books, old and new.
Thankyou, Louis.
1) What author do you own the most books by?
Phillipa Gregory - Am addicted to historical fiction.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
'Monkey Grip', by Helen Garner.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No, good sir.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
I was always in love with 'Wolf' from 'Tiger Eyes' by Judy Blume.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
Anais Nin - Henry and June
6) What was your favourite book when you were ten years old?
Anything by Ann M. Martin
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
The Diviners - Rick Moody. All the more upsetting because 'The Ice Storm' is one of my favourite books.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
The biography of Charles M. Schultz by David Michaelis.
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
What a responsibility. Probably 'Catch 22'. If they didn't get it, to the firing squad.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
I don't know.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
'An Uncomman Woman' Hannah Pakula
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
the 'Tomorrow when the war began' series by John Marsden.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I had a dream once about Jamie Oliver and jellyfish.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Ha, you name it. I have in my bookshelf - 'Welcome Back Stacey' by Ann M. Martin. My sister's name is also Stacey, but I keep it in rememberence of my old bsc-obsessed self.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Dr Faustus by Thomas Mann. Once you get it, so worth it.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
Never seen Shakespeare, but have read 'The Tempest'.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Russians
18) Roth or Updike?
Who knows?
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Who?
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare.
21) Austen or Eliot?
How can you compare them? Both.
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
There are so many. I dedicate my life to closing some gaps.
23) What is your favourite novel?
'Henry and June' by Anais Nin or 'Monkey Grip' by Helen Garner.
24) Play?
'The Crucible' followed by 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
25) Poem?
Too hard. I have them in the tens...
26) Essay?
The one I read in first year history about Dresden.
27) Short story?
I always want short stories to turn into long stories.
28) Work of nonfiction?
'The Third Reich in Power' - Richard Evans
29) Who is your favorite writer?
Phillipa Gregory, Antonia Fraser, Anais Nin...
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Dan Brown.
Cannot write.
31) What is your desert island book?
Anais Nin - Henry and June. I always find something new in this book.
32) And... what are you reading right now?
'The Duchess' - Amanda Foreman, 'Braindroppings' - George Carlin, 'The Constant Princess' - Phillipa Gregory.
1) What author do you own the most books by?
Phillipa Gregory - Am addicted to historical fiction.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
'Monkey Grip', by Helen Garner.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No, good sir.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
I was always in love with 'Wolf' from 'Tiger Eyes' by Judy Blume.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
Anais Nin - Henry and June
6) What was your favourite book when you were ten years old?
Anything by Ann M. Martin
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
The Diviners - Rick Moody. All the more upsetting because 'The Ice Storm' is one of my favourite books.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
The biography of Charles M. Schultz by David Michaelis.
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
What a responsibility. Probably 'Catch 22'. If they didn't get it, to the firing squad.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
I don't know.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
'An Uncomman Woman' Hannah Pakula
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
the 'Tomorrow when the war began' series by John Marsden.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I had a dream once about Jamie Oliver and jellyfish.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Ha, you name it. I have in my bookshelf - 'Welcome Back Stacey' by Ann M. Martin. My sister's name is also Stacey, but I keep it in rememberence of my old bsc-obsessed self.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Dr Faustus by Thomas Mann. Once you get it, so worth it.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
Never seen Shakespeare, but have read 'The Tempest'.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Russians
18) Roth or Updike?
Who knows?
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Who?
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare.
21) Austen or Eliot?
How can you compare them? Both.
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
There are so many. I dedicate my life to closing some gaps.
23) What is your favourite novel?
'Henry and June' by Anais Nin or 'Monkey Grip' by Helen Garner.
24) Play?
'The Crucible' followed by 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
25) Poem?
Too hard. I have them in the tens...
26) Essay?
The one I read in first year history about Dresden.
27) Short story?
I always want short stories to turn into long stories.
28) Work of nonfiction?
'The Third Reich in Power' - Richard Evans
29) Who is your favorite writer?
Phillipa Gregory, Antonia Fraser, Anais Nin...
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Dan Brown.
Cannot write.
31) What is your desert island book?
Anais Nin - Henry and June. I always find something new in this book.
32) And... what are you reading right now?
'The Duchess' - Amanda Foreman, 'Braindroppings' - George Carlin, 'The Constant Princess' - Phillipa Gregory.