Hey, all! Today, I’m here to steal/do The Book Sacrifice Tag, which the esteemed Liz from Out of Coffee, Out of Mind posted a couple of mo...

The Book Sacrifice Tag

Alexa Mintah

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Hey, all! Today, I’m here to steal/do The Book Sacrifice Tag, which the esteemed Liz from Out of Coffee, Out of Mind posted a couple of months ago. This one looks a blast and I’m really excited about it, so let’s go ahead and hop right down to it. :D

An Over-Hyped Book

Situation: You are in a bookstore when the zombies attack. Over the loudspeaker, you hear the military informing you that over-hyped books are the zombies’ only weakness. What over-hyped book will you chuck at the zombies?

Okay, but seriously, what kind of zombies’ weakness is over-hyped books??? Are they ex-reviewers killed by a bad review copy or something? (In that case, God rest their poor souls).

Go from about 1:00-1:20, and you'll see how this correlates.

I’m going to stop asking questions and just pick a book, because the zombies are coming and if I don’t focus, I’ll probably die.

The only really over-hyped book I can think of that I’d be comfortable throwing at a zombie is one from the Twilight series, but I don’t want to use that as an official answer, because, frankly, I mention them in tags too often (plus... I almost like the series now? It’s complicated).

However, Breaking Dawn is probably heavy enough to break off a zombie’s head. Just saying.

A Sequel

Situation: You are caught in a torrential downpour and you’re probably the type who melts when you get wet. What sequel are you willing to use as an umbrella to protect yourself?

First off, I’m not that evil, thank you very much: I do not melt when I get wet (anyone who says anything to the contrary will be banished to the island of perpetual tickling, populated by my flock of vicious turtle ducks).

But to actually answer the question:

In the interest of full disclosure, this is technically the fourth book in the series and I actually haven’t read it. But, even though Mortal Instruments isn’t my favorite, I think City of Glass ended the series pretty well and continuing it was just overkill. (Also, I scanned a summary of Fallen Angelsbefore I decided to use it for the tag and just started laughing at all the drama. So... yeah). I don’t have overwhelmingly negative feelings for it, but I wouldn’t feel bad about ruining a copy since I’m never gonna read it anyway.

A Classic

Situation: You’re in English class and your professor won’t stop going on about a classic that “revolutionized literature.” Personally, you think that classic is garbage and you decide to express your opposing opinion by hurling the book at his head. What classic is that?

So I honestly can’t imagine myself actually throwing a book at a professor’s head. Unless I genuinely thought his opinion was absolutely worthless and I was 100% done and I was going to drop the class anyway. And even then... probably not.

Anywho, I’m overthinking it. To simply answer the question:

Sorry not sorry, I hated this book. Granted, I did read it when I was about fourteen (had to for school. It bored me to death, and I was thrilled when I finally finished), so maybe my opinion would change if I read it now. But frankly, ain’t nobody got time for that. I’ve got a TBR a mile high just with the YA fantasies.

A Least Favorite Book

Situation: You’re hanging out at a bookstore (where else would you be?) when global warming somehow manages to turn the whole world into a frozen wasteland. Naturally, your only hope of survival is to burn a book. Which book would you not regret tossing onto the fire?

I loved the Maze Runner series up till this heart-murdering, Mockingjay-style, EVERYONE-YOU-LOVE-SHALL-PERISH-HORRIBLY ending. It would probably give me some form of twisted pleasure to see it burn. *half-wants to destroy it now, honestly, even though it’s been like four years since it tore out my heart, set it on fire, and danced on the barely beating remains*

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And that is the tag! This one was wicked awesome, as expected, but I do wish it was longer. If anyone has ideas for extra questions, let me know and I’ll answer them in either POTW or the comment section.

For my part, I tag Keturah, Grace, and Shar. If anyone else wants to do it, feel free! Just link to your posts in the comments, so I can find it later. :)

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