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QUESTION: how do you feel about cliffhangers? In the right hands I think cliffhangers can be great but, done in the wrong way, they can ruin a book. Dan Brown is my go to example for bad cliffhangers. His books virtually have a cliffhanger at the end of every chapter. It's awful. And they're not even import to the story. It's just about whether Robert is going to have coffee or not. But cliffhangers can be spectacular. We all remember reading Half Blood Prince for the first time and being sure everything was doomed. Utter despair. 🥂 #bookreadhappyhour - day 22. Cliffhangers are... 🥂 #grimdragon - day 22. Old and new favourites - who needs normal sized tangerines when you can get these tiny ones? Super adorable and super tasty. I'm obsessed! 🥂 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabooks #instareads #bookphotography #bibliophile #bookblogger #books #booksofinstagram #booksinbed #cosyreading #harrypotter #harrypotterandthehalfbloodprince #tangerines

QUESTION: what is your favourite character description in any book? I desperately wanted to pick something super cool and different for today's prompt but, really, there can be no better character description that this from The Great Gatsby: . “He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced–or seemed to face–the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor.” . What an introduction to the character, right? All the more impressive when the illusion is slowly shattered as the book goes on. It's brilliant. 🥂 #bookreadhappyhour - day 21. Cool character descriptions - honourable mention to every description of Dorian's beauty in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Especially the way Basil describes the effect Dorian's had on his art. 😍 🥂 #grimdragon - do whatever you want - you catch me on my second day off work during a short break. I intend to do as little as possible. Mainly involving carbs and tea. 🥂 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabooks #instareads #bookphotography #bibliophile #bookblogger #books #booksofinstagram #penguinbooks #oscarwilde #fscottfitzgerald #doriangray #greatgatsby #dayoff #booksinbed #cosyreading

QUESTION: What film would you most like to see turned into a film? I read Meddling Kids last year and was really excited by the premise. It sounded crazy but in a great way. I enjoyed it but was known be of disappointed in the ending. herey's a snippet from my review: "It needed to be season 5 Buffy but was just Buffy for the majority of season 7. It felt like the end of one of Stephen King's recent novels" But I still think there's enough here to make a fun film given the right director. Tim Burton or Edgar Wright maybe? 🥂 #bookreadhappyhour - day 20. Shit escalates - if I had to sum up this book this would be perfect. 🥂 #grimdragon - day 20. This needs a screen adaptation. 🥂 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabooks #instareads #bookphotography #bookphoto #bibliophile #booklover #bookish #bookblogger #bookblogging #bookblog #bookworm #bookflatlay #bookaholic #books #reading #flatlay #flatlaylover #booknerd #booksofinstagram #edgarcantero #meddlingkids

Considering my blog is named after Die Hard, it seems silly that I've not read the book it's based on. One day I will but it's never been high up my list. 🥂 #bookreadhappyhour - day 19. The longest book on your shelf - by page numbers alone The Kills is the longest but, in terms of size, it would be Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell. 🥂 #grimdragon - day 19. Saw the movie, yet to read the book. 🥂 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabooks #instareads #bookphotography #bookphoto #bibliophile #booklover #bookish #bookblogger #bookblogging #bookblog #bookworm #bookflatlay #bookaholic #books #reading #flatlay #flatlaylover #booknerd #booksofinstagram

QUESTION: which Hogwarts house are you? I'm a true blue Ravenclaw through and through but I definitely have some Slytherin tendencies. The sorting hat would have had some trouble with me I reckon! I'm okay with that though. Slytherin gets a bad rep cause of a few bad apples. What about the ones who don't become murderers? Why don't we hear more about them? Bloody anti-Slytherin bias from a Gryffindor centric book! 🥂 #bookreadhappyhour - day 18. Can't murder now. Eating. - I think it's safe to say Hufflepuff is the only house not capable of producing a murderous wizard/witch. Why? Too busy having midnight feasts to get all evil. 🥂 #grimdragon - day 18. Kindly unfuck yourself - Not trying to start any kind of gang warfare (after all, I love all houses equally really) but this is a message to any of those egotistical Gryffindors out there. Just cause you've got Potter doesn't mean you're the shit. I'm grateful not to be in your house. 🥂 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabooks #instareads #bookphotography #bookphoto #bibliophile #booklover #bookish #bookblogger #bookblogging #bookblog #bookworm #bookflatlay #bookaholic #books #reading #flatlay #flatlaylover #booknerd #booksofinstagram #harrypotter #hogwartshouses #sortinghat

QUESTION: Monsters or aliens? I say, why not both? Thanks to HG Wells I don't even need to find different authors. I'm thinking of reading The Island of Doctor Moreau for my next read. I've yet to start anything after The Dinner Guest because the review took so bloody long to write last night. I've been trying to follow the #unreadshelfproject2019 by reading unread books this month but, as I've already completed the January challenge, twice over, I think I can give myself a reread. 🥂 #bookreadhappyhour - day 17. Monsters... or aliens?! 🥂 #grimdragon - day 17. What a time to be alive! - So, the UK is going to shit thanks to the Brexit nightmare and the Tory battle for power. Reading the news every day is just awful. Is it any wonder we all hide in a world of books? 🥂 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabooks #instareads #bookphotography #bookphoto #booklover #bookish #bookblogge #bookflatlay #bookaholic #books #reading #booknerd #booksofinstagram #booksinbed #hgwells #penguinbooks #penguinenglishlibrary #cosyreading

When it comes to these challenges, I'm really grateful that my name is so short and contains common letters. My only issue is U but, thankfully, I have a U titled book. I feel sorry for anyone with uncommon or really long names. 🥂 #bookreadhappyhour - day 16. Spell your name with books: L - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov A - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll U - Underground by Haruki Murakami R - Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett A - A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin 🥂 #grimdragon - day 16. Swords and shields - Game of Thrones fans, how desperate are you for the final series to start? It should be an amazing one. So many battles. 🥂 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabooks #instareads #bookphotography #bookphoto #bibliophile #booklover #bookish #bookblogger #bookblogging #bookblog #bookworm #bookflatlay #bookaholic #books #reading #flatlay #flatlaylover #booknerd #booksofinstagram

QUESTION: what was the first classic you really fell in love with? I think the first piece of classic literature that really got me excited was The Picture of Dorian Gray. It was one of those books that you hear so much about cause of its reputation. It ended up being much less scandalous than I'd thought but really enjoyable. It's one I've constantly gone back to over the years. 🥂 #bookreadhappyhour - day 15. You're hosting a readathon for this book - invite 4 characters to join you: • Catherine Morland (Northanger Abbey) - she'd love the gothic elements and scandal surrounding it • Belle (Beauty and the Beast) - we'd sing about it wearing pretty dresses. Perfect. • Matilda Wormwood (Matilda) - she'd already have read it and loved it so she'd find it super easy to get into it • Tyrion Lannister - I feel like Tyrion would be the one to keep me on track with reading. He'd make sure I finished the book on time. 🥂 #grimdragon - day 15. Pulpy covers - any chance to get these beauties our. The Pulp the Classics editions are so much fun! 🥂 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabooks #instareads #bookphotography #bookphoto #bibliophile #booklover #bookish #bookblogger #bookblogging #bookblog #bookworm #bookflatlay #bookaholic #books #reading #flatlay #flatlaylover #booknerd #booksofinstagram #pulptheclassics

QUESTION: have you ever read a classic that you expected to hate but ended up loving? At university I had to read Silas Mariner for my literature course. I was convinced I'd hate it but I got really into the story. The characters but we're so well written and the story is great. I think we all ended up enjoying it more than we'd thought. 🥂 #bookreadhappyhour - day 14. Bookish art appreciation - I have always loved this style of art so when I found this book on sale I couldn't resist. It's so beautiful. 🥂 #grimdragon - day 14. I'm not trying uncontrollably. You're crying uncontrollably. Also, yes, I'm crying uncontrollably!! - Silas Mariner, a pretty emotional read. 🥂 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabooks #instareads #bookphotography #bookphoto #bibliophile #booklover #bookish #bookblogger #bookblogging #bookblog #bookworm #bookflatlay #bookaholic #books #reading #flatlay #flatlaylover #booknerd #georgeeliot #silasmarner #classicbooks

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