Thank you to Jackie at Fall in Love with the Sounds of Words blog. This tag is challenging and thought provoking.
The rules:
No rules per se but the idea of this tag is to note times you did something wrong or messed up when it comes to books and then tag a few people.
A Character’s Appearance You Misread or Imagined Differently
I was totally floored by the way Isles of Rizzoli and Isles series by Tess Gerritsen was portrayed by Sasha Alexander and admit it was a total departure from how I pictured Maura Isles and still do when I read the series.
A Character Name You’ve Been Pronouncing Incorrectly
Most Irish names prior to this year, but I have googled and learned how to pronounce Aoife.
An Overused Trope That Is Your Guilty Pleasure
Strong women who turn out to be the villain. I don’t get to read as many of these as I would like but it’s liberating to see women in the villain role with character flaws.
A Cliched Character Type You Enjoy Viewing On Screen Than Reading About
The FBI men in black suits, circa The X-Files: dull on page but you know they’ll drive the story forward on screen.
A Word/Phrase You Learned Because of Its Use In A Book
I’m coming up totally blank on this one. I should probably highlight and save any of these for future reference.
Have You Ever Not Read or Completed a Required Reading Book For School
No. I have always finished reading books I was given in English lit.
Have You Ever (Or Wanted To) Skipped A Chapter From the POV of a Character You Weren’t Interested In
Yes, I’ve wanted to, but no I didn’t as I was mindful of missing important points.
Have You Ever Cancelled Social Plans To Read A Book
Yes. Unapologetically. And I would do it again when the book I’m reading is too good to put down.
I’d Like To Tag:
Ajoobacats Blog 
So how do you pronounce ‘Aoife’? I can manage Niamh and Siobhan, but that’s me done! Keen to add a third to my gaelic list of pronounceable names
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It’s pronounced ‘eeffa’. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgqpCReiOOE
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I only read the first one of Rizzoli and Isles and loved it, I want to continue with the series. Haven’t watched the show, though!
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The show is good but different and not as dark and serious like the books. More humour in the show and Rizzoli and Isles are BFFs whereas in the books Maura is mostly a loner.
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Great post! I’m glad I am not the only one that found this challenging! 😀 I love your cat! So precious. I totally agree on your comment about FBI men circa XFiles. They would be pretty boring on paper.
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I am finding a lot of police procedural thrillers dull which is unlike me and I think it’s because I need more in the characters rather than a whodunit with another psychopath.
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Lol, I feel you on the cancelling plans to read part!
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