The 3 bookish things tag (me rambling about books, authors and other stuff bibliophiles talk about)

Published on July 30, 2019 by 💫Ava💫32 Comments

Welcome back to my itsy-bitsy corner of the web! I really wanted to write something bookish today but had no idea what to write about, so I stumbled across this amazing tag by one of the most legendary books bloggers/ authors, @paperfury (aka C.G Drews) Its called the 3 bookish things tag, and basically its a tag where you write three bookish answers to a bunch of different bookish questions!

Speaking of bookishness (is that even a word? XD) I really have missed being a book blogger, as much as I love making lifestyle posts I think I’m going to go back to being a book blogger! The book community is so fun and its a lot more enjoyable for me, I feel happier when I write bookish posts and I don’t feel like I’m comparing myself to others as much. What do you guys prefer to see on my blog?

Anyways, enough of my rambling let’s start the tag!

3 Favorite Authors

This is honestly a really hard question. There are so many amazing authors and I find new ones every day, but I guess my 3 all-time favorites are;

Marissa Meyer: Because the worlds and the characters she crafts are amazing. also, the lunar chronicles are just too amazing

Leigh Burdugo: I have one word for you (actually three words) SIX OF CROWS! I also love how all of her books have diverse characters! Its really hard to find interesting books that represent lots of different races, and Leigh nails that.

Marie Lu: because WARCROSS IS AMAZINGLY AWESOME (wildcard kind of let me down though)

3 Weirdest things used as a Bookmark

To be honest I don’t use bookmarks often because I usually read a book in one stand, meaning I spend the whole day reading a book which probably is very unhealthy but sometimes it’s worth it! (I read the whole To all the boys I loved before series in like three hours with no breaks)

Marker/pen/paper: I use these the most because I always have one on me.

Another book: surprisingly it works pretty well!

Sock: I have no comment XD

3 Series Binged

Lunar Chronicles: When I found out about this series, almost all the books were out already, so it was super easy to binge read. This series is honestly so amazing.

Shadow and Bone: These books surprisingly took longer to read than The Lunar chronicles, despite the books were a bit shorter.

To all the Boys I loved before: Like I mentioned before I read all the three books in less than 4 hours. The series is such a page-turner and probably one of the first ya “Romance” Series I actually finished.

3 Characters YOU LOVE

So I don’t know if she meant, characters you ship yourself with or characters you love (like platonically) SO I’m just gonna list both.

Carswell Thorne-The Lunar Chronicles: I’m sure we all are in love with him, let me just say that.

Kaz Brekker- Six of Crows: Again, who isn’t in love with him

Anne Shirley-Anne of Green Gables: Anne has always been one of my favorite characters! She is clever, fun and so imaginative. I can relate to her so much.

3 Unpopular Bookish Opinions

Before I share these I just want to beg you to please not come and kill me. I am not trying to offend anyone, these are just my thoughts.

Harry Potter seems overrated: I feel like almost every bookish person loves this series and I personally don’t get the huge appeal. (please don’t hurt me)

I feel like POC aren’t represented a lot: Now I know there are plenty of great books with POC, but I feel like the types of genres I like to read don’t represent them enough. Or like the only books with them in it that get so popular are the books like “The Hate You Give.” I have a hard time finding cute, fluffy ya books that feature POC, that don’t overly focus on race.

Too much cursing in books is kind of annoying: I find it really annoying when I’m reading a book and the characters curse/ cuss so much. For some characters, Its a part of their voice, or their talking style, and I guess that’s okay. But its really annoying when there are 5 cuss words on each page. Is that really how normal teens talk all the time?

3 Favorite Book Covers

in which ava is too lazy to rebel and collect pictures of all the book covers she loves

Thanks for reading this post! I tag anyone who needs something to blog about, or is obsessed with bookish stuff like I am! What are your Top Three go-to reads? What are some books that are on your TBR List? Do you like my bookish posts?

The Hamilton Book Tag// feat. screaming, references and gifs

Published on April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 by 💫Ava💫8 Comments

Welcome to my itsy-bitsy corner of the web. If you are new here then there is one thing you should know. I AM A HAMILTON TRASHCAN I am overflowing with Hamilton references.

So I was more than excited when I learn about the Hamilton book tag. bringing my favorite things- Books and Hamilton together!

I had meant to do this post months ago but I have been sooooooooooooooo busyyy

But I decided to: And go ahead and make this post!

The Room Where It Happens: A book world you would put yourself in:

So for this, I just have to choose the lunar chronicles! It is such a great book series and the world is incredible!

The Schuyler Sisters: An underrated female character

This is a hard one actually… I think Winter from the lunar chronicles. I don’t think her story is developed enough for people to understand her character but she is really sweet and I think a lot of people forget about her.

My Shot: A character that goes after what they want and doesn’t let anyone stop them

For this, I am choosing Jonas from the giver. He leaves his ‘safe’ world to save himself and his baby brother(ish) from the fake community

Stay Alive: A character you wish was still alive (SPOILERS!)

JEST ALL THE WAY! (from heartless.) HE WAS MY SMOL BOYO AND HE NEEDED TO STAY ALIVEEEEEEEEEEE. (also when my baby boy Philip died I was in tears ALL PHILIP WANTED TO DO WAS BE A POET just like Jest wanted to be a poet too also Philips original actor anthony is such a bean. Wow I am really getting out of hand here)

Burn: The most heartbreaking end to a relationship you’ve ever read (SPOILERS!)

I haven’t read alot of romance books… LEMEE THINK Maybe Evan and Zoes relationship from dear evan hansen. But i think they were still together in the end…? I don’t really know XD

You’ll Be Back: Sassiest villain

Um Either Levana (Lunar Chronicles.) Or the weird prince guy from damsel

The Reynolds Pamphlet: A book with a twist that you didn’t see coming (SPOILERS!)

Honestly I have to say Darius The Great Was not okay shook me when my smol boyo sorab started acting angsty and started yelling at my smol boyo Darius and making Darius feel horrible.

Image result for hamilton gifs — hamiltons wig was snatched xD

Non-Stop: A series you marathoned

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I think the selection series? ( i was honestly going to say the lunar chronicles but that’s literally in all my answers lol)

Satisfied: Favorite book with multiple POVs

MY LADY JANE FOR SUREEEE (click here for review)

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story: A book/series you feel like will be remembered throughout history

I think the lunar chronicles maybe XD

This was soooooooooooooooooo much fun! I really enjoyed it! I tag anyone else who loves hamilton!

TAG-ATHON: in which I finally do a few tags PT one

Published on January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 by 💫Ava💫5 Comments

Welcome back to my itsy-bitsy corner of the web! And if you are new here, WELCOME! I recommend that you check out my about page and leave a comment in the guestbook 😀

Today’s post is a TAG-ATHON! In which I finally respond to the blog tags.

First of all, sorry for the late tag answers!

I have quite a hard time staying a top of my blog, so blog tags are definitely not my best suit. But they are quite a lot of fun once I get to them!

The first tag I will do is the Liebster award! Which the awesome Tess nominated me for!

(thanks so much!)

What was your favorite TV show/movie when you were a kid? Well, when I was from ages 0-5 I loved sesame street and the big comfy couch. Then when I was around 4-6 I loved Barney. I loved stuff with puppets and interactive dancing and stuff! Then when I got a little older I started to like my little pony, but then I stopped watching it because of the “magical witch-craft” So yeah, I hope that equals an answer?

What is something you think everyone should do at least once in their lives? This is a real tough one. I think everyone should either create their own kind of art or read a book. I don’t know which one to choose so I will go with a combination of both. (if that’s allowed?) Oof 😀

What do you think is the best way to start the day? With a warm cup of tea. Tea is refreshing and cleansing and quite delicious!

What is one of your favorite smells? The smell of apple cider or honey OR PEPPERMINT.

If you were suddenly put on a stage and told to deliver a speech, what would you talk about? Hmmmm maybe my original characters and how books are best friends.

Do you think Wikipedia is a reliable source? Uh Maybe.

What’s the worst advice you’ve ever received? To stay calm, even though everyone knows I can NEVER STAY CALM.

What age would you like to live to? around 80…?

What do you want carved on your gravestone? Ava was an artsy bookish queen that obsessed over the man on the 10 dollar bill. Just kidding. I would probably want, Ava the sweetest creative daughter.
Have you ever saved someone’s life? I think…

Opinion on chow mein? YUMMYYYYY! Chow and Loi mein are REALLY GOOD.

11 random facts about moi

1. I’m weird

2. I like books

3. I obsess over founding fathers *cough* and sing songs about them

4. I went to college at age 12 and took two classes

5. I like to make animations

6. I wanted to start a business and I have so many ideas it hurts

7. i love older eras like 90s 80s 70s 60s

8. I love glasses and I wasted ten dollars (my Hamilton bill) on these fake glasses that are SO ADORABLE

9. I started my first blog when I was seven

10. slushies were my besties

11. I really want a slushie right now.

Nominations

(aka struggling to find people who haven’t been tagged yet)

tess (because I want to see your answers XD)

and anyone else who wants to answer my questions.

questions

which fictional character would you want to be?

what was your favorite childhood book?

what can you not live without?

no food or no books?

do you likE WAFFLES?

whats your favorite song?

penpal or email pal?

What would you name your boat if you had one?

Which fictional character would be the most boring to meet in real life?

If you could know the absolute and total truth to one question, what question would you ask?

what do you think of my blog?

wow, who knew the Liebster award took so much effort!

I will do another tag soon! Thank you again, Tess, for nominating me!

This was a lot of fun!

do you like tags? answer one of the questions from above in the comments!

✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: happy new year! ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: 　

Published on January 1, 2018January 1, 2018 by 💫Ava💫15 Comments

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

HAPPY NEW YEAR! *throws every random thing I see in the air because of the gigantic loss of confetti*

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT IS ALREADY 2018

*cue the gifs*

Okay, okay, enough of my celebration! I am really excited for this new year and I really cannot wait to see all the amazing things that will happen this year!

I am very excited for Elysian Artiste getting 100+ followers and I hope that I will earn even more followers this year!

I am going to be having my first giveaway on Elysian Artiste, to thank you all for your kindness and loyalty and also to kick off a start to a great year! I will give more info on it in my next post!