In Which There We Managed Something of Use!
Yeah, so memes don't happen on Fridays. In fact, not much of ANYTHING happens on Fridays. That's FRIDAYS for you.
Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once.
I'm not terribly prone to saying that there's a book that EVERYONE should read. In fact, I'm downright ornery about saying there is. I believe that the books a person has to read in their life time is highly personal and also highly situational. A book that someone needs to read when they're a teenager is highly different than a different teen may need to read and will be far different from a book they need to read when they're hitting their thirties, for example.
Still, gotta do what the prompt says. So you know what? Let's go with Pierre by Maurice Sendak.
For one, this is a short book. I use the term book loosely as really it's a poem and it would take maybe twenty minutes tops to read through if you decided to pause and consider each page. My mother can recite the entire thing from memory in about ten minutes, including if she forgets the order of a verse.
My mother, by the way, is fantastic at reading this book. She has done so, in fact, so many times that she does not need the book in front of her to recite the entire poem. This may or may not have something to do with why I picked this particular book for this prompt.
The story is about a boy, Pierre, who doesn't care. About anything. So much so, in fact, that he gets eaten by a lion. The story has a happy ending for everyone, however, and the moral is simple.
Care.
And I think we could all do with more of that.
Day 09 - Best scene ever.
Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures by Walter Moers is a great book. I got this one on a whim because it looked suitably crack. Actually, Hollie got it for me as my St. Gordy's present... two years ago now? It's a great adventure story with engaging characters and a magnificent world. It does run a little long at times (see, brick) and occasionally the world building gets just gratuitous. But the book has this fine way of telling stories that you think are needless side things that then get woven back into the story at some pivotal plot point that I enjoyed as a writer.
Hollie read this book and didn't terribly like it. She didn't hate it, but she wasn't very fond of the style and tone on a whole and was fairly certain it lost something in translation that made her feel like she was missing out on a lot of key joke (the original is in German and I've only read a translation myself).
But when I told her what scene I wanted to use, she agreed with me that it is certainly a deserving scene for the title "Best Ever."
The scene?
Ushan DeLucca's finest hour.
Day 01 - A book or series you wish had ended far before it did.
Day 02 - A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about.
Day 03 - The best book you've read in the last 12 months.
Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever.
Day 05 - A book or series you hate.
Day 06 - Best ending to a book.
Day 07 - Least favorite plot device.
Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once.
Day 09 - Best scene ever.
Day 10 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving.
Day 11 - A book that disappointed you.
Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times.
Day 13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 - Favorite character in a book.
Day 15 - Your "comfort" book.
Day 16 - Favorite poem or collection of poetry.
Day 17 - Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.).
Day 18 - Favorite beginning scene in a book.
Day 19 - Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!).
Day 20 - Favorite kiss.
Day 21 - Favorite romantic/sexual relationship.
Day 22 - Favorite non-sexual relationship.
Day 23 - Most annoying character ever.
Day 24 - Best quote from a novel.
Day 25 - Any five books from your "to be read" stack.
Day 26 - OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending.
Day 27 - If a book contains ______, you will always read it.
Day 28 - First favorite book or series obsession.
Day 29 - Favorite character death.
Day 30 - What book are you reading right now?
Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once.
I'm not terribly prone to saying that there's a book that EVERYONE should read. In fact, I'm downright ornery about saying there is. I believe that the books a person has to read in their life time is highly personal and also highly situational. A book that someone needs to read when they're a teenager is highly different than a different teen may need to read and will be far different from a book they need to read when they're hitting their thirties, for example.
Still, gotta do what the prompt says. So you know what? Let's go with Pierre by Maurice Sendak.
For one, this is a short book. I use the term book loosely as really it's a poem and it would take maybe twenty minutes tops to read through if you decided to pause and consider each page. My mother can recite the entire thing from memory in about ten minutes, including if she forgets the order of a verse.
My mother, by the way, is fantastic at reading this book. She has done so, in fact, so many times that she does not need the book in front of her to recite the entire poem. This may or may not have something to do with why I picked this particular book for this prompt.
The story is about a boy, Pierre, who doesn't care. About anything. So much so, in fact, that he gets eaten by a lion. The story has a happy ending for everyone, however, and the moral is simple.
Care.
And I think we could all do with more of that.
Day 09 - Best scene ever.
Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures by Walter Moers is a great book. I got this one on a whim because it looked suitably crack. Actually, Hollie got it for me as my St. Gordy's present... two years ago now? It's a great adventure story with engaging characters and a magnificent world. It does run a little long at times (see, brick) and occasionally the world building gets just gratuitous. But the book has this fine way of telling stories that you think are needless side things that then get woven back into the story at some pivotal plot point that I enjoyed as a writer.
Hollie read this book and didn't terribly like it. She didn't hate it, but she wasn't very fond of the style and tone on a whole and was fairly certain it lost something in translation that made her feel like she was missing out on a lot of key joke (the original is in German and I've only read a translation myself).
But when I told her what scene I wanted to use, she agreed with me that it is certainly a deserving scene for the title "Best Ever."
The scene?
Ushan DeLucca's finest hour.
Day 01 - A book or series you wish had ended far before it did.
Day 02 - A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about.
Day 03 - The best book you've read in the last 12 months.
Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever.
Day 05 - A book or series you hate.
Day 06 - Best ending to a book.
Day 07 - Least favorite plot device.
Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once.
Day 09 - Best scene ever.
Day 10 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving.
Day 11 - A book that disappointed you.
Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times.
Day 13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 - Favorite character in a book.
Day 15 - Your "comfort" book.
Day 16 - Favorite poem or collection of poetry.
Day 17 - Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.).
Day 18 - Favorite beginning scene in a book.
Day 19 - Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!).
Day 20 - Favorite kiss.
Day 21 - Favorite romantic/sexual relationship.
Day 22 - Favorite non-sexual relationship.
Day 23 - Most annoying character ever.
Day 24 - Best quote from a novel.
Day 25 - Any five books from your "to be read" stack.
Day 26 - OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending.
Day 27 - If a book contains ______, you will always read it.
Day 28 - First favorite book or series obsession.
Day 29 - Favorite character death.
Day 30 - What book are you reading right now?