Yes, hello everyone! This is me actually doing a tag again? It’s been ages, but we are all staying home, taking care of ourselves and others in the process and I really, really wanted to give you some fresh content on the blog. I haven’t been the most present on the blog as of late, because both parents are doing the whole home office thing now and I try to limit my internet use (as not to crash the poor rooter) while they need to work, like the good daughter that I am. However, that leaves me with online time mostly in the late afternoon and sometimes I just don’t have it in me to be creative then.
With much talk about basically nothing, this all led to me checking my drafted yet never completed posts and I found this little gem. So, huge thanks to The Orangutan Librarian for being so thoughtful and tagging me for the Perfect Book Tag back in the day!
The Perfect Genre
pick a book that perfectly represents its genre
Ha! I tricked you! I bet you thought I would pick a book from my favourite genre (fantasy/sci-fi), but regular good old YA contemporary it is. I read The Field Guide to the North American Teenager pretty recently and I thought it had some great teen representation and also gave me flashbacks to my semester abroad in the US (which I always kinda like).
The Perfect Setting
pick a book that takes place in a perfect place
To me, the perfect setting might not be the same as for you? I like a good magical world, I really, really do. Would I want to live in it? That’s debatable, because most of the time it’s connected to mortal peril. So, my perfect setting is something more along the lines of the British isle of Guernsey, loads of beaches and cliffs, an all-surrounding calm and friendly (albeit somewhat nosey) neighbors.
The Perfect Main Character
pick the perfect main character
AUGUST FLYNN! (This Savage Song) My baby boy will forever remain perfect in my eyes. PERFECT, do you hear?
The Perfect Best Friend
loyal and supportive, pick a character that you think is the best friend ever
Tough one! Tough one indeed! But, I think, in the end I’d go with Kenji from the Shatter Me series. If you have him on your side, I think you’d be able to get through anything.
The Perfect Love Interest
pick a character you think would be an amazing romantic partner
I have a couple contenders for book hubby, but one of my all time favourite people is Max Vandenburg from The Book Thief! He is kind and smart and patient and a fighter. I don’t actually know how he is romantically, but I see those qualities as a plus in a partner.
The Perfect Villain
pick a character with the most sinister mind
I DON’T WANNA SAY WHO! But the villain in Wicked Saints is divine (no pun intended)!
The Perfect Family
pick a perfect bookish family
The Garretts from My Life Next Door will forever remain an example of a loving, present and beautiful family. I don’t think any such thing as perfect exists, but they are darn close!
The Perfect Animal or Pet
pick a pet or fantastic animal that you need to see on a book
Okay, I read the Dark Reflections series when I was like 12, so, no guarantee to how they would hold up now, BUT they had living stone lions who could fly. And their fur was soft. And I never loved creatures more than them!
The Perfect Plot Twist
pick a book with the best plot twist
Even saying that this book has a plot twist is a bit of a spoiler, but it has been out for years now, so what can I say? We Were Liars had me in freaking tears!
The Perfect Trope
pick that trope you would add to your own book without thinking
I am a total sucker for fake dating! Most notable example here is probably To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before? (Also quite enjoy enemies to lovers though. Or the “there’s only one bed in the room/one room left at the hotel”-dilemma. OR the friends with insane chemistry that hook up one night and don’t make it awkward but just seamlessly start dating afterwards because they are meant to be)
The Perfect Cover
pick that cover that you would easily put in your own book
The ENTIRE Jackaby series has covers to die for, but this was the one I saw first (although it’s the final book), which is why I picked it now.
The Perfect Ending
pick a book that has the perfect ending
***SPOILERS FOR THE LAST LINES OF CALL ME BY YOUR NAME!!!***
Twenty years was yesterday, and yesterday was just earlier this morning, and morning seemed light-years away.
“I’m like you,” he said. “I remember everything.”
I stopped for a second. If you remember everything, I wanted to say, and if you are really like me, then before you leave tomorrow, or when you’re just ready to shut the door of the taxi and have already said goodbye to everyone else and there’s not a thing left to say in this life, then, just this once, turn to me, even in jest, or as an afterthought, which would have meant everything to me when we were together, and, as you did back then, look me in the face, hold my gaze, and call me by your name.
Everyone can feel about Call Me By Your Name however they want (and I get certain criticism), but I ADORED that book. And I thought the ending was perfect (love a good reference to the title), so I will never understand why the author felt it necessary to write a sequel I hated.
If YOU, much like myself see yourself in need of ideas for blog posts in these dire times, CONSIDER YOURSELF TAGGED!!!
What did you think of my answers? Could you relate? Let’s chat!
I kind of want to do this, but it’s difficult to apply these to horror. Anime, easily, but horror would be a bit more difficult to pick. I’ll have to think on it.
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Well, it doesn’t confine you to horror? You can use a horror example for the genre and trope maybe but go a different route with other categories. I know for a fact that you don’t read JUST horror 😅
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True, but it’s a horror blog. I got a reputation to keep up, anyway.
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As I said, it’s not like you wouldn’t include horror. But sometimes a bit of a genre mix is a good thing.
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Maybe I’ll try that…
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[…] been a while since I’ve done any sort of tag, so I saw this on my friend Kat Impossible’s blog and I was like, “Sounds like fun.” And while I’m not sure I believe in […]
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It’s an honor that you’ve done my Tag! I LOVE seeing people doing it and knowing their answers! ❤️✨
I LOVE We Were Liars, it’s one of my favorite books & Kenji is the best, I love him forever! 😍
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Oh no, I didn’t even link back to you *hides* I am sorry, I didn’t look into who created the tag, but am really glad you saw it regardless!! ❤ Also, I am really happy you like some of my answers 😉
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Oh don’t worry!! It usually happens and there’s no problem at all. it makes me happy to have seen it ❤️✨
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KENJI
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Sorry, your comment seems to accidentally have landed in spam! But yes KENJI!!! He’s the best ❤
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Ahh I love this tag and your answers, Kat and you know, I am thrilled you picked a contemporary read for that first question haha 🙂 I also LOVE that you picked Kenji, I adore him so much. And My Life Next Door, yes! Ah this book is such a feel-good book, I love it. ❤
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I feel like My Life Next Door was so many years ago that it passed some people by, which is such a shame, because it’s fantastic!! It had so much more depth than I thought it would
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Agree! It’s way too underrated.
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Now you made me wanna do this tag too. I think I’ll save it for later. Thank you for sharing your answers!
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Definitely go ahead if you feel like it!!! 🙂 I’d love to see other people’s answers to it!
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Oh, you reminded me that I wanted to do this Tag sometime as well, as it sounds really cool 🥰 I definitely agree that the Jackaby covers look so stunning!! I love all the vibrant covers and I cannot wait to get them for my birthday 💗
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You should definitely do it, Caro! It really was a lot of fun and trickier for some categories than I would have thought.
I love my physical copies of the Jackaby series!! I splurged on hardcovers and have no regrets ❤
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Yay glad that you did this!! I really love that you chose Guernsey! And I adore August! Kenji is a great pick! Really need to read Wicked saints- I’m so curious about that villain now! And we were liars had me in floods of tears too!
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I just got Ruthless Gods, the sequel to Wicked Saints, and I just want to devour this book. I know so many people who didn’t click with it, yet here I am, totally loving it haha
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