More book meme.
Day 6 - Book you can only read once (no matter you love or hate it)
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You, an autobiography by Steven Tyler. This is quite a big disappointment, made even worse by the fact that I've loved this dude (and his music) somewhat fiercely since I was what, 13? 14? And still do, despite that fact that he's responsible of a book full of proof of his general douchebaggery and grandiose idiotism. Like, that guy seriously has the biggest ego on the planet -sort of stuff. Yet when I see him perform live my fangirlism goes to eleven. WHAT.
So yeah, both an eye-opener and a NEVER AGAIN experience.
Day 7 - Book that reminds you of someone
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that came out in 2003, just days before both me and d_note had to travel back to our home countries - I to Finland and she to Japan. The fandom is largely to blame for us two befriending in the first place and therefore it's probably no surprise that I also link this book to her. We went to get ours the first moment the bookstores opened, after all. We read the story together and made plans of how to get that fukken brick somehow fit in our luggies that were already too heavy. As memory serves we ended up carrying the books in our hands. So yeah, d_note it is.
Day 8 - Book that reminds you of a certain place
Missä on Paititin maa? (Where's the Land of Paititi?) by Mauno Pelkonen. It's what used to be called boys' adventure novels in Finland, a story of a group of men in search of Paititi somewhere in the depths of possibly Amazonian jungle. It was my every summer must-read at our summer cottage and whenever I think of the book I immediately link it to a basket weave hanging chair and the endless sound of mosquitoes.
Day 9 - The first book you ever read
...I'm supposed to remember this? Hm. I can't give an honest answer, but the first book I at least remember reading was Suomen kansan satuja ja tarinoita, a collection of Finnish fairy tales including that one where the hero could drink nine bottles of hard liquor in one go, which meant he was a Tough Dude indeed.
Day 10 - Book from your favourite author
The whole Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake. The experience is just so amazing, melancholy, pointless and enchanting at the same time.
Day 11 - Book you once loved and now hate
Let's say Eddings was a huge name when I was a teenager and now I would not touch that with a five foot pole.
Day 12 - Book that a friend recommended
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, recommended by fukkafyla. The book was impressive to say the least. Especially if you've been reading Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei right before picking it up. The story has plenty of depressing themes and drama as it is, but add that slight touch of despair and it all ties so wonderfully together. I've read it again many, many times.
Day 13 - Book that makes you laugh
A lot of Terry Pratchett does this to me because I'm pun easy like that. :D
Day 14 - Book from your childhood
Lumottu ruusu (The Enchanted Rose) by - again - Kaarina Helakisa. Another children's book that's not an easy one, this one deals with the theme of death - again - and the fact that life only goes on among the living; that we all came from someone and the only way we go on is through our children. It's also a difficult growing up story of a girl who loses her mother at young age without ever hearing her last words, that were supposed to reveal some big secret to her that she then has to find out about on her own. To add more to the challenge, her father becomes so depressed he withdraws from all social life his daughter included, only meeting her on Sunday meals where he comes up with new things to buy to her.
Day 15 - 4. book from the left on your shelf
Dialogues with the Viking Age by Vésteinn Ólason, a study on saga lit and the like.
Day 16 - 9. book from the right on your shelf
Guðlausir menn by Ingunn Snædal, a collection of poems that together tell the story of a woman who falls in love with her brother's wife while the area they live in goes through some drastic changes. Quite a wonderful love story IMO as well as a look into what rural life in Iceland was like not that long ago.
Day 17 - Close your eyes and get any book from your shelf
Ævintýramaðurinn (Mikael Karvajalka) by Mika Waltari. Quite a nice translation of a great book, although some of the name translations and the like are a bit amusing. "Ég er Pirjó Mattsdóttir af Karvajalka (Loðleggja) -ættinni." I mean come on dear translator, go with one or the other please.
Day 18 - Book with the most beautiful cover
I tend to like the simplicity of old fashioned book covers that have lost their paper cover. Then again thinking of those, I remember mum owning a beautiful version of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Very simple, haunting and elegant.
Day 19 - Book that you ever wanted to read
I'm not sure what this question means. "Always" or "never" (by a typo)? Well, a book I will always want to read is any book by Sæmundur fróði Sigfússon but alas, seeing how all his work has been destroyed I don't see myself having much chance at this. A book I never wanted to read but had to was Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol. I knew I would find Gogol boring and hoo boy was I right.
Day 20 - Book that you read at school
Seriously many. Er. Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä) by Aleksis Kivi. We had to read it once a year.
Day 21 - Most stupid book you read at school
Day 22 - Book on your shelf with the most pages
Day 23 - Book on your shelf with the least pages
Day 24 - Book that nobody would expect you read/loved it
Day 25 - Book where the main character is almost like you
Day 26 - Book you would read to your children
Day 27 - Book where the main character is your idol
Day 28 - Thank God this book was made into a movie
Day 29 - Darn, why did they make this book into a movie?
Day 30 - First erotic book you ever read
Day 31 - Book series you are collecting
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You, an autobiography by Steven Tyler. This is quite a big disappointment, made even worse by the fact that I've loved this dude (and his music) somewhat fiercely since I was what, 13? 14? And still do, despite that fact that he's responsible of a book full of proof of his general douchebaggery and grandiose idiotism. Like, that guy seriously has the biggest ego on the planet -sort of stuff. Yet when I see him perform live my fangirlism goes to eleven. WHAT.
So yeah, both an eye-opener and a NEVER AGAIN experience.
Day 7 - Book that reminds you of someone
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that came out in 2003, just days before both me and d_note had to travel back to our home countries - I to Finland and she to Japan. The fandom is largely to blame for us two befriending in the first place and therefore it's probably no surprise that I also link this book to her. We went to get ours the first moment the bookstores opened, after all. We read the story together and made plans of how to get that fukken brick somehow fit in our luggies that were already too heavy. As memory serves we ended up carrying the books in our hands. So yeah, d_note it is.
Day 8 - Book that reminds you of a certain place
Missä on Paititin maa? (Where's the Land of Paititi?) by Mauno Pelkonen. It's what used to be called boys' adventure novels in Finland, a story of a group of men in search of Paititi somewhere in the depths of possibly Amazonian jungle. It was my every summer must-read at our summer cottage and whenever I think of the book I immediately link it to a basket weave hanging chair and the endless sound of mosquitoes.
Day 9 - The first book you ever read
...I'm supposed to remember this? Hm. I can't give an honest answer, but the first book I at least remember reading was Suomen kansan satuja ja tarinoita, a collection of Finnish fairy tales including that one where the hero could drink nine bottles of hard liquor in one go, which meant he was a Tough Dude indeed.
Day 10 - Book from your favourite author
The whole Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake. The experience is just so amazing, melancholy, pointless and enchanting at the same time.
Day 11 - Book you once loved and now hate
Let's say Eddings was a huge name when I was a teenager and now I would not touch that with a five foot pole.
Day 12 - Book that a friend recommended
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, recommended by fukkafyla. The book was impressive to say the least. Especially if you've been reading Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei right before picking it up. The story has plenty of depressing themes and drama as it is, but add that slight touch of despair and it all ties so wonderfully together. I've read it again many, many times.
Day 13 - Book that makes you laugh
A lot of Terry Pratchett does this to me because I'm pun easy like that. :D
Day 14 - Book from your childhood
Lumottu ruusu (The Enchanted Rose) by - again - Kaarina Helakisa. Another children's book that's not an easy one, this one deals with the theme of death - again - and the fact that life only goes on among the living; that we all came from someone and the only way we go on is through our children. It's also a difficult growing up story of a girl who loses her mother at young age without ever hearing her last words, that were supposed to reveal some big secret to her that she then has to find out about on her own. To add more to the challenge, her father becomes so depressed he withdraws from all social life his daughter included, only meeting her on Sunday meals where he comes up with new things to buy to her.
Day 15 - 4. book from the left on your shelf
Dialogues with the Viking Age by Vésteinn Ólason, a study on saga lit and the like.
Day 16 - 9. book from the right on your shelf
Guðlausir menn by Ingunn Snædal, a collection of poems that together tell the story of a woman who falls in love with her brother's wife while the area they live in goes through some drastic changes. Quite a wonderful love story IMO as well as a look into what rural life in Iceland was like not that long ago.
Day 17 - Close your eyes and get any book from your shelf
Ævintýramaðurinn (Mikael Karvajalka) by Mika Waltari. Quite a nice translation of a great book, although some of the name translations and the like are a bit amusing. "Ég er Pirjó Mattsdóttir af Karvajalka (Loðleggja) -ættinni." I mean come on dear translator, go with one or the other please.
Day 18 - Book with the most beautiful cover
I tend to like the simplicity of old fashioned book covers that have lost their paper cover. Then again thinking of those, I remember mum owning a beautiful version of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Very simple, haunting and elegant.
Day 19 - Book that you ever wanted to read
I'm not sure what this question means. "Always" or "never" (by a typo)? Well, a book I will always want to read is any book by Sæmundur fróði Sigfússon but alas, seeing how all his work has been destroyed I don't see myself having much chance at this. A book I never wanted to read but had to was Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol. I knew I would find Gogol boring and hoo boy was I right.
Day 20 - Book that you read at school
Seriously many. Er. Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä) by Aleksis Kivi. We had to read it once a year.
Day 21 - Most stupid book you read at school
Day 22 - Book on your shelf with the most pages
Day 23 - Book on your shelf with the least pages
Day 24 - Book that nobody would expect you read/loved it
Day 25 - Book where the main character is almost like you
Day 26 - Book you would read to your children
Day 27 - Book where the main character is your idol
Day 28 - Thank God this book was made into a movie
Day 29 - Darn, why did they make this book into a movie?
Day 30 - First erotic book you ever read
Day 31 - Book series you are collecting