I have seen a few Book Vloggers doing this tag on Youtube and I thought it was pretty neat. Since I don’t make vlogs, I’m just going to do this tag the good old fashioned way.
The idea of the Book Sacrifice Tag is to list a book (or two if you are so inclined) that you would sacrifice in all of the various scenarios.
DISCLAIMER: This tag is not meant to offend anyone or I’m not making fun of anyone that happens to like a particular book that I’m choosing to sacrifice. All of the books I choose is because I didn’t like a particular book.
So lets get to it, shall we?
Question #1: Let’s say you’re in a bookstore, just browsing, when BAM! ZOMBIE ATTACK. An announcement comes over the PA System saying that the military has discovered that the zombies’ only weakness is over-hyped books. What book that everyone else says is amazing, but you really hate do you starting throwing at the zombies, knowing that it will count as an over-hyped book and successfully wipe them out?
The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan. I found this book to be a bit of a chore which is disappointed as it consistently has good reviews on both Goodreads.com and Chapters.com. It was missing the “wow factor” to me. For the life of me, I cannot figure out what the hype about this book is all about! The author has this way of glossing over important events that left me flipping back through the story trying to figure out when something happened. The change of narrator was a bit distracting and there were many times the plot seemed to lag. I’m very glad that I borrowed this one over buying it.
Question #2: Let’s say you’ve just left the salon with a SMASHING new haircut and BOOM: Torrential downpour. What sequel to a series are you willing to use as an umbrella to protect yourself?
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. Now, as much as I make fun of the Twilight series, I did enjoy the series as a whole. Yes, most of it is fluff and yes, there is a lot of aspects of the books that really bother me but if I look past those issues, I did enjoy the series and I flew through the books in record speed. That being said, Breaking Dawn does not exist in this series for me. Meyer could have done SO much with the last book in the series and instead, she ruins it. This book is what? 800 pages? 95% of those 800 pages are just talking. And worrying. And talking. There is talk and anticipation about this big epic battle and we were pretty much led to expect that one (or more) of the Cullens were going to die but……nothing. THEY TALK IT OUT!!! The Volturi go home and everyone lives happily ever after.
And this question is going to have a second book. Because……
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris. I loved the Southern Vampire Series, granted the series started losing me after book nine but that’s besides the point. At that point, I was reading for every morsel of Eric Northman I could get. This book though? There is nothing redeemable about it. I’ve never seen a bigger “f-you” from an author than what I just read. Harris butchered one of my favourite series. Not to mention there is reference to something disturbing that is now permanently etched in my brain.
Thank you Charlaine Harris. I will never buy/read any of your other books ever again.
Question #3: A Classic: Let’s say you’re in a lecture and your English teacher is going on and on about how this classic changed the world, how it revolutionized literature and you get so sick of it that you chuck the classic right at his face because you know what? This classic is stupid and it’s worth detention just to show everyone how you feel! What Classic did you chuck?
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I’m sorry. I know this book is loved by many but I just couldn’t get through it. Jane is whiny and completely unlikeable to me not to mention I felt like I was being preached at. I don’t think I made it much past half way through the book.
Question #4: Your Least Favourite Book of Life!: Let’s say that you’re hanging out at the library when BAM global warming explodes and the world outside becomes a frozen wasteland. You’re trapped and your only chance for survival is to burn a book. What is the book you first run to, your least favourite book of all life, what book do you not fully regret lighting?
+ the other million books in the series.
I read up to book 5 or 6? I don’t know. Maybe not even that high. The series had potential. I enjoyed maybe the first two books but after that, I couldn’t stand these books. The only reason why I read as many of the books in the series as I did was because I bought the books. That’ll teach me for buying so many books in a series before knowing whether I like them or not. This series is so obviously written by a teenager. Zoey is a complete Mary Sue who is unbreakable and unable to be injured or harmed. She seems to have the solutions for everything and she practically sleeps with any man that looks in her direction. I can’t stand these books and I cringe when I pass them in the bookstore. At least I’m going to be warm by the fire as there are millions of books in this series so the fire is going to be burning for a long time!
And that’s all!!
As for tags, I’m going to tag:
1. Daydreamer: @BeauCauchemar85
2. Original Billith: @Gilded_lady
3. Denise Targaryen: @Dandelionns
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