASON. Like I don’t think it was on par, but it was reminiscent of, you know?
Even though you didn’t tag me, I will most definitely do this tag soon! And the classic relationship between a boy and his food. Nothing can compare! Loved this!
-Monica @ Tomes Project
Yaaay! It is a fun one, right?! 😀
Wah! I’ve only read one book out of all the ones you have listed but they all sounds so good! I’ve had my eye on Accident Season and The Distance Between us has been on my TBR list for AGES. (I will get to it, some day) You pictures are just beautiful! (Teach me your wayyzzzz ;)) And your GIFs, those GIFs are just beautiful as well. Loved your answers, great post and thanks for sharing! 😀
~Kaitlin
Great list, Cait!
Love Peter Pan. And I love that your favourite romance is Oliver’s relationship with food (:
I need to read Rose Under Fire but I loved Code Name Verity. Also, love the Distance Between Us, so much snark! Have you read West’s On the Fence, there’s some cute sibling relationship in it.
I LOVE SNARKY CHARACTERS TOO. SNARKY IS THE BEST.
I don’t think I’ve read any of these (except Allegiant and part of The Girl of Fire and Thorns) but you make them all sound amazing!
My favorite disney princess movie is Tangled. So much love for Tangled. It’s just hilarious!
Also, I tagged you for something! Don’t feel obligated, but if you want to do it, here’s the link: http://thessalexa.blogspot.com/2015/07/tag-week-new-discoveries.html
Alexa
thessalexa.blogspot.com
verbositybookreviews.wordpress.com
Thanks for tagging me! I’m really excited to do it now! (It might be a while until I actually get around to posting it, I get a bit lazy…)
These gifs are amazing. Especially the Ariel/Rebel Wilson one. I spent way too long laughing at it.
Ooh this looks like so much fun!! Disney Princesses and books are just a wonderful combo <3
They totally definitely are! 😀 And it was SUCH a fun tag to do!