My friend, Suey did this tag on her YouTube channel, and I thought it looked like fun, so here we go!
1. Reading the Last Page First - OUT! Don't do it!!
2. Enemies to Lovers - In
3. Dream Sequences - In, if they are done right
4. Love Triangles - Depends
5. Cracked Spines - OUT! Why would you do this!?
6. Back to My Small Town - In
7. Monsters Are Regular People - I'm not sure what this means, but sure, in.
8. No Paragraph Breaks - Out, I like them.
9. Multi-Generational Sagas - I'm torn on this. I usually don't like these books, but maybe I haven't found the right one for me. I don't know.
10. Re-Reading - IN! Yes! I love revisiting old friends.
11. Artificial Intelligence - Sure, in
12. Drop Caps - What? I don't know. Maybe?
13. Happy Endings - Duh! In!
14. Plot Points That Only Converge At the End - In
15. Detailed Magic Systems - In, but not TOO detailed
16. Classic Fantasy Races - IN!
17. Unreliable Narrators - IN!
18. Evil Protagonists - I'm with Suey on this one, I need someone to cheer for. I enjoy sympathetic antagonists, but I'm not sure if I want an evil protagonist, so out.
19. The Chosen One - Sure, why not?
20. When the Protagonist Dies - In
21. Really Long Chapters - How long? Are there paragraph breaks? Maybe
22. French Flaps - I honestly don't care
23. Deckled Edges - Out! I hate these
24. Signed Copies by the Author - IN! I love meeting authors and getting my books signed.
25. Dog-Earing Pages - OUT!! If you want to do it to your own books, fine! But don't do it to other people's books!!!!
26. Chapter Titles Instead of Numbers - I like when there is both.
Let me know which ones you agree and/or disagree with me on.
If you want to play along, consider yourself tagged.
Awesome! We need to understand the monsters are regular people better, lol!
ReplyDeleteI guess so! Ha!
DeleteThis is fun! I don't have any signed copies of books, but I would love to meet authors.
ReplyDeleteWe are really blessed in Utah with all our local authors. I hope you get to meet some sometime.
DeleteI agree with you on most of these! Dog earing pages- noooo lol :)
ReplyDeleteRight!?
DeleteI'm out on love triangles and multi-generational sagas, but otherwise I mostly agree with you on these. fun post. :D
ReplyDeleteInteresting! I'm glad we mostly agree.
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