Springboard Thought | The Book Palate Tag [Original Tag] @SpringboardThought | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Allow me to present my first original tag!: The Book Palate Tag.

Sweet: What is a book that made you excited to read more by that author?
*Bonus Point if it also somehow exemplifies the genre you most like to read.*

Sour: What book did you initially dislike, but after a reread, you reversed your opinion on? OR: What is a book you loved at one time, but after re-reading it, have found it lacking in some way.
*Bonus Point if the book is in a genre you similarly reversed your position on.*

Bitter: What is a book that you feel is underrated, ‘attacked’ unjustly by popular or mainstream opinion, or is simply misunderstood in some way?
*Bonus Point if it is not a book anyone else has mentioned already, that you know of.*

Salty: What is a book that changed how you thought about or related to other people, or that made you realize something about yourself you were not aware of previously?
*Bonus Point if you choose multiple books, from whatever milestones in your life that feel important to you*


Optional Prompts for the Connoisseur (treat the following prompt as if they were different foods; palates vary depending on what you’re consuming. I.e. choose as many as you like):


- Sophisticated Palate: Choose a book from your favorite sub-genre or that has your favorite trope or motif. Or just go off regarding a bookish, nerdy thing you like/enjoy.

- Unrefined Palate: What is a book or genre that you consider a ‘guilty pleasure’ (though you shouldn’t feel actually guilty about reading anything, really, but hopefully you know what I mean).

- Eclectic Palate: What are the top 3+ genres you typically read or gravitate towards?

- Maturing Palate: What is a genre you’ve read little or none of, but would like to sample more? What book, if any, prompted this?

Books mentioned in the order they appear:

Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles. My review: medium.com/springboard-thought/why-you-should-read-small-game-hunting-at-the-local-coward-gun-club-62eee8e927db

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
goodreads.com/review/show/3416417496

No One Here Gets Out Alive by Danny Sugerman, Jerry Hopkins

Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer
goodreads.com/review/show/3628735322

For Love of the Game by Michael Shaara

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
goodreads.com/review/show/3289373058

Red Spider White Web by Misha Nogha
consumingcyberpunk.com/blog/2017/11/25/subterranean-rage-red-spider-white-web
buy in the U.S: wordcraftoforegon.com/speculative.html

Beyond Cyberpunk: New Critical Perspectives by Graham J. Murphy (Editor), Sherryl Vint (Editor)
goodreads.com/review/show/1991797310

The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
goodreads.com/review/show/4118669735

People I tag:
Beating around the Books: youtube.com/channel/UC61bA8SxHgoE9O9JgAQouQw
Marc Nash: youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdw
Bookish: youtube.com/channel/UCrrFo3tDRDVbX7PZjWx1qYA
MsReads A lot: youtube.com/channel/UCnhAfq9Y2HXxuRWYMXI65Xw
Scallydandling about the books: youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0g
Bob The Bookerer: youtube.com/c/BobTheBookerer
Shawn The Book Maniac: youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXA



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