Book Tag: 90s Movie Tag

Hi all – I haven’t been directly tagged on this, but Sara @ The Bibliophagist left an open invitation for it and thought I’d give it a whirl 🙂

I’m an ’88 baby so, naturally,  most of the stuff I love is from the 90s.

She’s All That

Name a book that has an odd pairing but they still fit perfectly

Omens (The Cainsville Series)

Olivia and Ricki – but I think this is mostly because neither of them feel like real people. Regardless, the “slightly older, educated rich girl” and the “slightly younger, college student / heir to a biker gang” feels hyperbolic.

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10 Things I Hate About You

Name a book/series that you have a love/hate relationship with

The Lunar Chronicles

I’m a sucker for fairytale re-imaginings and this one is so much fun, but it’s super frustrating that it doesn’t do much to subvert fairytale tropes and is still all about princesses getting their princes.

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Clueless

Name a character that is totally clueless but you love them anyway

Let the Right One In

Oskar – his innocence and ignorance make him so awkward and vulnerable, but he’s also so passionate and open to new experiences. I love him. For the record, I also loved him in the film adaptation, and in the US film adaptation, Let Me In.

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Titanic

Name a book that made you cry

The Handmaid’s Tale

The story is terrifying and heart-wrenching, all at once. The TV show gets me too.

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American Pie

Name a book that makes you laugh

God is an Atheist

I don’t read a lot of comedy, and I must admit – I don’t remember much of this one. But I do remember laughing quite a bit with the protagonist’s strange and dark sense of humour.

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Can’t Hardly Wait

Name a book with a crazy party

The Great Gatsby

Hands down.

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Cruel Intentions

Name a character that you can never fully trust

Dawn

Nikanj – It seems to have good intentions; but, as a whole, I wasn’t sure how to feel about the motives of the Oankali, an alien race. I felt uneasy about Nikanj throughout most of the book.

*FYI – I’m referring to Nikanj as an It because the character is “third gender” and “sexless” in the book. I believe “It” is the pronoun used.

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Name your favourite “boy next door” or “girl next door”  couple

I Am Princess X

May and Patrick – I know this is NOT a love story, and May and Patrick’s relationship actually stays platonic. I’m still counting it because they make a good team and have good chemistry – even only as friends.

(Also – excited for Priest’s upcoming book, The Agony House)

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Scream

Name a book with a memorable villain

Misery 

Annie Wilkes, Paul Sheldon’s number one fan… Shivers!

Side-note, the book was scarier than the movie, and I’m not even a big fan of King’s writing.

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The Craft

Name a book with witches

Wicked

Enough said!

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I’ll pass this tag along to Tiffany at Book & Coffee Addict (if you dig this sort of thing), and anyone else who wants to join in on the fun 🙂 Can’t wait to see your picks!