The Horror Movie Book Tag

Thanks Icebreaker for tagging me for this super timely tag! If you haven’t yet checked out her blog, do so now; she posts about practically everything, from books to manga and anime to video games!

I have a strange relationship with horror. I love reading horror books, but with movies it’s weird; I prefer psychological horror, so when there’s a ton of blood and gore, I usually don’t like it. But I’m also good with old horror movies for the most part (it helps to have friends with you, so you can laugh at the idiotic parts together) 

Rules:

• Please credit and link Princess@Royal Reader (or just Royal Reader), as the creator of this tag, and add the rules.
• You can use the graphics provided in your post, or you’re welcome to make your own! 
• Thank the person(s) who tagged you and let others know of their fabulous blogs.
• Tag as many people as you want, be it 1 or 20, it’s entirely up to you!

I’m actually not going to use graphics this time around…sorry…

The Zombie Apocalypse: A book you would save when civilization ends:

I agree with Icebreaker here…I would also choose a book I haven’t read yet. So I’ll choose Underdogs by Markus Zusak, who wrote I am the Messenger and The Book Thief. It’s a collection of the first trilogy he wrote!

The Vampire: A book you would stake through the heart (in whatever sense):

The only book I can think of where it doesn’t deserve whatever hype it got would be When. It had no subtlety and was seriously unrealistic. It had a great premise, but everything else was just annoying to me.

The Haunted House: A book that still haunts you:

I may as well go with The Book Thief. I haven’t read it too much yet, and the writing and characters still gets to me sometimes.

The Psychological Thriller: A book with a twist that you did not see coming:

Okay, slightly clichéd answer: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. She visited my town a year or so ago, and after seeing her I decided to pick up this one. People weren’t exaggerating the twist.

The Creepy Doll: A book that seems innocent but isn’t:

Okay, I know there are a ton of books that fit this trope, but I can’t think of any right off the bat. Can I choose a Webtoon instead?



Let’s just say that this becomes nowhere near as cute and happy as it looks.

The Monster: A book that you could barely tackle/defeat (in whatever sense):

The Grapes of Wrath. I think the sharp juxtaposition between the dialect and the written language made this harder to read then say, Huckleberry Finn or The Knife of Never Letting Go, where the book’s writing style matched the main character’s way of talking.

The Comedy-Horror: A book with mixed genres that worked (or didn’t):

I think the Stoker and Holmes books balances the mystery, fantasy, paranormal, and science fiction genres very, very well. All of the genres shine and are quite clear.

The (Cliched) Teen Horror: A book you found seriously cliched/ stereotypical:

The Cabin by Natasha Preston. I think the premise had a lot of promise, but sadly, this was one of the most clichéd and predictable mysteries I’ve ever read. It was so disappointing. 

The Demonic Possession: A book so gripping you needed an exorcist to escape it:

The I Hunt Killers book series did this to me. Thank goodness my library had the sequel, and definitely the last one…this series was so addicting.

The Science Fiction: A precious book you would permanently give to the aliens for the good of mankind:

Wait, what? No! I don’t want to give away any book I liked, unless it was easy to find another copy or something….maybe something popular, so I can get another copy. So maybe one of the Harry Potter books? Those are at every bookstore, so I can get another copy.

I’m not going to tag anyone this time around, because I think this will become a super popular tag soon, as Halloween starts to arrive. So, I tag everyone who reads this post! Unless you’ve already done it. Then no need.