Happy Sunday!

For me, school has started. Yay. (Read that last word in the most depressing tone of voice ever.) I'm taking quite a few English classes this year, which means that I'm going to be reading quite a few classics over the next few months.

Which, coincidentally, leads us right into this tag’s intro!

Rebellious Writing, which is an organization dedicated to writing and reading clean literature, created this tag in honor of their two-year anniversary! I LOVE their message and team, so of course I had to participate. XD

The amazing Gray tagged me, which is good, because if she hadn’t, I would have stolen it. XD Thank you, Gray!

The Rules:

1. Link your post to Rebellious Writing (www.rebelliouswriting.com) ✅
2. Answer the questions ✅
2. Tag at least 5 bloggers ✅

Well, that doesn't seem so hard.

Now I just need to get through all my unpopular opinions of classics. XD Here we go.


The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle. It's the most underrated Narnia book ever and IT DESERVES A MOVIE OKAY. <3333 The allegory is so perfect, and seeing all the characters come together in Heaven is just beautiful.


Um. *nervous laugh* The plot? I honestly don't read that many classics, so the plot will have to draw me in. Also, if there's a movie adaptation, I will also consider picking it up. Buuuuut, honestly, I’m not much of a classics person.

look at me, giving sacreligious answers to these


See answer to #1 (The Last Battle). But also the Father Brown books by G.K. Chesterton. It's like Sherlock Holmes, but with a Catholic priest instead! They're really interesting and sometimes even funny. (Although, in my personal opinion, the TV shows are not that great. Read the stories instead.)


Huckleberry Finn (and I guess, Tom Sawyer by extension). I LOVE Huck's character, but for years I tried and failed to finish this book. Once I got into the writing style, though, I ended up really loving it.


My most favorite would have to be Lord of the Rings (of course).

As for my least favorite . . . oh, goodness, I don't know. Maybe Of Mice and Men? I'm sorry, but I hate that ending. *shudders*


I already mentioned Huck Finn up above, but I think another favorite character of mine would be Jane Eyre from the book of the same name. I mean, we're both quiet bookworms. XD And also Joe Hardy from the Hardy Boys. I love that kid. (Are the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew considered classics? I honestly don’t know. *shrugs* Who cares, we’re counting Joe anyways.)


Okay, unpopular opinion time: Pride and Prejudice genuinely bored me. I barely finished the book, and when I did, I was not able to explain the plot.

The only reason I actually DO know the plot is because we discussed it at our school book club. (By "we discussed" I mean that I listened while everyone else discussed. XD)

Also, The Great Gatsby is also on my list, but to be fair, the movie ruined it for me, so I'll cut it some slack at least. But it left me feeling really depressed, and there just wasn't much hope in the book. (I suppose it could be argued that this was the point of the book, to show our world's sinfulness, but come on, there could be at least have ONE morally upright character to show the good. -_-)


J.R.R. Tolkien. Without question.


I think a classic is any book that can withstand the test of time. No matter the year, people will be able to pick it up and be sucked into that time period or that world, relate to the characters, and ultimately have a good time inside of the story. Classics are also universal and teach a universal truth (sometimes).


Pretty much just the answer to #9, honestly.

In terms of present-day books that I think might become classics . . . gosh, I honestly don't know. I don't read enough popular books. XD But even if I did, I don’t think they would withstand the test of time. From my experience reading YA, a lot of them are not especially well-written and don’t really have long-lasting themes.

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And now for the tagged!

(Feel free to steal this if you want to do it.)

Emily @ The Ones That Really Matter
Kathryn @ In the Depths of Dreams
Catherine @ The Rebelling Muse
Keturah @ Keturah’s Korner
Rakayle @ A Story Detective

Rebellious Writing, happy anniversary! <3

-Nicole <3