The Guilty Reader Tag

I used to think I’m a pretty well-behaved reader. After doing this tag, I know I’m really not!

A special thank you to sweaterfeather @ Sweaters & Raindrops for tagging me in this book tag and for being the first person to specifically tag me in a book tag!

The original tag was made by Chami @ Read Like Wildfire.

One. Have You Ever Re-Gifted A Book You’ve Been Given?

Nope. Any books I don’t want to keep are destined for the charity shop. Much safer.

Two. Have You Ever Said You’ve Read A Book When You Haven’t?

Nope. I’m too terrible a liar to pull that off.

Three. Have You Ever Borrowed A Book And Not Returned It?

Ah, yes. Sort of. One of my English teachers in secondary school handed out random books one day and told us to prepare a presentation on our chosen book. I picked up Gulliver’s Travels and got to work on the presentation, getting revision guides and everything.

The teacher never gave us a deadline and seemed to forget all about it. And I, ah, forgot to return the book. I haven’t got it anymore. I cleared it out years ago.

Four. Have You Ever Read A Series Out Of Order?

I just have. I read The Bride Test, the second book in the series, and I’ve yet to read the first. Thinking about it, I do it a lot, even though I try not to as a rule. I did it with The Morganville Vampires (4th before the 3rd) and with Discworld (totally at random). It’s never left me completely lost, though.

Five. Have You Ever Spoiled A Book For Someone?

Only once. I had brought an audiobook (back when they were on cassettes) with me on a school trip. It was Out Of The Ashes by Michael Mulporgo and I lent a friend who had never read it when I was done. Just I was handing it over, I blurted out a very big spoiler without thinking. She still listened to it, though she was sure to let me know how annoyed she was at me for my loose tongue. Now, I do my best to avoid spoilers and am known for having a total poker face when talking about books.

Six. Have You Ever Dogeared A Book?

Absolutely not. I am a fiend for post-its, though!

Seven. Have You Ever Told Someone You Don’t Own A Book When You Do?

Nope. Again, too bad of a liar for that.

Eight. Have You Ever Skipped A Chapter Or A Section Of A Book?

Whenever I come across a sex scene. I’m a giant prude and they are nearly never well written so I have no time for any of that.

Nine. Have You Ever Bad Mouthed A Book You Actually Liked?

I’ve never fully badmouthed a book untruthfully (have I mentioned I’m a bad liar?) but, when a book club’s opinion is against me, I can’t help but tone down the praise a bit just to avoid an argument. I know I should stick to my guns and declare my love or hate for a book without fear so I do it in my reviews to make up for it.

Since I was tagged in this one, I think I’ll try my hand at tagging a few people myself.

Annemieke @ A Dance With Books

Anna @ My Bookish Dream

Kristin @ Kristin Kraves Books

Aurore-Anne-Chehoke @ Diary-of-a-black-city-girl

The Orang-utan Librarian

If you like the look of this tag, please feel free to have a go yourself!