Of Pokemon Going and Book Tags

If you haven’t noticed by now, Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm. And like many folks who’ve gone out to the now-Pokemon infested world, I, too, have begun my quest to be a Pokemon master.

And boy, that attempt sucks when you’re living in the suburbs. I suppose it could be worse. At least I live across the street from an Eevee spawn point. Which I can access from my bedroom.

But enough about my lamentations. This is about the book meme Aentee at Read at Midnight (Thanks, Aentee!) started.

Does a collection of fairy tales count? Maybe? I couldn’t tell you when I started my love for reading because I’ve always loved stories (my mother was probably my first audiobook narrator; she often sent my sister and me audiotapes of her singing and reading stories when she was abroad). As for which book started my reading voraciousness, I was a big Nancy Drew fan, because being a girl detective took Nancy places. I was also a big reader of Sweet Valley High and The Babysitters Club books. Claudia Kishi was my spirit animal.

Frelling Pikachu. I’ve caught maybe two, and several of them have already escaped my grasp. Grr.

Hmm, it’s pretty hard to fall out of love with Harry Potter in this case. Reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child only reminded me how much I loved stepping back into the wizarding world.

Not only are these darn bats everywhere, they’re one of the HARDER ones to catch on top of it! So not worth my Poke balls.

I wouldn’t say I’ve lost interest in the book entirely, but I haven’t picked up the next books of Sarah Maas’ Throne of Glass series because hype reasons (the irony is that I had been part of the hype). Actually, it probably has more to do with the fact that my ship apparently doesn’t make it through past book three. Mostly, it has to do with the fact that I thought this series was a trilogy, and now I’m hearing it’s much longer. I’ll pick it up again eventually.

Does this pokemon even exist in-game yet?!

Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On anyone? It was practically a Chosen One wizarding school (read: Harry/Draco slash fanfiction *coughs*) trope that was done splendidly. #SNOWBAZFOREVER

The Belgariad by David Eddings also comes to mind, because the series pretty much undergoes a similar journey as Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Ahh, Snorlax. My first 10k egg. Love it XD.

And hahahahaha, large books. Technically, I’ve started Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings. I’m finally 700 pages in, with still a whopping 500 pages to go. It’s seriously a marathon, guys. A really good one, but a marathon nonetheless. Other authors I groan about as far as continuing their series pretty much include Patrick Rothfuss, G. R. R. Martin, Terry Goodkind, and Robert Jordan.

This is pretty much my sister’s favorite Pokemon, lol. Weirdly enough, there is no Jigglypuff topic on this tag, because the Jiggly is my personal favorite…

The most recent one is probably Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs. This isn’t really much of a surprise, considering I pretty much binge-read all of Briggs’ Mercy Thompson series. My record for Briggs-reads was having devoured Blood Bound, Iron Kissed, and Bone Crossed within the span of a single weekend. Yeah, totally didn’t sleep then.

I find it amusing that my Nidorina is far stronger than my Nidorino. Totally not surprising, though.

I…have way too many OTPs. Currently, my book squeeness goes to Mercy/Adam (Mercy Thompson), Yelena/Valek (Study series), Snow/Baz (Carry On), Shahrzad/Khalid (Wrath & Dawn), Cinder/Kai and Cress/Thorne (Lunar Chronicles series), and Haruhi/Tamaki (Ouran High School Host Club manga series). My head canon also persistently insists that Albus and Scorpius will be together (from the Harry Potter series), and that eventually Nami and Luffy (One Piece manga series) will hook up. Don’t ask. I’m practically a romantic.

Lawd, I ended up hatching two Ponyta eggs. One more lucky hatch, and I can evolve this baby here!

Hands down all of Victoria Schwab’s books so far. I tried to lengthen and savor her books, but there’s only so much I can do before whizzing through them. A Gathering of Shadows was SO GOOD OMG.

I have a mighty fine Flareon I’ve renamed Zuko. Katara and Azula were okay, but my fluffy Flareon rules the Eevee house.

And just like Avatar: The Last Airbender, I’m never going to get tired of Tortallan world spinoffs. I’ve devoured every single Tortall book Tamora Pierce has come out with, and likely I will keep going.

I’m slowly making my way to getting enough candy for a Gyarados. It’s kind of hard when I’m landlocked and nowhere near a damn pier, though…

Uprooted by Naomi Novik was a barrelful of surprise. I liked Novik’s Temeraire okay, but the series and Novik’s books weren’t on my priority list. A short story Novik wrote and this stand-alone book changed my mind altogether.

Leigh Bardugo, Leigh Bardugo, Leigh. Friggin. Bardugo. I must have seen a gazillion Six of Crows reviews, and I still haven’t finished her first Grisha trilogy. I WANT TO THOUGH. And Six of Crows is SUCH A PRETTY BOOK.

I’ve seen really pretty collector’s editions of fairy tale anthologies. And if I had the money for it, I’d probably be compelled to collect every single Jane Austen cover editions (particularly that of Pride and Prejudice). There’s also the Harry Potter House-themed hardbacks, too. I personally like the Slytherin covers, though I’d get myself the Ravenclaw because that’s my house forever.

I am super-excited for Rebel Genius by Michael Dante DiMartino. The man isn’t an unknown (he’s the co-creator for the absolutely fantastic Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra series, which includes several AtLA graphic novel adaptations), but Rebel Genius is definitely his debut novel into the literary world. And I cannot friggin’ wait.

Kristin Cashore and Marissa Meyer. Their book covers are so pretty, too, so they sit nicely on my shelves. I’m still waiting for Cashore’s next book, but Meyer is definitely an auto-buy once Heartless comes out.

That screen is frustrationz central.

I feel like The Gift of Power by Tamora Pierce has been on the works for the longest time ever. That said, I’m sure the wait will be totally worth it.

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