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It's a shame I only have fifteen icon slots, and yet.. so many awesome icons are being made.. I've had to go on a deleting spree to fit in all the new ones.. It's a shame.. Decisions are made more and more difficult due to the fact that I love all of my icons... Management is not in my blood..
Going back to school next week, which automatically means all good things must occur. For instance, I only saw one movie over the summer (aka Harry Potter.. I wanted to see Coraline but didn't want to see it in 3-D) and now when I have no time to go to a theater, all the fantastic looking films come out.. Inglorious Bastards, Alice in Wonderland, and Gamer... All of them now?.. It's such a shame.. I was looking forward to all of you.. now I have to excersize time management? (SO MANY MANAGEMENT TRIALS!)
If anyone cares where I've been (no hands raised, well I like hearing myself talk XD!) I've just been absorbed by Farming video games (aka Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility).. Hey, it's more fun than it sounds!
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You have received this note because someone thinks you are a literary geek. Copy the questions into your own note, answer the questions, and tag any friends who would appreciate the quiz, including the person who sent you this...
) What author do you own the most books by?
It's a tie between Tamora Pierce and Chuck Palahniuk, if you don't count compilation books.. If you're counting all the books in one compilation then the most would be Lewis Carrol.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I have four different copies of Alice In Wonderland.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Not really, I didn't notice.. It sounds like the strange way I talk, so I just go with it.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
None, I don't fall for characters.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. Best. Book. Ever. I've read it about five times since I bought it, and I still love it to this day. It's got everything I ever wanted in a book
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Harry Potter, actually..
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
A Darkness Forged In Fire (I think that was the title).. It was so boring and typical fantasy.. I read about half of the thing before giving up, so I'm not sure it really counts.. But the other books I've read at least had something I liked about them.. This had no redeeming value.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Lolita. I'd been meaning to pick it up for a long time, but I only just got to it. It's truly poetic and sensitive with the touchy subject matter. Making you feel for the victim and the abuser at the same time is truly a talent.
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
The Thirteenth Tale, because it gets no love despite how amazing it is. You won't regret it.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
Is there even a nobel prize for literature?.... Oh well, I'd have to say... Markus Zusack. He's a very versatile writer who does well both in drama and comedy. His 'Book Thief' and his 'I am the Messanger' are a delight.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
The Book Thief
Long Hard Road Out of Hell (as a sort of.. Band documentary..)
The Thirteenth Tale
The entirity of 'the Bloody Chamber'
Pygmy
and... Lolita (another one, yes XD)
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
That's a hard choice.. I would love to see books made into films to be portrayed to a wider audience.. but... I don't think... I don't think 'The Historian' should be made into a film, because the true beauty of it is in the description of the lush enviroments, and such things would be lost in transition.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I don't really have one..
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
I guess Stephen Colbert's 'I am America and So can you' would count? .. *doesn't really register things as 'lowbrow'.*
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Difficult as in wording: Othello
Difficult as in structure: Pygmy
Difficult as in story: The Historian
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
Othello, but.. That's not really saying much..
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
I like both.. Why does this matter?
18) Roth or Updike?
Updike
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Haven't read either.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare
21) Austen or Eliot?
Eliot
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Don't have one, when I start books I either finish them or put them down for good.
23) What is your favourite novel?
The Thirteenth Tale
24) Play?
Romeo and Juliet, though that's not saying much..
25) Poem?
The Unnamed Citizen
26) Essay?
Don't know..
27) Short story?
The Most Dangerous Game
Roses for Emily (if that's the title.. Can't remember..)
An occurence at Owl Creek Bridge
28) Work of nonfiction?
Long Hard Road Out of Hell
Reading Lolita in Tehran
29) Who is your favorite writer?
For a collection of books: Chuck Palahniuk
For a book: Diane Setterfield
For a short story collection: Angela Carter
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Stephanie Meyer.. Why the hell is she famous?
31) What is your desert island book?
Watership Down (yes, this is a reference XD)
32) And... what are you reading right now?
Wicked *trying to get back to it after having to read for school*
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