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Whether you love it or hate it, Valentine's Day is all about matches. That means it's the perfect day for a book tag.

1. Favorite Book Couple
2. The book that other people love but you haven’t read yet
3. The book(s) you would like to give as a gift to someone else?
4. A character with no romantic interest who is awesome all the same
5. An overrated romance you wish people would stop talking about
6. An auto-buy/read author
7. A place or person you go for recommendations or review
8. The first book of a series that made you want to finish the series ASAP
9. A book series you "broke up" with or didn't finish
10. An unforgettable character

1. Favorite Book Couple - Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane from the detective series by Dorothy L. Sayers
2. Haven't read - The Nightingale (can't read any more books with Nazis!)
3. To give - Virgil Wander
4. No romantic interest - Mark Watney from The Martian
5. Overrated - Wuthering Heights
6. Auto-read - Guy Gavriel Kay
7. Recommendations - Bookmarks magazine (and GR of course)
8. 1st book of series - The Beekeeper's Apprentice
9. broke up with - The Clan of the Cave Bear - books got longer and more predictable
10. Unforgettable - Emma - even Jane Austen thought she was unlikeable but I adore her

1. Favorite Book Couple
This is such a hard one. But most recently, I loved Tiffy and Leon from The Flatshare.

2. The book that other people love but you haven’t read yet
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is our book club pick for March and I can't wait to read it,

3. The book(s) you would like to give as a gift to someone else?
The House in the Cerulean Sea was just so, so lovely.

4. A character with no romantic interest who is awesome all the same
Do they make books with no romantic interest? Maybe I just don't like/gravitate to books that have no romantic interest?

5. An overrated romance you wish people would stop talking about
I reallllly didn't enjoy The Dinner List, but it was all the rage when it came out.

6. An auto-buy/read author
Kristin Hannah, Angie Thomas, Kate Quinn, Susanna Kearsley, Taylor Jenkins Reid

7. A place or person you go for recommendations or review
I love Jamie at @perpetualpageturner... I've been following her on Insta and her blog for years. Also, of course, ŷ������.

8. The first book of a series that made you want to finish the series ASAP
I read all 1800+ pages of the Daevabad series after finishing The City of Brass.

9. A book series you "broke up" with or didn't finish
Well, this is embarrassing. I have a huge list lol. The first one recorded on ŷ������ is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

10. An unforgettable character
Ada from Outlawed popped in my head here.

1. Favorite Book Couple
Coralie and Eddie from The Museum of Extraordinary Things
2. The book that other people love but you haven’t read yet
3. The book(s) you would like to give as a gift to someone else?
Parable of the Sower
4. A character with no romantic interest who is awesome all the same
Kate from Joy for Beginners
5. An overrated romance you wish people would stop talking about
Red, White & Royal Blue
6. An auto-buy/read author
Viola Shipman
7. A place or person you go for recommendations or review Bookpage
8. The first book of a series that made you want to finish the series ASAP
The Hum and the Shiver
9. A book series you "broke up" with or didn't finish
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
10. An unforgettable character

1. Favourite Book Couple
Too hard to pick one! From recent reads, probably Monty and Percy from The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue but all time, maybe Anne and Captain Wentworth in Persuasion. Clearly I have a thing for pining!

2. The book that other people love but you haven’t read yet
The first one coming to mind is Middlesex. I own it but I keep reading other things instead

3. The book you would like to give as a gift to someone else?
No idea! I don't really have any close friends or family who are big readers so I tend to receive books more than give them.

4. A character with no romantic interest who is awesome all the same
Maia in The Goblin Emperor. (view spoiler)[He does have to marry to help secure his place as emperor but it isn't driven by love. I do hope that in the future, he and his wife do come to love each other as he deserves happiness. (hide spoiler)]

5. An overrated romance you wish people would stop talking about
Unpopular opinion but Jo and Laurie from Little Women. They're too much like brother and sister. Jo knows it, Marmee knows it, Laurie eventually gets it. People seem to hate Amy (view spoiler)[because she marries Laurie (hide spoiler)] but she was always my favourite character

6. An auto-buy/read author
The only one I can think of is Noel Streatfeild because her books give me the warm and fuzzy feeling of being a kid lol

7. A place or person you go for recommendations or review
Only ŷ������ really. I have a few friends here whose tastes seem to align quite well with mine, and few who are complete opposites so they're both good for finding new books

8. The first book of a series that made you want to finish the series ASAP
A Darker Shade of Magic is the first one that popped into my head

9. A book series you "broke up" with or didn't finish
The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories They were enjoyable but all sort of merge into one after a while. I'd probably pick one up again if I was in the mood but I think I liked the TV show a bit more than the books.

10. An unforgettable character
Can I put the whole gang from The Lies of Locke Lamora here?

1. Favorite Book Couple - Barry and Helena in (view spoiler)[Recursion (hide spoiler)]. I don't recall how far in the book it takes for romance to bloom and don't want to spoil it.
2. The book that other people love but you haven’t read yet - The House in the Cerulean Sea. In of itself I have no interest but it seems like no matter who I see review it it it gets high marks which makes me think I should give it a shot.
3. The book(s) you would like to give as a gift to someone else? The Last Place You Look or Britt-Marie Was Here.
4. A character with no romantic interest who is awesome all the same- Candace Chen form Severance
5. An overrated romance you wish people would stop talking about - I can't really think of anything; I kind of think people should enjoy what they love.
6. An auto-buy/read author - Kristen Lepionka
7. A place or person you go for recommendations or review - Kind of depends on the type of book but I appreciate booktubers Emma from Drinking By My Shelf and Tori Morrow. Emma for mysteries and contemporary fiction and Tori for SciFi and fantasy.
8. The first book of a series that made you want to finish the series ASAP - Scythe
9. A book series you "broke up" with or didn't finish - Sookie Stackhouse or True Blood Series. It started out so fun but lost itself along the way.
10. An unforgettable character - Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables

1. Favorite Book Couple
Off the top of my head, I really like Don and Rosie from The Rosie Project

2. The book that other people love but you haven’t read yet
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue! Very high on my list to read this year, but I haven't picked it up yet.

3. The book(s) you would like to give as a gift to someone else?
House of Earth and Blood because it was one of the best books I read last year.

4. A character with no romantic interest who is awesome all the same
Taking the easy way out with this one and picking Georgia from Loveless, who is asexual.

5. An overrated romance you wish people would stop talking about
Anna and the French Kiss! To be fair, I don't know if anyone is talking about this one anymore, but it was everywhere for a while and just doesn't seem appealing to me at all.

6. An auto-buy/read author
Jodi Picoult for non-romance books, but if I had to pick a romance author, probably Christina Lauren

7. A place or person you go for recommendations or review
BooksAndLala. For romance, ChelseaDolling

8. The first book of a series that made you want to finish the series ASAP
Ninth House! I was so upset that I couldn't read the rest of the series right away. Same for House of Earth and Blood.

9. A book series you "broke up" with or didn't finish
The Program. Not even for any real reason since I enjoyed it, but I never went back to it.

10. An unforgettable character
Jo March from Little Women. She was always one of my favourites.

1. Favorite Book Couple - probably a tie between Harriet & Peter (Gaudy Night and Anne & Frederick (Persuasion
2. The book that other people love but you haven’t read yet - The House in the Cerulean Sea
3. The book(s) you would like to give as a gift to someone else? Just finished One Last Stop and am now trying to think of who would enjoy it most
4. A character with no romantic interest who is awesome all the same - like Robin P., my first thought was Mark in The Martian
5. An overrated romance you wish people would stop talking about - Twilight
6. An auto-buy/read author - M. Louisa Locke
7. A place or person you go for recommendations or review - ŷ������ and
8. The first book of a series that made you want to finish the series ASAP - Maids of Misfortune
9. A book series you "broke up" with or didn't finish - Piers Anthony's Xanth books
10. An unforgettable character - Harriet Vane

1. Favorite Book Couple
The Boffins in Our Mutual Friend
2. The book that other people love but you haven’t read yet
The Dictionary of Lost Words
3. The book(s) you would like to give as a gift to someone else?
The Island of Sea Women
4. A character with no romantic interest who is awesome all the same
Kerewin Holmes fromThe Bone People
5. An overrated romance you wish people would stop talking about
Twilight
6. An auto-buy/read author
Richard Flanagan Tim Winton
7. A place or person you go for recommendations or review
My older brother or The Weekend Australian newspaper
8. The first book of a series that made you want to finish the series ASAP
A is for Alibi
9. A book series you "broke up" with or didn't finish
A Game of Thrones
10. An unforgettable character
Oliver Twist
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1. Favorite Book Couple: I swear I hadn't seen Laurel's comment before I wrote this, but -- it's a toss-up between Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey, Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth, and Jonathan & Arabella Strange. And, on the platonic side, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, best bros forever.

2. The book that other people love but you haven’t read yet: Circe, and I have owned it for YEARS and yet still never get around to it. I'm sure I'll love it! I just...keep...reading other things!

3. The book(s) you would like to give as a gift to someone else? The Midnight Bargain

4. A character with no romantic interest who is awesome all the same: My mind is still on Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, so I'm going with Childermass for this one.

5. An overrated romance you wish people would stop talking about:
Outlander. Sorry not sorry.

6. An auto-buy/read author: Zen Cho, C.L. Polk, Susanna Clarke, and Sarah Gailey!

7. A place or person you go for recommendations or review: The New York Public Library's Twitter account, I've gotten a lot of personalized recs from them for specific requests like dark academia, or what to read after I've run out of a particular author, etc.

8. The first book of a series that made you want to finish the series ASAP: Witchmark but I had to wait a Y E A R before I got the next one, and MOST of another year before the third! Thank goodness I got an arc.

9. A book series you "broke up" with or didn't finish: I ghost a lot of series, there's nothing that dramatic about it. It's rarely as definitive as a break up - I might always go back. I just...haven't yet. There's a lot of books out there. ...except for the Cormoran Strike series. That one's more permanent. Can't stomach them anymore.

10. An unforgettable character: Clarissa Dalloway.

1. Favorite Book Couple:
Is it cheating to pick a couple that started off on TV but now only exists in the ever expanding post-tv novelizations and graphics? Nah. My favorite couple is Wash and Zoe from Firefly - The Ghost Machine 💖

2. The book that other people love but you haven’t read yet:
Well, I have only ever read the first book in the Harry Potter series and I am pretty sure that I have never read anything by Jane Austin. For more recent fads, I haven't read Outlander or A Game of Thrones. 🤷‍♀��

3. The book(s) you would like to give as a gift to someone else?:
I don't generally give books as a gifts but the last book I passed on to a friend because they commented on it was Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind

4. A character with no romantic interest who is awesome all the same: Both Locke and his friend Jean in
The Lies of Locke Lamora, however I think both of them would be perfectly terrible in relationships so I hope they never "settle down"

. An overrated romance you wish people would stop talking about:
All of them? I am honestly not as enthusiastic about book romances as some people seem to be. I just don't get it.

6. An auto-buy/read author:
Scott Lynch, Hugh Howey, Gareth L. Powell, Martha Wells

7. A place or person you go for recommendations or review:
I get a lot of my recs from science fiction based booktubers such as: Chapter and Converse, Book Invasion and Shades of Orange

8. The first book of a series that made you want to finish the series ASAP:Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell and All Systems Red, the first in the Murderbot series by Martha Wells.

9. A book series you "broke up" with or didn't finish:
Hm....I guess I have "broken up" with The Red Queen Series since I just can not get more than half way through War Storm after several attempts. I also am struggling to continue with the Red Rising series. I loved the first trilogy but can't get into the first of the second series set in that universe, Iron Gold.

10. An unforgettable character:
Everyone from The Lies of Locke Lamora. Also most of the characters in the Murderbot series.