I Dare You #Booktag

 

We decided to do this book tag after the fabtastic @Paperfury did it over at her blog. Go check out her blog if you haven’t already!

1. WHAT BOOK HAS BEEN ON YOUR SHELVES THE LONGEST?

Raven: I had to look at my goodreads shelf for this and apparently Son of Sobek by Rick Riordan has been on my shelf since January 4, 2014…

Beez: *Denial*

2. What is your current read, your last read, and the book you’ll read next?

Raven: My current read is The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis, my last read was Endless Night by Agatha Christie, and I think I might read Esper Files: The Sky Cult by Egan Brass next.

Beez: Currently reading- 50 books none of which I remember, last read I remember- Skippy dies by Paul Murray, next- none. (because I killed Skippy and they’re going to find me from under the 50 books I’m currently reading.)

3. WHAT BOOK DID EVERYONE LIKE, BUT YOU HATED?

Raven: I’m can’t name one because

Beez: No book is liked by everyone.

4. WHAT BOOK DO YOU KEEP TELLING YOURSELF YOU’LL READ, BUT YOU PROBABLY WON’T?

Raven: Oh wow… I probably won’t end up reading all of the 586 books on my Goodreads shelf. And no that number is not a joke.

{Beez: Mine is more than a 1000!!!! I’m not crying what is all this water??!?

Raven: She is not lying you guys. She has 1,086 books on her to-read shelf on GR}

Beez: All of them.

5. WHICH BOOK ARE YOU SAVING FOR RETIREMENT?

Raven: *See below*

Beez: None because I’m dying soon and I’m not even working full time yet.

6. LAST PAGE: DO YOU READ IT FIRST OR WAIT TO THE END?

Raven: Only monsters read the last page first and while I am a monster, I can’t stoop to that level.

Beez: I don’t know, what do you do?! *frustrated* Even if I did read the last page first, it wouldn’t make much sense or have any impact BEFORE the book. What’s the point mate?

7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: ARE THEY A WASTE OF PAPER AND INK OR INTERESTING?

Raven: Acknowledgements let me know humans made the beauty that I hold in my hands.

Beez: NO THEY’RE LOVELY.

8. WHICH BOOK CHARACTER WOULD YOU SWITCH PLACES WITH?

Raven: Blue Sargent because of dem bois and also the latin speaking trees, the magic and the psychic powers but mostly da bois.

Beez: All of them. (Really, I read mostly realistic and this is very hard to answer. I would love to be in Giant days. I would also love to be rich. But yes The Raven boys. Wait I think the question was something else.)

9. DO YOU HAVE A BOOK THAT REMINDS YOU OF SOMETHING SPECIFIC IN YOUR LIFE?

Raven: I read Stay where you are and then leave by John Boyne at a time when I was going through a lot of shit so that book holds a very important place in my heart. I remember putting the book down and just crying my heart out for this one character because I could feel his pain and sadness at such a spiritual level. You can read my review of it here… Wait is that what the question meant?

Beez: I choose Split Second by Kasie West for this one. It was around exam time (which was always) in my last two years of high school. I finished it at midnight and was sobbing heavily for some reason and texting Raven. My hair was wet and I had my wet towel around me and I fell asleep like that, with tear stained cheeks, setting up for a nostalgic moment for years to come, tied up in wet hair, towel, sweat and tears, floating high up from all that kept me tied.

10. NAME A BOOK THAT YOU ACQUIRED IN AN INTERESTING WAY.

Raven: Once I went to some guy’s house because he was selling his books for a very cheap price. I went to get only 2 books for Beez but came back home with a screenplay which he gave me for free, two Enid Blyton books for 1 buck each and two books about the mafia…

Beez: Oh man I once saw a book sitting on the bars of a staircase at the train station while I was in the train! But I didn’t get that book so I don’t know why I mentioned it.

11. HAVE YOU EVER GIVEN AWAY A BOOK FOR A SPECIAL REASON TO A SPECIAL PERSON?

Raven: I gave Landline to Beez because she is the shit in my life. (Beez: And I gave Stay where you are and then leave to Raven!!!)

Beez: Yes that is the point of my existence don’t you know.

12. WHICH BOOK HAS BEEN WITH YOU THE MOST PLACES?

Raven: Beez’s copy of The thing about Jellyfish traveled with me to Austria last year but that’s about it.

Beez: Can’t remember but I read on ebook so.

13. ANY “REQUIRED READING” YOU HATED IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT WASN’T SO BAD TWO YEARS LATER?

Raven: Silas Marner was a pain in my behind in school so I ain’t picking that shit up ever.

Beez: I’m still in school sorry.

Raven: And no Beez, you’re what the lore says, an adult, now.

14. USED OR BRAND NEW?

Raven: While I love going into a bookstore filled with new books, used bookstores are where my money flies.

Beez: Used. How am I still so poor?

15. HAVE YOU EVER READ A DAN BROWN BOOK?

Raven: I have read two, Angels and Demons and The Da vinci code. Both I read when I was only 14 and I really enjoyed them. Inferno is waiting on my shelf right now. (I bought it for just 5 bucks from The Old library and it’s hardcover!)

Beez: Stop making me feel lesser than thou, no.

16. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MOVIE THAT YOU LIKED MORE THAN THE BOOK?

Raven: The Maze Runner.

Beez: All of them. (Raven: PERCY JACKSON TOO??)

17. A BOOK THAT’S MADE YOU HUNGRY?

Raven: Percy Jackson.

Beez: Enid Blyton you bitch.

18. WHO IS THE PERSON WHOSE BOOK ADVICE YOU’LL ALWAYS TAKE?

Raven: The below

Beez: The above^

 

19. MOST READ AUTHORS?

Raven: Rick Riordan. I’ve read 20 of his books. Next might be J.K.Rowling with 11.

Beez: I don’t want to find out this answer and hate myself and/or be disappointed in myself also how do I find out??

20. SHIP FROM TWO DIFFERENT BOOKS?

Raven: I got none.

Beez: Myself and Neal. (from Landline). But also no. But also, am I from a book?

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We Tag: YOU!

And also…

@bookbastion

@adancewithbooks

@bookwieldingharpie

@ignitedmoth

This is Raven and Beez,

Signing out~