Of Cookies And Books - A Very Tasty Tag

   Hey, all! Been awhile since I did a post that didn't have to deal with the Silmarillion Awards, huh? (last day to vote for your favorite character, by the way!) xD

   But I'm here today to talk to all of you about the beautiful books that I've been reading lately! The wonderful Mary from Sunshine And Scribblings tagged me for 'A Cookie Book Tag' - and since it's incredibly hard for me to pick favorites when it comes to books, I decided that the books I can use as answers for this tag must be books that I read in the past month or so. So you guys also get a peek at what I've been reading lately! (and I just bought a good load of books recently, so maybe I should do a book haul vlog and show you those, too? We shall see ;))  

   - Chocolate Chip - A Book That Never Gets Old -

   Oh, wow - I've read SO MANY books that I'm certain will never get old. But I'd have to say that most of Diana Wynne Jones' books refuse to get old. Especially House Of Many Ways (and Howl's Moving Castle, but since I didn't read that this month, I can't technically include it). And I've kind of started the tradition of reading House Of Many Ways outside on or near the 4th of July, so reading it will probably always remind me of the sound and smell of fireworks, and the feeling of warm ground underneath my feet. Lots of fun <3

   - Dutch Snowballs - A Book That Gave You An Unexpected Surprise - 

   A good surprise or a bad surprise? There's been tons of books that have thrown curveballs that have me making strange shrieking noises and wanting to throw the book at the wall because HOW COULD THE AUTHOR BE SO CRUEL - and then there's the same amount of book that make me want to leap around the house whilst making strange happy shrieking noises because HOW COULD THE AUTHOR BE SO CLEVER?

   Let's go with the 'clever' surprise for now xD. I'm picking The False Prince - which I just finished a couple of days ago. Actually, Mary answered this question when she did the tag with this same book, and that's why I read it! xD Good gracious, this book was so incredible. I didn't expect it to be that wonderful! I loved the main character, and the 'unexpected surprise' was SO CLEVER.     

   - Molasses - A Book With A Character That Gets Into A Sticky Situation - 

   ... don't all characters get into sticky situations? What's the point of a book if the characters aren't all in a sticky situation? That would be slightly boring xD

   The main character in The Maze Runner - Thomas - comes into the story without any memory of who he is, and he's thrust into a rough, dangerous world that he has to try and survive in. And solve. If that isn't sticky, I don't know what is. So I guess The Maze Runner wins for having the character that gets into the stickiest situation. 

   - Oreo - A Book Dealing With Light And Darkness - 

   I just finished reading this book and OH MY.  I (finally) picked it up when I saw the prologue for the second book in the series - Unraveling - on Shantelle's book blog. and I NEEDED IT. So I scrambled over to my library and grabbed Unblemished as fast as I could. And, sorry to say, I almost decided to put it down and be done with it roughly before the halfway point. But for some reason (probably because I didn't currently have any other new books to read) I kept going. And GOOD GRACIOUS, I am incredibly, incredibly happy that I did! Right past the halfway point was when it finally clicked with me, and then I couldn't put it down! I'd rave more (because you spec. fiction lovers need this book in your lives), but I'll wait for my monthly recap for that xD. 

   - Sugar - A Book With A Sugary Sweet Villain - 

   Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix. No doubts. Umbridge is one of the worst villains in fiction. I hated her so much that this is probably the book that I've come closest to chucking at the wall. Umbridge is a bad piece of work, okay? My word, Umbridge is definitely one of the villains that I hate the most. She's as sugary, sickly-sweet as you can get, and yet she's so evil. Blech.  

   - Monster - A Book That Confused Your Emotions - 

  

   The Warden And The Wolf King, no doubt about it. I could have answered almost ALL of the other questions with this book, but it seemed to fit pretty good right about here. I tried to pick a book that smashed my emotions together and then boiled them slowly on the front burner and then stuck them in the oven to cook for awhile and then RETURNED THEM TO ME INSIDE OF A PIE. Thus, I did not know what to do, and was very confused.
   That was this book.
   Oh, my gracious - I had to lay in a small ball on the couch and wonder what on earth to do with myself after finishing this book. I've read a ton of books that do that to me, and this was one of the best of them. I love books that confuse me emotions, if you can't tell xD.     

   - Peanut Butter - A Book With A Nutty Character - 

   Heartless! It's a retelling of The Queen Of Hearts from Alice In Wonderland, for crying out loud! Everyone is nutty. I don't think I could even pick one character that's the most nutty - they're all just so quirky and fun! But I guess that's what you get when someone throws a bunch of re-told Wonderland characters together xD.

   I tag ... anyone who's eaten a cookie during July! (and if you haven't eaten a cookie during July, then that's SAD xD) And pop on over to Mary's take on the Cookie Book Tag, because I omitted one of the questions, mostly because I've never read a book that's made me laugh out loud (again, SAD xD)!

   Also, if I managed to pile any of these books onto your TBR ... I'm probably not sorry xD.

~ Savannah Grace

   What's a book that you've read with an clever-and-unexpected surprise? Should I do a book haul vlog?