book meme day six
Am totally moving on to make up for sucking for a week.
Day 01 - A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
Day 02 - A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about
Day 03 - The best book you've read in the last 12 months
Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever
Day 05 - A book or series you hate
Day 06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Day 07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A book that disappointed you
Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 - Favorite character in a book
Day 15 - Your "comfort" book
Day 16 - Favorite poem or collection of poetry
Day 17 - Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
Day 18 - Favorite beginning scene in a book
Day 19 - Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 - Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 - Most annoying character ever
Day 24 - Best quote from a novel
Day 25 - Any five books from your "to be read" stack
Day 26 - OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 - If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 - First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 - Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 - What book are you reading right now?
Day 06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
I could come up with a lot of answers for this one, because I read a damn lot of series, apparently. But I'm going to go with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I got into HP right before this book came out, so I got it delivered to me the morning it came out, and I read that thing in a matter of hours, finally finishing it at like midnight, bawling my eyes out. Because of the way I read the series, it was the first book to have a real emotional resonance with me, and I've reread it at least five or six times now. I've finally stopped crying while doing so.
Day 07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
I'M TIRED OF EVERYONE GOING EVIL. WAH.
Honestly, though, I touched on this while reading one of my FOTJ recaps. While I know storytelling dictates that the protagonists have to run into problems and obstacles and have something to fight against, it wasn't till I saw the bad guys have problems like that that I realized that I want the bad guys to have problems. A lot of it has to do with the narration and the POV where they don't know that the antagonist ran into an obstacle in fighting them, but I think it just makes for a more interesting story.
Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once
This is where I'm going to say Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris. I absolutely love this guy, and this is the book that hooked me hard. (fourteenlines' fault- most of the books I love are someone's fault and I love them for it) If nothing else, read the story in there by the same name- it's about him moving to France and trying to learn the language in a class, and you will see what I mean.
Day 01 - A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
Day 02 - A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about
Day 03 - The best book you've read in the last 12 months
Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever
Day 05 - A book or series you hate
Day 06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Day 07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A book that disappointed you
Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 - Favorite character in a book
Day 15 - Your "comfort" book
Day 16 - Favorite poem or collection of poetry
Day 17 - Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
Day 18 - Favorite beginning scene in a book
Day 19 - Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 - Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 - Most annoying character ever
Day 24 - Best quote from a novel
Day 25 - Any five books from your "to be read" stack
Day 26 - OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 - If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 - First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 - Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 - What book are you reading right now?
Day 06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
I could come up with a lot of answers for this one, because I read a damn lot of series, apparently. But I'm going to go with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I got into HP right before this book came out, so I got it delivered to me the morning it came out, and I read that thing in a matter of hours, finally finishing it at like midnight, bawling my eyes out. Because of the way I read the series, it was the first book to have a real emotional resonance with me, and I've reread it at least five or six times now. I've finally stopped crying while doing so.
Day 07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
I'M TIRED OF EVERYONE GOING EVIL. WAH.
Honestly, though, I touched on this while reading one of my FOTJ recaps. While I know storytelling dictates that the protagonists have to run into problems and obstacles and have something to fight against, it wasn't till I saw the bad guys have problems like that that I realized that I want the bad guys to have problems. A lot of it has to do with the narration and the POV where they don't know that the antagonist ran into an obstacle in fighting them, but I think it just makes for a more interesting story.
Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once
This is where I'm going to say Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris. I absolutely love this guy, and this is the book that hooked me hard. (fourteenlines' fault- most of the books I love are someone's fault and I love them for it) If nothing else, read the story in there by the same name- it's about him moving to France and trying to learn the language in a class, and you will see what I mean.