1. Most everyone will recommend a book or two to read, but are there any you would tell people to avoid?
As a young kid, I remember HATING Pippi Longstocking, and struggling through The Secret Garden. Daniel Deronda started ok but I only finished it for the sake of finishing it (and the miniseries was even more painful).

2. If you take a book ( Read more... )

These questions were written by amguynes for thefridayfive.

What is the name of...

1. Your favorite book?
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

2. Your favorite movie?
I can't choose just one, so Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Pride and Prejudice (2005)

3. Your least favorite adaptation of a book to a movie?
Jane Eyre from 1996. It's so, so bad. I only finished watching ( Read more... )

I've finished 4 books so far. One I started at the end of December.

Hillbilly Elegy, JD Vance. Everyone I've mentioned this memoir to said they loved the Netflix adaptation. Dramatization? I bought book because I remembered seeing a trailer, but didn't remember much about it. I loved this book, as it's both memoir and also explaining how you ( Read more... )

Grabbed this from zvezda.

My books post is here: https://ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com/139540.html (2023 at the end, of course)
The questions...
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Probably every book I read, I want everyone else to read it too. Some more than others. I have a post I've kept since 2007 that lists what I've read since 2006. It started with dates read and/or my opinion on the books, but has evolved into a list, separated by year. I started editing the earlier sections a few nights ago. If I were really ( Read more... )

1. How tall would you like to be if you had the chance to choose ( Read more... )

1. What is the last book you read and what book(s), if any, are you currently reading?
Last night I finished The Other Bennet Sister, which I really enjoyed. Next I think I'm reading Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy.2. How about moving pictures? Are you a fan of any TV show or movie right now ( Read more... )

To be fair, the questions were posted yesterday. But, I love doing thefridayfive no matter what day.

1) Read any good books lately?
Yes! How The Word Is Passed by Clint Black. I'm also reading through cookbooks and sticky-tabbing recipes I want to make ( Read more... )

1) Have you read more books, or fewer books, this past year than usual?
I think I'm about on par with last year of not reading nearly as many as I wish I would.

2) What book are you reading now (or what book did you read most recently)?
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner. It's cute, not terribly gripping, and I fear a plot twist out of ( Read more... )

These questions were written by Florianschild. Play along at thefridayfive!

1) What is the oldest thing you own?
Either my grandparents' dresser, which I still use (age unknown) or my antique copies of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights from 1945.

2) What is the oldest home you've lived in?Probably the house we lived in when I was born, which my parents moved ( Read more... )