#CakeFlavouredBooks Book Tag

Hello! Time for another book tag! I was tagged by Elley Otter to do this delicious book tag. It was originally started on Instagram, but Paperfury adapted it for us bloggers. And since this is a Paperfury creation, we gotta put the u in flavour, right? Here are the desserts of choice today:

1. Chocolate Cake (a dark book you absolutely love)

At this point, it’s hard to believe that I read this book in 2018. I’m definitely going to have to read the Ember In the Ashes series again before Ember 4 comes out. Next year, let’s hope? That’s what Goodreads says at the moment. I know Ms. Tahir is working hard on this, and I’m sure the wait will be worth it.

2. Vanilla Cake (a light read)

I haven’t read The Kiss Quotient since 2018 either. Maybe I should just call this the throwback Cake Flavor tag. Despite the math talk (I know talk about quotients and derivatives give you all the feels) it’s a very fun, light read. In fact, I read this shortly after I read the three published Ember in the Ashes books because I had had enough dark books for a little while and I needed a palate cleanser.

3. Red Velvet (a book that gave you mixed emotions)

Now I’m sure I must be digging into Grandma’s recipe box for these cake answers. But I have a lot of mixed emotions about the Divergent series. On the one hand, I absolutely LOVE this series and have read it so many times… in Spanish and German even! I’m doing a reread this year if all goes according to plan. But… chapter 50 of Allegient and beyond is dead to me. It got me into fanfiction the ending upset me so much. But… fanfiction got me into writing original fiction. So it makes sense that I’m conflicted over this book.

4. Cheesecake (a book you would recommend to anyone)

We’re still going with the “Books I read in 2018” theme. It’s hard to recommend a book that I’d recommend to anyone because everybody has such varied tastes. Enchantée has magic, historical France, a story that kept me wondering what was going to happen well into the book… so I suppose that it would make a good choice for many people.

5. Coffee Cake (a book you started but never finished)

I’m not a DNF a book person. And to be honest, I’m still reading this book. But I still haven’t finished the unabridged version of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon. My Kindle says I still have 92 hours and 43 minutes left of reading time in this book. By contrast, Les Misérables has an audiobook run time of about 60 hours. And I’m 9% of the way through the book already. So I haven’t finished it, although I still plan to.

6. Carrot Cake (a book with great writing)

We’re now on book six of this dessert extravaganza and there’s one thing all these books have in common still (that’s not food related): I read all of these books in 2018 (although not necessarily finished: see above). Strange the Dreamer has beautiful writing.

7. Tiramisu (a book that left you wanting more)

Finally! A book I didn’t read in 2018! I read Sky Without Stars last year, and I just have to say… is it March 24th yet? Because I can’t believe I have to wait more than two full months to read the sequel to this book, Between Burning Worlds! J’adore this book and I want the ending! I found out Jessica Brody is coming to the Tattered Cover on March 25th, and I’m so excited. I’m going to have to go, even though it means my husband will have to pick up my boy from D&D that night.

8. Cupcakes (series with 4+ books)

Joel C. Rosenberg’s The Last Jihad series is five books long. So this one counts. Like a dummy, the first book I read in this series was book 5. It absolutely blew me away. So when I realized there were four other books in this series and I read from book 1, I was underwhelmed. It was good, but I learned from this experience that an author often gets more amazing as they write more books.

9. Fruit Cake (book that wasn’t what you anticipated)

So how can I do a book tag without including a Marie Lu book? If you’ve been to this blog more than a couple of times then you probably know that I love her books. I’ve read pretty much every book and story of hers that I know of, including her middle grade book The Evertree and even the short story she posted in the New York Times last year. The Kingdom of Back is a little like what you’d get if you crossed her short story “The Journey” with The Young Elites and added some Brothers Grimm. There weren’t any real ships or fight scenes. It was still good, just different than what I was expecting.

10. Lamington (Favorite Australian book)

The cover to Four Dead Queens absolutely blew me away, and I had to pre-order this book. Astrid Scholte’s book kept me up late and I’ve pre-ordered the audiobook of The Vanishing Deep already (because it’s a March 3 release, competing with Chain of Gold and The Kingdom of Back). But I loved this book, and we’ll see whether this book or her new release becomes my favorite Australian book in a couple of months.

I’m full now! If you’d like to do this delectable book tag, I pick you! If you do decide to do this one, please send me a note so I can see what kinds of book yumminess you came up with!