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Book Tag Thursday: Taylor Swift Album Challenge

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Hi hello and welcome to Book Tag Thursday! Today, I'll be doing the Taylor Swift Album Challenge, created by Rhonda With a Book. I am very much so a Taylor Swift fan and I am so sad that we were unable to go to her Eras Tour when it was here in Georgia. Ticketmaster is my villain origin story. But I love the idea of combining my love for Taylor and books into one fun tag! As a bonus, I'll be including both mine favorite song from each album. I'll also be adding in an additional prompt for Midnights, and I'll be doing Taylor's Version for any albums that she's re-released because let's be honest, those are amazing. Let's get started!
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I think Our Song is a classic at this point. It's just so early Taylor Swift and it's always one that puts a smile on my face when I hear it. Watching the music video is insane because she has grown so much since it was released that I almost don't recognize her! Baby Taylor is absolutely precious. I also cannot wait for Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version) because that's going to be a full circle moment that none of us are prepared for.

You Belong With Me is another classic Taylor Swift song that you just can't not pick, you know? I did sing Hey Stephen to my husband once (his name is, in fact, not Stephen) and that’s a cute memory, but something about You Belong With Me is special and it’s definitely a song that will never get old.

My favorite song on Speak Now (Taylor's Version) is definitely Castles Crumbling. I think Haunted was probably one of my all-time favorites from this album initially and while I do love this re-record of Haunted, I think Castles Crumbling just hits different. Does it make me want to throw myself into traffic? Sure. Is it one of the best songs I've ever heard? Absolutely.

State of Grace. This has been one of my all-time favorite Taylor Swift songs since the original Red album and it remains so to this day. I don't know what it is about the song but it's just amazing. I definitely struggle with those tier lists when it gets down to State of Grace and another song because I love both of them so much, but it definitely always makes the top two for me.

See, I want to say How You Get The Girl, because I had that played as we walked down the aisle after we got married, but that's kind of cheesy. I've always loved Out of the Woods, because the music video is so freaking cool, so I think that's the one I'd pick.

Getaway Car. This song wasn't my favorite until I heard it live at the Reputation tour. I remember loving the visuals and just everything about when she sang this song and it not only became my favorite on the album but my favorite Taylor Swift song ever. Even listening to it now, as I write this, I'm emotional because I remember crying and just loving this part of the show. When she releases Reputation (Taylor's Version) and I hear this song, I will not be okay. This album actually released while I was in the hospital in 2017 (just days before I got diagnosed with cancer, woo) and we got the digital version and listened to it all night. This album holds a lot of memories for me.

Oh this is an easy one, Cruel Summer! It may or may not be because I watch almost nothing but Eras Tour videos and this song goes so hard but it's also just a really good song. I love the bridge and every time I play it in the car, I get very into it. Jamie may or may not judge me for it.

This one is a toss up between cardigan and august. I really like this album because it's super cozy feeling and both of those songs are just nice to listen to. I really want to crochet the famous cardigan and have it in all of the different albums because it's just so pretty!

This is another toss up between two songs! willow and tolerate it are fantastic and that makes it so difficult to pick between them. I like to listen to cardigan and willow back to back when I want something that will only semi wreck my heart, and then tolerate it when I’m ready for something soul destroying.

Okay so I absolutely loved Lavender Haze and Karma from this album. And then I saw her perform Vigilante Shit on the Eras Tour. If you've seen it, you know why this might be my new favorite off of this album. All I'm saying is we need a music video for that song.

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And that’s it for the Taylor Swift Album Challenge! I had a lot of fun going back and listening to all of the songs I put on this list because of course I had to, right? I considered adding prompts for Karma and Woodvale, but that felt like some extra unhinged niche Swiftie thing to do. I do wholeheartedly believe Karma is real, she might be a rock album, and she’s going to get her day in the sun. But I’d love to know what your favorite Taylor Swift album is and what your favorite song is. Do you like any of my picks? Are you a Karma believer as well? Let me know in the comments below and let’s talk about all things Taylor Swift! Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you in the next chapter!

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Top Ten Tuesday: My Husband Describes Books!

ACOTAR 5:00:00 AM

Hi hello and welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! This weekly post is hosted by the wonderful Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl so please be sure to go check out her post with all of the information about TTT. The topic this week is a freebie, which means you can write about literally anything you can think of. I went through a few ideas and then I landed on this one: books as described by my husband. He loves to guess what I'm reading, and helps me pick out books sometimes, but he's not a super big reader like I am so I thought it would be funny to have him describe what he thinks a book is about based on the cover. I tried to pick a few he would recognize from my shelves, like ACOTAR and Empire of the Vampire, but I threw a few curveballs in there just for some fun. Let’s get started!
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1. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

"Oh I know this one, it's faerie porn."

2. Lightlark by Alex Aster

"Light what? What’s a lark? I don’t know what that is? I think this one is about a bard, and I'm assuming there's space involved based on the stars. I like the gold filigree on this, though."

3. The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

"Ancient curse. Like a group of people protecting the thing. Whatever the secret or bloodline or thing people can't know, that's what they're protecting."

4. Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

"I'm assuming this is not a Spirit Halloween employee? Definitely a she controls the dead type of thing based on the skeletons.”

5. Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

“Is that Yasuo? Based off of the snake, eagle, wolf, bear, I’m guessing they’re some sort of blood creatures and Yasuo goes to magic school?”

6. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Me: “Okay what’s this one about?”

Jamie: “The fourth wing. Not the third, not the fifth, the fourth.”

7. The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

“A girl serial killer who is killing all of the other girl serial killers because they think they’re the final girl serial killers but they’re not the final girl serial killers.”

8. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

Jamie: “I’m guessing it’s about Lily and Snape, past that I don’t know. What am I supposed to be getting about the cover?”

Me: zooms in on characters

Jamie: “…so he kisses with his eyes open? Is that it?”

9. The Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert

Jamie: laughs “Come on now.”

Me: “WHAT IS IT ABOUT TELL ME.”

Jamie: googles tentacle hentai “Come on now.”

10. Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

Jamie: “Looks like it’s cold so they gotta stay warm somehow!”

Me: “It’s smutty and has big blue aliens.”

Jamie: “NO. YOU DON’T SAY. IT COULDN’T BE. IS THERE A SIZE DIFFERENCE, TOO?”

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And that’s it for this Top Ten Tuesday freebie post! I have to say, this is one of the funniest posts I’ve done. He definitely gave me the eyebrow raise of judgement for all ten of these covers and I could not stop laughing as he tried to tell me what he thought they were about. But I loved involving him in this and I hope you guys get a kick out of his responses. I’m already thinking of another post to have him be involved in! What did you do for this freebie post? I’m excited to see all of the variations that people come up with this week because the possibilities are endless! Please feel free to link your post below in the comments so I can come check it out. And let me know which description my husband gave was your favorite! Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you in the next chapter!

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