The Unpopular Opinions Book Tag

It's time for another book tag! This time, it's the Unpopular Opinions Tag. Here's where I got the prompts from: The Unpopular Opinions Tag (Naty's Bookshelf). As always, I'll include the prompts, without my answers, at the end of this blog post.

Because I decided to be a little chaotic while writing this blog post, I decided to only give my answers with absolutely no context. I just . . . didn't really feel like explaining my answers here. So let's just get into this tag.

A popular book or book series that you didn't like

The Hunger Games

A popular book or book series that everyone else seems to hate but you love

The Iliad and The Odyssey (and I mean the actual poems and not modern retellings)

An OTP (one true pairing) that you didn't like

Julia Stratford and Ramses in The Mummy duology

A popular book genre that you hardly reach for

Science fiction

A popular/beloved character that you do not like

Professor Severus Snape (no disrespect to those of you who love him)

A popular author that you can't seem to get into

George RR Martin

A popular book trope (overused plot device) that you're tired of seeing

I actually have 3:

1. "I'm not like other girls/boys"
2. One or both parents dead
3. Forbidden love

A popular series that you have no interest in reading

As of right now, Harry Potter

The saying goes "the book is always better than the movie", but what movie or tv show adaptation do you prefer more than the book?

Hamilton: The Musical (I love Ron Chernow's book, but damn, the musical's good)

A popular book or book series that you didn't like

A popular book or book series that everyone else seems to hate but you love

An OTP (one true pairing) that you didn't like

A popular book genre that you hardly reach for

A popular/beloved character that you do not like

A popular author that you can't seem to get into

A popular book trope (overused plot device) that you're tired of seeing

A popular series that you have no interest in reading

The saying goes "the book is always better than the movie", but what movie or tv show adaptation do you prefer more than the book?

5 Common "Unpopular" Bookish Things My Instagram Followers Do

While I was writing up yesterday's post, 4 Unpopular Bookish Things I Actually Do, I posted to my bookstagram story to see if my followers do anything that's considered "unpopular" in the bookish community.

Hopefully, this post - along with yesterday's post - will help to normalize these things within the bookish community. I think many of us in the bookish community need to have the mindset of "Just because I don't like to do something with my books doesn't mean someone else can't do it."

So here are 5 of the most common responses of things that my instagram followers do,

Some dog-ear their books.

Some read books they own before buying new ones.

Some write in their books (marginalia).

Some have no specific organization to their bookshelf (or shelves) and just stick the books wherever they fit.

Some use mostly audiobooks.

4 Unpopular Bookish Things I Actually Do

I'll be outing myself in this post, but I honestly think that these things need to be normalized in the bookish community. Why? What we do with our own books is our own businesses, and no one else's.

So here are 4 unpopular bookish things that I actually do.

Dog-ear my books. Yes. I do this. Dog-earing your books is perfectly okay to do. That is - it's okay to do as long as it's your own book. It can be an easy way to keep track of your favorite scenes, certain pages you want to return to, and so much more. Just don't dog-ear a book that doesn't belong to you.

I read at the beach and the pool. I'll have a book on me anywhere I'll have time to read. That includes places like the beach, the pool, appointments, etc. Reading at the pool or the beach can seem weird, but these are some of the best places to read in my opinion.

I write in my books! This is called "marginalia," which essentially means notes in the margins of the books. (See Merriam-Webster definition here.)  This can be one of the most helpful things for remembering your thoughts of a certain scene or chapter.

While I'm reading, I'm perfectly okay if the spine of my book gets creased. Why? For me, a creased spine is a sign of a read book. It's a stronger sign of an enjoyed book. If I'm borrowing a book, I'll try not to crease the spine. But with my own books, I am perfectly okay with my books' spines creased.