hi! My name is Penny and as usual I'm here to talk about some bookish things
specifically today I'm going to do the You're Not Good Enough book tag. So I saw
Piera Forde and also Emily Foxx do this tag recently so I thought it
looked like fun. I do think the original video has been taken down but I will
link what I can down below. So what I did is I got a bunch of different character names
and I put them into my Wonder Woman mug. Got them all in here. And so there are 15
questions and for each one we're gonna pull out two characters and decide which one
is not good enough. I'm somewhat concerned because I tried not to pick too
many main characters but I also tried to just write first names so it's possible
I won't even remember which character I was referring to her because I started
planning this video like a week ago and me and I didn't film it when I was going
to film it and anyway let's get into the questions. First question is you only
have one spot left in your spelling bee team, who would you pick to complete your
team? So we'll pick two characters. First one we've got is Farway who is one of
the characters from Invictus which I don't have here cause I lent to my sister. And then
the other one we have is Lisbeth Salander who is from the Millennium
series. So she is kind of a badass. Really smart but mostly good at maths.
Farway is mostly good at time travel and maybe leadership? Honestly I think
both of these guys might suck at spelling but I'm gonna choose Lisbeth
Salander because to be honest she'll be able to figure out how to cheat
and even if we lose she'll like somehow hack the system so we win or at least
she'll keep me grounded and remember that spelling bees the most important
thing and why are we bothering. That's what I want from a teammate. So next,
both characters want to kill you, who will you kill first so you have a better
chance of surviving? Firstly we've got Garland who is from Maddigan's Quest by
Margaret Mahy. I read that recently, I really loved it. Next we
have Manon, I'm gonna remember to say like that even though it's not normally
how I say it. Manon is from the Throne of Glass
series. She's a badass witch. So I mean garland is not a threat in any
way at all so we're gonna have to fight Manon and get rid of her if we're gonna
survive. So number three is you're on The Bachelor and you're down to the last two,
who are you going to give your rose to. I didn't pick these characters thinking
about who was the most attractive. So firstly we've got Kate Daniels and then
the other one we have here is Liath who is from the Crown of Stars series. So
honestly the Kate Daniels series is my favorite series in the world and Kate
Daniels is badass and amazing and she would totally get my
rose. Liath is just like not that interesting yet to be honest. I'm only
two books into a seven book series and so far she hasn't done enough to win me
over but Kate Daniels... Kate Daniels has my heart. So number four, you've been chosen
for the Hunger Games, who is most likely to volunteer in your place? So we've got
Nathan who is from the half-bad series. He is a half white, half black witch and
then we also have Erin from Middlegame, who was my favorite character in
Middlegame even though she's not really a main character but she is and I loved
her. And I think even though Nathan kind of does sacrifice himself at the end of
the half bad series so he's got a reputation for sacrifice but Erin also
does quite a lot of sacrifice. I think if I can manage my NEWTs goal of becoming
an amazing Alchemist, Erin will volunteer for me. So number five is you
stranded on an island, who will you sacrifice to engage in cannibalism? I
guess I could eat a person if I if it was life or death but I'm not that excited
that it about that idea! um so what characters are we got to eat? Cassidy? Who
is this? I told you I wasn't gonna remember them. So the first one we've
got is Cassidy and I honestly don't remember who I was referring to. Let me
think about it... do you know who I'm referring to? I
don't. And the other one I have is Violet, which is Violet Baudelaire from
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Cassady though. Who's Cassidy? oh! I
remember! Cassidy is Cassidy Blake from Victoria
Schwab's new series Cassidy Blake series. I read the first book City of Ghosts and
Tunnel of Bones is coming out really soon. I'm really excited to read
it. So what was the even the question? I've forgotten. Oh oh. Who am I gonna eat?
Wow. These are about children so not they're great for eating cause not
that filling and also like that's a shit move. I don't want to eat either of them.
I mean, this isn't really fair but I think Violet's already gone through
enough horrible stuff in her life and her family needs her so not Violet. And
Cassidy can see ghosts so she already has some idea of death so
I'm gonna eat Cassidy. So the next question is you are the next DC/Marvel
superhero who is your sidekick? Let us see... firstly we've got Nyx, who is from
Kameron Hurley's Beldame Apocrypha series and then the second one we've got
is Arsinoe who is from the Three Dark Crowns series by Kendare Blake. I
mean neither of these are gonna be great sidekicks. Nyx is a really badass bounty
hunter who often screws things up and isn't good at working in a team so
that's not a great sidekick. Arsinoe however is always off not doing what
she's supposed to be doing, changing the whole way that things are supposed to
work. Like she she's not a great sidekick either. I mean maybe I think I pick
Nyx because I'll just have to work with her and help her become less of a
screw-up and like work to her strengths somehow.
At least she's like a badass. I don't really know how I'd use Arsinoe's
skills. So Nyx is my new sidekick. So number seven is you're the manager of a
new Avacado Admiring firm, who would you fire for lack of communication
skills. Okay so we got two names here. The first one we have is Elena Mendoza which
is from the Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza and then I also have Puck Connolly who is
from the Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. Who has the worst
communication skills? Probably Puck. I actually don't remember... Elena Mendoza
has like the ability or discovers she has the ability to heal people and she's
had voices talking to her her whole life. I never really remember did she have
great communication skills? Doesn't she do something at the end? I definitely think
she's probably got better communication skills than Puck because Puck is just
angry and very passionate but not great at communication. So Puck, you're getting
fired! So number eight is you've just finished reading a book where your
favorite character dies, who is the most likely to comfort you? Oh I'm losing
characters on the floor. That must be the one that died. Okay so we've got
Minya from Strange the Dreamer. I think I know which way I'm gonna go. in the
guessing and we also have Driller, who is one of my favorite robots in the
Descender graphic novel series. He's like this big driller robot but he takes care
of people even though he's like "Driller is a killer". I love Driller and he would
100% take care of me if I was upset. Minya on the other hand
would kill me so she could control my spirit. Minya not great at the comfort
thing, or at least the way she'd do it not so great. So Minya, not going to
comfort me. Driller, gonna give me all the hugs. So
number nine is ugh its high school, who is most likely to be part of the popular
clique? So the two names we've got.. We've got Devi from the Name of the Wind
series, well the Kingkiller Chronicles is what the series is called. And we also
have, I never know how to say this. Like I can't say it. Ry... Ryuk. He is a
death demon whereas Devi is like dark magician debt
collector is the best way to describe her. I mean both of them are kind of
loners and like to do their own thing so neither of them? Maybe Devi because
she would actually just be doing it so that she could get something out of it.
She would manipulate them all to allow her to hang out with them so she could
get some things from them and like blackmail them or something. I guess Devi
but really neither of them. So number 10 is the day has arrived, you're finally a
year older. Who would have the nerve to forget your birthday? So we've got Bob
and you might think that that's one where I would forget who it's from but
no. Bob is from the Bobiverse series where Bob gets frozen to be brought back
to life in the future but wakes up as part of a spaceship. And we also have
Sydney which is Sydney from Vicious and Vengeful. Sydney has the ability when she
touches someone or touches something that's dead, they will come back to
life. So Bob would not forget my birthday because he would put it into his system
and he would automatically get reminded of it. Sydney
probably has better things to worry about than my birthday to be honest. So
Sydney's gonna forget. Bob's gonna take care of me and the
rest of humanity to be honest. So number eleven is you've just found a rising
booktube star, who is it most likely to be? So firstly I've got Vasya,
who is from the Bear and the Nightingale series or the Winternight series as
it's actually called. And I've also got Spensa who is from... what is that
series called? What is the book called??? Star Sight? Is that the second one?
Skyward! Skyward is the first one and Star Sight is the second one. Claim the Stars
series? I don't know? By Brandon Sanderson. Spensa is like this young girl who
wants to become a pilot and she is struggling to do it because her dad's a
coward. Vasya is also struggling because she's able to talk to weird
mythological creatures and that's not accepted either by the people around
her. So they have a lot in common these two. Which one is more likely to be a
booktuber? i don't know that Spensa really reads much. She didn't mention
reading at all did she? Whereas Vasya I mean, Vasya likes to go out and do boyish
things but would she read? I don't remember it mentioning her reading
either. And I don't feel like either of these do much reading which i think
is an important part of booktubing... hmm I honestly don't know. I feel like I'm gonna
pick Vasya to be the star just cuz I feel like she'd have a lot of opinions
and want to share them. Whereas Spensa's too busy flying around in spaceships and
fighting aliens. Which would be a cool vlog wouldn't it? Maybe. Not if it means
humanity is stuck on a planet waiting to be killed off. So number 12 is sleepover
time! Unfortunately you can only invite one person. Who will it be?
So our potential invitees are Julie, who is from the Kate Daniels series. She
is Kate Daniels' ward and also has some magical abilities of her own. And we also
have Gin from the Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep.
She is this badass bitch. She's really good at cooking
but she probably makes stuff that would be too fancy. I quite like plain stuff, I
probably wouldn't like it and then probably in the middle of the sleepover
someone would arrive to kill us and that would really ruin the sleepover. Whereas
Julie, I think we can have some fun. We could talk about some boys, she's got
some boys going. I do also think Julie would want to sneak out and do some
troublesome stuff as well. So we'd probably get in trouble but at least
someone wouldn't be exactly trying to kill us. We'd be getting into our own
trouble. So I think I'm gonna pick Julie as a fun sleepover friend. Number 13 is
BAM! You're pregnant. Who is the father or the mother? So ooh't three of them want
to do it, but we can only have two. So we've got... oh crap. This is another one
where I don't know who it's from. Imagine not even remembering the mother of your
child. Melanie. Melanie is kind of like just a boring name so I will need to
think about which Melanie I am referring to. Why do I do this to myself?
The other one I have... oh I remember even though it's normal-ish name. So the other
one is Janet who is from the Magician's series by Lev Grossman. Janet is one of
the Queens or becomes one of the Queens of what's it called? I don't know, the
magical Narnia type land. I ended up really loving her. Like surprise! I thought she
was kind of a boring character and then she in the last book was amazing and I
loved her. So like based on that I'm saying Janet is probably gonna be the
mother of my child because I don't even remember Melanie. But let me at least try
and remember her. Melanie... Melanie...
honestly I have no idea who Melanie is. If you have an idea if who
Melanie might be. A character from a book, possibly not a main character, but a
character from a book that I've read. I don't know who she is
so she's forgotten. Janet's the mother of my child.
So number 14 is you've written an important text, who would see it but not
reply. So we have got Nightfall from The Legend of Nightfall by Mickey Zucker
Reichert who has the ability to like change his weight at will and uses that
to get up to all sorts of trouble. We also have Althea who is from the...
what is that series called? Liveship traders series! Oh is there Melanie in that
book? No, there's an Althea. So Althea and Nightfall. I mean probably neither of
these guys will reply to my text to be honest. Because Nightfall is a thief and
most of the time off getting in trouble, though he does learn responsibility by
the end of the book. But most of the time he's getting himself in trouble so he
would look at it and be like I don't have time to deal with this shit right
now. And then Althea, in the book she should be communicating with her family
about what's going on and instead she disappears off and goes and does her own nonsense. so
So Althea probably wouldn't reply to me either, even if it was important. Like
she's got a track record of not replying to messages, whereas Nightfallat least
does come through and save the day quite a few times. So I'm gonna say Althea
doesn't reply. Nightfall's got my back. Number 15 is you've just woken up and
it's time for breakfast. Who has your mum been replaced with? Now
I feel like this question's implying that my mum still makes me breakfast and
since I live by myself and my mum, I mean she doesn't live that far away, but she's
certainly not bringing me breakfast every day. But maybe one of these new
mothers will! Doubtful. So firstly, we've got Jasnah from the Stormlight Archives by
Brandon Sanderson. Jasnah is a scholar and heretic and not really very motherly. In
fact she's chosen not to get married and not to have children even though that's
the accepted custom. And then the next one is Gert. So Gert is from the I Hate
Fairyland. So Gert is from I Hate fairy land comics series, where she gets stuck
in fairy land and she can't get out. I mean Gert's no good as a mother. She
needs a mother, even though she is now older she's still stuck in the body of
like a seven-year-old in fairyland like destroying everything.
Probably like less than seven. Where did I come up with the number seven? Anyway
she's very young and immature and violent and not a very good mother so
are we gonna go with Jasnah. I feel like Jasnah would try to instil
in me a sense of self-sufficiency and that's good because that's what I want
from my mother. That's what I got from my mother. Like she's caring, she cares about
like the overall outcome though, she's not gonna be a nicey nice mum. My mum is
actually like the cutest person in the world and really lovely but she does
encourage me to be independent and open-minded and that's what she has in
common with Jasnah. So those are all the questions. I have a big mess of
characters now to clean up. So as I said do let me know if you have any frickin
clue who Melanie might be!! And of course whether you would have answered any of
these questions differently. Otherwise thank you so much for watching! I hope
you're having a wonderful day and I will see you next time :)