#lifeofbookworm

I was tagged by paperpenguins​ :)

It was pretty hard to choose, but these are the ten books that changed me in some way or another. They are not in any particular order. 

The Harry Potter series- J.K. Rowling

The Time Traveler's Wife- Audrey Niffenegger

The Fault in Our Stars - John Green

Fire and Hemlock- Diana Wynne Jones

The Dead Zone - Stephen King

How I Live Now- Meg Rosoff

If You Could See Me Now- Cecelia Ahern

The Brightest Star in the Sky - Marian Keyes

The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia)- C.S. Lewis

The Perks of being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky

I tag the following:

jordanleegauci

completelybooked

lifeofbookworm

ask-neko-undertaker

thelittlebookish

justalittlebookcrazy

noseinabook

paperbackcastles

a-book-junkie

I was tagged by the wonderful meowtilly

Rule 1: Always post the rules

Rule 2: Answer the questions the person who tagged you asked and write 11 new ones

Rule 3: Tag 11 people and link them to the post

Rule 4: Tell them you have tagged them

1) Book you didn’t expect to like but you loved it when you read it?

Battle Magic by Tamora Pierce. I don’t know why - she’s one of my favourite authors, and she never fails to deliver. I guess I was afraid to read it because the major plot points had been given away in previous books.

2) Book you couldn’t finish?

Rebel Angels by Libby Bray. I guess I just wasn’t in the mood for the book and it was a library book so I had to return it. I want to try reading it again, though.

3) Favourite love story?

Don't kill me, but I was big on the Twilight series a few years back and I still like it.

4) Author you don’t like?

When I was little everyone loved Dr. Seuss, but for some reason I couldn’t abide his writing.

5) Best book you read lately?

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black. It was poignant and original - vampire story or not.

6) Favourite book series?

Hmmmm, I have lots of these. One I’ve loved since I was a girl is the Septimus Heap books.

7) Most interesting character?

Orma from Rachel Hartman’s Seraphina.

8) Top five authors?

In no particular order (this is hard): J.K Rowling, of course. Diana Wynne Jones. Tamora Pierce. Brandon Sanderson. Richelle Mead.

9) Favourite type of books?

Fantasy, Young Adult - and I love HIstory and Sci Fi, too.

10) First book you really loved?

Not including picture books… Squire Terrence and the Maiden’s Knight. It was my brother’s and my mother got me to read it and I loved it.

11) Favourite book cover?

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.

11 Questions:

1) Who was your favourite childhood author?

2) Do you arrange your books messily or have to have them all neat?

3) What’s a book you regret reading?

4) Do you have anyone who you share our books with?

5) Do you have any pet peeves when it comes to books?

6) How did you get into reading?

7) Are there any genres that you don’t like?

8) Are there any books you get teased for liking (not that you should care what any one says)?

9) What are the books you’d recommend?

10) Do you have any other favourites?

11) What’s your favourite book quote?

Those I’ve tagged:

bookshelvedstories

mykingdomofbooks

lifeofbookworm

eternal-books

booksaremadeofawesome

escapingintoabook

read-it-and-eep

kill-this-url

parchmentandquills

reading-writing-wishing-waiting

Welcome new followers!

Liebster Blog Award

I am going to be answering the questions of http://youngadultread .tumblr.com - thank you so much for nominating me!

Directions

1) Thank the Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog and link back to the blogger who presented the award to you.

2) Answer the 11 questions from the nominator and create 11 questions for your nominees.

3) Present the Liebster Blog Award to 11 blogs of 200 followers or less (Though personally I will just sent it to whoever I think deserves it because I have no idea how many followers you guys have) who you feel deserve to be noticed and leave a comment on their blog letting them know they have been chosen (no tag backs)

4) Copy and paste the Blog Award onto your Blog:

1) What is your favourite genre of book?

I love all genres, but I have to be in the "mood" to read them. 

2) What is your favourite book(s)?

This is the hardest question in the world, and I cannot answer it. However, some of them are: Modern Faerie Tales by Holly Black.  The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. The Dangerous Angels series by Francesca Lia Block.

3) What is your favourite movie adaptation of a book you have read?

Hunger Games. No doubt.

4) What was the prime reason for creating your blog?

Honestly, I reblogged tons of book stuff. And I didn't like how disorganized and random my blog was. So now I have a particular blog for book/writing stuff.

5) What book are you currently reading?

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman.

6) What was the last book you read?

Paper Valentine

7) Who is your favourite author?

I love Holly Black, John Green, JK Rowling, Francesca Lia Block, and Melissa Marr. I also enjoy David Levithan, Maureen Johnson, Anne Brashares, and Erin Morgenstern.

8) Book character crush/ just favourite character? And why?

Augustus Waters - I love all of his different layers. He starts off as a Manic Pixie Dream Boy, but he's so much more than that. 

Noah Shaw - British. Bibliophile. Charming and dangerous. I don't really think there is much not to like.

Tessa Gray - Lives in England. Bibliophile. And I just love how daring she is, especially for her time.

Rath Roiben Rye - Too many reasons to list.

9) Have you ever met an author?

Yes! I have had the honor of meeting Holly Black, Lisa McMann, Nick Sagan, Mary Higgins Clark, and several others. :)

10) Have you ever hated a book? Which one?

Twilight. Also, the majority of the really bad fantasy books that came after Twilight. And Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman. It's nonfiction about Positive Psychology and it is so idiotic.

11) Do you believe more books should be adapted to film? Or do you disagree with book to movie adaptations? Why?

I don't like movie adaptations. I guess I just don't understand why the next step for a popular book is always to make a movie adaptation...it seems like a money thing to me.

  My Questions:

1.) What book changed your life the most?

2.) Which book character would you most want to be?

3.) If you could rewrite one ending, which book would it be and how would you end it?

4.) Do you dog ear?

5.) Where do you get the majority of your books from?

6.) Do you use Goodreads? 

 7.) What is your favorite physical feature of yourself?

8.) Do you remember your dreams?

9.) What's one regret that you have?

10.) Who is your dream Tumblr follower?

11.) Choose a question that I was asked to answer.

  I Nominate:

escapingintoabook

books-cupcakes

sagirllovesbooks

loveaffairwiththelibrary

date-a-girl-who-reads

thegirlandherbooks

literatureismyutopia

literarytidbits

omfgbooks

lifeofbookworm