Book Meme
Stolen from perenniallurker , I get a lot of stuff from her, huh?
1) What author do you own the most books by?
J K Rowlings, Tolkien, Anne Rice (not proud of that one), and CS Lewis.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Hm... Probably Harry Potter. I own two versions of each from 1-4, I have a French box set of the first four (they were a gift), and of course the English.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Not really.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Westley. So much love. Also, I am falling in love with Elizabeth Bennet...
5) What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
Harry Potter. Noticing a pattern here?
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
Sign of the Crescent.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
The Princess Bride. And Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
I wouldn't force anyone. But I would highly recommend a few. The Princess Bride and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for example.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
I'm not sure.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, either that or The Forgotten Beasts of Eld.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Sign of the Crescent. BAD BOOK!
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Well, I one had a dream that Luna Lovegood and I went out for ice cream... Yes I need to lay off the weed before bed... Or I would say that if I did weed... Sadly that is an example of the warped workings of my inner mind.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
I don't know XD
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
The original Pride and Prejudice. Sorry Austen fans, but that book is just so DRY.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
A Midsummer Night's Dream. That's the only one I've ever seen... I need to fix that. BADLY.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Hm... I don't know really.
18) Roth or Updike?
No clue.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Again, who are these people?
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare. I love the man and his work, what can I say?
21) Austen or Eliot?
Austen I guess.
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Hmmm... no comment.
23) What is your favorite novel?
The Princess Bride... I love it sooooo.
24) Play?
Twelfth Night.
25) Poem?
I like The Creamation of Sam McGee a lot, that and The Raven. I like a lot of poetry though so it's hard to say.
26) Essay?
Although I hate to admit it, A Modest Proposal... Omnomnom dead babies.
27) Short story?
I don't really read short stories outside of fanfiction.
28) Work of nonfiction?
I don't really read nonfiction. I am lame like that.
29) Who is your favorite writer?
Please don't make me choose D:
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Stephanie Meyers. UGH!
31) What is your desert island book?
The Princess Bride or Harry Potter.
32) And... what are you reading right now?
The Princess Bride, Blood Promise (Vampire Academy), Wicked, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and L: Change the World. Also, as always, as much AkuRoku fic as I can find.
1) What author do you own the most books by?
J K Rowlings, Tolkien, Anne Rice (not proud of that one), and CS Lewis.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Hm... Probably Harry Potter. I own two versions of each from 1-4, I have a French box set of the first four (they were a gift), and of course the English.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Not really.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Westley. So much love. Also, I am falling in love with Elizabeth Bennet...
5) What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
Harry Potter. Noticing a pattern here?
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
Sign of the Crescent.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
The Princess Bride. And Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
I wouldn't force anyone. But I would highly recommend a few. The Princess Bride and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for example.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
I'm not sure.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, either that or The Forgotten Beasts of Eld.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Sign of the Crescent. BAD BOOK!
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Well, I one had a dream that Luna Lovegood and I went out for ice cream... Yes I need to lay off the weed before bed... Or I would say that if I did weed... Sadly that is an example of the warped workings of my inner mind.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
I don't know XD
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
The original Pride and Prejudice. Sorry Austen fans, but that book is just so DRY.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
A Midsummer Night's Dream. That's the only one I've ever seen... I need to fix that. BADLY.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Hm... I don't know really.
18) Roth or Updike?
No clue.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Again, who are these people?
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare. I love the man and his work, what can I say?
21) Austen or Eliot?
Austen I guess.
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Hmmm... no comment.
23) What is your favorite novel?
The Princess Bride... I love it sooooo.
24) Play?
Twelfth Night.
25) Poem?
I like The Creamation of Sam McGee a lot, that and The Raven. I like a lot of poetry though so it's hard to say.
26) Essay?
Although I hate to admit it, A Modest Proposal... Omnomnom dead babies.
27) Short story?
I don't really read short stories outside of fanfiction.
28) Work of nonfiction?
I don't really read nonfiction. I am lame like that.
29) Who is your favorite writer?
Please don't make me choose D:
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Stephanie Meyers. UGH!
31) What is your desert island book?
The Princess Bride or Harry Potter.
32) And... what are you reading right now?
The Princess Bride, Blood Promise (Vampire Academy), Wicked, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and L: Change the World. Also, as always, as much AkuRoku fic as I can find.