The Moody Book Tag || Always Doing

[CC] Hey there! I'm Kazen and welcome to Always Doing. Let's get into our bookish feels, shall we?



I tag:

Weston at Weston Hearts Words

Catherine at Taking Tea with Catherine

@nashwas5761

Shannon at That's So Poe

Kenneth at The Rainbow Library


Videos and links mentioned:

Booktube Prize vlog where I discuss After the Last Border

Christmas Freud by David Rakoff, read by the author on This American Life

Books mentioned:

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (Brown Sisters #1)

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Fraud by David Rakoff

No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder

The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake #1)

After the Last Border by Jessica Goudeau

Tag questions:

1. Do you consider yourself a mood reader?
2. Do you set TBR lists and do you stick to them?
3. Do books affect you emotionally? Does the mood of a book rub off on you?
4. When you’re feeling sad, what do you read? (Or do you not read when sad?)
5. Most often, do you use reading to escape, to learn, or to critically reflect?
6. What is a book that made you laugh out loud?
7. What is a book that has made you cry? Or, if you don’t cry, one that really moved you?
8. What is a book that you didn’t even know how you felt about?
9. Are you more likely to read on a sunny day or a cloudy day?
10. Do you usually “set the mood” when you read? Music, lights, smells, etc?
11. Can you leap from book to book or do you need buffer time between them?


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[MargaretPinard]

'When things get tough, the tough read romance' YES! Love it.

[BookishTexan]

I’m looking forward to doing this tag. It’s one of those that lets you get to know fellow booktubers.

[CourtneyFerriter]

"Is it a day? It's a good day to read." Yes to this! 💯

[RememberedReads]

I love your "pile of possibilities" framing! I'm totally guilty of feeling like I've accomplished something just because I've made a plan to do the thing, which then makes me feel like I don't need to actually do the thing.🤣🤣

[BookCave]

Yay for reading romance when things get tough!! Reading a really good romance just makes everything better.

[Bibliofilth]

I LOVE the term "pile of possibilities." That's a much better description for it than TBR. I don't like to have a firm list because I'll usually find that after reading a book I may be in the mood for something completely different than I thought I would be before I read it.

[HannahsBooks]

What an interesting tag! I am always happy to come across other readers who cry easily!

[jbsubscribes]

I think we are all "mood readers". Even when I dragged myself to a despicable textbook in school, I did it because I was in the mood to pass the class! This was such a fun video to watch. Thanks, Kazen.

[bookwhimsy]

The first time I heard you use the phrase “pile of possibilities” it was revolutionary for me. It freed me from the TBR concept.

[BookwormAdventureGirl]

Really enjoyed your answers. I don't read horror or a new book before bed either. Every day is a good day to read. This is a really great tag. 😊💙

[LaurasLibraryCard]

Wow most of my answers would be so similar!!
"when things get tough, the tough read romance" yessss so true!!
I agree with you about your opinions 'congealing' over time, that made perfect sense to me. 😁
Moods of books can rub off on me, but usually I can shake that pretty easily.

[maryb]

Definitely a mood reader and I love that rare glow you get from an amazing book where I don't read anything else that day so I can just soak in it.

Really wondering what part of Boyfriend Material made you laugh. There were a few for me but the your father. 😆

[ThatsSoPoe]

Book hangovers are simultaneously the best and the worst! Sush and I have been having a few of them recently from just some really outstanding books (Realm of Ash, The Goblin Emperor, etc), and it's just so hard to pick up something new after such a deep engagement with a book. And thanks for the tag! I'm going to skip this one (I'm still in a bit of a reading/video making slump), but I appreciate the love as always! 🥰

[hartereads]

Great tag! I am a mood reader but can make myself read a book for a read along or prize reading. But I much prefer to read by whim.

[takingteawithcatherine]

Thanks for tagging me! I will do it (when I'm in the mood...)
The Only Plane in the Sky sounds good, but wow, that would probably be gut-wrenching. Almost 20 years later and it's still hard to hear the stories of 9/11.

[mc]

I'm a mood reader too, plus the book can affect my mood. Though a sad novel can be cathartic and leave me feeling better. But a sad non-fiction is painful. Over this past year I've reached for light fiction or re-reads for their soothing effect.

[WildeBookGarden]

It hadn’t even occurred to me that there are people who read and a book’s mood doesn’t rub off on them! 😂 though with me it definitely happens to varying degrees and sometimes it’s a pretty vague feeling - books with a more positive ending leave me feeling a little lighter, books with a depressing ending make me feel down so I immediately pick up something more feel-good to counteract that, etc.
And LOL I thought the thumbnail worked! Definitely looks intentional 😄

[BernasBookishAdventures]

I liked this tag and your answers because it makes us know about more about you. Since you are honest as always ;)
I also do not need special atmosphere to read as long as it is not overly noisy and chaotic around me.

[MarilynMayaMendoza]

I don’t consider myself a mood reader, in fact I said on Shawn’s channel that I had never heard that term before book tube. I am an emotional reader which I think is different. Books can make me sad and can make me happy depending on the book, but I don’t usually let my mood affect what I choose. The exception is when I am depressed and need to escape. Then I need my mysteries. I get my last vaccine tomorrow, so if I feel up to it, I’ll pick up a mystery. I’m not depressed about it, but I want to distract myself from any symptoms. I believe my main reason for reading is distraction. And learning. Much Aloha

[deborajohnson]

I am a mood reader too. I do a loose TBR also. Every once in awhile a book will effect me. The only book I really cried while reading was The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. There is a scene in there I will never forget. Non fiction is both educational but also calming. It is by far my favorite genre! I find it is harder to find a book that tickles my funny bone! I enjoy PG Wodehouse books for fun humorous writing! I just finished reading two heavy nonfiction books so I am going to switch to fiction for a pallet cleanser. I like Agatha Christie and Rex Stout detective books for that reason. I need quiet to read most of the time. However I read in all situations. I want to be buried with a book just in case I have time to read! I leap to leap from book but I do need to change genre frequently. I really enjoyed your answers!