Book Tag; Summer Reading Tag

I came across the Summer Reading Tag over at Angel Reads and I decided to play along as it looked like a fun tag to do.

That said, I do have a love/hate relationship with summer, because even though it's nice with warm weathr and beautiful flowers, I struggle with light sensitive migraines, so I almost turn into a vampire in the summer months.

WHICH CHARACTER MOST EMBODIES THE TRAITS OF SUMMER?
Oddly enough, I would say Alice Boston from The Whitby Witches by Robin Jarvis as she's a lively grandmother-type woman.

WHAT BOOK/S DO YOU MOST ASSOCIATE WITH THE PHYSICALITY OF SUMMER?
There's two book series that comes to my mind for this one - The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren and the Sam Quinn series by Seana Kelly. The former more than the latter, but oddly enough, they both remind me of summer somehow.

WHAT KIND OF BOOKS DO YOU LIKE TO READ ON HOLIDAY? ANY BOOKS THAT HOLD MEMORIES TO CERTAIN PLACES?
Even though I'm a huge mood reader, and have a weak spot for horror and paranormal, I sometimes enjoy reading something lighter during summer/holidays, such as romance (shocker, I know).

While both these books have Whitby as a setting, SCRAVIR - While Whitby Sleeps by C. M. Vassie and The Whitby Witches by Robin Jarvis reminds me of London (UK), as I recieved them as a birthday gift while spending my time in London on my 35th birthday.

IF YOU COULD GO ON HOLIDAY WITH ANY AUTHOR, WHO WOULD YOU GO WITH AND WHERE? WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO KNOW?
As I'm a huge Dracula geek, I'll obviously answer Bram Stoker for this one, and I wouldn't mind exploring both Whitby, especially the abbey, as well as Dunnotar Castle in Scotland with him, as he used both places as a bit of inspiration for Dracula.

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