I may not read Fantasy exclusively but it is still the genre that I majorly gravitate towards, so when I saw this tag done by Jess @ Jessticulates, I was so excited to do it myself. Also, what’s more perfect timing than during Wyrd and Wonder. Bree Hill originally created this tag as the Get to Know the Romance Reader Tag, and The Book Pusher adapted it for fantasy readers. Make sure you check out all their blogs for more amazing bookish content.
And now let’s get started…!!!!
1. What is your fantasy origin story? (The first fantasy novel you read)
I can’t really recollect the exact book but I’m pretty sure it was the Panchatantra stories as well as Enid Blyton’s fairytale stories.
2. If you could be the hero/heroine in a fantasy novel, who would be the author and what’s one trope you’d insist be in the story?
Because Sandhya Menon hasn’t written a fantasy yet, I would go for Swati Teerdhala. And I will definitely need the best friends to lovers trope as well as some dragons.
3. What is a fantasy you’ve read this year, that you want more people to read?
I know the Tensorate series has it’s fans, but it’s so brilliant that I want so many more fantasy lovers to experience it.
4. What is your favourite fantasy subgenre? What subgenre have you not read much from?
There are frankly too many fantasy subgenres to choose from, but I would probably go for one of the most common… Sword and Sorcery. And I’ve not read much from the Grimdark subgenre, and I don’t have much intention to either.
5. Who is one of your auto-buy fantasy authors?
There are so many… but a few would be Leigh Bardugo, Robert Jackson Bennett, Rin Chupeco, N. K. Jemisin.
6. How do you typically find fantasy recommendations? (Goodreads, Youtube, Podcasts, Instagram..)
These days, it’s all thanks to bloggers and booktube. I do browse Goodreads and Twitter frequently, and they are a good source of recs too, especially upcoming releases.
7. What is an upcoming fantasy release you’re excited for?
There are many more I’m dying to read, but this one releases next Tuesday and I’m so excited for it.
8. What is one misconception about fantasy you would like to lay to rest?
I’ve seen some pretty bad takes on twitter in the past week – with some having the misconception that only YA fantasy has diverse voices, and others believing that adult SFF is depressing or has too much sex – all these takes are complete bullshit, and it just depends on how invested a reader is in looking for diverse books in the age group they like.
9. If someone had never read a fantasy before and asked you to recommend the first 3 books that come to mind as places to start, what would those recommendations be?
This is probably the toughest question ever and I’ve been breaking my head for a while to figure out my answers. But if I have to choose, it’ll be Aru Shah and the End of Time in MG, Grisha trilogy in YA, and The Invisible Library series in Adult.
10. Who is the most recent fantasy reading content creator you came across that you’d like to shoutout?
I’ve only started following Fanna closely this year and I have to say, her dedication to promote South Asian literature is amazing and her blog is most beautiful one I’ve ever seen. Do check it out for wonderful posts.
I’m not tagging anyone, but please feel free to do the tag if you find it interesting and love fantasy just like me 🙂
Great tag (: I read a lot of Enid Blyton when I was younger. And I so cant wait to check out some of Ron Chupeco’s books all of them sound amazing 😍 I already have Bone Witch so I’ll probably read that first but I definitely want to check out Never Tilting World and Wicked As You Wish sometime too.
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Ahhh Enid Blyton is everyone’s childhood I guess 😊😊😊
And I can’t wait for you to read Bone Witch and I would love to know what you think of it… it’s definitely one of my all time favorites 😍😍😍
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I’ll let you know how I find it. Fingers crossed that I love it though as it sounds amazing 😍
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#9 was so brutal!!! I thought you picked some great ones!
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Haha I know right… what can you recommend someone who hasn’t read fantasy.. that’s a hard question….
anyways.. thank you for liking my picks 😊😊😊
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GREAT TAG!!! I love your auto-buy authors! And Shadow and Bone really would be the ideal series to start with! And omg I hate these misconceptions, I’ve also come across them and they’re simply not true!!!!
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Thank you Jane… 😊😊
I definitely thought which would be easiest to get into, and S&B seemed perfect.
Huh all these misconceptions just bother me so much. Why can’t ppl just appreciate all genres and leave them be 😬😬
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SOOOO TRUEEE!!!!! And also not stating your opinion but actually having no idea hahahah! Happy reading!
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Happy reading to you too !!!
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I’ve read 2 Rin Chupeco, really scary and I loved them! Now you’ve made me want to open up my kindle version of The Invisible Library!!
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Haha.. Invisible Library is just so much fun . Hope you’ll enjoy it 😊😊
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Ooh the Tensorate covers are so pretty! I’ll have to check that series out. 🙂 I totally agree with you about your fantasy misconceptions – there’s definitely as much diversity in adult fantasy as there is in YA fantasy, I’d simply argue that adult fantasy isn’t sold on its diversity as much? A lot of the time in YA we know a character is queer, for example, before we pick up the book, whereas more often in adult fiction the main character’s sexuality is something that’s dropped into the story without being part of the publicity campaign.
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Tensorate is gorgeous, inside and out 😍😍😍
You are probably right… we never hear about diversity in adult SFF marketing.. but maybe they should. That way readers who want it will be able to find the diverse books easily…
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What an amazing post! Have you read all of the books from the invisible library series?
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Yes Prachi I have.. I love the series so much 😍😍
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I have just read the first book and still have a long way to go.. I think the author recently released a new book in this series too?
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But did you enjoy the first book!? It’s very low key fun and I love that. The last release was in December/Jan I think… and we had a recent cover reveal for the next one which is again coming in December…
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Yes I did.. I absolutely loved the premise of a female librarian who is also an undercover detective. And a person being a dragon! That was so innovative!
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Ya… you’ll get to know so much more about dragon politics as you go on, so have fun with the series whenever possible 😊😊😊
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This makes me look forward to the next books in the series and carry forward🙂
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Awesome and my work here is done 😂😂😂
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Hahahaha Sahi!!!!
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Loved reading this!
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Thank you Evelyn !!
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Ooh I love this tag!! Will bookmark it for later💛
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Awesome.. can’t wait to see your answers 😊😊
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