The Chess Book Tag (Original)

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The Chess Book Tag (Original)

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Күн бұрын

My first original tag , based on the great game of chess! Don't worry, you don't need to actually know anything about chess!
The Prompts:
Pawn - A book about a lowly character that rises through the ranks
Rook - A book that features a castle, a tower, or a chariot
Knight - A book about an animal or animals, bonus points if it is a horse
Bishop - A book that features religious characters or members of a church, bonus points for a bishop
Queen - A book with a strong female character
King - A book about a monarch or ruler
En Passant - Tag some people
I tag:
‪@aaronfacer‬
‪@BookChatWithPat8668‬
‪@booksimnotreading‬
‪@bookssongsandothermagic‬
‪@bookstalgic‬
‪@bouquinsbooks‬
‪@DanielsBibliophagy‬
‪@ellethinks‬
‪@GinaStanyerBooks‬
‪@grace_silva‬
‪@novelideea‬
‪@RaynorReadsStuff‬
‪@ReadBecca‬
‪@sterlingreads547‬
‪@saintdonoghue‬
‪@willchambers8065‬
‪@YourTrueShelf‬
#booktag #booktube

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@BandysBooks 2 ай бұрын

Lovely tag idea. I know very little about chess, but it seems like its well thought out. Added the Winter King to the TBR. I love a good Arthurian retelling.

@josmith5992 3 ай бұрын

Great original tag Aaron! Chess is far too strategic and thoughtful for me but I think I’m reading a book at the moment that would cover almost all the prompts, Matilda by Tracy Borman, it’s got them all!

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

Oh I'm pretty terrible at chess but I still love it, I enjoy watching the professionals. I always think of the Normans as the baddies, the wicked French coming over here and killing our king, that does sound interesting though.

@YourTrueShelf 3 ай бұрын

Great ideas, and I've learned something new about you today, I didn't know you were into chess 😊 my kids have been playing together for a while which is cool. I kept thinking of the wolf hall books for several answers. I have the first Robin Hobb ready to read. You've also reminded me of the winter king trilogy which I've wanted to read for ages! I didn't realise until I just looked up his bibliography that he'd done the last kingdom and sharp. My dad loves his books, I'll see if he's got the winter king 😊 Thanks for the tag, will absolutely do it!

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

Playing from an early age is key to being good at chess, I have only been playing for maybe five years so I suck. Bernard Cornwell is definitely a Dad author but his books are all fun.

@aaronfacer 3 ай бұрын

Great tag, Aaron! And thanks for tagging me -- I'm looking forward to giving it a go. I don't think I'd really noticed Bernard Cornwell before finding BookTube, but the more I hear about him, the more I want to give his books a go.

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

Sharpe was a pretty big deal back in the day, well worth a watch if you ever get the chance. I've enjoyed all his stuff. Look forward to your answers!

@ellethinks 3 ай бұрын

Most of my answers in my head as I listened to this related to Robin Hobb. 😂 I'll have to think outside the box a little bit and formulate some answers. Thanks for the tag! And congrats on your first original tag!

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

Fitz is a good pawn, there are castles, strong women, animals, I'm pretty sure some priest type things too. It fits them all!

@OmnivorousReader 3 ай бұрын

Aha! I have traced the tag to it's origin - this was a great notion, well done and a great book collection.

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@RaynorReadsStuff 3 ай бұрын

Love your original tag. Thanks for tagging me. Enjoyed your responses. Absolutely love The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Bernard Cornwell. Looking forward to doing this 😊

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

I think we have quite similar tastes generally which is always good for recommendations!

@ReadBecca 3 ай бұрын

Ahh wonderful tag. You got me scratching my head that I surely must have read something with chariots, but can't think of any. Thanks for tagging me.

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

No one has picked chariot yet, I expect Ben Hur or something Roman will pop up eventually.

@bookstalgic 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for tagging me! What fun and creative prompts, I love it. I’ll try to do this one soon since it’s brand new and I’ve been seeing it lately. Ahh, good ole Maggie Smith- love her!

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

I think half the people who have done it have tagged you 😂 It is a short one to do too

@bookstalgic 3 ай бұрын

@@AaronReadABook yeah, I got a few tags from this and I didn’t realize at first that you were the original creator!

@willchambers8065 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for tagging me. I've gone through my books and I think I've got my books selected. Will try and get it done tomorrow morning before I head out. PS - I also love small village/parish type books. Love Father Brown for the same feel and PG Wodehouse.

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

I keep nearly picking up Father Brown, I have a Penguin collection of them. Look forward to your answers!

@katjack2780 3 ай бұрын

I didn't want to overthink this, but here are my final choices for the tag: Pawn -- Mansfield Park --- Fanny Price Rook - Blandings Castle and Elsewhere Knight - The Last Unicorn Bishop - The Three Musketeers -- Cardinal Richelieu Queen - Through the Looking Glass -- set on a giant chessboard , with the Red and White Queens, Alice starts as a White Pawn . She must travel across the board and reach the right position to become a Queen. King - The Shadow King - a biography of Henry VI. He was captured by the Yorkists more than once and ended up finally being killed by them.

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

Fanny Price is a great one! I was going to choose The Last Unicorn myself but I don't have a physical copy. I really need to get round to the Alice books and Three Musketeers, I have fancy editions of both.

@ReadtoFilth 3 ай бұрын

Very cool choices. I do enjoy chess but I am not good at it haha. What a great tag!

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

Oh I'm fairly awful at the game myself, but I do like watching it and playing it 😆

@mediumjohnsilver 3 ай бұрын

It was Barchester Towers, and not The Warden, that started with the death of the bishop. That’s the one I was thinking about for this prompt, anyway.

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

Oh you are right! In my head it was related to the problems of Septimus Harding. Barchester Towers is my favourite of the series too.

@madworld1962 3 ай бұрын

What a fun and clever tag!😀

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I actually thought about it years ago before I had a channel and was surprised no one did a chess based one yet.

@Mysteriesandmountains 3 ай бұрын

Great tag! Love this idea! ❤

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Give it a go!

@cathrussell2426 3 ай бұрын

Fellow Robin Hobb fan here and also keen on village/parish and cathedral based books. My answers to your tag: Pawn : Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey Rook: Uprooted - Naomi Novik Knight: The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame Bishop: Close Quarters - Michael Gilbert Queen: Moon Called - Patricia Briggs King: On Royalty - Jeremy Paxman Huge fun doing that!

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

I need to give Dragonflight another go, I started it once but something to do with the grammar annoyed me. I love Uprooted, have you read her dragon books? They're great. When I worked for a newspaper I helped Jeremy Paxman set up his ipad and he was very nice 😁

@cathrussell2426 3 ай бұрын

I'm a big fan of Paxo and his books so am in absolute awe that you've had that connection with him. How brilliant! The first dozen or so of McCaffrey's dragon books are good but after that they're not so great. My favourite is The White Dragon. The background story that turns them into sci-fi rather than fantasy is fascinating and worth reading for that I think. I've read several of NN's dragon books and liked them a lot but it's another series I need to return to, I might start at the beginning again. I really recommend Close Quarters by Michael Gilbert, it's an excellent churchy crime yarn... and Richard Coles' new vicar crime series which I think I've mentioned to you before. I keep meaning to say that I do love the screen-shot manips you create for your posts... so funny.

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

@@cathrussell2426 Close Quarters sounds really interesting, I might have started too many crime series now, I have so many to catch up with.

@LaurieInTexas 3 ай бұрын

This is a fun tag. I'll give my answers to the prompts since I was thinking about them while I watched. #1 Wolf Hall - Cromwell as the lowly character #2 The Dark Tower by P.D. James #3 Animal Farm #4 Framley Parsonage #5 Olive Kitteridge #6 The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

@AaronReadABook 3 ай бұрын

I'm annoyed I didn't think of Wolf Hall now, also a butchers child! I've not read that PD James but I really liked Cover Her Face. Uncommon Reader is a great shout too!