Bookstore Book Tag

I found this from the lovely Bekka over at Pretty Deadly Blog, who had posted this in November of last year. The Bookstore Book Tag was created by Britt Reads.

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The beginning of your trip. You walk into a bookstore and you instantly feel happy: Name a book that has the perfect beginning.

I immediately was caught in The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence by Alyssa Palombo. It begins with a prologue -- which don't always work for me -- but it set the mood and tone perfectly. I knew I was in for a story that was going to be sad and beautiful.

That sad moment when they don’t have the book you were looking for: Name a book that made you bawl your eyes out.

This happens to me an embarrassing amount - so much so that I keep a shelf to remember all the books that make it rain on my face. The most recent additions to the shelf: Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give, The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord, and Hold Back the Stars by Katie Khan.

That moment you’re just looking around and find a random book that just speaks to you: Name a hidden gem.

I definitely think more fans of mythic fiction should read Amalia Carosella's Helen of Troy series - Helen of Sparta and By Helen's Hand. A vivid retelling of a familiar story, she gives it new spin and new angles. It's creative and full of fantastic characters.

That moment you finally find the book that you were looking for: Name a book that you’ve waited months and months for to be released.

Obligatory The Winds of Winter answer.

Other than that:
OATHBRINGER by Brandon Sanderon aka BSands himself - due out in November. After years of waiting, there's finally only like 6 months to goooooo. I'm scared. I'm excited. I'm scarexited.

That moment you see a book with a gorgeous cover and you just have to have it: Name a book you bought purely because of its cover.

Sisters Red is my perma-answer for a cover-buy. I don't even like the title font but the rest is SO GOOD I don't even care. However, there are others: Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken, Soundless by Richelle Mead, and A Season of Spells by Sylvia Izzo Hunter.

That moment you have to pay a lot of money for your books but still feel very happy you finally have them: Name a book that made you suffer, but you were still happy about it.

Umm pretty much any of my 5-star reads?  But digging into my emotional-whiplash shelf and excepting titles I've already used (THUG, TNtGU), there are a few titles I think fit the bill rather well: Gemina, The Violinist of Venice, and A Conjuring of Light.

Walking out of the bookstore feeling super happy and excited: Name a book with the perfect ending.

I really loved the ending of Geekerella by Ashley Poston! Skullsworn also had a great finale, as expected of a Staveley fantasy!

Probably the only time these two books will be in the same answer to the a question, lol.

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It’s always nice to take a little trip through the bookstore, don’t you think?

Tagging anyone who wants to join!