#Easter Time Book Tag - #AmReading

 Cat over at The Strawberry Post did this last Easter (you can find her post here, if you'd like to check that out).  But by the time I saw it and could have played along Easter was completely over and done with.  So, I decided to keep it until around Easter this year to post it instead, even though that means this post has been waiting for about a year to go live.

Anyway, as I always say with these things nowadays: I'm not going to be tagging anyone, but I would love to see answers from anyone who wants to play along.  So, if you feel like playing - either by doing a post on your own blog, or posting your answers in the comments section of this one - please feel free to do so.  Do remember to let me know where I can read your answers if you aren't posting them in the comments though, won't you? I'd hate to miss them.

 

For now though, here are the questions, along with my answers:

    

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1. Easter Egg – Name a book that feels like a hidden gem!

 

"All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr.  There were a few times when I was irritated by how the author seemed to believe some of the myths about blind people, but for the most part it was a fantastic read, I loved the fact it explored how things might have been during WWII for someone with a disability, and hope those who read it will gain a better understanding of blindness through it.
 

2. Bloom – A debut novel you loved!

 

"Outlander" - the first book in the series of the same name by Diana Gabaldon.  In fact, the entire series is fantastic, doing a wonderful job of combining hihistory with the paranormal/fantasy elements and romance that also make up the plot.  Plus, it has James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser in it, and Jamie is one of my favourite male characters ever.
 

3. Chocolate Bunny – A book so good you didn’t want it to end!

 

"Qualify" - the first book in the "Atlantis Grail" series by Vera Nazarian.  In fact, that whole series.  Why? Two words: Aeson Kassiopei.  Who's he? He's one of the main characters, another favourite male character of mine, and the reason I wish I could take the place of the main female character.
 

4. Cheep, Cheep! – A book you bought for super cheap!

I've gotten a lot of books cheaply over the years, and really don't know which title to go with here.

 

5. Jelly Bean – A book you thought was just so sweet!

"The Ickabog" by J K Rowling.  It's got a lovely message about not being too quick to judge.

 

 6. Church – A book that changed your life!

 

"Matilda" by Roald Dahl.  It was comforting to me when I read that first as a child to learn there were actually other children like me who loved to read and do maths, and maybe I wasn't quite so weird after all.  Not that being weird is a bad thing to me these days, but children are desperate to fit in, so I loved knowing I wasn't the only one... Even if the other little girl who enjoyed those things was in a book.

 

7. Easter Basket – A book filled with so many surprises!

"Subject A36" - the first book in the "Colony" series by Teri Polen.  I had been eagerly anticipating its release, I'd even seen and read a couple of teasers for it, and yet the plot was still full of surprises, and I would highly recommend it to all fans of the kind of young adult science-fiction involving actual science here on Earth, rather than aliens and spaceships.