The Stuck at Home Book Tag!

May 15, 2020

My amazing friend Ellyn wrote up a new tag recently, and I loved it so much that I had to do it ASAP. ♥ This isn’t the first amazing original tag Ellyn has created, and I hope it isn’t the last, either. If you aren’t already following her, please fix that ASAP because she is truly one of the brightest lights in my life and I adore her. ??

The Stuck at Home Book Tag rules…

  1. Thank the person who nominated you
  2. Answer all the questions down below
  3. Pingback to the creator: Ellyn @ Allonsythornraxx
  4. Nominate 5+ bloggers you’d like to know more about, to do this tag

1. what are you currently reading?

I’m writing this about a week before it goes live, so this may change by then, but I have 5 current reads: Seven Deadly Shadows, The Shadow of What Was Lost, Ghost Squad, The Unsuitable, and Red Sister.

2. what’s your favorite “can’t leave the house” activity?

I have a few: reading (duh), spending time with my family, and playing Animal Crossing New Horizons! ACNH has truly been a lifesaver for my mental health and I always spend AT LEAST an hour a day playing, but typically much more than that.

3. a book you’ve been meaning to read for forever:

Oof, I have a LOT I could put here! I’ll go with one I’m actually planning to pick up this month: The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon.

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4. an intimidating book on your TBR:

I’m actually going to copy Ellyn’s answer for this one: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell. We’re buddy reading this one soon, and I’m looking forward to it, but it’s a story that I already know is going to hit close to home, and I’m just hoping it isn’t more painful than it is enjoyable.

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5. top 3 priority books on your TBR:

My “top TBR” list changes frequently (no, really, I have a shelf on Goodreads dedicated to it and I change the books on there constantly!), so I’ll just pick 3 books I think I’ll pick up this week (and will hopefully have read by the time this post goes live):
1. City of Heavenly Fire
2. Take a Hint, Dani Brown
3. Riot Baby

6. recommend a short book:

The Check, Please! graphic novels! I just reread the 1st one and should have read the 2nd one by the time this goes up, and I love this series so much. It’s so soft and cute and gay, which I’ve come to realize is my #1 favorite combination of keywords for books. ♥

7. recommend a long book:

I know 700ish pages isn’t “long” to a lot of people, but considering most of what I read is 500pg or less, I’m going to go with one of my all-time faves: Over and Over Again by Cole McCade. It’s a suuuuper slow burn gay age gap romance involving a stoic, soft demisexual Romani silver fox of a love interest who happens to also be a goat farmer. I’ve read it 3 times and am about to give it another reread since I finally was able to order a paperback from Ripped Bodice, and I really want to tab and highlight the hell out of it. ♥

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8. something you’d love to do while stuck at home:

How about something I am fully capable of doing but haven’t done yet, and really want to? ? Cross-stitch! I ordered an adorable X-Files cross-stitch kit from my friend Cassie’s Etsy shop a little while back and keep swearing I’ll pick it up, but I haven’t done cross-stitch since I was a preteen and I’m high key nervous!

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(image credit to Cassie!)

9. what do you plan on reading next?

My library ebook hold of From Dead to Worse, book #8 in the Sookie Stackhouse series, just came in about an hour ago, so probably that!

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I tag…

Kal | Cassie | Bex | Heather | Kathy | Evelyn | and YOU!

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Just a children's librarian/horror aficionado/geek girl trying to juggle motherhood, grad school, blogging, gaming, and everyday life.

15 Comments
    1. I’m definitely doing this tag next week. Thanks for sharing! I’m really intrigued by your X-Files cross-stitch!

    1. Thanks for the tag! I also really need to pick up the mime order!

      (www.evelynreads.com)

        1. ? How many books even exist that are over 1,000 pages! (…Now I’m googling how many words in The Lord of the Rings [the first book over 1,000 pages that came to my mind] and the average length of a novel lol.)

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