my top 5 characters who deserve a spot on Santa's naughty list.
1. Jacob Black
2. Draco Malfoy
3. Scarlet O'Hara
4. Eadlyn Schreave
5. Henry Wotton
Let me know in the comments below!
Hiya! Time for another Top 5 Wednesday. This week, it's time to talk about my top 5 characters who deserve a spot on Santa's naughty list. 1. Jacob BlackSorry, all you die hard members of Team Jacob out there. He's just one character who rubs me the wrong way. He started out nice enough, but as the books went on, he irritated me more and more by the way he tried to "make" Bella choose him. The heart wants what it wants. Leave the lady alone and quit being all immature about everything. Plus, anger issues out the wazoo! You're on the top of Santa's naughty list. Enjoy your coal, fool! 2. Draco MalfoyWe all know that Santa hates Draco. But don't worry, his parents were rich so I'm sure he still had plenty of presents under the tree. During this year's reread of Harry Potter, I surprised myself by yelling out loud to my book: "Oh, BLEEP off, Draco!" Two seconds later, in the book, Harry tells Draco to go away. He's such a little weasel. 3. Scarlet O'HaraPossibly the most selfish characters in all of literature, Scarlet O'Hara makes Santa's naughty list for sure. She stole her sisters man for money, was a pretty bad mother and wouldn't know true love if it smacked her across the face. That's just a fraction of the naughty things she did in Gone With The Wind. Fiddle dee dee, Scarlet! Straighten up and be good for once. But don't worry, I still love ya, you goose! 4. Eadlyn SchreaveIf you've read The Selection series by Kiera Cass, I'm sure you hated Eadlyn just as much as everyone else did. It was actually a shock to the system to go from book 1-3 to The Heir and The Crown and be abruptly introduced to America's satanic spawn of a daughter. She must have been spoiled rotten because that girl was a bad egg. Look deep into her demonic eyes and be afraid. Be very afraid! 5. Henry WottonIn The Picture of Dorian Gray, at first I liked Henry Wotton. He had a very straight-forward, tell-it-like-it-is attitude. It soon becomes apparent that he is a terrible influence on the young and impressionable Dorian, though. Henry seems to want to live his sins vicariously through Dorian and ultimately leads him down the path of darkness that ends up to be his own undoing. For that reason, Henry goes on the naughty list for sure. Who are your top 5 characters that you'd want to put on the naughty list? Let me know in the comments below! Guten tag. It's time for another book tag. I found this one over at Dual Reads. Feel free to tag yourself and anyone else you think may be interested in doing this one. 1. A fictional family you would like to spend Christmas dinner withWhat other answer even is there for this one other than the Weasleys from the Harry Potter books? There is so much love in that family it oozes out more than a troll oozes bogies. You just know that Mrs. Weasley would pile your plate up ten times with all the best grub. And Arthur would be at the head of the table telling dad jokes and asking me silly Muggle questions like whether or not the food in the fridge restocks itself. Fred and George would probably try and slip me a tongue ton toffee at one point. Charlie could entertain me with stories about working with dragons. Ginny would whisper witty comments to me under her breath. Ron would gross me out, eating with his mouth open while he prattles on about the Chudley Cannons. And Bill would just sit there looking all cool with his pony tail and earring. Percy would tell me off for putting my elbows on the table. What a prat. What a night. 2. A bookish item that you would like to receive as a giftI really want a new bookish mug for my tea. I found a cool one but I don't want to pay as much as they're asking. It's $17 and I'm a cheapskate. Therefore, I'll pass. For some reason, I associate mugs with books. Don't ask me why. 3. A fictional character that you think would make the perfect christmas elf
4. Match a book to its perfect Christmas song5. A book or character that you've been disappointed in that you think deserves a spot on the naughty list
6. A book or character that you think deserves more love and appreciation and deserves to be on the nice list
7. Red, Gold, and Green: A book cover that has a wonderfully christmassy feel to it8. A book or series that you love so much that you want everyone to find under their Christmas tree this year
What's an under-hyped book that you love and feel needs more love? Let me know in the comments below! I found this tag over at That Artsy Reader Girl. What's your favorite Christmas song? Mine is Silent Night. :) 1. “All I Want for Christmas Is You”: Name your favorite bookish couple.I'm going to say Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett. They had such great chemistry together. I just wish there would have been more of them loving each other in Pride & Prejudice, since we got to see so much of them hating one another at first. 2. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”: Name a book where a character is away from home (school, vacation, etc.).The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien is all about a homebody little hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who takes an epic adventure outside his door. It's also a really great book (though, in my opinion, not even 1/1000th as amazing as the book that came after). 3. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”: Name your favorite “little” book (children’s book, short story, novella, etc.).
4. “Santa Claus is Coming to Town“: What book(s) do you hope Santa brings you this year?Santa Claus (a.k.a. my family) knows that I love books but A) thinks I have too many as it is and B) wouldn't know which ones I want, so I will be picking out my own books for Christmas. Actually, I already have. Teehee. They're all wrapped and nestled safely under the tree. I'm not saying what they are until AFTER Christmas though. ;) 5. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”: Which book turned your nose red? (made you cry)Any book where a dog dies. Most notably The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks and A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron. I refuse to read Marley & Me because I watched the movie and I don't think I could survive that amount of sadness a second time. 6. “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”: What’s your favorite book to read during the holidays? (re-read? or a specific genre?)I'm a weirdo who judges the mood and feel of a book off of the cover, so during the holidays, I like to read books that have a wintery feel to the cover. Anything snowy or blue or white usually draws me towards it this time of the year. Here's an example of a book I want to read this winter because of the wintery look of the cover: 7. “We Three Kings”: What’s your favorite trilogy?In order to not keep repeating the same answers over and over again in all of my tags, I'm not going to go with my all time favorite trilogy this time around. I'm going to go with one of my favorites: The Cahill Witch Chronicles by Jessica Spotswood. If you love witches and flowery, melodic writing, I think you'd love this series as well. 8. “Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow”: Which character would you not mind being snowed in with?9. “Last Christmas”: Which book seriously let you down?Ahaha. The let down of the year was definitely The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman. You can see why it didn't work for me by checking out my review on Goodreads. I hope that the next book in this series isn't as bad as this one. It was a genuine struggle to get through. 10. “White Christmas”: Which upcoming release are you dreaming of?That's it for today. See you later, fellow book nerds! Bah humbug! Today's topic for Top 5 Wednesday has me searching the bowels of my shrunken little heart for things that bug the crap out of me in the bookish world. That's right. Not everything is peaches and sunshine. Here are my top 5 bookish things that I'm a mean, old Grinch about. 1. The Status QuoThere seems to be this pressure among the bookish community to read what's popular. And not just read it, but love it too. There have been so many extremely hyped books that I've read in the past few years that I thought were going to be 5/5 favorites because of the amount of love they get on Goodreads, Booktube and Bookstagram. Half the time, these books end up being just okay or even kinda crappy to me. I then feel bad if I give it a bad rating because I don't want to lose any friends or followers for hating up on their beloved books. I just wish that more people in our community would read some less popular and older books as well. It feels like there's this pressure to be caught up on all the new releases, and then you don't have time to get to older books that you may love even more. It's rough. 2. Superhero overloadThis one goes for both books and movies. In the past decade, superhero stories have risen extremely in popularity. Some are great, most are uncalled for. I'm not a huge superhero fan (although I do love me some Guardians of the Galaxy) and I definitely don't want to read dozens of books or watch hundreds of movies on the same topic. I hope that this fad doesn't last too long. It would be nice to have more original ideas, and less copycats of whatever is popular at the moment. 3. Parents Don't ExistDo you ever read a YA book and wonder where the heck all the parents are? Maybe they make a 10 second appearance at one point. Maybe they died when the hero was just a wee lass. The point is, 9 times out of 10, they are nowhere to be found or just plain useless. In the books, the teens will sneak out and have an epic adventure. The parents will be none the wiser. In real life, my mom would never let me sneak out, let alone hunt down an evil emperor and singlehandedly free a nation of oppressed zombie warriors. At least in Harry Potter, Mrs. Weasley was there to fight for Ginny. 4. They all grow up too fastIn real life, 16 years old is young. Very young. In some places, you're not even old enough to drive or get a job or vote or be trusted to do pretty much anything on your own really. In YA books, 16-year-olds (and all teens really) think that they are fully grown for some reason. They are ready to fight to the death or make major life decisions because they fell in instalove and let's get real. Real 16-year-olds probably aren't even responsible enough to grocery shop on their own, let alone save the entire universe or marry a vampire. 5. Everybody's sexyGah, this one pees me off so bad. It seems like these days, authors think that nobody will take a character seriously as a hero or heroine unless they are gorgeous. I'm so sick of all the hunks and hotties I could scream. Give me a character with some actual character, not just a cookie cutter clone of generic sexy love interest #1. At least in Jane Eyre, Mr. Rochester was a dog-faced wretch and Jane was plain. That's all for this week's rant. lol Join me again next week where I promise to be more positive and less bitter! The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell - 5/5 Stars “Wolves are the witches of the animal world.” God, I just love Katherine Rundell's writing. It's so beautiful and magical and other-worldly. She truly has a gift with words. She can transport the reader out of the mundane world and into a little slice of magic like no other. 5 billion stars. This is now my second read of the year by this author and both have been 5 star reads for me. And if you know me, you'll know I'm kind of picky. I don't just toss out 5 stars like candy at a parade. A book really has to earn it from me. This book did not disappoint. This was a simple, yet powerful little story about bravery and the power of friendship. It's set in snowy Russia and features some pretty adorable characters with a lot of personality and even more heart. Even though it was written for children, the author keeps it real. She doesn't dumb it down for kids. In fact, there are even some pretty dark events that take place in this book. Expect to find a few drops of bright red blood in the pure white snowy landscape. Expect to love it even so. Read this book. Or any of the author's other books. You owe it to yourself. You deserve it. Wow! It's December already! Did you get your Christmas shopping done yet? I did. Got an early start this year and it paid off. I was able to get my family more than I expected and I'm glad. Hopefully they like everything. Anywho, this book tag seemed pretty perfect for this time of year since All I Want For Christmas Is Books. 1. What fictional character do you want Santa to leave under your Christmas tree?
2. What character do you want to kiss under the mistletoe?I think that Rhett Butler from Gone With The Wind would be a good smoocher. I love his attitude in the book. He don't take no shit from anybody. He's got attitude for days and I love him for it. I wish they would have picked someone hotter to play him in the movie, though. They should remake it with a smexy modern day heartthrob. 3. You write your Christmas list for Santa. what are the top 5 books on it?Oh, only 5? Too easy. I could list 20 books I want, easy. :P 1. Wicked Like A Wildfire by Lana Popovic 2. Whichwood by Tahereh Mafi 3. Of Fire And Stars by Audrey Coulthurst 4. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas 5. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Cover buys. The whole lot of them. 4. It’s secret santa at Hogwarts. what do you most want to receive?I mean chocolate's always good. I'll take some fudge flies, chocolate frogs, a bar of Honeyduke's best. You name it. If it's brown and sweet, I'll eat it. Better yet, just give me like a gift card to Honeyduke's and I'll be happy. 5. You get to the spend the day with the characters and movie adaptation actors from one fandom, what do you pick?Cool. Lord of the Rings, please! I want to dance with some hobbits and find out what Second Breakfast is all about. I could also visit the elves and ride on an Oliphaunt. Ooh, and I'd get to chill with Tom Bombadil! That would be the best day ever. Plus, who wouldn't wanna spend the day with this cool bunch of dudes from the cast? 6. What fictional animal would you like to replace Rudolph and be able to meet on your roof? 7. You invite 10 fictional characters to your new years eve party, who do you pick?Woohoo! Party! I'm inviting: 1. Luna Lovegood (fellow weirdos unite!) 2. Ginny Weasley (love her sense of humor) 3-4. Merry & Pippin (fun little fools) 5. Gandalf (he better bring the fireworks) 6-7. Fred & George Weasley (the terrible twins) 8. Mia Thermopolis (somebody's gotta be more awkward than me) 9. Eragon (because I want a freaking dragon at my party. u jealous?) 10. Greg Gaines (he would definitely make me laugh all night long.) 8. What character would make a good santa (Doesn’t have to be appearance, personality counts too)? For some reason I pictured like a grumpy mall Santa and for that I chose George Cubbins from the Lockwood & Co. series. If you're familiar with the series, you'll know that George is fat and slobby and generally unjolly as can be - just like most underpaid Santas you find in the mall. I find the thought of George letting a bunch of snot nosed kids onto his lap hilarious. He would hate it so much. That's all the questions. Feel free to do the tag yourself! :) The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 4/5 Stars Do you ever read a book and love it so much that it instantly becomes one of your all-time favorites and then all the rest of the books that you read right after it pale in comparison? Well, that's what's happened to me since reading Gone With The Wind recently. I feel like, if I hadn't been so enamored with that book, this one would have easily gotten 5 stars out of me. As it is, I'm giving it a 4/5 solid gold shiny stars. This was a very good book, with a super special sentimental and beautiful ending. It almost had me crying at one point. The beginning half was a little rough for me though. It started out very slowly and kept leaning a bit towards the sappy side of things but then at about the 50% mark things got very, very exciting and I couldn't put the book down. There are so many books about World War II. I can't say that this is the best one I've ever read. What I can say, though, is that this one was beautifully written. I very much appreciated the focus on the strength of the women, instead of most war stories, which are centered around the men. War sucks and it is hard on everybody. I'm glad that there are books like this out there that show both sides of the story. All that being said, I think that this book would make an awesome movie. I could picture myself loving it even more if it were acted out in front of my eyes. That would probably help me to become more emotionally invested into the characters. Come hell or high water I'm going to get to the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson this month. I'm tired of being intimidated by their hefty girth. I'm ready to see what all the fuss is about. Other than that, I'd like to get to a few shorter ones this month as well. The Wolf Wilder is a middle grade story by one of my favorite writers, Katherine Rundell. Both The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist are the books I am slated to read for my bookclub on Goodreads in December. They're both under 300 pages, so they should be a breeze. If there is time I'd like to get to one more classic this year: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. What are you most looking forward to reading before the end of the year? Have you reached your Goodreads challenge for the year? |
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