The Off the Top of Your Head Book Tag 📚

Tag created by @TheLibraryMouseGina 

You are supposed to answer each question with the answer that first comes to your mind. 

1.) What was your favorite picture book as a child?

🥚Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss- 

- One of my RIF (Reading is Fundamental) books in elementary school was an interactive copy of Green Eggs and Ham with flaps that opened up. I loved that book and read it all the time after I got it. I still have my copy in my children’s book collection. 

2.) What series did you love as a child?

🦁 The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis- 

- In elementary school, we had a library class and our librarian would read to us every week. One of the books she read was The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I remember going to Walmart after that and begging my grandmother to get the collection of the books for me. I got the books for Easter and read them whenever I had the chance. It is still one of my favorite series and I still own that bind-up that she got me. I love almost all of the books, well besides The Horse and His Boy. 

3.) The worst book you have read or tried to read?

📖 Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais- 

- We read this book in my European Lit class during my first year of college. I hated every part of it and wish I could forget it. 

4.) Your favorite reading or book memory?

🧛 I vividly remember reading Dracula for the first time in college about ten years ago now. It was so different than what I expected. The scene that stands out the most to me is what I call “the lizard scene,” which is when Jonathan is describing Dracula climbing up the side of his castle like a lizard. It made me laugh out loud the first time I read it because of how unexpected the description was. I’m rereading the book now with Daily Dracula and having just as great a time. 

5.) A book you loved as a movie?

🪴 The Secret Garden (1993 version)- 

- One of my favorite books as a child was The Secret Garden. It was great when I found out that there was a movie version of it. I love both versions of the movie that I have seen but the 1993 version will always by my favorite.   

6.) A book you wish they would make into a movie?

🎭 An Assassin’s Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker- 

- This book was one of my favorites from 2018 and I still vividly remember it to this day. It is comped as a cross between Twelfth Night and A Knight’s Tale which are two of my favorite works ever. 

7.) A book character that you would like as a friend?

🐴 Hester from A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher-

- Hester would probably be the character I would pick for this question. She is absolutely hilarious and I love her level of sarcasm and snark. 

8.) A place you want to visit because of a book you read?

🏺 Santorini, Greece- 

- In middle school and early high school, I was obsessed with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares and have wanted to travel to Santorini ever since. It is such a beautiful place. It would be a dream come true to travel to Greece. Also, I adore Greek Mythology with all of my heart and would love to see so many of the sights in Greece, such as Athens. 

9.) A nonfiction book you would recommend?- 

🖋 Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer- 

- A great nonfiction book for imaginative fiction writers. 

10.) If you could hang out with an author all day who would you pick and why?

📖 Chris Colfer-

- I have been a fan of Chris ever since I first saw him in Glee back in 2009 and then started reading his books in 2012. He just seems like a nice guy and I think it would be enjoyable to spend a day with him.