Seven Deadly Sins of Reading Tag

This is a book tag created by the youtuber BookishMalayza on youtube and it seemed like such a fun tag to do, so here I go!

1) Greed- What is your most expensive book? What is your most inexpensive book?

Harry Potter Page to Screen retails at £49.99, but thank God Amazon had it for around £30. Still it’s the most expensive book I own, but it’s so worth it. The content inside, the quality of the pictures and the amount of information is amazing.
The most inexpensive would be books I bought second hand and for this tag I’ll pick Memoirs of a Geisha by Anthony Golden which I got for 30p!

2) Wrath- Which author do you have a love/hate relationship with?

I’m going to go with the answer that I’ve seen a lot of people pick- Stephanie Meyer.

When I was first lent Twilight, after the huge hype surrounding it and much insistence from my friends that it was great, I thought ‘I like this, this is okay’. But I’ve never understood the unbelievable hype surrounding it. It was good (although I have loads of frustrations with it and the way it’s battled against Harry Potter annoys me), but not amazing for me and Breaking Dawn was just not good for me at all. 

3) Gluttony- Which book have you deliciously devoured again and again with no remorse whatsover?

Without a doubt Harry Potter. And it deserves to be devoured for all eternity. 

My mum actually hid the Order of the Phoenix from me because I wasn’t concentrating on what she was saying to me since I was so engrossed in the book.

4) Sloth- Which book have you neglected reading due to laziness?
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver.

I’m really intrigued by the plot of this book but when I tried reading it, I just couldn’t get into it, so I’ve been ignoring it for a while now.

5) Pride- What book do you most talk about in order to sound like a very intellectual reader?
I don’t really do this, it’s nice to talk about books I’m actually passionate about and I enjoy. But I think If I’m in a professional environment (i.e. university with teachers or even a corporate place) then I might bring in some good classic authors like Virginia Woolf.

6) Lust- What attributes do you find most attractive in male or female characters?
I like intelligence, kindness, courage, a good sense of humour and passion.

The picture below is supposed to represent Harry-the Chosen One, Will Herondale- who speaks with books with such passion and is afraid of ducks and is all round beautiful and Peeta- the boy with the bread,

7) Envy- What books would you most like to receive as a gift?

Everything! The US and Adult editions of Harry Potter and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

-Samiha :)

“

If I never see you again
I will always carry you
inside
outside

on my fingertips
and at brain edges

and in centers
centers
of what I am of
what remains.

”

—Charles Bukowski, from a letter to ‘Katherine’ (via bookshavepores)

Myself and Dee are super excited because we’re going to the Cassie Clare event in London Piccadilly on July the 4th! And special guests include Jamie Campbell Bowe (OH MY GOD) and Sarah Rees Brennan! I’m so glad we got tickets because they’re apparently sold out now.

CASSANDRA CLARE AND JCB!!!!

Is anyone else going:) ?

The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins.

“The thing about exploring is that you have to know whether the thing you’ve found is worth finding. Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone. Like a dead mouse at the back of the cupboard.”

—

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne.

Added some dried flowers in an attempt to take an artsy picture of The Bell Jar.

-Samiha

I’m currently reading Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. I’m not  100% gripped by the story yet, but the writing is wonderful and it all sounds so magical so I’m going to keep going.

-Samiha

“Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses”

—

This Side of Paradise, F.Scott Fitzgerald

fridaynightwriters:

So cool!!

booksandnerds:

Starting to love these kinda books! Lets see if its better than the hunger games #hungergames #divergent #veronicaroth #tris #scifi #dystopia #futuristic #book#bookshop #love #nerd #read by SatinandSouffles on Flickr.

I wish my cover was as shiny as this :(

“He reads histories and mythologies and fairy tales, wondering why it seems that only girls are ever swept away from their mundane lives on farms by knights or princes or wolves. It strikes him as unfair to not have the same fanciful opportunity himself. And he is not in the position to do any rescuing of his own.”

—The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern (via themindofafictionbooklover)

• Augustus Waters: "May I see you again?"
• Hazel Grace: "Sure."
• Augustus Waters: "Tomorrow?"
• Hazel Grace: "Patience, grasshopper. You don't want to seem overeager."
• Augustus Waters: "Right, that's why I said tomorrow. I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow. I'm serious."
• Hazel Grace: "You don't even know me. How about I call you when I finish this?"
• Augustus Waters: "But you don't even have my phone number."
• Hazel Grace: "I strongly suspect you wrote it in this book."
• Augustus Waters: "And you say we don't know each other."

(Source: -staygr8)