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1) What author do you own the most books by?
Hmm. That's a good question, and it's one that I'm gonna have to just guess on right now. I'm also not including the books from my childhood that are still hiding in the basement here at my parent's house because number vs. amount of text is highly skewed. Probably, I own the most Laurell K. Hamilton, with Nora Roberts (as JD Robb) and Elizabeth Lowell vying for second place.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I have a few different editions of the bible, but they're keepsakes rather than books to read, per se. Mostly I just have one copy of my books. I think that I may have two copies of the first several Anita Blakes if you count the omnibus editions vs. the individual paperbacks, but there's a custody issue between me and my father so I can't swear to it.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Since we're not speaking Latin, no I don't mind. It's actually not an English rule, just a convention left over from the otherwise stunning lack of grammar rules in the Latin language.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Erm... do you really want that whole list? Let's just say that there are a huge bloody lot of them and leave it at that. I fall in love easily, frequently, and usually stay that way, I just add to the list. But most of all of any of them? Probably John Crichton. My first love? Quite possibly Danielle Moonstar.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
It's likely a tie between The Changeover by Margaret Mahy and "The Lost"/"Found"/and "Alphas" trilogy by Wintersong, with the Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, and Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince in there somewhere.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
I don't remember for sure, but if I'd discovered it by that point then it was Margaret Mahy's The Changeover.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
I tried to read Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson. By every account I should've liked it, but I just couldn't get into it.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (fiction) and Triumph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton (Non-Fiction)
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
I haven't tagged anyone, but I'd love to get people to read either Wintersong's trilogy, or the Historian.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
This would require me to read what is commonly seen as "literature" and, uh, no.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
The Changeover. I would also love to see the Death novels (by JD Robb) turned into a tv series.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
ANYTHING BY STEINBECK OMG SAVE ME
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
erm? I don't remember enough to be able to answer that.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
To answer this, we'd have to agree on a definition of "lowbrow" and frankly, that's a discussion I've learned I just ought not have. I'm in the minority on how I view these things so it's easier (and a LOT less heartache) that way.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
hmm... ::thinks through all her college English classes:: difficult, or awful? Difficult but enjoyable, probably Triumph of the Moon or the Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony (by Roberto Calasso). Difficult-and-I-wouldn't-be-reading-this-if-my-grade-didn't-depend-on-it? Either Native Son or The Grapes of Wrath. Heart of Darkness is not far behind those two.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've read?
nope.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
erm? Probably the Italians.
18) Roth or Updike?
Probably Updike, but only if you made me.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
no idea.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare.
21) Austen or Eliot?
Austen
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Many "science fiction" geeks would forcibly remove my union card. That said, I'm not sure I *want* to read any of the "classic" science ficiton books, so I don't know if they count. The biggest gap in my reading is probably in regards to comics, there are chapters and chapters of material both from the Marvel universe and some other bits and peices like the original GI Joe comics that I need to read. I don't have a most embarassing, see above.
23) What is your favorite novel?
The Changeover, Lost/Found/Alphas trilogy, Incubus Dreams (by Laurell K Hamilton) all tie for first place for me.
24) Play?
Possibly Much Ado About Nothing - but it could be something by Neil Simon.
25) Poem?
I don't actually like poetry much. I like Rilke ok though.
26) Essay?
Several by Stephanie Pearl McPhee tie for first place.
27) Short story?
Oh, bother. There are several I like but I don't know them right off-hand.
28) Work of nonfiction?
Triumph of the Moon
29) Who is your favorite writer?
Overall: Laurell K. Hamilton
Essays/Humor: Stephanie Pearl McPhee
Speculative Fiction: Sheri S Tepper
Hard Sci-Fi: Catherine Asaro and Anne McCaffery
Fantasy: Jennifer Roberson and JK Rowling
Comics: Chris Claremont and Terry Moore
Non-Fiction: Ronald Hutton and Isaac Bonewits
Regular Fiction: Maeve Binchey
Mythology: Roberto Calasso
Children's Lit: Margaret Mahy and Diana Wynne Jones
Romance: Elizabeth Lowell, Nora Roberts, and Mary Jo Putney
Mystery: Lillian Jackson Braun and Dan Brown
Erotica: Emma Holly
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
... if the episode of the X-Files is anything to go by, then Stephen King. However, I haven't read any of his actual books, so I can't say for sure.
31) What is your desert island book?
Sigh. Probably the Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony...
32) And... what are you reading right now?
lemme see... I just started "New Moon" by Stephanie Meyer, I'm sort of in the middle of a Tour of the Calculus, have given up on Gut Symmetries, and am thinking about starting American Gods over again, since I got sidetracked halfway through the first time I read it.
1) What author do you own the most books by?
Hmm. That's a good question, and it's one that I'm gonna have to just guess on right now. I'm also not including the books from my childhood that are still hiding in the basement here at my parent's house because number vs. amount of text is highly skewed. Probably, I own the most Laurell K. Hamilton, with Nora Roberts (as JD Robb) and Elizabeth Lowell vying for second place.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I have a few different editions of the bible, but they're keepsakes rather than books to read, per se. Mostly I just have one copy of my books. I think that I may have two copies of the first several Anita Blakes if you count the omnibus editions vs. the individual paperbacks, but there's a custody issue between me and my father so I can't swear to it.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Since we're not speaking Latin, no I don't mind. It's actually not an English rule, just a convention left over from the otherwise stunning lack of grammar rules in the Latin language.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Erm... do you really want that whole list? Let's just say that there are a huge bloody lot of them and leave it at that. I fall in love easily, frequently, and usually stay that way, I just add to the list. But most of all of any of them? Probably John Crichton. My first love? Quite possibly Danielle Moonstar.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
It's likely a tie between The Changeover by Margaret Mahy and "The Lost"/"Found"/and "Alphas" trilogy by Wintersong, with the Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, and Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince in there somewhere.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
I don't remember for sure, but if I'd discovered it by that point then it was Margaret Mahy's The Changeover.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
I tried to read Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson. By every account I should've liked it, but I just couldn't get into it.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (fiction) and Triumph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton (Non-Fiction)
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
I haven't tagged anyone, but I'd love to get people to read either Wintersong's trilogy, or the Historian.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
This would require me to read what is commonly seen as "literature" and, uh, no.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
The Changeover. I would also love to see the Death novels (by JD Robb) turned into a tv series.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
ANYTHING BY STEINBECK OMG SAVE ME
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
erm? I don't remember enough to be able to answer that.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
To answer this, we'd have to agree on a definition of "lowbrow" and frankly, that's a discussion I've learned I just ought not have. I'm in the minority on how I view these things so it's easier (and a LOT less heartache) that way.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
hmm... ::thinks through all her college English classes:: difficult, or awful? Difficult but enjoyable, probably Triumph of the Moon or the Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony (by Roberto Calasso). Difficult-and-I-wouldn't-be-reading-this-if-my-grade-didn't-depend-on-it? Either Native Son or The Grapes of Wrath. Heart of Darkness is not far behind those two.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've read?
nope.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
erm? Probably the Italians.
18) Roth or Updike?
Probably Updike, but only if you made me.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
no idea.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare.
21) Austen or Eliot?
Austen
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Many "science fiction" geeks would forcibly remove my union card. That said, I'm not sure I *want* to read any of the "classic" science ficiton books, so I don't know if they count. The biggest gap in my reading is probably in regards to comics, there are chapters and chapters of material both from the Marvel universe and some other bits and peices like the original GI Joe comics that I need to read. I don't have a most embarassing, see above.
23) What is your favorite novel?
The Changeover, Lost/Found/Alphas trilogy, Incubus Dreams (by Laurell K Hamilton) all tie for first place for me.
24) Play?
Possibly Much Ado About Nothing - but it could be something by Neil Simon.
25) Poem?
I don't actually like poetry much. I like Rilke ok though.
26) Essay?
Several by Stephanie Pearl McPhee tie for first place.
27) Short story?
Oh, bother. There are several I like but I don't know them right off-hand.
28) Work of nonfiction?
Triumph of the Moon
29) Who is your favorite writer?
Overall: Laurell K. Hamilton
Essays/Humor: Stephanie Pearl McPhee
Speculative Fiction: Sheri S Tepper
Hard Sci-Fi: Catherine Asaro and Anne McCaffery
Fantasy: Jennifer Roberson and JK Rowling
Comics: Chris Claremont and Terry Moore
Non-Fiction: Ronald Hutton and Isaac Bonewits
Regular Fiction: Maeve Binchey
Mythology: Roberto Calasso
Children's Lit: Margaret Mahy and Diana Wynne Jones
Romance: Elizabeth Lowell, Nora Roberts, and Mary Jo Putney
Mystery: Lillian Jackson Braun and Dan Brown
Erotica: Emma Holly
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
... if the episode of the X-Files is anything to go by, then Stephen King. However, I haven't read any of his actual books, so I can't say for sure.
31) What is your desert island book?
Sigh. Probably the Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony...
32) And... what are you reading right now?
lemme see... I just started "New Moon" by Stephanie Meyer, I'm sort of in the middle of a Tour of the Calculus, have given up on Gut Symmetries, and am thinking about starting American Gods over again, since I got sidetracked halfway through the first time I read it.