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Ask Game for us Self-proclaimed BOOK WORMS 📖🐛
Name the best book you've read so far this year.
Favorite fantasy book(s).
Favorite fantasy sub-genre(s). (high fantasy, urban fantasy, portal fantasy etc.)
Favorite science fiction book(s).
Favorite science fiction sub-genre(s). (dystopian, superhero, aliens etc.)
Favorite romance novel(s).
What kind of common romance tropes do you enjoy and what kind do you dislike?
Favorite queer fiction book(s).
Favorite detective novel(s).
Favorite classical literature.
Favorite historical fiction.
Favorite horror book(s).
Favorite thriller(s).
Favorite humor and satire book(s).
Which genre(s) are your favorite?
Favorite trilogy.
Favorite finished book series.
Favorite unfinished book series.
Do you read new and less known books or only the big bestsellers?
Where and how do you find new books to read?
The book(s) on your school reading list you actually enjoyed.
Favorite example of a Chosen One trope in a book.
Favorite heist story book(s).
Favorite Young Adult book(s).
Favorite Middle Grade book(s).
Favorite novella(s).
What was the first book you remember reading as a kid?
Goodreads or StoryGraph (or something else)?
How many books do you have on your 'to-be-read' list?
How many books do you have on your 'currently-reading' list?
Do you mostly read through e-reader; reading app on phone; on your laptop; a physical copy; or by audiobook?
Name your favorite author(s).
How often do you read by listening to audiobooks?
Favorite book narration voice actor(s).
Least favorite trope in your most favorite book genre.
Your absolute most favorite character(s) from any book you've ever read.
The only example of your least favorite trope being written in such a way that you enjoyed it.
How many books have you read this year?
Do you read reviews before picking up a book?
Did you ever want to be a writer?
When you get ready for a week long trip to somewhere how many books do you download/pack inside the suitcase?
Do you buy hardcover book copies for previously purchased paperbacks and library books you enjoyed reading?
Title of a book you own that's in the worst physical condition you have. Explain what happened to it. Post a picture if you want.
The book(s) whose stories have become part of your very makeup.
What book(s) would you sell your soul to get a TV or movie adaptation of?
I like _____, recommend me a book to read, please (insert a book, or trope, or character, or... anything you like before asking for this one).
What are the last three books you read?
Do you leave reviews for the books you've read? How often?
Do you prefer hopeful, humorous, very emotional or darker books?
What kind of book have you never read but always hope to find at some point in the future?
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BOOK ASK: book recs and recent reads edition
What’s something you read recently and enjoyed?
What’s something you read recently and disliked?
What’s something you read recently and wanted to argue with (either with the book or the author or the fans)?
What are your top 3 comfort reads?
What is your favorite non-fiction book?
What is your favorite book to recommend?
What book do you love but usually not recommend because it’s weird or intense, etc?
What series has most pleased you?
What series has most disappointed you?
What is your favorite genre book to recommend to someone who doesn’t usually like that genre?
What’s a book you’ve recently re-read?
What book have you re-read most often?
Send me a number and I’ll answer that question!
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you have jacks's POV in tbona? I've been looking for it for a long time now and can't find it
SO SORRY IM LATE TO THIS I WAAS TRYING TO FIND MY OLD POST ON MY BLOG WITH IT BUT I COULDNT IM SORRY
HERES NEW PICTURES OF THE PAGES HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE
#SORRY IM LATE TO THIS#jacks pov chapter#tbona#ouabh#jacks prince of hearts#evajacks#the ballad of never after#evangeline fox#jacks x evangeline#caraval#books#stephanie garber#acftl#a curse for true love#tbona bonus content#acftl asks#asks#a curse for true love asks#book asks
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ask game(book edition)
do u prefer a standalone or a series?
ur fav genre?
ur least fav genre? why?
a book which had a tv adaption that was better than the book itself?
enemies to lovers or friends to lovers?
ur fav book trope?
ur least fav book trope?
the best protagonist u have ever seen in a book and why?
if u were stuck on an island and could only have three books w u what would they be? (series would be counted as one cuz as i said so)
the worst book u have ever read?
the best book u have ever read?
a book/book series u wish u could read for the first time ever again?
ur fav author( if u have any)?
an overrated book?
an underrated book?
the book that made u fall in love with reading?
a book to get u out of a reading slump?
a book with a strong female protagonist?
a book u came across randomly but ended up loving it?
do u prefer audio books or e-books?
hardcovers or paperbacks?
a book that u hated at first but now love it?
a book u used to love but now hate?
a book genre u haven't read? why?
a book that had u bawling ur eyes out?
ur fav quote from a book?
a 'fanfiction' trope that u like to see in books?
the last book u read? did u like it?
do u annotate ur books?
give any 3 book recs to ur followers!
#i was bored so made this anyway send me questions!!#ask games#ask game#book asks#book ask game#book ask games
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📚Bookish Asks📚
📕 What book has had the biggest impact on your life, and why?
📖Do you prefer physical books or e-books? Why?
💛How do you organize your bookshelves? By genre, author, color, or in a completely unique way?
🔖What quote from a book resonated with you deeply?
🤎Are you a one-book-at-a-time reader, or do you read multiple books simultaneously?
📝What fictional world would you love to visit and explore if given the chance?
💚Which book character do you relate to the most, and why?
📙What’s your favorite genre to read, and do you have any recommendations within that genre?
📑Hardcover, paperback, ebook, or audiobook? Which format do you prefer?
🤍Do you have any reading goals for this year? How are you progressing so far?
💙 What is your favorite book-to-movie adaptation, and why?
📚Do you have a go-to reading spot or do you read everywhere?
❤️Who is your all-time favorite author, and what makes their writing so special to you?
🧾What is the most memorable book ending you’ve ever read? Did it leave you satisfied or wanting more?
💜What book did you initially not enjoy but ended up loving? What changed your perspective?
📗If you could have a conversation with any author, living or deceased, who would it be and what would you ask them?
🖤 Are there any book series that you’ve been meaning to start but haven’t gotten around to yet? Which ones are they?
📔Do you have any bookish rituals or habits that you follow before, during, or after reading a book?
🧡Is there a particular book cover that you find absolutely stunning? Share a picture or describe it!
📘Which classic book or author do you think everyone should read at least once in their lifetime, and why?
#bookblr#book asks#reading asks#studyblr ask#reading questions#new and updated version#with individual emoji's this time#i'm smort i swear
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Book Ask Game!
What's your favorite book?
What's your favorite book series?
What's a book/series you love to recommend to people?
What's a book/series you would never recommend to people?
How many books have your read this year?
What's the best book you've read this year?
Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction?
What are your favorite genres?
What's one book you think everyone should read?
What was your favorite book/series when you were growing up?
What's a book you hate passionately (provide reasons if you want)?
What is a trope you love?
What is a trope you hate?
Who is your favorite author?
Do you have an author you will read anything they recommend and/or write?
What's a theme/motif you love to read?
What's the weirdest book you've ever read?
What's the scariest book you've ever read?
Do you prefer long or short books?
Who's your favorite book character?
How many books did you read last year?
Have you met any authors?
What's your favorite book that you own (as in coolest edition/signed/important to you)?
I know people have done these before but I thought it would be fun to write something out! Feel free to use for all your ask game enjoyment! <3
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the official™ Bella's Book Club ask game
by @bellasbookclub
send me an emoji and I'll tell you...
👯♀️ Little Women - What was your favorite book as a kid?
🗝️ Jane Eyre (book) - Do you like gothic lit? Why or why not? (If yes, what’s your favorite gothic story?)
💔 Wuthering Heights - What book do you re-read most often?
🔥 Fahrenheit 451 - What book would you set on fire if you could? (Or hurl out the window, if you’re anti-book-burning?)
🐦 To Kill a Mockingbird - What’s a book you had to read for school that you actually enjoyed?
🚣🏽♀️ Voyage of the Dawn Treader - What book from a larger series stands out to you?
🌬️ Gone With the Wind - What’s the longest book you’ve ever read?
🐉 Dragonriders of Pern - What’s your favorite series?
🦷 Tooth and Claw - What obscure book do you wish more people would read?
👰🏽 The Princess Bride - What’s your favorite book-to-film adaptation?
😭 Persuasion - What’s the saddest book or scene you’ve ever read?
💅 Emma - Drop your hottest, most scorching take on a book or character.
🔪 Agatha Christie - What’s your favorite Twist in all of literature? Spoil us!
🌲 LM Montgomery - What literary setting would you love to visit?
😂 Douglas Adams - What’s a book that made you laugh?
🤢 David Eddings/Orson Scott Card - What book do you wish you could separate from its shitty author?
🤠 Zane Grey - What’s your “trashy” guilty pleasure book?
🎭 Shakespeare - What book would you love to see adapted into another form, or adapt yourself?
🧚 Jane Eyre (character) - Which fictional character is 80% of your personality?
🍖 Scout Finch - Which fictional character is your complete opposite?
🖊️ Jo March - Which fictional character do you desperately wish you were?
🎀 Elinor Dashwood - Ask a friend or family member which fictional character you remind them of.
🦁 Lucy Pevensie - Who was your favorite book character as a kid?
#ask game#ask games#books#booklr#book asks#reading#bbc official ask game#twilight#the twilight saga#bella swan
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Hey!
🔮 what book/series has your favorite magic system?
🥺 what’s a truly underrated book/series you recommend and wish the whole world would read?
🔮 what book/series has your favorite magic system?
wow this is my most asked question . . .uhhh another magic system i love is a marvellous light by freya marske. it's got interesting rules but still has mystique and wonder!
🥺 what’s a truly underrated book/series you recommend and wish the whole world would read?
princess from another planet by mindy schanback my beloved. i love the conversations around family and poverty and it makes me so happy just to think about!
send me an emoji!
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20, 36, 47 for the book asks? 🥰
thank you, killy!! <3
20. Where and how do you find new books to read?
There's a few people I follow online who post some good recommendations but mostly I like to browse book shops myself - my camera roll is absolutely FULL of photos I take of books I want to read whenever I go to Waterstones. Unfortunately I DO judge a book by it's cover - if your book's ugly I'm literally just not picking it up unless I already like the author I'm SORRY (I'm not)
Also one of my uni tutors likes to email me book recs shoutout to her thank you queen <3
36. Your absolute most favourite character(s) from any book you've ever read
Fang Runin - The Poppy War trilogy by R.F. Kuang
Literal insane person who has never done a single morally excusable thing in her LIFE and yet??? that's my girl. I love her SO much. she's absolutely batshit but that's why she's the best. let women be crazy!!!
Inej Ghafa - Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows was the book that got me out of a 3-year reading slump after I finished my English GCSEs and GODDDD does Inej have my heart to this DAY
Jon Snow - A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
HBO the things you did to my boy??? unforgivable. that's my little guy, I don't care that his chapters aren't the most interesting of the series (Sansa you have my heart), that's Literally My Son. hugging his siblings one more time would literally fix him I'm clawing at the walls of my prison cell
47. What are the last 3 books you read?
Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan (catching up on the books ik would've changed my life as an 11 year old)
The Dragon Republic - R.F. Kuang
The Terror - Dan Simmons (decent but NOT anywhere near as good as the show. so long for what, Dan???)
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16, 17 and 22 for books ask, please!
16. and 17. already answered!
22. What’s the longest book you read?
Physical books I think Saint Death's Daughter, assuming you don't count the hundred pages of footnotes in Comanche Empire?
If we include webfic Pale in a wash of course.
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#2 for the book worm ask game!
(ask game)
2. Favorite fantasy book(s).
(Eeeeexcellent, I do love fantasy books. Though how I'm gonna narrow it to only a few I've got no idea. Okay. I'm going to remove the very obvious choices like Lord of the Rings (though it is one of my faves)).
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Monstrous Regiment. I love the entire Discworld series (especially The Witches) but I've also got a huge soft spot in my heart for Terry Pratchett's take on 'a girl dresses like a boy to go to war' (and thinks of everything except some spare socks in- erm... the right place). Along with Polly, the squad consists of a vampire, a troll, an Igor, a religious fanatic and two very, very close "friends" (and yes, the official summary put the friends in quotes too). And everyone has their own secret.
I love basically everything about this book and I can't tell you guys any of it because it would spoil all the fun.
The Goblin Emperor. This one's a story filled with light. Maia the half goblin son of the elven Emperor was never supposed to take the throne (or to ever even be at court. because racism). And then everyone ahead of him dies in a single "accident" and suddenly he's the new Emperor. Maia is a good person, and a kind one, and despite everything that gets thrown at him he keeps hold of that understanding of right and wrong and refuses to bend.
(I have to mention that the language of the writing is kinda hard to get into in the beginning, and the characters's have very complicated and long names, but once you get into it it really did enhance the story for me).
Good Omens. An Angel and a Demon try to stop the apocalypse and instead lose the Antichrist. I've loved that book for like a decade now and if I don't put it on a list of my faves that list would be a lie.
The King of Attolia. Third in The Queen's Thief series and my favorite one out of all of them. I've always enjoyed Outsider POV in fics. And here is a book that just... proves why. We've got Eugenides and Irene, the Thief and the Queen, and we know them from the two previous books. And adore them. But the story isn't from their POV, it's from the POV of Costis, a Queen's guard who's suddenly gotten assigned to the King. The useless, weak, undeserving king that as far as Costis is concerned doesn't deserve to even kiss the Queen's boots. And it's hilarious to read the story from the eyes of someone who knows so much less than us. And so satisfying, as he begins to understand.
(I recommend the whole series and am personally glad to have read them in the published order but Megan Whalen Turner has stated that she wrote them in a way that allows you to jump in at any point you want).
The Raven Tower. The story is from the viewpoint of a sentient, omniscient rock whose name is Strength and Patience of the Hill and it is the GREATEST THING EVER. The gods are real and must be very careful with their words, because if they speak a lie the reality will alter to make that lie the truth but if the lie is bigger than the power of the god... well. Inspired by Hamlet.
(the book also has a trans man as the main character; the other main character? The sentient rock is the narrator but the largest part of the story focuses on Eolo).
A Natural History of Dragons. The first book from The Memoirs of Lady Trent (and honestly it would probably be more honest to say that every single book from this series fits the category of fave but I'm putting up the first here because this isn't a series where you should skip ahead). The book focuses on the life of Isabella as narrated by her older self. This is the story how a Scirland lady bucked all tradition and became a world renowned expert on the Natural History of Dragons.
(this series has a piece of my heart and always will).
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(and finally, here's some more of my favorite fantasy books that I also adore and would totally ramble about but I got tired of typing).
#monstrous regiment#the goblin emperor#good omens#the king of attolia#the raven tower#a natural history of dragons#discworld#terry pratchett#katherine addison#neil gaiman#the queen's thief#megan whalen turner#ann leckie#the memoirs of lady trent#marie brennan#fantasy books#book rec#book recs#book asks#ask game#ask meme#answers#tinynavajo#terapsina rambles#terapsina's book rambles
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Book ask #4
4. What book/series/author do you think has most heavily informed who you are today?
I’ve had a few different authors whose works really sunk in my heart and soul and moral code. However, by far my most explicit guide (like quoting it in my head when dealing with something) has been Lois McMaster Bujold.
I first read her Vorkosigan saga starting when I was fifteen and just kept learning from Miles’ mistakes and Cordelia’s aphorisms and Ekaterin's realizations. It all really stuck with me - I kept rereading a lot of the books through college. But it's been a bit since I reread any of the early series books, I should do that again.
I've mostly been reading her World of Five Gods books for the past few years. Those are also spectacular, but I'm not sure if I've reached the same level of incorporating the text into my psyche that I did with the Vorkosigan books. I still think about how to convince someone to do something in terms of "raising the pressure vs lowering the wall" (Miles convincing Nikki to come out of the bathroom and go to school in Komarr). Raising the pressure on someone who already feels pressured rarely helps. Offering something that makes taking action a little easier can be much more helpful.
So cheers to Lois McMaster Bujold and the Vorkosigan Saga. Those books rewired my brain at exactly the right time and I'm still grateful.
#I wrote these prompts#and am only realizing now#after a week of trying to figure out the answers#just how hard they are#book asks#book ask#Lois McMaster Bujold#Vorkosigan Saga
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I’m at chapter 37, excuse me but did he just lick her neck? Is my copy of this book correct? Am I reading this right? IS THE WORD LICK REALLY THERE?!
yes he did in fact lick her 😭 their scenes together are so intimate without being explicit at the same time and it's so good
#IM#SO IN LOVE WITH HIM#UGHHHH#sorry i got to this so late ):#my inbox is mean to me and will delete asks sometimes#tbona#ouabh#jacks prince of hearts#evajacks#the ballad of never after#evangeline fox#jacks x evangeline#caraval#books#stephanie garber#acftl#a curse for true love#acftl asks#a curse for true love asks#book asks
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13, 16, 24?
13. What character would be your best friend in real life?
Answered here.
16. Rant about anything book related
I have so many book rants in me you have no idea a lot of which are more publishing industry related rather than reader related but inspired by an Instagram reel I saw earlier, I'm gonna rant for a minute about how much I hate the fanfic-ifcation of published original fiction and the fact that fiction marketing now seems to almost solely consist of paint-by-tropes.
So, this Instagram reel was an book blogger recommending a new fiction book (one that is literally called The Fake Dating Game) and listing "5 reasons to read this book". By the end of the video, I knew the book involved fake dating and a game show but I still know nothing about what the actual plot of the book is. Tropes are building blocks, they're not plot.
The reason talking about tropes with fanfiction works is because fanfiction is rooted in the idea that you are writing about an existing property. Your readers will already know who these characters are, be familiar with their core traits and values and what's shaped them. The point of fanfic is to drop those characters in different scenarios and tease out how different circumstances work with those core traits and values and how you can map their histories/pasts into these new stories. There is a baseline understanding and an already established interest.
You cannot do that with original fiction. With original fiction we don't know anything about the characters or setup and just listing tropes doesn't tell us anything about what you're doing with them.
To use an analogy:
Fanfic is like having had a full meal and knowing what it's supposed to taste like and what works, and then playing with the recipe a bit and switching up ingredients to see how it comes out and creating something new that's still recognisably tied to the original dish. So of course you're gonna talk about what ingredients you're using.
Marketing original fiction with tropes is trying to convince someone to try a new meal they've never had before, but only reeling off a list of ingredient and not explaining anything about how you're cooking them or what the end product is.
Honestly I'm a point now where if I see a book being shared just with a list of tropes and no actual plot description I'm gonna refuse to read it out of spite - but I also can't entirely blame the industry because I work in book marketing, I know how hard it is, and the books that 'go viral' and sell in their thousands are unfortunately the ones that can be packaged up into neat little boxes and tropes that get attention on TikTok and Instagram, regardless of the actual quality of the book.
24. First book(s) you remember being obsessed with
Answered here but shout out as well to the Mallory Towers books, which I absolutely adored.
book asks
#thank you for giving me the opportunity to vent leah#I was going to talk about the new romantasy genre#but it wouldn't have been a rant so much as me just saying I hate it#(hot take: it's a genre for people that don't really like either romance or fantasy)#book asks
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2,8,21 for the bookworm game
hi!! thank you!
okay i just did 2 here!
8. Favorite queer fiction book(s).
going to rec The Spear Cuts Through Water again because it was so wonderful. The Binding by Bridget Collins is another fave, though very stressful. i really like Natasha Pulley and would recommend The Bedlam Stacks. oh and Zen Cho's The True Queen, that was so much fun!
21. The book(s) on your school reading list you actually enjoyed.
i mean, most of them lol. i loved almost everything i read in school, i was an english nerd. my favorites were always epistolary novels, though, which is what i studied in grad school; i've read Clarissa a bunch of times and i love the publication history. i also loved middle english romances and chaucer tbh.
ask me book things! 📚
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11 for the book ask game!
11. What's a book you hate passionately?
ACOTAR is my most behated book of all time. I will die on this hill. I fucking hate A Court of Thorns and Roses. I'm gonna say it loud and proud. I tried reading the first book twice when I was about 16 and I never finished it because I thought it was so fucking boring. Also everyone keeps telling me to read it, it's so goddamn popular, and everyone acts like it's the best thing ever written. Y'all use your fucking critical thinking skills, it is not actually well written and the shit it has to say is not worth listening to. Also, Sarah J. Maas is Zionist and I don't think she's a good writer. If you enjoy it, whatever, just stop trying to get me to read it. We literally sell more of that series than any other at my bookstore. It is all day every day and every time I have to ring someone up with it it takes another year off my life. I'm going to start to age backwards soon.
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