I had so much fun doing that last book tag, I thought I'd do another. I promise, I'll go back to doing a variety of different posts soon. But why stop when you're having fun? So, this one runs about the same as the last one. Only, it's little more about book characters, and it is Disney themed. Let's get started
Little Mermaid: Name a Character out of their element in their story.
For this one, I had to go with the titular character from Marissa Meyer's book Cinder, Linh Cinder. This is kind of funny to be my choice for this one, given the next tag but... The Lunar Chronicles as the series is collectively called is a set of retellings of several fairy tales with a sci-fi/fantasy twist. Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White make up the quartet. And while all the title characters could be listed as being out of their element--except maybe Winter--I chose Cinder because I feel like she's got the most set upon her shoulders. I'll avoid spoilers, but I think you'd agree on this one. Not only that, she's also had no training for what's expected of her... she just kind of has to rely on instinct, friendship, and her own morals.
Cinderella: Character that goes through major transformation.
For this one, I had to choose the werewolf named Kitty from Carrie Vaughn's best selling Kitty Norville series. For two reasons. One, she's a werewolf so she literally goes through a major transformation into her wolf form several times during the series. Two, because her character arc is amazing. As I'm writing this, I'm due to read like book eleven of fourteen in this series, and I've gotta tell you, Book 11 Kitty is way, way different than Book 1 Kitty. She starts out in an abusive relationship with her pack members, most of them, and while she definitely has the seeds of sassy, no nonsense in her in this one, it isn't fully realized until a couple of books later. But you watch them grow steadily and believably. This series is crazy fun and funny.
Snow White: Book with an eclectic cast of characters.
Had to go with this one. This remains my favorite book by Koontz. It's great. It's thrilling. It's scary, at times. It's oddly funny. And, nowhere in the blurb does it mention killer clowns. I'm not joking. And I don't mean on a supernatural level. I mean a real, murderous family of circus clowns that have a rivalry with a family of acrobats. I'm so incredibly not joking. Is that eclectic or what?
Sleeping Beauty: Book that put me asleep.
I did this one to myself. Also, as a rule, I'm excluding any books "assigned" to me in school. That being said, this past June I chose to read this--not this edition--because the movie staring Emma Thomson is one of my favorite films--because of her and Alan Rickman, I won't lie. I had previously read Pride and Prejudice so I should have known... but I swear, this was worse. Some of these words were not meant to be every single word form they could be... I forced myself through the end of this one, and I would gladly have napped through it if I could have.
Lion King: Character that went through a traumatic experience in childhood.
I read a lot of books with traumatic events happening to the characters when they were younger. I decided to go with a new favorite here and chose Feyre from Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses. Again, I'm trying to avoid spoilers, but because of something she sees and experiences the consequences of as a child, it basically shapes her whole being as a young woman. It's not the most traumatic thing for a character that I've read, but still.... this counts.
Beauty and the Beast. A "beast" of a book.
I've read a lot of books that could be considered "beasts" AKA big books. But I chose to go with one I enjoyed. Fun fact, I actually read through the entire first POV of this book and then DNF-ed this thing for like a year (DNF=did not finish). But, it stayed with me enough that I went back to it, and I'm so glad I did. In case you don't know, this is the telling of the myth of King Arthur as told through the POVs of three significant females--his mother, his sister, and his wife.
Aladdin: Character who gets their wish granted.
I had to go with Tavi from this series by Jim Butcher. Especially at the end of the first book. He wants one thing, and while having to go through a crap-ton of crap, is actually granted his wish at the end. Guys, I recommend this series, btw. Just finished it, and it was totally worth it.
Mulan: Character who pretends to be something or someone they're not.
Had to go with this one. Snape. Okay? Snape.
Toy Story: Book of characters you want to see come to life.
Can I say all the books I've read? Wait, well... not Twilight or Hunger Games. Most the books I've read.
And finally Disney's Descendants: Favorite villain.
I'm cheating like a mf-er here. Honestly, it was between Darth Vader here, Negaduck from the Darkwing comics, or the Joker. Vader beat them out because there's comics written specifically for him (beating out Negsy), and as much as I love Mistah J... Vader would obliterate him. Also, the cover here is for a series I want to read but haven't read. I want to. I read the series written between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. Loved, loved, loved it.
And that's it for the Disney tag. I found this tag originally done by Jessethereader some time ago. Have no idea if he made if up or not, but that's where I got it. I'd love to see others do this. Leave a link if you have. Until then, see you next Thursday... beginning of Nano Prep Season!!
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