Thank you so much, Marina, for nominating me for the Sunshine Blogger award! Please check out Marina’s blog Books of Magic, it is absolutely lovely! This is the second award Marina has nominated me for and I am so thankful for our blogging friendship even though we haven’t met in IRL but I hope to meet her in the future! I was nominated for this award when I was going through a crazy period of my life which is known as the END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR PEOPLE! I am now so happy that I can now go back to a more consistent blogging schedule! Now let’s get started!

The rules for accepting the award are as follows:

• Thank the blogger who nominated you
• Nominate 11 other bloggers to receive the award and write them 11 new questions
• Display the rules and the Sunshine Blogger Award logo in your post

Marina’s Questions…

1. What is the first novel you’ve ever read? 

Oh man, talk about taking it back! My first novel was The Baby-Sitters Club Kristy’s Great Idea!

This book was iconic for me and it shaped me so much as a reader growing up! I love that this book is about a couple of girls who start a business together which was rare to find in the early 90’s! Usually, pop culture loves to pit women against one another and I love that BSC is about female bonding and running a business through all the crazy middle-school drama that they go through together! I am all about girl power!

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2. What is your favorite animal?

Well, I think my blog name speaks for itself and the incessant cat gifs and pictures of my cat modeling for my book reviews!

Oh and not to mention, I have an Instagram page dedicated solely to my cat @charliechuchi! Also, I have a fascination with fairies and my fantasy animal would be a combo between a cat and a fairy, hence my goofy blog name! 

3. What is your favorite graphic novel/comic?

I am a total Archie freaaaak! I have been reading Archie comics since I was in the second grade! I have always had a thing for love triangles and I will always be Team Betty! (BTW I absolutely adore the tv show Riverdale and I am obsessed with Betty and Veronica’s friendship! And Jughead…swoooon…don’t even get me started!)

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4. What’s the worst book you’ve ever read and why?

Oh man, I was going through a romance book phase and I joined this book club at one point that was crazy for 50 Shades of Grey. It was actually a fun period of my life but I have moved on from erotic romances like that and one of the books we read was a book called Wanderlust. Oh dear! That book was traumatic! This book involves rape and the character falling for the person that assaulted her which I feel is just completely wrong and problematic! It’s not romantic and it’s definitely not sexy! These authors need to stop glamorizing rape! Not to mention, the book was just badly written and the characters were underdeveloped. 

5. Have you ever tried reading in another language, and which one?

I have tried to read One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Spanish and it was a fail!

6. Your favorite holiday, a book, and a movie related to it?

My favorite holiday is Halloween! I am a Halloweenie girl at heart! The Halloween book that I adore to death hands down is my childhood book The Cat Who Wanted to Fly!

I legit read this story to my class every school year! Every year, I wear my witch hat, grab an inflatable black cat, and throw the cat across the room while I read this story!

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Nothing makes me happier than seeing my kids faces light up when I am reading this story! And of course, my favorite Halloween movie of all time is Hocus Pocus! I am all about witches during Halloween and I always make sure to read a witchy book! Any recommendations anyone?

7. You can choose one Deathly Hallow. Which one and why?

I would choose the Cloak of Invisibility because the thought of being invisible is rather appealing for this introvert! If I want to get out of an awkward party, go to the bookstore in my pajamas, or skip the lines at Disney World all I need is that invisibility cloak!

8. Cats or dogs? Or horses?

I think this answers your question!

9. Do you have a hobby and what is it? You better not say reading hahaha, that’s not a hobby, it’s a life calling.

I love to write and I am working on a magical realism novel at the moment! I am planning to do Camp NaNoWriMo next month in July! My goal is 10,000 words for now! Wish me luck!

10. Do you like art? If yes, who is your favorite illustrator/painter?

Art museums are a thing for me and one of my favorite activities is going to art events especially contemporary art events! I have always been a huge pop art fan and currently, I am loving anything by Deborah Azzopardi! Her use of bright colors and playful content is enough to get your attention!  

I Nominate…

Madalyn @ Novel Ink

Michelle @ The Writing Hufflepuff

Taylor @ Taylor is Reading

Holly @ Dressed to Read

Mandy @ Book Princess Reviews

Priyasha @ BOOKS AND CO.

Kristi @ Confessions of a YA Reader

Jess @ Jess Just Reads

Stephanie @ Adventures of a Bibliophile

Lola @ Hit or Miss Books

The Angels @ We Live and Breathe Books

All my readers of this post are also nominated! You can pick any of these questions. If you like, you can also answer any of these questions in the comment below!

Before I started to write this book tag I started to think back to all the classics that I grew to absolutely love as a child! I remember reading Little Women and hiding it under my desk in the sixth grade and wanting to be just like Jo! And I remember falling in love with the quirky Anne from Anne of Green Gables and getting completely sucked into the glitzy world of The Great Gatsby! Classics are special because they are the kind of books that will always be a part of me and they are always the books that I compare to others that I have read! Classic books are like a first love where it will never be the same as your first! 

I found the post about Future YA Classics through Epic Reads and I came up with the idea of this book tag! When I think about all the books that I have read there are quite a few books on my list that I believe should be future classics! 

Weetzie Bat

Weetzie Bat has had a profound impact on my worldview and it changed my whole outlook on life when I opened this book at the age of sixteen! Weetzie Bat is a magical realism book set in a dream-like Los Angeles, known as Shangri La. This book was published in 1984 and it’s ahead of its time because it covered controversial topics such as homosexuality, AIDS, gay marriage, and it is written in such a whimsical and poetic way that you just want to lose yourself in Shangri La forever! We all know that the books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende are the classic writers of magical realism but Weetzie Bat would be a great future addition! Weetzie Bat is a part of me and it’s the one book that I always go to when the world is getting a bit scary.

The Fault in Our Stars

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Obviously, I can’t do this list without adding a John Green book! This book completely broke me because it’s not just your typical weepy book about two kids with cancer, it’s about the honest portrayal of how these kids live, the intense connection between the two of them, and it teaches you to appreciate the little things in life that we take for granted. I love how they don’t gloss over the ugliness of cancer and how Augustus wasn’t defined by his cancer. Read my review of this book here.

Children of Blood and Bone

What can I say about this book?! I literally have no words! Reading this book was an epic ride! Children of Blood and Bone is a West-African fantasy that centers on the unforgettable characters of Zelie, Amari, Inan, and Zelie’s brother Tzain. These group of amazing characters is on a quest to bring magic back to their people and they go on an insane adventure that changes the whole trajectory of their lives. Not only is this book a fantasy it also speaks to our society when it comes to issues of race and police brutality! I didn’t expect this book to be this amazing and lately, I have been hearing comparisons to it being the next Harry Potter and I believe Children of Blood and Bone is on its way to future classics shelf!

Simon vs. the Homo-Sapien Agenda

Albertalli’s book was adorable and touching from beginning to end! I think this book will make a great future classic because it really speaks to teens about the struggles of coming out and how misunderstood everyone else is about the pressure! This book warmed my heart in every way and it made me feel a multitude of emotions when I was reading it! Read my review about it here.

The Night Circus

The Night Circus is the kind of book that is captivating and leaves you with a sense of wonder. This magical realism book centers around this mysterious circus that only appears at night. In the circus, there are two magicians named Celia and Marco who have been trained to be magicians since they were children. Throughout the mystical backdrop of the circus, they both fall in love with one another and the battle of magic begins.

The Night Circus should be a future classic because the writing was absolutely exquisite. The writing was so detailed and essentially the elusive circus was the MC of the story. Reading this book was an experience and I was overwhelmed by the absolute beauty of the writing. Please hurry up and write another future classic Morgenstern!

I would like to tag a few of my favorite bloggers and ask them what books do they think should be future classics:

Madalyn @ Novel Ink

Marina @ Books of Magic

Flo @ Book Nerds Across America

Michelle @ The Writing Hufflepuff

Melanie @ Story Shaped Girl

Victoria @ A Bookish Secret

Tabby @ orangeowldiaries

If anyone else would like to participate in this book tag please do! Let me know in the comments below what are your future classics?!