book meme stolen from ispeaktroll
1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
Green Eggs And Ham by Doctor Suess.
2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?
Currently reading: Suite Scarlet by Maureen Johnson, The Man Who Was Thursday by C.K. Chesterfield, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
Last read: Spud by John Howard van de Ruit.
Book I'll read next: Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty.
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read, but you probably won’t?
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
5. Which book are you saving for “retirement?”
All of Tolkien's histories.
6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
Wait until the end. I DON'T WANT TO RUIN IT!
7. Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
Waste of paper. Acknowledge people on your own time, authors!
8. Which book character would you switch places with?
Owen from Just Listen.
9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?
Maybe Harry Potter. I don't know.
10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
Skellig by David Almond. Elis made me do a bunch a tasks before giving it to me.
11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
I give ispeaktroll books alot that I think she'll like, or I think are good.
12. Which book has been with you to the most places?
Gasoline by Gregory Corso.
13. Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten two years later?
The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti by Vimalakirti. My dad gave it to me and I didn't really like it, but rereading it it was really good.
14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
I've found a few cool letters in books. Mostly to people giving the books to other people.
15. Used or brand new?
Used.
16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
I don't know if Stephan King is that litereary, but he's a good horror writer.
17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
Twilight.
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
Eragon. Awful book, awful movie.
19. Have you ever read a book that's made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. Never have I wanted a character to eat more then in that book.
20. Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take?
Maybe B? He seems to read pretty good books. Also Elis, as he is not much of a reader and if he reads something it must be good.
Green Eggs And Ham by Doctor Suess.
2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?
Currently reading: Suite Scarlet by Maureen Johnson, The Man Who Was Thursday by C.K. Chesterfield, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
Last read: Spud by John Howard van de Ruit.
Book I'll read next: Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty.
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read, but you probably won’t?
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
5. Which book are you saving for “retirement?”
All of Tolkien's histories.
6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
Wait until the end. I DON'T WANT TO RUIN IT!
7. Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
Waste of paper. Acknowledge people on your own time, authors!
8. Which book character would you switch places with?
Owen from Just Listen.
9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?
Maybe Harry Potter. I don't know.
10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
Skellig by David Almond. Elis made me do a bunch a tasks before giving it to me.
11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
I give ispeaktroll books alot that I think she'll like, or I think are good.
12. Which book has been with you to the most places?
Gasoline by Gregory Corso.
13. Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten two years later?
The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti by Vimalakirti. My dad gave it to me and I didn't really like it, but rereading it it was really good.
14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
I've found a few cool letters in books. Mostly to people giving the books to other people.
15. Used or brand new?
Used.
16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
I don't know if Stephan King is that litereary, but he's a good horror writer.
17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
Twilight.
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
Eragon. Awful book, awful movie.
19. Have you ever read a book that's made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. Never have I wanted a character to eat more then in that book.
20. Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take?
Maybe B? He seems to read pretty good books. Also Elis, as he is not much of a reader and if he reads something it must be good.