Today is a sad Friday. I woke up to the news of the Santa Fe school shooting, so if you aren’t up for random blog posts today, I totally get it. But writing is a part of my self-care, so I’m doing the X-Files book tag today. In truth, I’ve never seen the X-Files. But I sort of get the gist, and the questions are descriptive enough to get me through, so let’s go!Thanks for the tag, Flying Paperbacks! I love tag posts, keep them coming!
Fox Mulder || Fox is known to have some “out there” beliefs, so name a book that you believe in despite everyone/ratings/reviews tell you perhaps isn’t that great
99 Days by Katie Cotugno is one of my favorites but it gets a lot of hate. People can’t get on board with the cheating, the love triangle, the brother vs. brother, the slut-shaming…I get it. There’s a lot of hard stuff in this one, and it can be hard to read. But I believe in this story. I believe in the characters.
Dana Scully || Just like the resident FBI skeptic, name a book that you’re skeptical of (because of hype, sketchy cover, etc.)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. A rare example of a WWII book that I haven’t read, but the hype is big on this one. I hear nothing but glowing reviews, but something in me is telling me I won’t like it as much as everyone else and then I’ll feel like I missed something…
I Want to Believe || What book do you believe, just like the famous tagline, will be your next 5 star read off of your TBR?
I’ve got my eye on you, Save the Date. Morgan Matson is a queen, and this might be cheating since I’ve already read an excerpt of this, but I highly suspect it’s going to get a lot of stars from me.
Aliens || Name a book on your TBR that is from a genre that seems out from another book world to you but still sounds super good.
I don’t read many time/universe jumping books, mostly because I get very confused. But A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray looks really good…
The Lone Gunmen || Name a book that comes along with an epic team just like these three hacking men
The crew from Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo! This rag-tag team of outcasts trying to pull off a heist together has pretty much everything you could ever hope for.
Walter Skinner || Skinner is the boss that forever teeters on the edge of good and evil, so name a conflicting character for you (whether the character is just conflicted or you’re conflicted about your feelings for them).
Aidan from The Illuminae Files by the impeccable duo Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman. Is she good? Is she bad? Is she a she or a he or an it?
Cancer Man/ Cigarette Smoking Man || Name the worst book villain you can think of just like this smoking fiend who refuses to stay dead.
Pages and Pugs 
I totally agree about Save the Date! I haven’t even read an excerpt but I’m already convinced it’s going to be a five-star read for me!
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Yes!! I’ve been dying for an ARC but no luck so far
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Same here. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that it’s not going to happen, but I’m still super excited for it!
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This sounds like fun because I love The X-Files so I’ll try to do it on my blog one day.
I always see Six of Crows EVERYWHERE. I seriously need to get to reading that one day.
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Six of Crows is so good, I hope you get to it soon!
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I might do this tag it seems so fun – I feel the same way about The Book Thief and have been avoiding reading it because I’m worried I won’t like it as much as everyone else. Really hyped books always make me a little nervous.
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I hope you do!!
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This tag sound so fun! I just might do it. I hope you get to pick up The Book Thief soon. I agree with Six of Crows ahhh I love those characters. Seeing Empire of Storm makes me want to read and finish my copy too… Im intrigued.
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Ooh I hope you catch up on empire if storms soon!!
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I feel like I’ve missed out so much because I never watched the X-files, but a part of me feels like it’s too late?
PS. I’ve nominated you for The Sunshine Blogger’s award, if you’ve already done it no worries! https://bitesofbooks.com/2018/05/21/the-sunshine-blogger-award/ 😀
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Thanks so much!!
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