RedOnYou is going to have to start padlocking her memes because I'm stealing them so often ;)
1. What author do you own the most books by?
Terry Pratchett
2. What book do you own the most copies of?
Hmmm. I don't actually think I own multiple copies of any book.
3. Did it bother you that both of those questions ended with prepositions?
Not really. They're your sentences. :D
4. What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Ron Weasley maybe.
5. What book have you read the most times in your life?
Thief of Time
6. What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (It was the most recent Potter book lol)
7. What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence. I can't bring myself to read past the first few pages it's that awful.
8. What is the best book you've read in the past year?
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
9. If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be?
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
10. Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
David Mitchell. Absolute genius.
11. What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve. Only if they did it right though.
12. What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse. Just because I really don't like that book for some reason.
13. Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character?
I can't remember any...
14. What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Three out of four of the Dan Brown books. :S
15. What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Hmmm. Not sure. I think it I'm going to have to go with The Master and Margarita. Still love it though.
16. What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
I've watched the film version of Titus Andronicus but I don't think that counts...
17. Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
The Russians. Definitely.
18. Roth or Updike?
Never read any of their work.
19. David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
David Sedaris. Hilarious and brilliant.
20. Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare.
21. Austen or Eliot?
Not keen on either but Austen.
22. What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I haven't yet read The Catcher in the Rye or To Kill a Mockingbird. *whistles*
23. What is your favorite novel?
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
24. Play?
The History Boys
25. Poem?
The Jabberwocky :D
Also anything by Blake, Poe, Auden and a few others.
26. Essay?
The Sporting Spirit by George Orwell
27. Short story?
Chivalry by Neil Gaiman
28. Work of nonfiction?
Once I've finished reading it, it'll probably be Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown.
29. Who is your favorite writer?
Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling, Garth Nix, David Mitchell, Will Self, Stephen Fry, Philip Reeve, George Orwell. Yes, there's a lot of them. lol
30. Who is the most overrated author alive today?
Stephanie Myer
31. What is your desert island book?
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett. I could read it again and again and again and again...
32. What are you reading right now?
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Dubliners by James Joyce and I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan.
Terry Pratchett
2. What book do you own the most copies of?
Hmmm. I don't actually think I own multiple copies of any book.
3. Did it bother you that both of those questions ended with prepositions?
Not really. They're your sentences. :D
4. What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Ron Weasley maybe.
5. What book have you read the most times in your life?
Thief of Time
6. What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (It was the most recent Potter book lol)
7. What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence. I can't bring myself to read past the first few pages it's that awful.
8. What is the best book you've read in the past year?
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
9. If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be?
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
10. Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
David Mitchell. Absolute genius.
11. What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve. Only if they did it right though.
12. What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse. Just because I really don't like that book for some reason.
13. Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character?
I can't remember any...
14. What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Three out of four of the Dan Brown books. :S
15. What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Hmmm. Not sure. I think it I'm going to have to go with The Master and Margarita. Still love it though.
16. What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
I've watched the film version of Titus Andronicus but I don't think that counts...
17. Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
The Russians. Definitely.
18. Roth or Updike?
Never read any of their work.
19. David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
David Sedaris. Hilarious and brilliant.
20. Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare.
21. Austen or Eliot?
Not keen on either but Austen.
22. What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I haven't yet read The Catcher in the Rye or To Kill a Mockingbird. *whistles*
23. What is your favorite novel?
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
24. Play?
The History Boys
25. Poem?
The Jabberwocky :D
Also anything by Blake, Poe, Auden and a few others.
26. Essay?
The Sporting Spirit by George Orwell
27. Short story?
Chivalry by Neil Gaiman
28. Work of nonfiction?
Once I've finished reading it, it'll probably be Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown.
29. Who is your favorite writer?
Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling, Garth Nix, David Mitchell, Will Self, Stephen Fry, Philip Reeve, George Orwell. Yes, there's a lot of them. lol
30. Who is the most overrated author alive today?
Stephanie Myer
31. What is your desert island book?
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett. I could read it again and again and again and again...
32. What are you reading right now?
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Dubliners by James Joyce and I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan.