Welcome to my Book Nook!

Hello, welcome to my very first book blog! I have been an avid reader since I can remember, but am just now branching out to share my love of literature with the internet. With this blog my plan is to basically share my literary adventures, and post book reviews and recommendations.

Now, to get started, I'll post 25 bookish facts about me!

1. My top five book genres are: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Paranormal/Horror, Dystopian, and Classics
2. My top five favorite book series are: Lord of the Rings (including The Hobbit), Harry Potter, The Elfhunter Trilogy by C.S. Marks, Divergent, and The Hunger Games.
3. My top five stand alone novels are: Good Omens, The Fault in Our Stars, Jane Eyre, Black Beauty, and My Sister's Keeper
4. My number one favorite story of all time is Peter Pan.
5. My second favorite story of all time is Beauty and the Beast.
6. I read the entire Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in a single sitting for a straight 20 hours. It was totally worth the sleep deprivation.
7. Even if I don't like a book, I still read it through til the end. You never know if it will get better. Also, I don't like to leave things unfinished. There are only a handful of exceptions where I made it about 100 pages or less from the end and just couldn't force myself to finish.
8. In the past 2 months I have bought upwards of 50 books. I regret nothing.
9. I recently moved, and I had more boxes of books than I had of clothes and other personal items... combined.
10. I prefer paperback to hardcover. Hardcover just feels stiff and cold compared to the warm comfort of a bendy paperback.
11. I always have something warm to drink while reading. I cocoon myself into a blanket, and balance my book on my lap, while sipping my warm drink - usually coffee, but occasionally tea depending on my mood.
12. I like to have background noise on while I read. Usually my iPod. I'm pretty much unreachable when I'm reading.
13. I love tragic endings.
14. My father and I would read together every night. We would take turns reading chapters and that's how I learned to read. The first book we read together was Harry Potter.
15. My guilty reading pleasure is Beautiful Creatures. I know a lot of people don't like the series, but I love the characters. Ridley is my favorite character, and I can't wait to read Dangerous Creatures - it's in my TBR Jar.
16. I have a T.B.R-DIS - it's a TARDIS (from Doctor Who) with all my To-Be-Read books on scraps of paper. When I finish a book, I draw another one from the T.B.R.-DIS, and that's how I decide which book I will read next.
17. I named one of my guinea pigs Boo Radley, after the character from To Kill A Mockingbird.
18. If I could live in any fictional place it would be Rivendell from Lord of the Rings, or Alterra from the Elfhunter Trilogy.
19. I have to read the book, before I see the movie adaptation. I will make my friends wait to see the movie until I've finished the book.
20. The most I've cried while reading, was reading the entire Elfhunter Trilogy.
21. My favorite book ending was Ravenshade (the Elfhunter Trilogy #3).
22. Whenever I start reading a hardcover, I immediately remove the dust jacket. I hate reading a book with a dust jacket. Sometimes I put it back on, most of the time I forget where I put it.
23. I rarely read a review of a book prior to reading the book, but I will read them afterward. I like going into a book with no expectations or influence. Once I'm done, I like seeing how others felt about the book, and whether their opinion was similar to mine.
24. My favorite book to movie adaptation is Divergent.
25. My least favorite book to movie adaptation is The Host.

There you have it, 25 bookish facts about me. I thought it would be a good intro to my first book blog. Next time in the Book Nook, I will be reviewing an ARC that I got through Good Reads called Don't Forget To Breathe, by Cathrina Constantine - which I gave a 3 out of 5 stars on Good Reads.

Until next time, happy reading!

- Rebel Snowflake