Hi everyone, my name is Shelby and you're watching Read and Find Out. I have my
peppermint mocha from Dunkin Donuts here, because happy hour. Today I'm gonna be
doing the Christmas Cookie Book Tag and
I'm really excited about it.
It was created by Adriane from Share
Inspire Journey Dream and she tagged me
in it in her original tag so thank you
Adriane. And it's festive so I thought I
would have my peppermint drink, not that
I'm gonna be able to hold it the whole
time but whatever. And so these questions are inspired by different types of
cookies which I love and I wish that I
had cookies during this tag. Maybe I'll
make some later. Question one is the
chocolate chip cookie: the cookie that's
comforting in any season. Name an old
favorite. I decided not to go with the
very obvious answer of Harry Potter for
this question, so I decided to go with
the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I think I
might have read this trilogy twice in
high school and I haven't read it since,
so I need to get back to this at some
point. But it is an old favorite and it's
in my top five all-time favorite series.
Question two is biscotti: the cookie
that's tough to bite into but totally
worth the effort. A book that was
difficult for you to get into but you're
so glad you stuck through to the end. My
answer for this is probably going to be
really really surprising because this is
the first book in my all-time favorite
series and that's The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan. The first time that I
tried to read this I was listening to it as an audiobook and I DNFed it.
That could be because I don't think that
audiobooks and I necessarily get along
that well but I could not get into it. I
was like first chapter or two, I don't like
it and it's not gonna be for me. And
then David got me this mass market
paperback copy and I read it and I loved
it and now the Wheel of Time is my
favorite series. David's insisting that I
tell a story about my first time trying
to listen to the audiobook of The Eye of
the World so I will. So the last time I
got pulled over was like three years ago
when I was trying to listen to this on
audiobook and I was trying so hard to
pay attention to it that I was speeding
by ten miles per hour and I got pulled
over. I didn't get a ticket or anything.
Audiobooks just don't work for me. It
takes a lot of concentration for me to
actually like listen to what's happening.
So yeah. Also maybe I shouldn't be
listening to them while driving. I
haven't listened to an audiobook since.
Question three: sugar cookies, the cookie
that comes in all shapes and sizes. Give
a diverse recommendation. I'm just gonna
say Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta,
which I have a full spoiler free review
of and I will link that in the cards.
It's a YA contemporary mystery with an
lgbtq+ relationship and there's
religious and ethnic/racial
representation in this and it's great.
Question four is peanut butter blossoms:
the underdog cookie that eventually
became a Christmas favorite. Name a 
character that slowly but surely grew on
you. I know exactly what I'm thinking
for this one and that is Malta Haven
Vestrit, Vestrit Haven, whatever, cuz I
freakin hated her in Ship of Magic and I
think she developed so much in The Mad
Ship that she actually ended up being
one of my favorite characters in the
book. And I don't know how that happened
because she was my second least favorite in the first book. And I'm really excited
to continue on to Ship of Destiny.
Hopefully by the end of this month I'll
have started it but we'll see. Question 5
is snickerdoodles: the cookie with the
name that you can't say without smiling. Name a book that made you smile or laugh.
That's gonna have to be Princeless Volume 1: Save Yourself because it was so funny.
Like it's a middle grade fantasy graphic
novel but Princess Adrian is hysterical.
Just that some of the chapters are like
"On Sexism in the Armor Industry." I just
I loved it and I talked about it in my
last month's wrap-up so check that out.
Question six is fruitcake cookies: the
cake that should never have been made
into a cookie. A book that you could do
without. I'm gonna have to say American
Gods by Neil Gaiman because I just... this
book didn't agree with me. It was okay or
slightly less than okay because I just
didn't care about the characters. I
wanted to be really interested in the
world and I kind of was but I just
didn't like it. But I'm keeping it
because this version is beautiful though
I don't think I will read Anansi Boys. At
least not anytime soon. But I am still
glad that I have this beautiful copy.
Question seven is the gingerbread house:
it's more than just a cookie, it's a
masterpiece. The book that has the best
writing slash world building. So I
decided to pick two answers for this, one
regarding writing and one about the
world building. So for the writing I'm
gonna say When Breath Becomes Air which I talked about again in my most recent
wrap-up. Because the writing... Kalanithi's, he has beautiful writing, I just loved it.
And then for world building I'm gonna
say the Stormlight Archive.
I just finished Oathbringer earlier
this week. This was my least favorite of
the three Stormlight books that are out
so far. But Sanderson's world building in
the Stormlight Archive in particular is
great. Roshar is such a cool system and
planet. Question 8 is cookies baked
especially for Santa: share a book you
plan on reading this holiday season. I
already read the only Christmassy book
that I was gonna read this month and
that was C Christmas Carol by Charles
Dickens. I finished it I think was yesterday
at the time of filming and I gave it 3.5
stars, so it was pretty good but I
already knew the story so. That's the
only Christmassy book that I'm planning
on reading this month but another thing
that I know for sure I need to read is
this ARC of Between the Blade and the
Heart by Amanda Hocking. This is being
released on January 2nd so I need to
read it like now. Pretty sure this is a
YA mythology based fantasy and the
first in I think a trilogy but I'm not
really sure. It's not Christmassy or
anything though it seems like it would
be a very January kind of read but I'm
reading it this month so I can get my
review out before the release date.
Question 9 is cookie swap: what's your
favorite holiday cookie?Aand for me
that's gonna be peanut butter balls. I
think some people will call them
Buckeyes or something. I just know that
my mom always made them growing up. So
they're essentially just like balled
peanut butter dipped in melted chocolate
and then frozen and they're so good.
Question ten is a glass of milk to wash
it all down: what's your favorite holiday
drink. Peppermint mochas! This is why
subconsciously I was like "I need to go
to Dunkin Donuts," because I knew:
peppermint mochas. That's what I was going to be talking about. The subconscious is an
interesting thing. Either that or I just
really wanted a peppermint mocha and it
happens to be my favorite holiday drink.
I love peppermint. But those were all the
questions for this tag. I'm gonna be
tagging Reija from Bofinkins, Eva from
EvaMuellerreads, I think that's how you say
your last name but I've never heard you
say it so I can't be sure. And Rayna from
Rayna Liddell, Liddell.. Rayna I've also
never heard you say your last name so
I'm sorry if I said that incorrectly. Comment down below and let me know what
some of your favorite Christmas or
holiday drinks and cookies are, because I
would like to try some new things.
Thank you for watching, I hope you have a
good day, and until next time, bye.
