Happy (early) Thanksgiving to those of you in the United States (and anywhere else you may be celebrating)! 🦃 I did this Thanksgiving book tag in 2022 and 2023 and thought it’d be fun to continue the tradition with choices from books I’ve read this year. Thank you to Anna’s Book Nook for creating this tag!

The Rules

• Thank the person who nominated you
• Give credit to the author (Annasbooknook)
• Answer the prompts
• Tag others if you desire!

The Questions

1) Friends and Family: A Book with Characters that Feel Like Family

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank had such a great found family in it. Twyla and Frank felt like they could have easily been my parents, and I thought it was adorable the way Frank adopted the baby dragon. This was one of my favorite books of the year so far, and I definitely wish I was a part of Twyla and Frank’s family.

2) Fallen Leaves: A Book that Fell Flat (didn’t meet your expectations)

A Darker Mischief just did not work for me at all. I was so excited to read it and wanted to love a new queer dark academia story. This one just was not for me. You can read all about why in my review.

3) Thanksgiving Dinner: A Book You Want to Read Every Year During This Season

I’ve barely re-read anything this year, which is kind of a bummer because I’d love to re-visit some of my favorites. Although, I do always get a hankering to read Over Sea, Under Stone around this time of the year in preparation for my annual re-read of The Dark Is Rising in December.

4) Turkey: A Book With a Bird in It

I struggled to remember if any of my books this year had a bird in them. I think there was a phoenix in Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White. So, I’m going to go with it for this prompt. I enjoyed this duology conclusion and will be on the lookout for whatever Zhao writes next.

5) Ham: A Book that Made Your Eyes Glaze Over (Boring)

The Darkness Before Them bored me to tears. I’m not quite sure why, but I just could not stay focused on it. There was interesting stuff going on. I just didn’t really connect with any of it.

6) Dinner Rolls: A Book that Melted Your Heart and Made You Feel Warm

Cat Sebastian is a new favorite author of mine. I’ve yet to find a book of hers that I didn’t love. You Should Be So Lucky was no exception. I fell in love with these characters so much and fully committed to wanting them to get their happily ever after.

7) Mashed Potatoes: A Book With a White Cover

Navola has one of my favorite covers of the year. It is super simple, but the white background with the red eye that just pops out is absolute PERFECTION. I liked this book, but I did find myself wishing there was a bit more fantasy to it.

8) Gravy: A Book You’re not Totally Sure Why You Love, but You Do

The Book of Love is a book that I don’t remember that much about. lol. I know I enjoyed it and remember thinking it was really weird. I really cannot pin down exactly what I loved about it, though.

9) Pumpkin Pie: A Dessert Book That You Love

I never know how to answer this prompt. One year I picked a book that was sickeningly sweet. Another year, I chose a book that was a guilty pleasure. This year I’ve decided to pick Odd Spirits because it was the perfect prequel addition that provided great context to the events in the first book. That’s kind of how I view dessert, a delicious extra tacked on to the main parts of the meal. So, this prequel novella fits that bill perfectly. 🙂

Bonus: Black Friday: The Top 5 Books on Your “I want to buy them” List

I’ve tried to decrease my book buying for the last month or two because I’ve been moving. So, I actually have some books on my ‘want to buy’ list this year. Usually, I just buy what I want whenever I want it, which I’m sure will be the case again once we get settled in Illinois and I finish putting together my library room.

Witch Queen of Redwinter by Ed McDonald, Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne, Love Immortal by Kit Vincent, The City in Glass by Nghi Vo, Warlords of Wyrdwood by RJ Barker

I Tag

Anyone who wants to participate. So, if you’re bored, feel free to have some fun and consider yourself tagged. Otherwise, bookmark it until next year!

That’s it for this year’s Thanksgiving book tag! I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving full of good food and great times.

Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the United States (and anywhere else you may be celebrating)! 🦃 I did this tag last year and thought it’d be fun to repeat with choices from books I’ve read this year. Thank you to Anna’s Book Nook for creating this tag!

The Rules

• Thank the person who nominated you
• Give credit to the author (Annasbooknook)
• Answer the prompts
• Tag others if you desire!

The Questions

1) Friends and Family: A Book with Characters that Feel Like Family

Only This Beautiful Moment follows three generations of Iranian American men on the cusp of adulthood. I learned so much about Iran and what it means to be queer there from this book. By the end, I felt like part of their family, and this one is a huge contender for my favorite book of the year.

2) Fallen Leaves: A Book that Fell Flat (didn’t meet your expectations)

The Three-Body Problem was interesting, but the structure of the narrative just didn’t work for me. I was so excited to read it because of all the hype around the series, but I definitely won’t be reading the rest of the series.

3) Thanksgiving Dinner: A Book You Want to Read Every Year During This Season

I don’t re-read certain things by season, and I rarely re-read anything at all because there’s always so much great new stuff being released. I’ve been in the mood to re-read A Marvellous Light (and the other two books in the series), Jade City (and the other two books in the series), and The Darkness Outside Us. I have a special edition of the latter coming in the mail soon and plan to re-read it when I get it.

4) Turkey: A Book With a Bird in It

The Raven Boys and its sequels were the first books that came to mind for this prompt. Chainsaw was such a great animal companion.

5) Ham: A Book that Made Your Eyes Glaze Over (Boring)

I wanted to DNF Immortal Longings so bad, but I somehow made it through it. I was so excited to read it, too, but it just did not capture my interest at all.

6) Dinner Rolls: A Book that Melted Your Heart and Made You Feel Warm

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute was ADORABLE. I had so much fun reading this book and laughed so much. It definitely warmed my heart.

7) Mashed Potatoes: A Book With a White Cover

Academy Arcanist was a cute start to a fantasy series with such great creature companions. Different for Boys was a really cool mix of illustration and story that explored the queer experience of boys. These are very different books, but they both were really great in their own ways.

8) Gravy: A Book You’re not Totally Sure Why You Love, but You Do

The Navigating Fox was a recent read that I enjoyed quite a bit. Although, I’m not quite sure why. lol. It was weird, with talking animals and humans living side by side. The messaging and symbols felt super important, though, as if I was reading something profound guarded by the absurdity of it all.

9) Pumpkin Pie: A Dessert Book That You Love

Last year I answered this prompt with a sickeningly sweet book that I adore. This year I’ve decided to take a different approach by choosing a series of books that are guilty pleasures. I started reading some more manga this year, and one of my favorites was On or Off. This story was steamy with graphic depictions of sex, and I came away from them feeling a little dirty, which is half the fun. 🙂

Bonus: Black Friday: The Top 5 Books on Your “I want to buy them” List

As I said last year, I don’t really have a list because I typically just buy a book when I want it (or borrow it from the library, if available). So, instead I’m going to list the last five books I bought on a whim…

Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft, Emmett by L.C. Rosen, Fangirl (10th Anniversary Edition) by Rainbow Rowell, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

I Tag

Anyone who wants to participate. I recognize that today is Thanksgiving. So, if you’re bored, feel free to have some fun and consider yourself tagged. Otherwise, bookmark it until next year!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving full of good food and great times. I’ve already stuffed myself full of turkey, ham, and too many sides. I think it is time for a nap…

Gobble, gobble! 🦃 Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the United States (and anywhere else you may be celebrating)! I’ve been wanting to do another book tag and thought a holiday themed tag would be fun. So, I scoured the inter-webs to find one. Luckily, Anna’s Book Nook created one a few years ago.

The Rules

• Thank the person who nominated you
• Give credit to the author (Annasbooknook)
• Answer the prompts
• Tag others if you desire!

The Questions

1) Friends and Family: A Book with Characters that Feel Like Family

I don’t know what it was about the Green Bone Saga, but I fell in love with the Kaul family almost immediately. I laughed and cried so much as their family went through its ups and downs, and it felt as if I was a part of their family experiencing everything alongside them.

2) Fallen Leaves: A Book that Fell Flat (didn’t meet your expectations)

I had really high hopes for this duology, but it just did not work for me. It had so much potential, but the annoying protagonist coupled with the focus on the love triangle just squandered it. Don’t get me started on the ending. It was awful. Needless to say, these definitely fell flat.

3) Thanksgiving Dinner: A Book You Want to Read Every Year During This Season

I don’t really do a ton of re-reading and have no books that I read every year during this season. However, these three books are at the top of my re-read TBR right now. One day I’ll get back to them again…

4) Turkey: A Book With a Bird in It

This book had a parrot and its cage at the center of a bunch of mayhem on a boat. There was also murder, mystery, magic, and lots of sapphic goodness. 🙂

5) Ham: A Book that Made Your Eyes Glaze Over (Boring)

I don’t often DNF books, but I could not make it through this one. The writing was tedious and confusing to read, and I didn’t find the characters interesting at all.

6) Dinner Rolls: A Book that Melted Your Heart and Made You Feel Warm

This YA romcom was so sweet it completely melted my heart. I loved its focus on queer joy and just had a wonderful time reading the types of interactions I wish I had when I was a teen.

7) Mashed Potatoes: A Book With a White Cover

These are two of my fantasy faves from this year so far. Both of them were thrilling adventures and should be on the TBR of every fantasy fan.

8) Gravy: A Book You’re not Totally Sure Why You Love, but You Do

This short book was SO weird, and I didn’t have a clue what was going on for a significant portion of the story. lol. The weirdness gave it a charm that I cannot really put into words, though, and it ended up being a 5-star read for me.

9) Pumpkin Pie: A Dessert Book That You Love

I’d not heard of the term ‘dessert book’ before this tag. I’m taking it to mean a sickeningly sweet book, and I can think of no better book than The House in the Cerulean Sea. I adore this book so much and love its genuine found family vibes.

Bonus: Black Friday: The Top 5 Books on Your “I want to buy them” List

I’m about to shock all of you with my answer to this one. At the moment, I don’t have any books on my ‘want to buy them’ list. Why? I’ve already bought them. lol. I’m very impulsive and buy whatever books I want to read mostly on a whim. I also utilize the library a lot and ARCs, of course. Will this keep me from perusing Black Friday sales. Nope. 😂 But at least I won’t be going in with a list. Although, maybe that’s even worse…

I Tag

Anyone who wants to participate. I recognize that today is Thanksgiving. So, if you’re bored, feel free to have some fun and consider yourself tagged. Otherwise, bookmark it until next year!