Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag! | 2018

WOW. We're already half way through 2018. Where has this year gone? Seriously. On the bright side, being half way through the year means we get to do some mid-year check ins on our reading, and what better way to do that with the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag! I did this tag last year and really enjoyed answering the questions, so I thought why not do it again this year? I hope you enjoy watching!

QUESTIONS
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2018.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty The Long Walk by Stephen King 
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2018.
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
5. Biggest disappointment.
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
6. Biggest surprise.
2AM at the Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn
7. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you)
Liane Moriarty
8. Newest fictional crush.
Gabe Donnelly from 99 Days by Katie Cotugno Adam Parrish from The Raven Cycle  by Maggie Stiefvater
9. Newest favorite character.
Madeline from 2AM at the Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino Elsa from My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologizes by Fredrik Backman
10. Book that made you cry.
Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa
11. Book that made you happy.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
12. Favorite book to film adaptation you saw this year. 
Ready Player One The Handmaid's Tale
13. Favorite review you've written this year. (Booktube version: Favorite video you have done so far in this year) 
[LOL FORGOT TO DO THIS QUESTION]
14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

BookTube About Me Tag!

It's been a bit since I've done a book tag, and posting this seems to have come at a very serendipitous time because I recently surpassed the 1,000 subscriber milestone thanks to a shout out from the lovely  Chelsea Dolling Reads! What better way to introduce myself to my new friends than answer some random questions about myself? :P Press play to hear my answers for this tag and keep reading to get the questions so that you can do this tag yourself!

Questions:

1. What do you study/what is your job?

2. What is your favorite social media channel?

3. If you had another channel what would it be about?

4. Do you play any instruments?

5. What are your hobbies other reading?

6. Favorite TV shows?

7. What got you into reading?

8. What are your favorite and least favorite genres?

9. What books define your childhood?

10. Tell us an interesting fact about you

Original Tag by Harriet Rosie

I was tagged by Becky at Beck's Books!

I TAG:

Izzy @ punkrockgirlpa

Alyssa @ Books and Cats

Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag! | 2017

Happy Friday, friends! Today over on the channel I'm doing the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag! This is a tag that lets you reflect back on your reading for the first half of the year, pick out some favorites, and get excited for the second half of the reading year! This is a tag that flies around BookTube every year around June/July so I knew I had to hop in and share my answers with you all. Click play to hear what I talked about and if you're interested in doing this tag, keep reading to find the questions!

TAG QUESTIONS:
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2017. 
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2017.
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment.
6. Biggest surprise.
7. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favorite character.
10. Book that made you cry.
11. Book that made you happy.
12. Favorite book to film adaptation you saw this year. 
13. Favorite review you've written this year.
14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year.
15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Created by Read Like Wildfire & ElyJayne

Reading Habits Tag!

Today I'm doing the Reading Habits Tag! This tag is extremely old (something like 4 years old... yikes) but I saw a few of the BookTubers I like to watch doing this tag and thought I would also share my answers to these questions! No one tagged me to do this, I just wanted to participate in this tag and talk a little bit about how I read and the things I do while I'm reading. I hope you enjoy watching, and if you want to share your answers as well, consider yourself tagged! :)

TAG QUESTIONS
1. Do you have a certain place at home for reading? 2. Bookmark or random piece of paper? 3. Can you just stop reading or do you have to stop after a chapter/ a certain amount of pages? 4. Do you eat or drink while reading? 5. Multitasking: Music or TV while reading? 6. One book at a time or several at once? 7. Reading at home or everywhere? 8. Reading out lout or silently in your head? 9. Do you read ahead or even skip pages? 10. Breaking the spine or keeping it like new? 11. Do you write in your books? 12. Who do you tag?

#BookBuddyAThon Tag!

Happy Friday, everyone! #BookBuddyAThon kicks off tomorrow! In anticipation of this super fun readathon, Michael and I decided to take part in the #BookBuddyAThon tag which is more like an activity rather than a tag. Basically, what you need to do is come up with five bookish questions that you will ask your book buddy, and they will ask you five bookish questions and you answer the questions that they give you. This gives you the opportunity to get to know each other a little better! I've written the questions Michael asked me below, and if you'd like to know my answers make sure you're clicking play on the video above! Be sure to check out Michael's channel to find out the questions that I asked him! :)

Questions from Michael 
 1.Which character from a book do you identify most as? What about this character do you see in yourself? 
 2. Describe a book you have read which has totally changed your worldview and your thoughts on implementing it into your daily life. 
 3. If you could unhaul one book from your shelf right now, (without the possibility to ever read/reread it) what would it be and why? 
 4. How, with the start and running of your book tube channel, have your reading tastes changed? 
 5. Quick fire on reading habits:  -Kindle: Yes or no?  -End of chapter or end where you want?  -Bookmark or paper or dog ear? -Hardcover or paperback?  -Used or new?  -Owned or borrowed?

Anything But Books Tag!

Earlier this week I uploaded the Anything But Books tag on my channel, originally created by ReadOrRot! My Booktube buddy Michael from Michael's Shelf tagged me to participate so of course I had to jump in and play along! Click play to hear my answers to each one of the tag questions, and if you're interested in doing this tag, you will find the questions below! :)
TAG QUESTIONS
1. Name a cartoon that you love.   2. What is your favorite song right now? 
3. What could you do for hours (that isn't reading)? 
4. What is something you love to do that your followers would be surprised by?   5. What is your favorite unnecessarily specific thing to learn about? 
6. What is something unusual you know how to do? 
7. Name something you’ve made in the last year (and show us, if you can). 
8. What is your most recent personal project? 
9. Tell us something you think about often. 
10. Give us something thats your favorite, but make it something oddly specific (not like your favorite food, but like your favorite food when you’ve been studying for hours and forgot to eat. Or, you know, something like that.)

I Messed Up Book Tag

I was tagged by Jessica & Christina over at Game of Tomes to complete the I Messed Book Tag! This was a challenging tag - I really had to rack my brain to come up with the answers to each question! I had so much fun coming up with each answer, though, and making this video! Click play to hear my answers to this tag. The questions are below and I hope to see this on your blog or YouTube channel if you're interested in completing this tag!
1. A character appearance that you misread or imagined differently? 2. A character name that you’ve been pronouncing wrong? 3. An overused trope that is your guilty pleasure 4. A cliche character type that you like seeing on screen than reading about 5. A word/phrase that you learned because of its use in a book 6. Have you ever not read/not completed a reading requirement for school 7. Have you ever (or have wanted to) skipped a chapter from the point of view you weren’t interested in? 8. Have you ever cancelled social plans to read a book?

Festive Christmas Book Tag!

Merry belated Christmas, everyone!
I didn't realize that I never posted this video on my blog! A few weeks ago I did the Festive Christmas Book Tag on my channel to get in the holiday spirit. I had a lot of fun picking books that went along with the prompts and it definitely made me feel a bit more festive. I hope you enjoy this video even though you're seeing it after Christmas! (I don't know about you, but I STILL feel super Christmassy!)
I will be posting a ton of videos this week so be on the lookout for those! It will be a lot of wrapping up the year and looking forward into 2017. I will start uploading TODAY so if you're interested in seeing all of my end-of-year videos, make sure you're checking back every day for new uploads! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and that you enjoy the last week of 2016!

Happy Birthday, FivEleveNinety!

Today is FivEleveNinety's first birthday! Yes, today is this ol' blog of mine's bloggeversary. Jeez did that go by fast! In honor of this special day, I decided to make a special video for you all. I hope you all enjoy! :)

 
Thanks to the bloggers who tagged me!
Check them out below! :)   Fiona @ Fiona's Bubble Ellie @ Looking for Love Online  Julie-Anne @ Just Julz Alexia @ Infinitely Indecisive Kiran @ Piece of the Net

13 Personal Questions Tag!

Hey friends! I was a bit busy this Monday with hall check-in at Dean, and I didn't have much to vlog about, so I decided to do the 13 Personal Questions tag on YouTube! I thought it'd be a fun thing to share here as well, so take a look at the video if you'd like to learn a few new things about me! :) (Tag starts at 2:54)



Here are the questions if you'd like to do the tag yourself:
1. What do you order at Starbucks? 2. What's one thing in your closet that you can't live without? 3. What's one thing that most people don't know about you? 4. What's one thing you want to do before you die? 5. What's one food that you can't live without? 6. What's one quote that you live your life by? 7. What do you like/dislike about the YouTube community? (or if you're not a YouTuber, the blogging community?) 8. What's your #1 song on your iPod or iTunes? 9. What kind of style would you describe yourself as having? 10. What's your favorite number? 11. 2 hobbies? 12. 2 pet peeves? 13. What's your guilty pleasure?
If you do the tag, let me know in the comments so I can check it out! :)
Hope you enjoy!