#TagTuesday- #awesomebloggeraward

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Jules tagged me for the #awesomebloggeraward.

And now I'm finally getting around to doing it. Good going, me!

1. Thank the person who nominated you. Check!

2. Tag your post with #awesomebloggeraward. Check!

3. Answer the questions you were asked. About to get to this.

4. Nominate at least 5 bloggers and inform them of their nominations. Ugh! Here goes!

• Nicole @Legend of a Writer
• Sarah @Sarah, Plain and Average
• Faith @The Writer's Song
• Catherine @The Rebelling Muse
• Ceci @Ceci Creates

5. Give them 10 new questions to answer. See the bottom of the post

~A book you've had for a long time but still haven't read~

I think Captives by Jill Williamson is a good fit for this question. I've had it for... I think three... four years? and I still haven't read it. I put it on my TBR for February and we'll see if I like it. *fingers crossed*

~A book you read right after buying it~

Within These Lines and Romanov, to name a few. I've read a lot of books right after buying them. But those are the two I know for certain. 

~A book you regret buying~

The Last Unicorn. Not a great book at all. The cover I have is GORGEOUS, though, so I still keep it for aesthetic purposes.

EDIT: I'm actually unhauling it now. Aesthetic purposes is no longer a valid excuse for taking up shelf space. 

~A series that you wish you'd bought the entirety of while you were at the store but instead you just got the first one and now you have to wait to get the others~

The Lunar Chronicles. I got Cinder at a used bookstore and didn't buy the following books. And now... I'm pretty bummed out about that.

I recently found Scarlet and Cress at a Goodwill, so I picked them up for super cheap, but I'm still hunting for Winter. 

~A book you wish they'd make into a movie~

I wish they would do the Percy Jackson series again, but this time actually do a good job with it.

Oh! And maybe the Books of Bayern series too! Now I would be totally up for that!

~A book you'd love to step into and never return~

Narnia. For sure. It's possibly the safest option. 

~A book you convinced your siblings to read and they thought they wouldn't like it but they actually did~

I wasn't sure if there were any, but I asked Joe and he said that I made him read The Hobbit and he enjoyed it. He in turn made me read some Redwall books and now I enjoy them, though I haven't read many yet. I'm planning to change that soon. 

~Computer or notebook for writing down story ideas/notes?~

While I've started to use Microsoft OneNote for keeping my notes straight, I still much prefer using my idea notebook for jotting things down. It's just harder for me to stay organized.

One program I've recently started using and I'm thoroughly enjoying is Shaxpir. It keeps all of the details of your story in one place, similar to Scrivener, but way more user friendly (don't @ me, Scrivener users. I don't like that program and I'm entitled to that opinion). Also, it's free for the basic version, which works really well. And their customer service is 10/10.

So basically, to answer this question, I use a notebook to write down all basic ideas and plot bunnies. Then, once it feels like it's going to be an actual project, I'll create a folder for it and start using the computer to compile my ideas/notes. 

~If you could have extra time to write some fanfiction for fun, what story would you delve into?  Would you add new characters or just use the original ones?~

Ugh. I don't even think much about fanfic anymore. My own, maybe? I love writing different backstories and sequels to my books.

I maybe would do some Lunar Chronicle fanfic, just because I think it would be fun to mess around with some sci-fi without having any pressure of getting the tech and stuff right. It's already made up!

But, to be quite honest, if I had extra time, I wouldn't spend it writing fanfic. Just not my thing. 

~A book you can't wait to read~

I just got Good Morning, Good Life by Amy Landino for Christmas and I can't wait to dive into that! She's the morning routine queen, so any book that she writes about it is going to be good!

~Bonus Question: Have you seen Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse?  If so, thoughts?~

No, I haven't watched it nor am I really interested in watching it. While I know it's gotten a lot of positive feedback, it's just not something I really want to see. I've never really been into Spiderman and, quite frankly, with all of the remakes, I'm a little ODed on his character. Tom Holland's is the only version where I've been excited about it. Any other is kind of meh to me.

~The New Questions for Tagged Folk~

1. At what level of exhaustion are you capable of functioning at before you have to give up?

2. Least favorite soundtrack?

3. Non-fic book that's helped you?

4. Character death you're still not over?

5. Your favorite productivity tip?

6. Weirdest book you've ever read?

7. Which WIP is closest to your heart?

8. A song that powers you up?

9. Which breed of dog do you think looks cutest as a puppy?

10. What was your first ever DNF?

Can't wait to see y'all's answers!