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Book Tag: Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt

Since it's Wednesday, that means there should be a Top 5 Wednesday. However, the topic is was favorite collectible items on my book shelf, and I don't have a wide variety of non book items on my shelves. I still wanted to talk about the contents of my shelf though, so instead I did the Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt Tag.

Find an author or title with the letter Z in it: The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

Find a classic: Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare. While I have read several classics most of them are in the basement or my Dad's office. I happened keep my copy of this one from my Shakespeare unit in high school, and since it’s a Shakespeare play it’s of course a literary classic and masterpiece.

Find a book with a key on it: None. The only one I used to have was Bitterblue and I got rid of it.

Find something on your bookshelf that's not a book: Okay so this is the one that ties into the original Top 5 Wednesday topic. I have my Funko Pops (Jyn, Chirrut, Belle in her original ball gown, Castiel with wings, and Yule Ball Hermione), a large flower coin bank that I painted myself when I was a kid and now only contains pennies, a large silver K, a couple of tiny stuffed animals (like an owl chick I named Minerva), and a vanilla hand sanitizer. So while I do have some non book items on my shelf I like, I definitely don't have enough to make a Top 5 Wednesday on them, let alone collectible items.

Find the oldest book on your shelf: East by Edith Pattou. Read this one when I was in 4th grade, I kept it all through my teenage and early adulthood years. In fact I reread it last year and found it to be just as good as I remember it.

Find a book that has an animal in it: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. Might as well book that entirely features animals, specifically seagulls. It's a short but deep book, and one of my personal favorites.

Find a book with a girl on the cover: The Tiger's Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera. The cover actually features 2 women together on horses, and I like that they aren't actually people. It's a piece of art that probably shows the 2 females as they actually look like, which is always appreciated in any form.

Find a book with a male protagonist: Leviathan Wakes by James S.A Corey. The vast majority of books are solely from a females perspective, and almost all books with male perspective's also have a female one. This is one of the rare few that is exclusively male (with the prologue as an exception).

Find a book with only words on it: I don't actually have any. The closest I have is the hardback edition of The Call by Peadar O'Guilin, which has a skull surrounded by a few circles. What can I say, I like my artistic covers.

Find a book with illustrations in it: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. This book is award winning for a reason. It's a heart breaking story accompanied by some gorgeous black and white art work that really adds a whole new layer to the story. The art work is also award winning and I think it absolutely deserves it.

Find a book with gold lettering: Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson. This book is very appropriate because not only does it have gold lettering but the cover also shows gold dust coming out of the earth because the book is set during the California Gold Rush in America, and the protagonist has the ability to sense gold. The entire series is even called the Gold Seer trilogy, so you couldn't get a more on point pick for this question.

Find a diary: Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. I was originally going to go with Diary of Anne Frank cause it's an amazing book, but isn't technically on my shelf right now. So I picked Life As We Knew It instead, a fictional diary that takes place during an environmental apocalypse.

Find a book written with a common name: Red Rising by Pierce Brown. Had to pick this one since it's also my last name, but I also think the book is pretty decent.

Find a book that has a closeup on it: The Registry by Shannon Stoker. This cover is a lot like YA covers from the 2000s, with a close up of an actual person. I like this one though because the face is partially covered in a gauzy black veil, which ties into Mia's first date and how she feels about her impending marriage, while still trying to portray a beautiful image.

Find a book that takes place during the earliest time period: East by Edith Pattou. So this is the only repeat I have, it's one that couldn't be avoided. While the book is a fairytale retelling, it does have a real world setting. Set mainly in Norway (the origin country of the fairytale), France, and the Arctic, but is also set during either the 1500s or 1600s, which is by far the earliest time period my books with a real world setting is set in.

Find a hardcover book without a jacket: Tales of the Peculiar by Ranson Riggs. This is another book with stunning art work that I could just gush about, but this time I'll focus on just the cover. I hadn't read any of Rigg's other books (and don't plan to) but the this naked hardback edition was so gorgeous I had to get it, and the stories inside also happened to be enjoyable. The cover itself is a forest green with a gold thorn vine weaving around the letters and contained small items that are featured in various stories. It's a charming cover and illustrates the contents of the interior well. Plus it's nice to see a decorative naked hard back.

Find a teal book: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo. I love all the covers of the Leigh Bardugo's books that I own, and while Six of Crows is arguably my favorite cover, I love almost any blue or teal covers.

Find a book with stars on it: Invisible Planets translated by Ken Liu. A collection of translated Chinese science fiction short stories, it's appropriate that the cover would feature a galaxy back ground (though not all stories take place in space).

Find a non-YA book: The Tethered Mage by Melisa Caruso. I have quite a few Adult books on my book shelf, but this is the one that I think deserves a special shout out. It's one of those books that blend between YA and Adult due it's smoother writing, but based on the conflicts and age of the characters I definitely classify these books as Adult. It's the first book in one of my favorite fantasy series, and contains so many things I like seeing in stories, and I urge everyone to give this book a try. Please!!

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