Memeishness
5. A book with a story for you, that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time).
I find this to be a strange and difficult question. So I will answer in a weird way.
My Sailor Moon manga. Now, it's not the manga that have the significance (they're new, and in Japanese besides, lol), but the anime. yes I know I'm cheating, shut up. I was the biggest Sailor Moon junkie when I was a little kid! Got up every morning at 5 am to watch it, had the toys and the clothes and the lunchboxes. There was just something magical about it. Other girls wanted to be Ariel or Belle? I wanted to be Princess Serenity. (well, and Belle too, but you know what I mean.)
I rather firmly believe that that show is the reason behind my love for all sorts of things, including astronomy, astrology, mythology, mysticism, and anime as a whole. Considering that its my interest in the occult and fantasy that's really shaped who I am today...I think I'd be a really boring person if I hadn't fallen so in love with that show. /is lame
Imagine my surprise when I realized that the manga was about 100000 times better than the anime! flimsy linking to meme is flimsy
For a not derp answer, we'll go with Moreta, Dragonlady of Pern. She taught me that you don't have to be a boy to be a dragonriding badass. ^_^
1. A fictional character you identify with and why.
2. Your earliest memory of reading or being read to.
3. Your favourite book aged 9 ½, or 13 ¾, whichever you remember best.
4. The book that’s been on your shelves the longest.
5. A book with a story for you, that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time).
6. What fictional character are you (secretly) in love with?
7. The last book you acquired, and how (begged, bought, borrowed?)
8. Your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next.
9. What author do you own the most books by and why?
10. Do you own multiple copies of any book? What are they? Why do you have multiple copies?
11. Book borrowing - do you use the library? Do you prefer to try before you buy? What about lending your books to friends? Are you a good borrower, do you remember to return books?
12. Do you reread a lot? Why (not)? Name a book you have reread many times.
13. What is the best book you’ve read in the past year?
14. Do you recommend books to other people? If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be?
15. Adaptation: What book would you most like to see made into a film? Do you like to read the book first or see the film? Any books you have read after seeing the film version?
16. What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?
17. Your favourite book series & your favourite book out of that series
18. Your favourite picture, junior fiction and Young Adult books
19. Least favourite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
20. A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
21. Your "comfort" book
22. Favourite book cover including a picture!
23. Favourite fictional relationship (romantic, friendship, familial)
24. Most annoying character ever
25. Most quotable novel or 5 of your favourite quotes from any books.
26. Any five books from your "to be read" stack. What makes you select a book for your “to be read” stack?
27. Some firsts: First book you remember loving/being obsessed with. First book that made you cry. First book you gave to someone else as a gift.
28. Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
29. The End: do you prefer everything tied up or to be able to 'make up your own mind'? What is the worst ending to a book you have read? And the best? (careful, spoiler tags!)
Yay, I gots a Paladin!Cecil! >_> In other news, I still have 12-15 pages of schoolwork to do before next Tues/Thurs, so that's how that's going. *procrastinates*
Today was a catch-up-on-sleep day, I think. I probably needed it, with how little I've been sleeping lately. x_x
Stuff V has to do by the end of the semester: 3 page critical reading paper (finished!), 5-8 page literature paper (1 page done), 10-12 page religion research paper (3 pages done), world-building assignment, sci-fi/fantasy flash fiction assignment, heavy revision of my original short story (some people had all semester to do this - I have two weeks =/), class presentation of research for religion paper, 3 page take-home essay final, very difficult take-home multiple choice final, one in-class essay final.
Can it be mid-May yet? Please?
I find this to be a strange and difficult question. So I will answer in a weird way.
My Sailor Moon manga. Now, it's not the manga that have the significance (they're new, and in Japanese besides, lol), but the anime. yes I know I'm cheating, shut up. I was the biggest Sailor Moon junkie when I was a little kid! Got up every morning at 5 am to watch it, had the toys and the clothes and the lunchboxes. There was just something magical about it. Other girls wanted to be Ariel or Belle? I wanted to be Princess Serenity. (well, and Belle too, but you know what I mean.)
I rather firmly believe that that show is the reason behind my love for all sorts of things, including astronomy, astrology, mythology, mysticism, and anime as a whole. Considering that its my interest in the occult and fantasy that's really shaped who I am today...I think I'd be a really boring person if I hadn't fallen so in love with that show. /is lame
Imagine my surprise when I realized that the manga was about 100000 times better than the anime! flimsy linking to meme is flimsy
For a not derp answer, we'll go with Moreta, Dragonlady of Pern. She taught me that you don't have to be a boy to be a dragonriding badass. ^_^
1. A fictional character you identify with and why.
2. Your earliest memory of reading or being read to.
3. Your favourite book aged 9 ½, or 13 ¾, whichever you remember best.
4. The book that’s been on your shelves the longest.
5. A book with a story for you, that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time).
6. What fictional character are you (secretly) in love with?
7. The last book you acquired, and how (begged, bought, borrowed?)
8. Your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next.
9. What author do you own the most books by and why?
10. Do you own multiple copies of any book? What are they? Why do you have multiple copies?
11. Book borrowing - do you use the library? Do you prefer to try before you buy? What about lending your books to friends? Are you a good borrower, do you remember to return books?
12. Do you reread a lot? Why (not)? Name a book you have reread many times.
13. What is the best book you’ve read in the past year?
14. Do you recommend books to other people? If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be?
15. Adaptation: What book would you most like to see made into a film? Do you like to read the book first or see the film? Any books you have read after seeing the film version?
16. What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?
17. Your favourite book series & your favourite book out of that series
18. Your favourite picture, junior fiction and Young Adult books
19. Least favourite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
20. A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
21. Your "comfort" book
22. Favourite book cover including a picture!
23. Favourite fictional relationship (romantic, friendship, familial)
24. Most annoying character ever
25. Most quotable novel or 5 of your favourite quotes from any books.
26. Any five books from your "to be read" stack. What makes you select a book for your “to be read” stack?
27. Some firsts: First book you remember loving/being obsessed with. First book that made you cry. First book you gave to someone else as a gift.
28. Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
29. The End: do you prefer everything tied up or to be able to 'make up your own mind'? What is the worst ending to a book you have read? And the best? (careful, spoiler tags!)
Yay, I gots a Paladin!Cecil! >_> In other news, I still have 12-15 pages of schoolwork to do before next Tues/Thurs, so that's how that's going. *procrastinates*
Today was a catch-up-on-sleep day, I think. I probably needed it, with how little I've been sleeping lately. x_x
Stuff V has to do by the end of the semester: 3 page critical reading paper (finished!), 5-8 page literature paper (1 page done), 10-12 page religion research paper (3 pages done), world-building assignment, sci-fi/fantasy flash fiction assignment, heavy revision of my original short story (some people had all semester to do this - I have two weeks =/), class presentation of research for religion paper, 3 page take-home essay final, very difficult take-home multiple choice final, one in-class essay final.
Can it be mid-May yet? Please?