Meme, because... well, I should be working
And instead I'm internet surfing and doing memes... oh srsly!
I haven't been around much because I was given a date for my thesis presentation and I have way too much to work on and I'm just... crazy.
Ok on to it... stolen from everyone
BOOK MEME
1) What author do you own the most books by?
I think Anne Rice ...
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
None, really. At some point, I had like 3 copies of Don Q, but I gave them away after I finished "reading" it for school (fact: I never finished Don Q, even though it was a required reading)
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Mr Knightley.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
The English Patient, I think... I read it SO much over the course of 2007, that I think that just went ahead of every other book I may have read a lot.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Little Women, perhaps. Only part one though. Way to fuck up one's childhood illusions of love, LMA.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
BREAKING DAWN! No competition there.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
hmmm... hard question, I wasn't very blown away by anything I read the past year.
9) If you could force everyone you tagged know to read one book, what would it be?
The English Patient.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
Michael Ondaatje. Not just for his outstanding talent and the amazing work he's putting out, but also for the achievement he represents in breaking through the barriers of languages...
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
The Witching Hour
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
The Queen of the Damned... oh wait!
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Oh... I had one cute HP dream.. it was SO cute, that i think I wrote a ficlet about it... I'll search my HD for it...
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Breaking Dawn, totally.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
The Spiritual in Art.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
Does this count? I saw some "modern" adaptation (a lá hamlet in hawaii) of Midsummer Night's Dream that gave me nightmares!
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
I like the French, but I have a visceral pull towards the Russians, idk why exactly.
18) Roth or Updike?
Roth.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Eggers.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare forever.
21) Austen or Eliot?
Austen forever.
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Dan Brown... why haven't I read him?
23) What is your favorite novel?
The English Patient.
24) Play?
Oh my... this is hard! HARD! I LOVE many of Shakespeare's, ok, well... A Midsummer Night's Dream
25) Poem?
Come to think of it, I don't think I have a favorite poem, really. I'm just very attracted to poetry overall, can't choose.
26) Essay?
The Spiritual in Art.
27) Short story?
Crónica de una Muerte Anunciada.
28) Work of non-fiction?
The Zombie Survival Guide.
29) Who is your favorite writer?
Michael Ondaatje.
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
JKR.
31) What is your desert island book?
The English Patient... lol brb counting how many times I answered this.
32) And ... what are you reading right now?
The Golden Compass
I haven't been around much because I was given a date for my thesis presentation and I have way too much to work on and I'm just... crazy.
Ok on to it... stolen from everyone
BOOK MEME
1) What author do you own the most books by?
I think Anne Rice ...
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
None, really. At some point, I had like 3 copies of Don Q, but I gave them away after I finished "reading" it for school (fact: I never finished Don Q, even though it was a required reading)
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Mr Knightley.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
The English Patient, I think... I read it SO much over the course of 2007, that I think that just went ahead of every other book I may have read a lot.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Little Women, perhaps. Only part one though. Way to fuck up one's childhood illusions of love, LMA.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
BREAKING DAWN! No competition there.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
hmmm... hard question, I wasn't very blown away by anything I read the past year.
9) If you could force everyone you tagged know to read one book, what would it be?
The English Patient.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
Michael Ondaatje. Not just for his outstanding talent and the amazing work he's putting out, but also for the achievement he represents in breaking through the barriers of languages...
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
The Witching Hour
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
The Queen of the Damned... oh wait!
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Oh... I had one cute HP dream.. it was SO cute, that i think I wrote a ficlet about it... I'll search my HD for it...
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Breaking Dawn, totally.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
The Spiritual in Art.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
Does this count? I saw some "modern" adaptation (a lá hamlet in hawaii) of Midsummer Night's Dream that gave me nightmares!
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
I like the French, but I have a visceral pull towards the Russians, idk why exactly.
18) Roth or Updike?
Roth.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Eggers.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare forever.
21) Austen or Eliot?
Austen forever.
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Dan Brown... why haven't I read him?
23) What is your favorite novel?
The English Patient.
24) Play?
Oh my... this is hard! HARD! I LOVE many of Shakespeare's, ok, well... A Midsummer Night's Dream
25) Poem?
Come to think of it, I don't think I have a favorite poem, really. I'm just very attracted to poetry overall, can't choose.
26) Essay?
The Spiritual in Art.
27) Short story?
Crónica de una Muerte Anunciada.
28) Work of non-fiction?
The Zombie Survival Guide.
29) Who is your favorite writer?
Michael Ondaatje.
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
JKR.
31) What is your desert island book?
The English Patient... lol brb counting how many times I answered this.
32) And ... what are you reading right now?
The Golden Compass