books

Stuck at Home Book Tag

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hello nerds, geeks, and dorks! I was tagged by Beck. Again. Thanks!

  • Thank the person who nominated you
  • Answer all the questions down below
  • Pingback to the creator: Ellyn @ Allonsythornraxx
  • Nominate 5+ bloggers you’d like to know more about, to do this tag

WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING?

Quite a few things including but not limited to:

  • The Titan’s Curse (reread)
  • Five, six, seven, Nate (first read)
  • I don’t know
  • Recommend some books people!

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE ‘CAN’T-LEAVE-THE-HOUSE’ ACTIVITY?

My cousin and I started a podcast cause I was bored. I also love drawing and reading (duh). Also blogging (another duh).

A BOOK YOU’VE BEEN MEANING TO READ FOR FOREVER

The lost years of Merlin. I really need to read it.

AN INTIMIDATING BOOK ON YOUR TBR

Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon. I accidentally started the second book in the series, so I want to read this one, but the second one was really weird. And not the good type of weird.

TOP 3 PRIORITY BOOKS ON YOUR TBR

  1. Call of the Wild
  2. Infinity
  3. The Lost Years of Merlin

RECOMMEND A SHORT BOOK

GEEKERELLA!!! And The Princess and the Fangirl! Please, somebody read this. It took me, like, a day to read these and they were so amazing! They both had LGBT characters, they were well developed, I could keep ranting!

RECOMMEND A LONG BOOK

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. (Side note: the audiobook is read by Lin-Manuel Miranda and it’s amazing)

SOMETHING YOU’D LOVE TO DO WHILE STUCK AT HOME

Finish my books! 🙂 I have two current books in progress and, of course, The Maid of Orléans.

WHAT DO YOU PLAN ON READING NEXT?

Literally no clue.

I tag…

I hope you guys enjoy. Leave a comment bellow, I’d love to talk to you! Remember, look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!

Sunshine Blogger Award!

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hello nerds, geeks, and dorks! I was tagged by BECK! She’s amazing go look at her stuff.

RULES:
• Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you and link back to their blog.
• Answer the 11 questions sent by the person(s) who nominated you.
• Nominate 11 new blogs to receive the award and write them 11 new questions.
• List the rules and display the Sunshine Blogger Award logo in your post and/or on your blog.

What was your latest 5 star read?

Ummmmm. No clue. RECOMMEND SOME BOOKS, PEOPLE!!

Do you often DNF books?

I actually had to look this up. And yes. some reasons:

  • Boring
  • They kill off the main character after a long time (i.e. not Magnus Chase)
  • To much curse words
  • Annoying writing style
  • Creepy characters that aren’t supposed to be creepy

What’s your favorite dessert?

CHOCOLATE!!! ‘Tis amazingly yummy and can go with basically anything.

Do you enjoy rereading books?

Yes. Yes. Yes. It’s basically all I do.

Do you prefer physical books, ebooks, audiobooks?

Depends on what I’m doing. Cause of quarantine, I can’t go to the library, so Libby is my best friend. But I love physical books, they smell good. And I like to listen to audiobooks while drawing.

Do you enjoy listening to audiobooks?

Yes. See above. 🙂

Do you watch booktube?

What’s booktube???

What is your favorite post that you’ve ever written?

My Hamilton book tag! I’m really proud of this one.

How did you choose your blog’s name?

Geekerella by Ashley Poston + Cinderella Undercover by Oingo Boingo = Geekerella Undercover!

How did you decide to start your blog?

I wanted a place to share my art, but now I post book stuff too.

What are the three most recent additions to your bookshelf?

  • The ballad of songbirds and snakes
  • The Doctor and the Dinosaur
  • And I don’t know

So, that’s that. I hope you guys enjoy. Leave a comment bellow, I’d love to talk to you! Remember, look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!

Hamilton Book Tag (original)

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hello nerds, geeks, and dorks! Elle here. Happy Fourth of July! After trying the Percy Jackson book tag, I had an idea for a Hamilton book tag and wanted to try it.

Before we begin, have you watched Hamilton on Disney+? Comment what you think, your favorite song, and favorite character! I loved it. My favorite song is either Guns and Ships or just Alexander Hamilton! My favorite character is definitely Lafayette.

Rules

  • Thank the person who tagged you and link to their post
  • Link to the original creator
  • Match books with the given prompts
  • Tag anyone you’d like
  • Copy and paste the list of prompts and rules

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. My mom walked in with it from work and I was reading it constantly.

My old sketchbooks. My old art looks so terrible, in my opinion.

The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston. If you haven’t noticed, I love her books.

The Dive trilogy by Gordon Korman. All of his books are so underrated that I’m pretty sure my best friend and I are the whole fandom.

The Percy Jackson series. One of my first fandoms. I can’t remember if Harry Potter was before or after Percy Jackson.

Heroes of Olympus! Not many guns. Unless you count the ballista. But ships? Both the kind that you ride on and the couples are very numerous.

Firestorm by Joan Hiatt Harlow. Only one, but the most plot-pointy spy it could have.

Geekerella! My namesake. Once I read all of my Libby TBR, I know that I’ll reread it.

High school musical the musical the series the novelization. Still waiting. Until I can go to Books a Million, I’ll be waiting for it.

Let’s just say that Imogen and I would be best friends. So I’d say The Princess and the Fangirl, again.

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein! It has some of my absolute favorite poems. The combination of his hilarious poems and fun, simple drawings makes the book even more amazing.

I always got so sucked into Rick Riordan’s books. I would be reading in bed and before I knew it, it was way to late.

The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan! I remember having a bad day and just flipping through the pages until I got to my favorite chapter (37. Alex bites my face off).

I didn’t really want to read A Frozen Heart (book retelling of Frozen) but it was really good! Mainly because you got to see why Hans did what he did.

So there you go! Anyone is free to do this.

I hope you enjoy. Comment bellow. I’d love to talk to you! Remember, look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!

The Lightning Thief review

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hello nerds, geeks, and dorks! Elle here. I’m here with a review of one of my favorite books.

The book is about Percy, a demigod, going on a quest to find Zeus’ Master Bolt. Along the way he befriends Grover and Annabeth.

The writing style of this book is so fun! I love Percy’s sassy personality, Annabeth getting annoyed at Percy basically constantly, and Grover, just, Grover being Grover.

The story for these books are such a great idea. The way Rick Riordan mixes both modern stories and Greek myths and tales is so great.

Overall, I’d give this eight out of ten. This was one of my first fandoms, so it’s very special to me and I’m so excited to see these characters in a Disney show. I’m very glad that Rick will be involved, so it will be so great to see it with the same story as the books.

I hope you enjoy! Comment bellow, I’d love to talk to you. Remember, look to the stars. Aim. Ignite!

The Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus Character Book tag!

| Alex/Elliot/Ricky

Hello nerds, geeks, and dorks! Elle here with my first time trying a book tag.

Beck tagged me! Her blog is super fun and I highly suggest you check it out. Thanks for tagging me!

Rules

  • Thank the person that tagged you and link to their post.
  • Link to the original creator: May @ Forever and Everly! She also made these amazing graphics!
  • Match books with the given prompts.
  • Tag however many people as wanted!
  • Copy-paste the rules and list of prompts.

Hard choice. I’ve read a TON of great books and we’re not even close to done with the year yet. So far, I’d have to say The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston.

The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer. The idea is just super fun and I enjoyed reading them!

Masterminds by Gordon Korman. It’s a great story and has a really fun writing style.

The Doctor and the Dinosaurs by Mike Resnick. I didn’t really think I’d hate it, but I wasn’t expecting to like it so much.

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. (I really hope the series does ALL of his mythology books. I want to see Leo on screen.)

The Lost Property Office by James R. Hannibal. It’s just a really cool book in general!

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. (I’m also excited to see Thalia!)

Harry Potter! What more do I need to say?

Hmm. No clue. Probably something long?

High School Musical the Musical the Series the Novelization. I cannot wait to read this! (I’m sorry I’m obsessed with this show)

Again. No clue. Comment some upcoming books you are excited for!

The Dive Trilogy by Gordon Korman. My best friend convinced me to read this and I loved it!

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I was laughing almost constantly while reading this!

Pooh Bear by A. A. Milne! I’ve had this book literally as long as I can remember.

The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan. I never wanted to finish this one!

I don’t think I have one?

Can I punch the Percy Jackson movies? No? Alright. Firestorm by Joan Hiatt Harlow. I enjoyed it, but I wanted to either cry or throw the book out the window sometimes.

I don’t really read romance? But I enjoyed Elle and Darian in Geekerella by Ashley Poston and of course Percy and Annabeth in all of Rick Riordan!

So there you go. I hope you enjoyed! Remember Look to the Stars. Aim. Ignite!