Friday 25 November 2016

Christmas Book Tag (ORIGINAL)


Christmas is a month away! That's exciting for some and terrifying for others, and I definitely fall into the former category. I love Christmas. I love the atmosphere and the carols and the cheesy songs and the lovely movies and the warm fuzzy feeling it gives me.

So to celebrate I've created my very own Christmas Book Tag. I feel I should say I'm sure there are other such tags out there, but this is one I've made entirely on my own and if there are any similarities to any other tags I promise that's pure coincidence.

I'll tag a few people once I've given my own answers, but whether you're tagged or not please feel free to do this tag and share the festive love!




I have to go with Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop by Jenny Colgan. It's cheesy and festive and lovely; I read it over Christmas a couple of years ago and really enjoyed the experience.




I didn't really like The Great Zoo of China that much - which is a shame because it's essentially Jurassic Park but with dragons - but it was a shamelessly fun, quick read. If you want to know my thoughts in more detail you can check out my review here!



I don't know why, but I feel like Taylor Swift's 'Style' would be a great movie. It's one of my favourite songs from 1989 and something about it always makes me think there must be a bigger story someone can write in there somewhere; the lyrics make me think it'd be a great movie about a pair of doomed lovers who appear in different incarnations every century throughout history.



Sofia Khan is Not Obliged features a heroine who is a practicing muslim, and it's one of the best contemporary novels I've read in a long while. Check out my review here!



I have to go with The Disreputable Dog from The Old Kingdom series, who first appears in Lirael as Lirael's much-needed companion. She's so much fun and I love her, although Mogget is a very close second.



I read Burial Rites over new year a couple of years ago and it was the perfect read for those cold winter months. The setting was one of my favourite parts of Hannah Kent's debut - it was as much a character as all the people within it - and she writes those bleak, Icelandic landscapes beautifully.



Maia is one of my favourite fictional characters from one of my favourite books of all time. I adore The Goblin Emperor, it's like Rivendell meets the Tudor court, and when I was poorly with quinsy earlier this year the thing that comforted me most was curling up in bed and listening to the audiobook. If you haven't picked this up yet, I highly recommend that you do!



There are plenty I could have chosen, but I've always had a soft spot for The Secret Garden. I adored the 1993 adaptation when I was little and I finally read the book for my Popular Victorian Fiction module at university and loved it. I love Mary Lennox; she's grumpy and heartwarming, and a very good gardener to boot!



I'm still not over it.



I'm sure my lovely friend Natalie @ A Sea Change won't be too impressed with my choice, knowing how much she loved this book, but Uprooted was one of those books I really had to struggle through to finish. I liked a lot of things about it but the writing style and I just didn't get along very well which is a real shame, but I'd like to try more of Naomi Novik's work in future.



Okay so The Nutcracker certainly isn't without adaptations. Not only is it one of the most famous ballets around, but it also has numerous film adaptations - I just haven't found one I've completely fallen in love with yet. I want an adaptation that's nostalgic rather than juvenile; I'm a big fan of slightly creepy fairy stories, so I'd love to see someone like Henry Selick direct a stop motion adaptation of it.



I think The Good Immigrant is such an important book right now, so I'm hoping to get my hands on a copy of it over the Christmas period! Then again, there are a bunch of other books I want to get my hands on, too...

If you'd like to have a go at this tag then please do! I'd love to know what your answers would be. For now I'm going to go ahead and tag:

10 comments:

  1. This is SO FUN. I have to do this because I LOVE IT. So creative, you are! I am not over Feed either- thanks for that, by the way ;) Burial Rites sounds so good, I definitely need to get that one. And sadness that you didn't like Uprooted! I haven't read it yet actually, because I am scared of the hype monster. One of these days though! Thanks so much for tagging me, too, I am super excited to do it! I have to think about my answers now!

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    1. Thanks, Shannon! Yay! I'm so glad to have inflicted Feed on more people. ;) I didn't completely dislike Uprooted, it just wasn't completely for me either. It's still worth reading, though! I'm looking forward to seeing your answers. ^_^

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    2. So I am doing this right now, getting my post together, and wanted to see your order, and I read it again. And I finished Uprooted. And girl, I FEEL YOU. I am so sad that I agree but... I agree :( Like I didn't HATE it, just like you said, I just... was underwhelmed.

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    3. Yay, I can't wait to see your answers! I'm glad I'm not the only one - it's weird, right? It's not a bad book, it's just not as great as it feels it should be either...

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  2. This is SUCH a fun tag! I need to find time to do it before Christmas for sure :D I agree with Lirael and the Disreputable Dog - though I probably would go for Mogget - even if he isn't a real cat LOL! I just love him but then again I'm a cat lady hahaha! I love all Taylor Swift so I get that choice too: something about her songs...they're like stories, they're so REAL. ♥ And LOVE The Secret Garden!! I still need to read The Goblin Emperor though. Thanks for the tag :D

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    1. Thanks, Micheline! ^_^ I'd love to see your answers.

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  3. I am really excited for Christmas!! LOVED YOUR TAG. (Maybe I will do it?)
    Prabhleen @ Booksarelife987

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  4. This is sucha good idea. Maybe if I have time I'll do this on my blog too. Way to be creative!

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