I was tagged by the awesome Becky @ Book to the Becky! I love cats! I have had a cat in my life every since the day I was born. This is truly my ideal tag!
The Rules:
- If you do this tag please credit me at Kate @ meltingpotsandothercalamities
- Answer the questions
- And tag as many people as you like!
PURR – AS CATS DO THIS WHEN THEY’RE HAPPY OR RELAXED, WHAT IS THE BOOK THAT MAKES YOU HAPPIEST OR RELAXED?
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares– One of the books that got me in to reading so it is so nostalgic for me! Just thinking about that series puts a smile on my face. I loved the movie as well!
SLEEP – WHAT IS A BOOK THAT PUT YOU TO SLEEP OR WAS JUST BORING?
Unpopular opinion but Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver. Too repetitive! I know that is the whole point but I guess that kind of book just is not for me!
TWITCH WHILE DREAMING – HAVE YOU EVER DREAMT OF A BOOK YOU READ?
Such a cliche answer but the only thing I can think of is Harry Potter! I am so bad at remembering my dreams!
SEEMS TO PLAY NICE…UNTIL THE CLAWS ARE OUT – WHICH BOOK HAD THE BIGGEST PLOT TWIST?
I am going to say Life of Pi by Yann Martel! I truly did not see that end coming! It was brilliant!
CUDDLES – WHICH BOOK CHARACTER WOULD YOU GIVE A HUG TO?
Boo Radley from To Kill a Mockingbird. He is one of my favourite characters and there were many times while reading the book where I just wanted to hug him!
CATNIP – WHAT’S A BOOK THAT MADE YOU HAVE WARM AND FUZZY FEELS?
Most recently definitely To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han! It is such a cute and adorable book. My cheeks hurt from smiling!
CAT BREEDS – WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS?
Same answer as always- Cannery Row by John Steinbeck!
THE VET’S OFFICE – YOUR LEAST FAVORITE BOOK:
Almost Moon by Alice Sebold- just no this book was not for me!
BEING IN PLACES THEY SHOULDN’T – LEAST FAVORITE CLICHE:
I despise the trope where a character is suffering from some kind of physical or mental illness and suddenly overcomes this when they meet a love interest- I am looking at you Everything, Everything!
FINAL QUESTION: THE GOOD OLD CARDBOARD BOX – MOST UNDERRATED BOOK SERIES:
I am going to go with Blood of Eden series by Julie Kagawa! I never hear anyone talk about it but it is my favourite vampires series!
One of my favourite tags! If you adore cats then I officially tag you!
Bonus picture of Maggie, my beloved cat!
Your kitty is so cute!!
Thank you! She has made me in to a crazy cat lady!! 🐱🐈
Your cat is so cute! I loved reading all of your answers. I’m also not a big fan of the love interest fixing the disease trope.
Awww Maggie is so cute! I haven’t read Everything Everything but I absolutely loathe that trope as well so I just have no interest in it.
Thank you! 😊
It is a horrible trope! If that bothers you than definitely skip it!!
Awww! What a fun tag!!!! The end of Life of Pi took me completely by surprise too, and I even knew there was going to be some kind of big twist at the end. Love love LOVE that book!
It is fun!
It was such a powerful ending! Amazing book!
This is such a cute tag and I love your answers!
I read Everything Everything recently and I remembered liking it because it was such a fast read and the characters have chemistry. But after reading some reviews and also this post I do agree that “girl with disability/illness meets boy, love solves all problems” is cliched and unrealistic, and is probably not the message that we want to send to girls out there who do have an illness. I also don’t know how I feel about that sudden plot twist 90% in…
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks Sophie!
I was enjoying Everything, Everything until the twist happened and I started to realize the problems that I had with the book. The twist was such a cop out! The characters did have amazing chemistry though and I can see why so many people like it!
The thing that makes me conflicted about the plot twist is that there are hints sprinkled throughout the book, so looking back it is not completely out of the blue. And also working in a hospital it IS very very very rare to have bubble boy disease, and that the alternative is actually more common. So it almost made sense that the plot twist happened. But I agree that it is a cop out… kind of a deus ex machina haha.
The whole time I was reading it I was hoping that wasn’t what was going to happen! I would have actually been more surprised if the author didn’t go that route!
Haha I see! I was completely taken by surprise and did not see that coming XD
This is such a cute tag!! I actually smiled as I read through this post and I felt like seeing all those cat photos was just a bonus.
I actually thought I was the only one who didn’t particularly like Everything Everything (I read a few negative reviews on Goodreads but haven’t seen a negative review about it in a blog post).
This tag is so adorable! I love cats so much, but I can’t have my own until I move out in a few years 🙁 I love To Kill a Mockingbird, and Boo is such an underrated character, but he is so lovely and definitely agree, I would want to hug him too!
Isn’t is a cute tag? Boo really is underrated!
I accidentally got spoiled on Everything, Everything right when I was starting the book… so I couldn’t read it… my enthusiasm for it went through the floor 😭 I can’t even bemoan the book because I never read it! ❤️♥️ great answers!
This tag is so cute! Cats and book recommendations – what could be better!? 🙂
It is so true!! 🐱