I was tagged by the lovely Hundreds & Thousands of Books to do this tag, and as I absolutely love the game Animal Crossing, I jumped right in! (I recently restarted my island, and now I’m trying to kick like…all my villagers off bc I don’t like any of them! Minus Goldie, she can stay forever 💕)
The Rules:
- Please link back to the original creator of the tag, Bookish Things and Tea.
- Answer the following Animal Crossing themed book questions.
- Feel free to use graphics, but be sure to credit Bookish Things and Tea.
- Tag some friends to spread the love!
I’m actually not all that interested in classics. Never really have been. I enjoyed A Tale of Two Cities when we read it in high school, and I love the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, but that’s about it. 🤷🏻♀️ I’m not even that big of a fan of classic fantasy like the LOTR books. The movies, on the other hand, well, I could watch those forever.
These are all second books in series, and I love them all way, way more than the first book in the series. Particularly A Court of Mist and Fury and Shadow of Night. Both of those really up the ante in the story, and are beloved for ship-reasons.
I love, love, love fantasy books that take place in huge bustling metropolises, but I can only think of three of them off the top of my head. I thoroughly enjoyed House of Earth and Blood and its setting of Crescent City. Such a unique place, done so, so well. Then there’s The Lies of Locke Lamora’s Camorr, which is reminiscent of Venice. While I had a hard time with much of Notorious Sorcerer, I did love it’s setting of Bezim.
Have I shouted about these books enough yet? 🗣 The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy and The Drowned Woods aren’t technically out yet, but I’m still counting them in this answer. These are some of the absolute best books I’ve read in a while!
I first read The Old Kingdom series in middle school, and to this day, it is still one of my absolute favorites. (I’m 32 now, if anyone was wondering just how long ago middle school was for me.) I can’t recommend Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen enough. Sabriel is the original strong-female-character for me.
Is it cheating to give this one to The Stormlight Archive as a whole? There’s approximately eight bajillion characters in that series, and each and every one is incredibly unique and well-rounded. I love this series, so, so much. I do wish, however, there was more LGBTQ+ rep.
Giving this one to the Veronica Speedwell series, as it is an absolute delight. I love historical mysteries, and this series is basically like crack to me. Set in the Victorian era, Veronica and her lover/friend/partner, Stoker, set out to solve whatever mysteries come their way. There are no fantasy elements at all in this one, but dang do I love the relationship between Veronica and Stoker so, so much. I really need to catch up on this one!
There’s quite a few, and I’m not ashamed of it. From Blood and Ash is one, and A Touch of Darkness is another. I refuse to pick up anything by either of those authors now, too. Oh well.
If you’ve already done this one, or just don’t feel like doing it, no worries at all! I’m going to tag the following lovely friends:
BIRDIE'S BOOK NOOK 
Sabriel is one that I’ve been meaning to get to for so long. My husband has been recommending it for years and we have them all! It’s great to have a low-key bookworm husband. haha. I have been reminded that I need to pick up book 2 in the Speedwell series. I was hoping to get them all finished and that was in May… LOL
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OMG, Leslie. You need, need, need to read this series. It is 100% amazing. I can probably credit it for my first real other-world fantasy read. There’s talking animals, a sense of a very ancient world, and the coolest magic system ever.
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haha, I know! I have so many books I need to read Jordyn. 😦 I need more timmeeee!!! lol I’ll try and get the first book in before the end of the year, maybe! haha
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Oh I get it. There’s so many books, and so little time! Especially with a little one toddling about! I wish you luck on getting to it but I totally get it if you’ve got other stuff planned out first. Come find me when you do read it, though!!!
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Oh, I know! I am hoping that I’ll have more time when he starts school in August. It’s only two days for two hours but something! I’ll see how life pans out and maybe I can get so much more reading in the last few months of the year! 🙂
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Oh my GOD, I love this tag so much. Now I just want to spend all day playing Animal Crossing lol! Thank you for the tag! Also, the Veronica Speedwell books are VERY high on my TBR 👀
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Animal Crossing is SO addicting!! I think you will love the Veronica Speedwell books. They’re just the right amount of sass with some rather nice sparks between Veronica and Stoker. The first book is just okay, but the next one is where it really takes off.
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I’m just a little older than you and read Sabriel in middle school, too! It’s been ages since I last read it, but I do recall it was amazing and I loved it. Had no idea it was part of a series, though, until the last few years. My local bookstore was not keen on stocking full series.
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I had Sabriel and Lirael at the same time, but then I finished Lirael and realized there was another book afterwards that hadn’t come out yet. I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED when I couldn’t immediately keep reading. It was the worst!!! But then once Abhorsen DID come out, I was so so happy. The series ends SO well.
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Ahh! I’ll have to pick the series back up! I had to check to see when they all came out and realized I didn’t know it was a series because the second came out after I’d moved on to adult books, so I thought it was a standalone. But it’ll be great to re-read the first and then finally finish the story one day.
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My two fav things: books and Animal Crossing!! This post is making me want to get back on my Switch (I’ve neglected my island for a few months now 😬
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NGL, I restarted my island a couple months ago for that very reason. Whoops.
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Love so many of the books here. Fun tag!
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Thank you!!
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Aw.. This brought back memories playing animal crossing on my ds… And getting stung my bees when shaking the trees 😂
I consider myself a fantasy fan but I have barely read any of these fantasies 🙈 I am hoping to dive into Brandon Sanderson’s backlist soon… I’m glad all the characters feel well-rounded!
Thank you for tagging me ❤️ I really liked reading your answers!
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EVERY SINGLE I TIME I PLAY I get stung by those stupid wasps in the trees! It got to the point where I was carrying around the meds bc I just knew it was going to happen!
I highly recommend Sanderson, so I hope you pick up some of his work and enjoy it!
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Thanks so much for doing the tag!! Ahhh Garth Nix gives me so much nostalgia, I used to love his books (although I swear they’re some of the weirdest trippiest books out there). And I’m also not the biggest fan of classics, although sometimes I definitely feel pressured into reading them lol. 🙂
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