Hello folks how are you guys? I totally want to have some fun tonight so I want to do what sounds like a totally fun book tag on the blog . The tag I'm doing is the Bar and Book Case book tag . How the tag works is that there are several different alcoholic drinks listed and there is a book prompt to go with every listed drink. This is kind of like a book recommendation list too.
Since this post is alcohol related and I want to have some fun tonight I'm also having a drink while I create this post.
I'm drinking a wine called 19 Crimes. It says it's a 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon. I'm not really a wine drinker so I don't know if this is a red wine or anything like that . I have been wanting to try 19 Crimes for awhile now though because I'm a fan of true crime and all of their wine labels have this augmented reality thing where you can use your phone to scan the label and the guy on the label tells you the true story of the crime he committed. Yes, all of the people on their labels are real people.
So now lets get to the book tag challenge:
1. Drink: An Old Fashioned Book Prompt = Recommend a Historical Fiction:
My pick to fill that prompt is The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. This is really the only historical fiction book I've read . I just haven't read a lot of that genre yet but, I would like to read more of it. The Tattooist of Auschwitz was a pretty good read though. I would recommend it if you haven't read it yet. It has a lot of hype but, the story is decent.
2. Drink: Side Car= Recommend a book with a strong supporting character.
My pick for this is The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of The Three by Stephen King. This is one of the best books Stephen King has written and it's the introduction of the character Eddie Dean. He is my favorite side character from any book. He gets a hell of an introduction into the series in this book and he has an overall amazing story and journey in this series. He works his way out of a bad spot and goes on to do some really awesome things. Plus, he has an excellent sense of humor and overall I think he is a really likable character. He may be the best character Stephen King has ever created and he isn't even the main character of this series.
3. Drink: A Manhattan = Recommend A Book Set In New York:
For this one I'm picking The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll . Jim Carroll was an amazing poet and one of my favorite writers and this book is his coming of age story about what it was like to grow up on the streets of New York. It's written in a diary format and he really didn't hold anything back about what it was like to grow up on New York's streets. Heads up though it does talk about drug use and things of that sort.
4. Drink: Bloody Mary= Book That Scared You or Messed You Up
For this one I'm picking The Troop by Nick Cutter. Trigger Warnings for almost everything in this book! It's about a boy scout troop and they visit this island and a contagion type of thing gets set lose. All types of horror follows after that! It's one of the best horror books I've read in a long time. It's just really messed up and disturbing but the story is good too.
5. Drink: Espresso Martini : Book You Stayed Up Late Reading
I love true crime and I'm picking Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale for this one. I found his story to be very interesting. I know it was a different time and our tech wasn't as grand as it is today but he was able to commit fraud for a very very long time and at such a young age. It was just fascinating and I stayed up more than a few nights reading it!
6. Drink: Sazorack : Book That Left You Feeling Disoriented
For this one I'm picking Lock Every Door by Riley Sager. The book was good over all but, to me it had this dream like feel. Not that that's bad because the book was actually really good! It reads like an 80s' horror movie and I loved that.
7. Drink : Long Island Iced Tea = Book That Does To Much
I think for this one I am going to pick Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. The story was good don't get me wrong but, the interview format it's written in made it tough reading at times. It just got a bit confusing is all. Overall it was still a good story though. I would actually recommend it to people who like rock and roll stories even though this one is fictional.
8. Drink: Negroni = Recommend a book with a love triangle
I don't read a lot of romance so I actually have no idea what to pick for this one. I just don't really encounter love triangles in the books I read. I'm actually stumped here!
9. Drink: Bay Breeze = Recommend a book with good vibes:
Really anything by Jude Deveraux is a good pick for this one . I know I just said I don't read a lot of romance and I don't but she writes really good really cute romance stories (and some mysteries). I usually don't like romance but, I do like her stuff.
10. Drink: A Dark and Stormy= Recommend a Dark Thrilling Book:
My pick for this one is The Institute by Stephen King. I just think the story is rather messed up because of what it's about. Some people kidnap kids and hold them at this Institute to run tests on them because of their mental abilities! While some parts are pretty dark and twisted the story is good overall!
11. Drink: Martini = Recommend a Classic
I would say anything by Edgar Allan Poe. He is probably my favorite poet the only other poet that comes as close to being my number one favorite as Poe is would be Jack Kerouac. I know they are two totally different artists! For this prompt though I would stick with Poe! I know it's stereotypical but my favorite poem by Poe is probably The Raven!
That's it for this tag! If you like my content please give my blog a follow . I will be back with a review of Illuminated Poems by Allen Ginsberg . I will talk to you all again soon! Goodbye!
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