A Fall/Autumn #Book Tag - #AmReading

Here's another I found during a search, and according to the blog I got this from, this one came from Dreaming Through Literature. Just so you know.

Anyway, if you want to play along, feel free to do so, either in the comments, or on your own blog. I'd love to read your answers! In the meantime though, here are the questions, along with my own answers:

1. Apple Picking: A book on your TBR that looks so delicious you can’t wait to take a bite out of it.

There are way too many. If it's on my to-read list, I want to read it. With varing degrees of enthusiasm, true. But if I haven't read it, and it looks good enough to me that it's ended up on my to-read list, then I'm going to be eager to read it.

2. Corn Maze: A book that’s so much fun to get lost in.

Again, this could apply to any book. I mean, what greater delight is there than getting lost in a book?

3. Haunted Houses: A book that scared you silly.

This is a pretty easy one to answer, because it's very rare this happens, but "Dark Matter" by Michelle Paver seriously scared me. It's one of very few books ever to have me scared at all, and did so well it was weeks before I was able to put it out of my mind and stop being scared. Awesome book though, and I've read it again since. Yes, it scared me just as much the second time around, and I bet it will when I read it again, which I totally plan to do!

4. Pumpkin Patch: The latest book you picked up (purchased).

This will have changed by the time this post goes live, because I'm writing it WAY in advance. But at the time I'm writing this my most recent book purchase is "The Hidden Stairway" - the fourth book in the "Abby & Holly" series by Janice Spina. If I remember, I'll try and come back and update this one closer. If not... Well, at least you have an answer, even if it's about a book purchase from quite early in the year.

5. Scenic Drives: A book that is lyrically beautiful.

This could apply to several I've read, but I'm going with "The Snow Spider" - and the other two books in the trilogy by the same name - by Jenny Nimmo. It's a beautifully written and wonderful trilogy.

6. Pumpkin Carving: A book you didn’t like and wouldn’t mind carving up.

There are very few books I've disliked after having read them. However, having said that, I would never want to carve one up. Generally the fact I didn't like it doesn't guarantee it's a bad book. Besides, think of the work the author put in to writing it. Being an author myself, I know how many hours of writing goes in to producing a book, and then there's all the other things you have to do before you can publish it. No. There are no books I would want to carve up, even though there are books I haven't enjoyed.

7. Hiking: A book that was a highly enjoyable romp.

Again, this could apply to a lot of books. However, "Bogamus In Space" - in fact, any book in the "Bogamus And Friends" series - by Nathan A Jones practically leaps to mind, and is highly amusing.

8. Drinking Apple Cider: A sweet book to curl up under the covers with.

Depending on your genre preference, pretty much anything could be a perfect book to curl up under the covers with. However, if you spacifically want one I think is sweet, "Winter Solstice" by Rosamunde Pilcher is a good one.

9. Jumping In A Leaf Pile: A book that reminds you of your childhood.

"The Tale Of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter, because it reminds me of the Sunday afternoons we'd visit my Dad and Nan when I was really little, and my Nan would read the Beatrix Potter books to us.

10. Scary Movie Night: Your favorite spooky read.

Apart from the scary book I mentioned a few answers ago, the one that springs to mind is "Sarah" by Teri Polen, which is one of those few books to actually scare me. So, since I don't want to pick "Dark Matter" again, I'm going to go with "Sarah" for this one.

11. Bonus! Costume Party: A book with an eclectic cast of characters.

There are several I could pick, but I think I'm going to have to go with "Fatemarked" (- the first in the series of the same name by David Estes. It has a fair sized cast of characters, and they really are quite the eclectic bunch. Actually, David is always pretty good at including a diverse cast of characters in his books.