I'm bored, ok? Another -literary this time!
(1) What author do you own the most books by?
Laura Ingalls Wilder... I can't help it, I've read them all about 100 times.
(2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Pride and Prejudice- only 2 copies though.
(3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No, that's something I always do!
(4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Dexter Morgan....Eric Northman....Ronald Weasley...I think I'm in love with more than a few fictional characters. Ron has to be at the top though...I'm so Hermione.
(5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
All of the Little House books. I read them at least once every year.
(6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Again, the Little House books. Or Babysitters Club.
(7) What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year?
Obsessed. But that's because I didn't read any Twilight books.
(8) What is the best book you’ve read in the past year?
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies :)
(9) If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be?
Dewey, by Vicki Myron. It's such a sweet book about a little oarnge cat who lived at a library in Iowa. You'll cry, but it's such a sweet story.
(10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
No clue.
(11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Wow...hmm, that's a tough one. So many books I love have been made into a movie already. Friday Night Knitting Club, just so that I could see knitting on the big screen :)
(12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. The imagery is really disturbing in some spots. I don't want to vomit in the theatre.
(13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I vaguely remember a dream about Edward from Twilight, but I can't remember what. Nothing mushy romantic or anything...and I've had dreams about Ron and Hermione finally confessing their love.
(14) What is the most lowbrow book you’ve read as an adult?
Kill Your Friends by John Niven. Not lowbrow, just graphic depictions of sex and drug use.
(15) What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?
The book I never wanted to read, and I was in no way interested in paying attention to the characters, was Bleak House by Charles Dickens. I know, hate me for dissing Dickens, but that is a DRY book.
(16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you’ve seen?
The only one I've actually seen was Hamlet, back in first year.
(17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Um, neither?
(18) Roth or Updike?
Can't say I know either
(19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Nope, dunno
(20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
All have their merits. I've read Paradise Lost, Cantebury Tales and several Shakespeare plays and sonnets, and I've taken something from all of them. I'd have to say Shakespeare, though.
(21) Austen or Eliot?
Austen, definately. Eliot is okay...but I've never reread anything of hers.
(22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
well, considering I couldn't answer questions 18 and 19, I might need to be embarrassed about that, but I think it's sad that I haven't read some great novels like Life of Pi, Slaughterhouse Five, Jane Ayre, and the list goes on and on.
(23) What is your favorite novel?
I can't pick just one...
(24) Play?
Arsenic and Old Lace, only because it was the only play I've acted in that wasn't in school.
(25) Poem?
Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson. I had to memorize it in junior high, and I still love it.
(26) Essay?
I don't think I have one.
(27) Short story?
Hemingway or Poe have some good ones...can't pick just one.
(28) Work of nonfiction?
The Diary of Anne Frank
(29) Who is your favorite writer?
J. K. Rowling....she better write more novels!!!!
(30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Stephanie Meyer. She has taught a generation of impressionable young girls that it's okay to put up with an abusive, patronizing boyfriend, that if the boyfriend leaves you, suicide is the answer, and when all else fails, lie to your parents and run away with the boyfriend- all in the name of LOVE. PUUUUULLEEEEEASE.
(31) What is your desert island book?
Ugh, I'd need a series if I'm on an island. Can I make up a "Complete works of J K Rowling" by taping all the books together?
(32) And… what are you reading right now?
Spadework by Timothy Findley...going very slowly.
Laura Ingalls Wilder... I can't help it, I've read them all about 100 times.
(2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Pride and Prejudice- only 2 copies though.
(3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No, that's something I always do!
(4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Dexter Morgan....Eric Northman....Ronald Weasley...I think I'm in love with more than a few fictional characters. Ron has to be at the top though...I'm so Hermione.
(5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
All of the Little House books. I read them at least once every year.
(6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Again, the Little House books. Or Babysitters Club.
(7) What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year?
Obsessed. But that's because I didn't read any Twilight books.
(8) What is the best book you’ve read in the past year?
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies :)
(9) If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be?
Dewey, by Vicki Myron. It's such a sweet book about a little oarnge cat who lived at a library in Iowa. You'll cry, but it's such a sweet story.
(10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
No clue.
(11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Wow...hmm, that's a tough one. So many books I love have been made into a movie already. Friday Night Knitting Club, just so that I could see knitting on the big screen :)
(12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. The imagery is really disturbing in some spots. I don't want to vomit in the theatre.
(13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I vaguely remember a dream about Edward from Twilight, but I can't remember what. Nothing mushy romantic or anything...and I've had dreams about Ron and Hermione finally confessing their love.
(14) What is the most lowbrow book you’ve read as an adult?
Kill Your Friends by John Niven. Not lowbrow, just graphic depictions of sex and drug use.
(15) What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?
The book I never wanted to read, and I was in no way interested in paying attention to the characters, was Bleak House by Charles Dickens. I know, hate me for dissing Dickens, but that is a DRY book.
(16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you’ve seen?
The only one I've actually seen was Hamlet, back in first year.
(17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Um, neither?
(18) Roth or Updike?
Can't say I know either
(19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Nope, dunno
(20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
All have their merits. I've read Paradise Lost, Cantebury Tales and several Shakespeare plays and sonnets, and I've taken something from all of them. I'd have to say Shakespeare, though.
(21) Austen or Eliot?
Austen, definately. Eliot is okay...but I've never reread anything of hers.
(22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
well, considering I couldn't answer questions 18 and 19, I might need to be embarrassed about that, but I think it's sad that I haven't read some great novels like Life of Pi, Slaughterhouse Five, Jane Ayre, and the list goes on and on.
(23) What is your favorite novel?
I can't pick just one...
(24) Play?
Arsenic and Old Lace, only because it was the only play I've acted in that wasn't in school.
(25) Poem?
Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson. I had to memorize it in junior high, and I still love it.
(26) Essay?
I don't think I have one.
(27) Short story?
Hemingway or Poe have some good ones...can't pick just one.
(28) Work of nonfiction?
The Diary of Anne Frank
(29) Who is your favorite writer?
J. K. Rowling....she better write more novels!!!!
(30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Stephanie Meyer. She has taught a generation of impressionable young girls that it's okay to put up with an abusive, patronizing boyfriend, that if the boyfriend leaves you, suicide is the answer, and when all else fails, lie to your parents and run away with the boyfriend- all in the name of LOVE. PUUUUULLEEEEEASE.
(31) What is your desert island book?
Ugh, I'd need a series if I'm on an island. Can I make up a "Complete works of J K Rowling" by taping all the books together?
(32) And… what are you reading right now?
Spadework by Timothy Findley...going very slowly.