#annotations are fun tho when it’s a borrowed book

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

hardback or paperback: Hardback! Paperbacks break sooo easily and it’s annoying. 2 of my bibles no longer have faces. It’s ridiculous.

Borrow or buy: Buy. As much as I love libraries and think that we must do whatever we can to keep them open, i personally prefer to buy. I can’t be held responsible if i want to annotate or if my demonic angelic sisters rip a page,

fantasy or sci-fi: Fantasy 100%! Give me magic and foreign countries and magical politics and magic folks vs non-magic folks

love-triangle or love at first sight: Love at first sight. We do we need to pit women/men against each other. Have 2 people fall in love, deny it, and get pushed together by those around them (yes, i just read Much Ado About Nothing)

Wall shelves or bookcases: BOTH! I unfortunately have a (singular, one) bookshelf that my mom some how thought would be big enough. Like i told her i would help build it in order to assure it was big enough. But alas we haven’t reached that stage yet.

Bad plot with good characters or good plot with bad characters: I could care less about the plot. I love PJO. Not for the plot (though it is fantastic) but for the characters. How they interact. The themes they bring to the table. Make me fall in love with the characters i’ll stay for anything

Harry Potter or Percy Jackson: I have to go with PJO (srry Kate). It’s just funnier and the themes just strike me personally much harder.

Booklr or Bookstagram: Booklr. Tumblr is the only socials i have (does goodreads count 😂).

Contemporaries or Fantasy:

English books or books in your native language: My native language is english soo… 😂. I would like to read everybook in it’s authors original language tho.

Buy in a bookshop or buy online: Practically online is better. But if you’re a bibliophile you are (shockingly) definitely not practical! People think booklovers are these hyper smart, practical, sense (rather than sensibility) people but it’s quite the opposite. We’re emotional wrecks! The linger we live the more we know we’ll never know love or contentment cause we simply require too much. And we’😂 That’s a post all in it’s self. But yeah im definitely a bookstore person. I go in the store and I’m suddenly on a quest, sent by some benevolent ruler to find a book waste spend too much money on books and return home to please the ruler (myself) by reading rather than eating/sleeping/doing literally anything

amazon or book depository: Book depository

buy because of the cover or because of the description: Description. I go on goodreads. Read description. Read review and then i go to find the book. Never am I concerned about the cover. In fact i try to avoid thinking about it at all lest i chicken out cause i fear being made fun of for buying a book with flowers and women on it (i speak of little women. I saw this super cute cover with 4 girls and a floral design but i was scared of being made fun of and didn’t get it. I’m still ashamed.

Alphabetical shelves or colour coordinated: Neither! Organized by favorites.

different sized books or matching sizes: I prefer matching sizes cause if everything in my room will be a mess at least my bookshelf can be straight but alas… that’s not happening 😂

wait to marathon a series or read as they’re released 

movie or tv adaptations: TV always TV. Every (1 or 2) Chapter = Episode.

zombies or vampires: When you get to the core of it (and the origins of their mythologies they’re both sympathetic. Zombies had their spirits/souls taken captive by evil voodoo sorcerers (think The Shadow Man from Princess and Frog) and were made slaves. Devoid of an afterlife in heaven or hell. But whereas human slaves can die to escape. Zombies couldn’t die. And thus not even death — the great equalizer — can save them. Vampires meanwhile are immortal meaning they make themselves “heartless” in order to avoid getting heartbroken. Falling in love, befriending for year after year, age after age, watching them die time and time again. Immortality (on earth not in heaven) is truly a curse.

Reading indoors or outdoors: I mostly read indoors but i love to read outdoors as well. As long as it’s not cold. Which it usually isn’t (cause i live in the South) but strangely — or i suppose not so strangely #global warming — the weather has been getting colder and the rain has been weird so i’ll be inside.

coffee or tea: I drink water, darling.

bookmarks or random objects to mark your page: Why would i soend money on bookmarks (a mistake i made a few years ago) when im too lazy to use them anyway! Is that a sticker/phone/other book/pillow/pencil/pen/charger/acorn/string/leaf (♥️)? No its a bookmark

dog-earing or bookmarks: Bookmarks 🔖 ♥️

Be your favourite character or be their best friend: Be their best friend for sure!

physical or e-book: Physical all the way ♥️

Read in bed or on a chair: Anywhere. In a box. With a fox. In a chair. With sky blue hair. On a train. In the rain. In my bed. Receiving… uhhh… nvm

audiobook or ebook: Ebook

series or stand-alones: Series! It motivates me to read and it motivates me to dive deeper into a story.

Reading in the winter or reading in the summer: Probably winter. It’s colder so i can just stay in, cuddle, bundle, and read

@princess-paramour id don’t know why tumblr is heing stupid fkr me right now but i couldn’t post your ask so here it is

[parseisflat]

@simshay thanks for the tag! <3

hardcover or paperback / rent or buy / reads in silence or reads with music / standalone or series / annotations or pristine pages / ebook or physical copy / dog ears or bookmarks / mismatched series or complete set / cover matters or you don’t judge / lend books or keep them to yourself / enjoys lit classes or despises them / browses shops or orders online / reads reviews or goes in blind / unreturned books or clean library record / rereads or once was enough / fanfic enthusiast or a stickler for canon / deep reader or easily distracted / must read the book before seeing the movie or order doesn’t matter / neat bookshelves or messy bookshelves / skips ahead or resists temptation / reads aloud or in your head / guesses plot twists or never sees them coming  

@birlcholtz @gayhockeyhellhole @tragedics @transsscorpius @dilfdraco @ anyone else!

#annotations are fun tho when it’s a borrowed book #either u get to see other people’s thoughts or you have fun leaving them for someone else #otherwise i don’t have time for that🙄🤚 #tagging game

[gracedbill]

hi delfi!! how's it going? i hope you're doing great :D

i stumble into your asks on this fine evening to tell you that i'm finally reading the song of achilles. and. yes. i know you like it and i don't think i know a lot of others who do, sooo i'm coming to you to scream about it. hope ya don't mind (if u do, just ignore this pls djshdhs sorry)

i'm almost halfway through with it now and. i think. i suppose. i GUESS it's going to hurt me. which i do not like. I NEED THESE BOYS TO BE HAPPY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. sadly i don't know enough greek mythology to predict anything but i'm just going to hope very very hard that neither of them kick the bucket. (it's going to happen anyway isn't it,, yeah probably)

if i could annotate the book (i borrowed it so i can't) i would probably have written "gaslight gatekeep girlboss" on all of thetis' appearances because ehhh tell me i'm wrong, i dare you (not endorsing any of her bs tho, please be nicer to these kids, sea lady >:c)

i'd also really like to visit chiron just because i think his mountain cave dwelling situation would be SO COOL and also he's SO COOL please teach me about surgery and wildlife, oh kind supportive horse dad

speaking of chiron; when patroclus called himself chironides I ASCENDED please that's just jdhshds yes [insert the you're my dad boogiewoogie vine]

i can't wait to finish this book even if i'm kinda dreading it because it's probably gonna crush me,, but hey once i finish it i can appreciate all the beautiful fanart properly!! and maybe someone even drew chiron's cave thingy!! i really wanna see that omfg

jeez this got a bit out of hand, i just wanted to tell you that i'm reading tsoa but ehhh now u got my silly commentary. i'm sorry D:

please, i would love to hear your tsoa thoughts if you have any you want to share!! i'm going to suffer brainrot, i already know it

okay sorry again that this got so out of hand bsjsdh byeeee have a great day <3<3<3

HELLO T HOW ARE YOU

so u are reading tsoa hmmmmmmmmmm??????????? (i wish u the best of luck🖤)

do i like tsoa?YES I DO FUCK YEAH

honestly it’s good u dont know much about greek mythology!! i think i would’ve loved reading the book not knowing about what happened in the original iliad, it’s more fun that way!!! i knew how it would end and i think i would’ve enjoyed it more if i didnt (it is one of my favorite books so i really really enjoyed it dont get me wrong!)

thetis was the original girlboss yes, even though i absolutely hate the BULLSHIT SHE PULLED

also my hc for chiron is that he’s aroace i make the rules, aroace dad chiron taking care of his disaster gay and distinguished bi children 😌 that vine reference literally deleted my art block thank you very much

and i really really hope you enjoy the rest of the book!! it’s beautifully written and it is honest to god one of my favorite books ever <3 if u ever wanna talk about the book as usual my dms and ask box are always here!!

hope you’re having a wonderful night!!!!!!!

#on god i love this book #batcavewitch

[tsauergrass]

Reader tag game

Tagged by @rockmarina and @cibeewastaken!!

Hardcover or paperback

Rent or buy (or borrow?)

Reads in silence or reads with music

Standalone or series

Annotations or pristine pages (tho I’m starting to accept annotations in books now! Trying to do it in a way that doesn’t feel sacrilegious,,)

Ebook or physical copy (honestly depends tho I prefer physical books)

Dog ears or bookmarks (NO DOG EARS)

Mismatched series or complete set (drives me crazy if it’s not complete)

Cover matters or you don’t judge (fun story once I got a book with a movie poster cover and me, being so uninterested and unenthusiastic in movies, just. Tossed it away. And my friend was like WHAT DID YOU DO YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN IT TO ME)

Lend books or keep them to yourself

Enjoys lit classics or despises them (just starting but they’re fun!!!)

Browses shops or orders online (I can stay in a bookstore for the rest of my life honestly)

Reads reviews or goes in blind (no spoilers!!)

Unreturned books or clean library record (haha tho there are late returns bc I always forget)

Rereads or once was enough (depends on the book? If I really love it I can reread it many many times)

Fanfic enthusiast or a stickler for canon (depends!! And even when I read fanfic I like to stick with canon settings)

Deep reader or easily distracted

Must read the book before seeing the movie or order doesn’t matter (unless I just decided I do not care enough and just want to go with the movie. Which usually results in me going back and reading anyway)

Has neat bookshelves or messy bookshelves (I try to make it look messy on purpose but it doesn’t work)

Skips ahead or resists temptation (NO SPOILERS)

Reads aloud or in your head

Guesses plot twists or never sees them coming (I’d say it differs with the genre and expectations? Like if I’ve read similar books then yeah I can guess the plot twists. And I can still be surprised by a common plot twist if I wasn’t expecting one)

This is the fastest I’ve ever gone through one of these!! I stand by my reading habits. I’ve seen many ppl tagged and done this so I’m not going to tag anyone but feel free to do it if you want to (and tag me so I can see!)

#tagging game #abt me

[i-am-just-a-kiddo]

Thank you @the-cloud-whisperer for tagging me! 💗 look at me being indecisive here

hardcover or paperback - i like paperback cause it’s nice to hold but hardcover is nice to collect

rent or buy

reads in silence or reads with music - lofi is your friend

standalone or series

annotations or pristine pages - i don’t often write into books (only uni tbh) but i wish i could do more often (am just scared ppl will borrow the book and see my comments?

ebook or physical copy - i started using ebook cause i have too many books and it’s cheaper if i am not certain i like the book; but i love buying physical copies especially when i know i love it (and it’s nicer to read this way)

dog ears or bookmarks 

mismatched series or complete set 

Cover matters or you don’t judge - i like to judge the design, but am trying not to draw my conclusions from it

lend books or keep them to yourself

enjoys lit classes or despises them 

browses shops or orders online - i like browsing shops more but i need so much time that i rarely have

reads reviews or goes in blind

unreturned books or clean library record

rereads or once was enough - depends

fanfic enthusiast or a stickler for canon

deep reader or easily distracted - once in a while my hyperfocus flares up tho, it just isn’t the norm

must read the book before seeing the movie or order doesn’t matter 

has neat bookshelves or messy bookshelves - i am almost obsessive with how my bookshelves need to be arranged

skips ahead or resists temptation - though, i too like to check the last paragraph of a book once in a while

reads aloud or in your head 

guesses plot twists or never sees them coming - this really depends on the book so i don’t know how to answer  i am tagging @vishcount !! have fun hehe  💗

#personal #tag game #books