And in the Morning, I’m Making Waffles // The Waffle Book Tag

Recently I completed The Pancake Book Tag created by the wonderful, the lovely, the one and the only, Becky @ Blogs of a Bookaholic and that got me thinking (a dangerous thing, really…), is there a WAFFLE book tag? (Because obviously, if there’s one for pancakes, there HAS to be one for waffles. I’m all about the equality, folks.)

So I channeled my inner Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock Homles and started searching the interwebs for clues and found…NOTHING. ZILCH. NADA. NO WAFFLE BOOK TAG. WHAT IS THIS OUTRAGE?!!??!? Clearly, this wrong needed to be righted; this injustice needed to be lobbied in Congress. But before you grab your picket signs, please know that I have already fixed this disastrous, world-ending problem. Yes, that’s right – I have created…*pause for dramatic effect (because clearly you have no idea what I’m about to say here, right?)* THE WAFFLE BOOK TAG!!!!

(Also, a huge shout out to Becky for giving me this wonderful idea!)

The Rules

• Link back to the original creator, Kat @ Novels & Waffles (That’s me, btw)
• Feel free to use any of the waffle graphics in this post, just make sure to credit me (pretty pretty please with lots of maple syrup on top)
• Tag as many people as you want (or don’t want) to. No pressure here, folks :)

Let’s Make Some Waffles

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

Okay, I’ve talked about how much I adore Peter Pan before, but let’s just review, shall we? It’s got bloodthirsty pirates, jealous fae, kidnapped princesses, pixie-induced aerobatics, and a magical found family with some serious #squadgoals. As somebody who sometimes constantly struggles with adulting, the idea of never growing up, of never having to worry about adulty things like paying the water bill or filing my taxes, sounds utterly delightful.

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

If you’re anything like me, then you don’t handle stress well. In fact, if you’re even more like me, then you probably don’t handle stress AT ALL. Not even a little bit. And if you are my identical twin/soul sista/evil clone, then even the THOUGHT of getting stressed turns you into a dead cockroach; you lose control of all logical thought, collapse onto your back, and stick all of your appendages into the air.

That being said, every time I think about P.S. I Still Love You, I turn into a freaking beam of light; my skin is clear, my grades are high, my anxiety is gone, and my crops are growing. That’s how wonderfully chill this book is.

📖 RELATED POST: MY STICKY NOTE MINI REVIEW OF P.S. I STILL LOVE YOU

Do I really need anything else besides this GIF? Probably not. There’s so much nostalgia going on here, it’s insane. Also, if the The Mysterious Ticking Noise was, like, YOUR JAM as a kid, then let’s be best friends.

Kimi Nakamura from I Love You So Mochi

Okay, KIMI IS TOO ADORABLE FOR THIS WORLD. She is so pure, so sweet, and I feel so SEEN whenever she discusses how perfectionism affects her. Her desire for perfection initially keeps her from doing things – makes her too afraid to try – and reading about that made me realize, “Wow, I totally do that too.” But just like Kimi, I can overcome the negative voice in my head and find my superheroine self, AKA Ultimate Kat. ALSO, Kimi made her best friend a dress out CANDY WRAPPERS. ‘nough said.

📖 RELATED POST: MY REVIEW OF I LOVE YOU SO MOCHI

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

The ending of Sweet Bean Paste was so bittersweet. It broke my heart, but also somehow managed to glue it back together again. In Japanese, there’s a word called, 「物の哀れ」(mono no aware) which describes this sort of feeling perfectly. It doesn’t translate into English very well, but literally it means something like, “The pathos of things.” It can be described as an appreciation of the fleeting nature of beauty, or that feeling you get when you contemplate the wistfulness of life. That’s how I felt after reading this book.

The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo

I am a self-proclaimed YA Fantasy book junkie. If you plop me into a library, nine times out of ten I’m going to come out with a pile full of nothing but fantasy novels. It’s what I love, it’s what I eat, it’s what I breathe (don’t ask how I shove those thick tomes through my nostrils and down my lungs; it’s a delicate process). That being said, when my husband catches me reading a book outside of that genre, he gasps and a lot of doge meme reenactment ensues.

The Way You Make Me Feel was one of those holographic-Charizard-rare times, and let me tell you, I had a blast reading it. There was something so real and down-to-earth about the relationships in this book and by the end, I was wishing that the KoBra was real ‘cause I WOULD EAT THE HECK OUT OF THAT THING.

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

The Lunar Chronicles is probably my favorite series, right after Harry Potter, and if I’m comparing anything to Harry Potter, then you know it must be some good stuff. Not only is the premise beyond fascinating (it’s a retelling of all your favorite fairy tales set in … wait for it … SPACE. And let’s face it, everything is better in space), but it also has the most lovable cast of characters that you’ll ever meet. We’ve got an android who loves fashion, a cyborg who’s actually a princess, a butt-kicking grandmother who knows her way around a shotgun, a cinnamon roll who can hack her way into any computer, and crazy Moon Queen set on Earth-wide destruction. If that doesn’t appeal to you, then maybe you should reevaluate your tastebuds (or not…that’s okay too. Everybody likes different things 😊).

📖 RELATED POST: THAT TIME I SCREAMED ABOUT HOW AWESOME SPACE BOOKS ARE

My iPad

Okay, so admittedly, I don’t actually own a lot of bookish merch (one of the drawbacks of living overseas; nothing ships internationally. And if it does, it costs about the same as it would to finance my kid through Harvard). But one thing I do have is my iPad. While that might not necessarily sound like a “bookish accessory,” let me reassure you that it totally is. Since I live in a non-English speaking country, it’s not like I can just waltz right over to my local library and check out all the latest and greatest releases. ENTER EBOOKS. Using my handy, dandy iPad, along with the Kindle app, I can read all the English books I want, even while living in Japan.

Blogs I Tag

• Marie @ Drizzle & Hurricane Books
• Becky @ Books of a Blogaholic
• Sophie @ Me and Ink
• May @ My 1st Chapter
• Kelly @ Another Book in the Wall
• Kaleena @ Reader Voracious
• Tiffany @ Read By Tiffany
• Nish + Ngoc @ Nish and Ngoc’s Book Nook
• Caitlin @ Cailtin Althea

AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO LOVES WAFFLES!

What did you think of my first attempt at creating a book tag?

What would some of your answers for this tag be?

Are you super hungry for waffles now? I know I am!