We don’t really do tags…buuuut, we were tagged and bribed (with virtual chocolate) by Kelly @ Diva Booknerd to do the Book Blogger Test. And why not?! Kelly is awesome. Books rock. Virtual chocolate for the win.
what are your top book pet hates?
MIME: Let me get my soapbox!
CAIT: Be nice now, Mime. Don’t scare our followers.
MIME: Okay, okay. First, I would have to say book bashing — especially when they haven’t read the book. Secondly, any main character (particularly female) who needs a guy in order to function. Thirdly —
CAIT: YAWN.
MIME: Silence in the back row! Thirdly, characters and food. Characters who don’t eat because they’re nervous or upset, and they don’t have blood sugar dumps later. And characters who eat ice cream and takeout all the time and never get fat.
describe your perfect reading spot.
CAIT: In the middle of an ice creamery that is entirely empty of people and all the ice cream is free. Just for me. And Cait and the Book lived happily ever after.
MIME: You may not know this, but that’s also Cait’s version of heaven.
tell us three book confessions.
CAIT: What is this? The Spanish Inquisition? I AM NOT CONFESSING TO ANYTHING. I AM NOT GUILTY.
MIME:
1. I’ve never read Harry Potter.
2. I’ve never read Twilight
3. I didn’t like Tolkien
CAIT: Wow. Someone is on the naughty list.
MIME: My bad.
CAIT: Mine are?
1. I judge books by their covers.
2. I cut up books and turn them into art and I feel this is a horrific taboo.
3. I never read past my bedtime.
when was the last time you cried during a book?
MIME: I cry in movies more than books. Usually when people die in books I just go “WOAH?! WHAT?” And I’m completely dry-eyed. Other people interpret this as “Mime has no soul.”
CAIT: Question. Am I subtly “other people”?
MIME: No dear, of course not.
CAIT: Well, I, as wonderful as I am, have cried in a few books. I cried in The Perks of Being A Wallflower. (Can’t remember why.) And then I cried in despair during The Bone Season because I didn’t think it’d ever finish.
how many books are on your bedside table?
CAIT:
what is your favourite snack while reading?
CAIT: The real question is: What ISN’T my favourite snack while reading.
MIME: Brussel sprout. I don’t think you eat them. Period.
CAIT: They’re not real food.
MIME: Me, I would have to say chocolate. I sound pretty obsessed, don’t I?
name 3 books you’d recommend to everyone.
MIME: How To Read For Dummies?
CAIT: Keep calm there, dummy. I will recommend REAL books.
1. Absolutely Splintered and Unhinged by A.G. Howard. (Because: Moth.)
2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. (Katniss appreciates food.)
3. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (again with the food)
show us a picture of your bookshelf?
CAIT: This is my bookshelf and mine alone. Mime doesn’t care and covet and hoard books like I do.
write how much books mean to you in just three words.
CAIT: Second to food.
MIME: Food for intelligence.
CAIT: See? Again with the food. We’re pretty extra sure we’ve mentioned food in EVERY SINGLE ANSWER to these questions.
what’s your biggest reading secret?
MIME: If I told you, then it wouldn’t be a secret, would it? Seriously? Are we playing Truth or Dare or something?
CAIT: When I borrowed Twilight from the library, I got Mime to pick it up. You know, so I didn’t look like a fangirling 13-year-old.
MIME:
CAIT:
Cait and Mime busy planning their 3rd bloggy birthday celebrations (coming later this month) and fangirling over books and singing Frozen in the car. ALL AT ONCE LIKE A BOSS. Mime is recovering from music performances at school. And Cait is pretending to write a blurb for her latest book. So far it reads “There once was a bunch of psychos. They died. The end.” But, yeah, still tweaking.
You two are my favourite people in the history of ever. You should make duo blog posts more often 🙂 I think I've said that before but it's true!I LOOOOVE your bookshelf. I remember seeing a photo when it was empty – you've filled it so fast! I have to confess that I don't read past my bedtime either. People often talk about how they stayed up ALL NIGHT finishing a book…yeah, no, never happens to me! (Mime, however, is going to Book Blogger Prison for never having read Harry Potter).Great post as usual 🙂 love all the food references haha.
(so for some reason "novelchild_em," my blog name from a gazillion years ago, decided to comment. But it's Emily 😛 I promise)
We totally SHOULD do more duo posts. *glares innocently at Mime* Ah, well, she’s usually busy being fabulous, so I can’t blame her too much. 😉
I know! Look at that little shelf growing so much! I still have technically 5 shelves to fill, and then they’re very deep shelves so I can always hid the books I dislike behind the ones I don’t. I’d totally give them away but…argh. Postage is SO expensive. >_< (And I do feel like Not A Real Book Devotee sometimes because I’ve never felt like I wanted to read a book more than I wanted to sleep. My bad.) I WILL LOCK MIME IN BOOK BLOGGER PRISON FOR YOU.
LOL God, the gifs. I don't know which one is my favorite! And Cait, your bookshelf is out of control. But at least you know your system.
Yes, I promise there is a system!! It’ll be colour-coded eventually…once I’ve filled up all the shelves. x)
This was an amazing post! Sooo funny! Thanks for visiting my blog!
Carly
N’aww, glad you liked it!
At last this Imogen has managed to remember that people don’t always read my thoughts to find out what I thought of a post (something called respecting privacy or some such silly idea.) Anyway, loved this! Your conversations are hilarious! Hmm, three bookish confessiins…(I’m with Mime, never admit to anything)
1) I almost never read popular books or series. Unless they’ve been highly recommended by this blog
2) I still read picture books sometimes…(don’t judge me)
3) I haven’t been able to bring myself to read a vampire book yet. It’s the teeth I tell you.
*waves* Ha! Yes, I’m totally not into invaded privacy of people’s minds…it’s really good of me really. I have standards. 😉
Popular books CAN rock, but I know why we get wary of them. 😉 Hah! And nooo I’m not going to judge you. I read picture books all the time. Mostly to my 3 year old nephew, but I kind of enjoy them as well. Vampires are kind of…interesting. I’ve only read like 3 books with them. I’d be up for more, though. Juuuust need to find good ones!
My favourite part about this post is the Shelf of Sadness. Haha, I’m kidding but it is pretty awesome! I love the gifs though! Had so much fun reading this. I need to get on to doing it soon as well! ><
IT IS SO SAD. *wipes tears* I needs love and attention and I plan to fix it before the end of the year.
Oh my goodness! You guys are hilarious!!!!! “And then I cried in despair during The Bone Season because I didn’t think it’d ever finish.” <– This made me laugh so hard!!! LOL I’m working on my tag post now. I thought it would be easy to answer some question but it really isn’t. Gah!
Bethzaida @ Bookittyblog
Some of them were kind of tricky questions! I spent aaaages trying to think of stuff interesting enough to confess to. I mean, gosh, not-reading-past-my-bedtime? Dark, dark stuff is coming out here. XD
You two made me laugh! (And do you believe me when I say I don’t like chocolate? It’s true!)
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WHAT?! WHO ARE YOU REALLY?! (But actually I do recall you saying that. *sigh* You’re missing out, Arende.)
I LOVE THIS POST! (I’ve said this to everything I’ve commented and I have no shame). I love everything about this! I LOVE THAT BOOKSHELF! Why is Inkheart so lonely? And woah nice organization skills! JEALOUS.
Okay, so my three bookish confessions…hmm let me think (I was going to have to get to this sooner or later):
1. I don’t have consistent rating with books, it’s just my gut feeling. (Sometimes I rate books even before I’m done with them, I know bad habit)
2. I’ve only read 104 books in the past four years. D:
3. POOP I CAN’T THINK OF ANOTHER. shoot.
YOU ARE LIKE THE BEST. THAT IS ALL.
I don’t know why Inkheart is so lonely, really…that shelf and the one next to it are all 2nd hand books I’ve picked up, so obviously I need to pick up MORE to make Inkheart not so lonely. (Also they’re really fat books and can stand up by themselves. Bonus.)
Oh gosh…I rate books halfway through reading them too! I’m thinking about my rating from the moment I start! It’s kind of interesting…COULD make an interesting post too. x) I’ve read 81 books this. year. alone. At least you’re not wearing out your eyes, though, right?!
HAHA wearing out my eyes? Maybe not by reading but being on the computer 24/7!!! My eyesight is so bad it’s -5.00 right now, if that makes any sense to you
I may do this tag on my own blog… 🙂
THAT BOOKSHELF IS FANTASTIC. I WISH I HAD THAT MUCH SHELF SPACE.
OK, three bookish confessions:
1. Whenever I go to the library I experience the bookish equivalent of “my eyes were bigger than my stomach” because I get SO MANY BOOKS and then don’t have time to read them all.
2. Sometimes I break my rule about reading the book before seeing the movie. 😛
3. I don’t really use bookmarks. I have been known to lay the book open, upside-down, which apparently breaks the spine. Oops.
Do it! Do it! I want to have my whoooole walls lined with bookshelves. I do. My parents aren’t approving, but hey. I NEED that many books in my life.
*whispers* Sometimes I break my rule of book before movie, too. I did with The Book Thief and City of Bones. >.< I feel guilty, buuut… I’ll survive. I am also TERRIBLY guilty of #1. My TBR from the library is always quite daunting.
You both never fail to make your readers laugh! HAHA!
Mime, I don’t like Tolkien too :p
Cait, you cut books?????! Picture please??? I am really curious.
Ella @ The Filipina Booknote
Heeey! That’s a good idea actually! I will put a post-about-cutting-up-books on the to-post-about list. YOU’RE A GENIUS.
Your bookshelf photo is the best.
I’m quite fond of it. I love my bookshelf. I sometimes stare at it and think happy thoughts.
I loved seeing your bookshelves! Someday I’ll post mine. This was hilarious 😀 I enjoyed it muchly *nodding enthusiastically* 🙂
Oh you should definitely do that! I love seeing other people’s shelves too!
Awesome post! I feel for the shelf of sadness. . . 🙁
My book confessions:
1. I’ve never read Twilight or Harry Potter either.
2. I have yet to finish Lord of the Rings.
3. I still haven’t unpacked of all my books from when we moved, so the poor darlings are still stuffed in a box.
hah – seriously NOOOO I’m not telling =O neener neener
Haha…oh Cait and Mime! Why do you guys have to be so hilarious? <33 Love this post. Absolutely love it! And thanks so much for sharing! <3 (And Cait…I won’t tell about your Twilight love – haha! *seals lips*)
Hahaha great answers ladies! Food is definitely the answer to most things. Cait’s bookshelf is actually a lot more organized than mine. The lonely shelf of sadness actually made me LOL. Too funny. I, much alike Mime, have no soul. Lol I can cry so hard at Marley & Me, the movie. The book? Didn’t shed a single tear. Same goes for Perks of Being a Wallflower. …I also never cried reading the Fault in Our Stars. The movie will definitely make me a hot mess though. Regarding cutting books and turning them into art.. OMG I DO THE SAME. I feel so guilty while doing it but afterwards it can look so pretty c: Have you seen the picture of the Harry Potter book art proposal on tumblr? Somebody cut a out the pages till you could see ‘the unbreakable vow’ chapter heading and put a ring there. SO CUTE.
Thanks so much for sharing (:
Haha! I love this post! <3 The sherlock gif was the best! You girls are so funny! PS. It’s ok. I’m really obsessed with chocolate too! 🙂
Someone tagged me in this but can’t remember who, will have to browse my Twitter notifications. I hate female characters that need a man to function, it’s far too common in YA and it really needs to stop. I judge books by their covers too, I’ve cut up books to make displays at work: like book page rain clouds that rain book page raindrops! I’d never do it to my own books but it felt good and looked amazing.I always read past my bedtime…
I can cry at books, but I do cry more easily at movies now. I read TFIOS and didn’t cry once, saw the trailer and I literally had tears in my eyes. Im not sure why that is. We Were Liars is the last book that made me cry, it really shocked me and I was definitely not expecting to cry at that book.
THAT’S IT. I need to come to your house and cook you REAL Brussel Sprouts fried in LARD. You will be converted.
And I did just study your bookshelf picture and kinda sorta maybe squealed when I saw Divergent and Cinder on your favorites shelf. Maybe. (I love your bookshelf though, it’s beautiful.)
Hahha you guys are so hilarious, I just love your posts! I’m putting up my Book Blogger Test next Friday hehe. I love that Cait loves characters who love food. That is a great reason to recommend to others. Your bookshelf is pretty, too! Love it ladies <3
Loved the interaction between you two! You make me laugh.
I love that one of your pet hates is one of mine – people who judge before reading the book. Okay, so it may have led me to reading a lot of books I don’t enjoy, at least I feel like I can judge for myself if I like it or if it was as I thought before beginning.
And your bookshelves are gorgeous – except for the poor little broken computer!
Have I ever told you how much I love you guys? No? Well, I LOVE YOU GUYS. Like a lot.Bookish confessions, eh? Here are some of mine:1) I think I like e-books better than paper books. The horror, I know. I used to be a strict "real" books only kind of reader, but I was won over by the fact that I can read e-books in the dark. And change the book's fonts. And not have to carry around books as gigantic as the Earth when I want to re-read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.2) I didn't like Perks of Being a Wallflower and Looking For Alaska. *hides*3) I don't like buying books very much. What if I end up disliking them or end up never reading them again, ever? I like borrowing books much better, and will only buy a book if I've already read it and loved it.
I LOVE that you used a Sword in the Stone gif, that is such a good movie. And I had a little giggle at the Shelf of Sadness, poor little shelf!
Mands @ The Bookish Manicurist
Oh I cannot say how much I love the picture of your bookshelf! Poor Lonely Inkheart (have you read all the books, since there are only two there?) and Shelf of Sadness. HOW CAN ONE POSSIBLY HAVE AN EMPTY SHELF ON THEIR BOOKSHELF, especially when they’re an avid reader like you, though, Cait? How is that even possible? I title it the “Mystery of the Empty Shelf”.