fantasy winter retreat book tag

Fantasy Winter Retreat Book Tag (Original) || BEWinter20

Posted on by Sumedha

Although 2020 has felt like a weird staycation, we all still deserve a proper vacation.

My family doesn’t really go anywhere as vacations because.. we just never started doing that. (Don’t ask *grimace*) But the concept of vacations—going somewhere to get away from daily life to chill and have fun—really appeals to me.

Today, I’m asking you to imagine your perfect break—only it’s with your favourite fictional characters.

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The Fantasy Winter Retreat Book Tag summary

You get to go on a week-long retreat to chill and have fun after the stressful 2020 experience. Set the scene of your dream winter retreat and, using the prompts, round up the characters you’d like to vacation with!

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What my retreat would look like

I’m a homebody. I don’t do travelling all day and seeing a ton of places. It would be nice to explore, sure, but would I wake up early every day to do that? No. My vacations have to be easy and comfortable.

Hence, a retreat would be PERFECT for me. My dream retreat/vacation would be going to a house in the forest whether there aren’t neighbours close by, with all supplies required, such that I can just stay there for a week.

I’m imagining: a big house with lots of browns and wood colour tones, several rooms to host all my friends and I, and a huge living room with a fireplace, comfy couches, and big windows.

  • wood cabin with high cieling, many couches, fireplace, and huge windows looking out into the forest
  • huge wood cabin living room cum dining room with fireplace and large windows
images are taken from Pinterest. sources: 1, 2, 3

Now that the setting is in place, time to choose whom I’d go on this heavenly retreat with. Onto the tag!

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[1] A fun character who’s presence would cheer up any situation

Leo Valdez from Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan! I SO BADLY want to vacation with Leo. He’d be so fun to hang with! And, as an added bonus, he can easily keep the fire going to warm everyone up.

[2] A character who would parent everyone

Generally, I’m the parent in any friend group. But for this retreat, if I had to let go and someone else was taking care of everyone, it would be Banu Nahri from the Daevabad trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty. I only recently finished the series and Nahri would definitely be the parent in a friend group. She would boss everyone around and order people to stop being reckless. Being a healer, she would also help heal any injuries while muttering complaints about coming along to this retreat.

[3] A character who would plan games and other activities

Kenji Kishimoto from the Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi. He would be Leo’s partner-in-crime during the retreat because of their personalities. Kenji is the person who would organize fun games and bring everyone together with sarcasm and charm.

[4] A character who would rather cozy up in blankets & sleep/laze around all day

This would be me. And with me would be Darius Kellner from Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram. I see Darius as a gentle and calm soul who would chill on the sofa next to me with tea and blankets.

Another such character would be Annie Catrel from The Hooker and the Hermit by L. H. Cosway and Penny Reid. She would totally love the cabin retreat life and would lounge on the sofa.

[5] A character who had to cancel other plans to be here

Alex Claremont-Diaz from Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. I see him as a verybusy and popular person. Alex has a 100 things to do and tons of people to meet. He probably got dozens of invites for vacation plans and would have cancelled/turned down everything to be with us.

[6] A character who brought their work along with them

Rhiannon Hunter from The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai. Rhiannon’s goal is world domination and her mind is constantly working with new plans and strategies. She is a woman on a mission and will not leave her work behind for a week-long retreat.

[7] A character who would not leave their partner’s side

Quinn Sullivan from Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid. He is super overbearing and would definitely not leave Janie’s side. He is like a grumpy big brother to everyone else and will only help if Janie asks him to.

[8] A character who is amused by everyone’s antics

Lila Bard from Shades of Magic trilogy by V. E. Schwab. I can picture Lila smirking and being amused by everyone throughout the retreat. She wouldn’t even need to do anything to be entertained.

Also, Sring Venka from The Poppy War trilogy by R. F. Kuang. Just imagine Venka with this random group of characters in a cabin for a week. She’d lounge around and watch Leo and Kenji being a mess, would laugh at Nahri parenting everyone, and goad the people staying in blankets all day.

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I tag..

for starters: Clo @ CuppaClo, Mehek @ The Critiques of a Fangirl, Sam @ Fictionally Sam, Jayati @ It’s Just a Coffee Addicted Bibliophile, Mel @ Cotton Candy Book Witch, Emme @ A Literary Latte, Alison @ Antari Reads

and YOU!

Do remember to pingback to this post or let me know if you do the tag so I can check out your answers 💜

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This post is part of the prompts for Bookending Winter 2020 hosted by Clo @ Cuppa Clo and Sam @ Fictionally Sam. And I’m today’s host!

More details and the full list of prompts can be found on this post!

Published by Sumedha

Sumedha spends her days reading books, bingeing Kdramas, drawing (amateur) art, and blogging while listening to Lo-Fi music.

28 thoughts on “Fantasy Winter Retreat Book Tag (Original) || BEWinter20”

  4. Thank you so so much for tagging me to do this 😻 it is such a lovely tag
    Also can I join your retreat at that lovely forest house because that sounds wonderful 🤩 plus a retreat with Alex and Lila, now that would be fantastic
    I can’t wait to do this tag myself and I’m definitely gonna get to it asap

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  5. this is such a fun tag omg! I love how the prompts refer to characters instead of books like usual book tags. I’m going to do this tag this week for sure, so thank you for tagging me!

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  10. I love this prompt and can’t wait to do this tag – thank you for tagging me!
    Your retreat looks so gorgeous and homy and like it’d be a wonderful place to spend time! Leo would definitely be so much fun to hang out with! Lmao yes Alex would be invited everywhere and getting him to go with you – wow, that’s an achievement!

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