The Ultimate Book Tag (Collaboration with The Drowsy Reader)

Since I have been doing a lot of reading as part of the book challenge I figured why not do a book tag? So The Drowsy Reader and I are participating in the Ultimate Book Tag posted by The Belle Lumiere.  

Book Q&A Rules
1. Post these rules

2. Post a photo of your favorite book cover

3. Answer the questions below

4. Tag a few people to answer them too

5. Go to their blog/twitter and tell them you've tagged them

6. Make sure you tell the person who tagged you that you've taken part!

Favorite book cover 

    

What are you reading right now? One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak  and How to be Parisian Wherever You are: Love Style & Bad Habits

Do you have any idea what you’ll read when you’re done with that? Yes. Probably Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me and hopefully pick a 500 pages book. 

What 5 books have you always wanted to read but haven’t got round to? The Silmarillion, The Cuckoo's Calling, Viper Wine, Roulette and The Once and Future King. 

What magazines do you have in your bathroom/lounge right now? I don't read magazines. 

What’s the worst book you've ever read? The Chocolate War

What book seemed really popular but you didn't like? The Goldfinch 

What’s the one book you always recommend to just about everyone? Harry Potter 

What are your three favorite poems? The Road Not Taken by Robert Frosts, Invictus by William Ernest Henley, A Book by Emily Dickinson.

Where do you usually get your books? Library 

Where do you usually read your books? In the train/bus or in my bedroom. 

When you were little, did you have any particular reading habits? I've always been a pretty fast reader so when I was little if I had classroom reading, I would read things twice to buy time. 

What’s the last thing you stayed up half the night reading because it was so good you couldn't put it down? Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows. 

Have you ever “faked” reading a book? Moby Dick. Oh High School American Lit ... I had to read it AND watch it at the same time. 

Have you ever bought a book just because you liked the cover? Yes, I do it all the time. 

What was your favorite book when you were a child? Number the Stars by Lois Lawry

What book changed your life? The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien 

What is your favorite passage from a book?

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.” 
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Don't let the muggles get you down.

― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

What are your top five favorite authors? J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jane Austen, F, Scott Fitzgerald and Catherine McKenzie 

What book has no one heard about but should read? The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart

What 3 books are you an “Evangelist” for? Harry Potter books + The Lord of the Rings

What are your favorite books by a first-time author? 
One more thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak 
Someday, Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham 

What is your favorite classic book? Books by Tolkien, Jane Austen and Shakespeare Plays. 

Five other notable mentions? The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Selection by Kiera Cass, The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne, Forgotten by Catherine McKenzie and The Rich and the Dead by Liv Spector.

Again since this is a collab with The Drowsy Reader, head on over to her blog to see her answers. I am loving this literary kick I'm in right now and hopefully I don't get burnt out before the end of the year. 

Until next time,