Hi, friends! It’s been a while since we’ve done a book tag here on the blog and Amanda saw this one from Jess @ Jessica C Writes. It took a bit of searching, but the original tag was created by Paper Fury and inspired from the #CakeFlavoredBooks tag over on Instagram. Cake is something that we love here, alongside our love for books. So, we though it would be fun to do this tag that combines both!
Chocolate Cake // A dark book you absolutely love
Amanda- All the Bad Apples by Moira Fowley-Doyle. This book was honestly hard to read during certain parts, but it’s such an important story.
Antonia- I tend to avoid darker themes but I fondly remember reading The Devouring by Simon Holt with Amanda when we were teenagers. It was definitely terrifying but still such good memories.
Vanilla Cake // A light read
Amanda- The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai. While looking through my reading list, I realized I don’t read many ‘light’ books.
Antonia- Well Met by Jen Deluca.
Red Velvet // A book that gave you mixed emotions
Amanda- A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas, I almost hated Feyre and Rhysand by the end of the book and I’m not happy about that at all.
Antonia- Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa. I loved this series but the end was just a little bittersweet.
Cheesecake // A book you would recommend to anyone
Amanda- This is a hard question because everyone has different reading tastes. So, I’m going to give a few for a few different genres.
Contemporary: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Fantasy: For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig
Mystery/Thriller: A Good Girls Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Antonia- Oh wow, there’s so many. I always recommend Nora Roberts to everyone because she’s forever my favorite. I also always recommend The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss to fantasy lovers.
Coffee Cake // A book you started but never finished
Amanda- The Fiery Heart by Diana Gabaldon. I’ve been reading this book for what feels like a million years.
Antonia- The Ever Cruel Kingdom by Rin Chupeco. This one is only sort of a DNF. I liked the first book but was having trouble getting through this one. I just wasn’t in the mood for it. So I moved on to something else but I do plan to pick this one up again at some point.
Carrot Cake // A book with great writing
Amanda- All of Anna-Marie McLemore’s books. Their writing is absolutely stunning. I’ve read Wild Beauty and Blanca & Roja which were both filled with beautiful prose.
Antonia- This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone. I loved the way this book was written, it just worked so well with the story itself and really drew me in.
Tiramisu // A book that left you wanting more
Amanda- The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders. I really enjoyed this book right up until the ending. I was left wanting more and not in a good way. It felt like there were chapters missing to conclude the story. I wanted any semblance of a conclusion and I didn’t really get that from this book.
Antonia- All of them. I’ve never read a book and not wanted more from the story and characters.
Cupcakes // A series with 4+ books
Amanda- I absolutely devoured the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown in 2020 and I recommend that you do the same this year.
Antonia- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. All of them are amazing.
Fruit Cake // A book that wasn’t what you anticipated
Amanda- Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft. I went into this one thinking that it was a spooky and magical mystery in a creepy mansion. While part of the story is this. There is much more to the story. There’s interesting world building and politics, characters I loved and hated. This book wasn’t what I anticipated but not in a bad way.
Antonia- Year One by Nora Roberts. This book was so much darker than she normally writes but it was amazing.
Lamington // Favorite Australian book
Amanda- This was a fun question because I didn’t realize some of the books that I’ve loved were written by Australian authors. Some of those books are The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend, Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne, and of course, The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff.
Antonia- I actually haven’t read any Australian authors. I would love some recommendations though.
If you’re reading this and think it would be fun to do, consider yourself tagged!
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Several years ago there was a similar book tag that I thought of doing, but never got around to finishing it! Maybe I will with these questions instead of those.
Definitely! This was pretty fun!
Ooo so glad you did the tag! It was fun to read both of your answers 🤩
Yay! We had fun doing it!