I saw this post on Marie’s library. She loves many types of books!

Here’s the link to her original post:

• Keep It Fresh Award / Book Tag

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The Rules:

1. Post the rules before starting and link back to this post as a reference for other bloggers.
2. Part A: Answer each of the fruit questions (Each fruit corresponds to a book!), and add pictures, plus why you thought that particular book deserves that particular fruit if possible.
3. Part B: Choose your favorite fruit (Even if it is one of the fruits in part A). Come up with a question that we didn’t ask, and answer it.
4. Part C: Create your own smoothie from the fruits in Part A (Imagine a Lemon-Tomato-Apple smoothie ~ yuck), and find a book that would correlate to your smoothie!
5. Nominate as many and anyone that you think are deserving of this award but it would be nice if you nominated a minimum of 5!
6. Notify your nominees of the nomination.
7. The most important rules? Have fun, and of course, keep it fresh!

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Part A

Strawberries – Name the sweetest book you’ve read (e.g., sweet in terms of the characters, or if the story takes place in a sweet world, etc.)

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Coconut – What’s a book that you would bring on vacation with you to a tropical destination? (Or if you’re just relaxing at the beach…)

 

Anything by Elin Hilderbrand!

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Pineapple – What’s a book that you didn’t think you would like by judging its cover / summary / the first few pages, but started to grow on you?

I remember feeling incredibly skeptical when this book was assigned for my Young Adult Literature class during my final semester at Longwood. I hadn’t read anything from John Green until then. But, after this book, I was hooked.

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Orange – What’s the juiciest book you’ve read? (e.g., a book with tons of action, romance, etc.)

For the life of me, I cannot remember how I found this book, but I loved it!

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Watermelon – A watery book (e.g., there wasn’t tons of substance to the book / the details were just too watery, etc. Don’t get us wrong though, we love watermelons!)

I tried so hard to like this book, especially since I devoured The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. I just couldn’t get into it. This is one of those rare books that I never finished.

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Dragonfruit – What’s the most unique book you’ve read? (e.g., unique in writing style, characters, plot, etc.)

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Lemons – Name a book that made you feel sour (e.g., the emotions were just sour, you just felt sour reading the book, or the book includes sour characters, etc.)

Check out my Book Review.

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Tomato – What’s a wonderful book that you think should be more widely known? Or a fantastic author whom you think deserves more recognition (Since some may not know that tomatoes are actually fruits!)

I’m so excited that Brubaker Bradley is releasing a sequel in a few months – I’ve been eagerly waiting since January! It’s not a delightful topic by any stretch of the imagination, but I loved it. Check out my Book Review!

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Apple – Name a really stereotypical book of a certain genre, just like apples, which a typical fruits. In the end, was that book good or not? (e.g., a very typical contemporary / fantasy book, etc.)

Read my Book Reviews!

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Blueberries – Name a book that made you feel blue (Any sad, depressing books that you’ve read.)

Most anything by Lurlene McDaniel. I devoured her books in middle school and high school, but most of them are very sad!

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Grapefruit – Any bitter books? (e.g., a book that was blue, but more. Do you have any bitter resentments toward characters from a book? Any sour turned bitter emotions? Any uber-hateful villains?)

Check out my Book Review.

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Limes – Name a funny book that you’ve read because limes add flavor, and so does humor with every book.

Check out my Book Review!

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Part B

Limes – Name a book that you can read, or re-read, while drinking your favorite beverage (For me, Corona with lime).

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Part C

Smoothie: Pineapple, Oranges, and Limes

• A book I thought I wouldn’t like by judging its cover / summary / the first few pages, but it started to grow on me.
• The juiciest book I’ve read.
• A funny book.

Hands down!

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This tag was so much fun, but also challenging!

I’m not tagging anyone in particular, but if you want to participate, please do so!

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Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂