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Monster-sized book meme swiped, as so many of them are, from
edith_jones.
1) What author do you own the most books by?
Okay, this is a little embarrassing. Barbara Cartland. I know, I know, but they're awesome tub reading.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I own two copies of many books - usually as a result of replacing a paperback with a hard cover. I have owned four copies of Gone with the Wind (had to keep replacing worn-out copies), but I don't now.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
I was actually going to re-word them until I saw this question.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
John Blackthorne.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
The afore-mentioned Gone with the Wind, probably, but I've read Maia many times, and I grab Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs whenever I want to read something short and amusing. Then there are the Little House and Narnia books. So I dunno.
6) What was your favourite book when you were ten years old?
Probably These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
I haven't read anything horrible this year. I haven't had time to read anything not worth reading.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Hmm. I'd say Atlas Shrugged, but it's a re-read. As far as new books, I guess Adrian Goldsworthy's Caesar, which I'm reading now. It's pretty good.
9) If you could force everyone to read one book, what would it be?
Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny. It explains conservatism for people who really don't understand why anyone would be conservative.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
I don't think much of the existing winners, frankly. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. A lot of pretentious nonsense.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Good Omens, and maybe the Stephanie Plum books.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Atlas Shrugged, because Hollywood will KILL the whole premise of the story with their liberal crap.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Don't have one.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
See the answer to #1. Any of them qualify.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
It's a toss-up between Les Miserables and Anna Karenina. I tried to get through Moby Dick but gave up about 1/3 of the way through. Les Miz and Anna were excellent, but required some serious slogging.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
A Winter's Tale, I guess, being the ONLY one I've seen.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Probably the Russians. Unless we're talking politics, in which case the French have a very slight edge.
18) Roth or Updike?
I've never read Roth, and the one Updike book I read I hated.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Haven't read either one.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
None of the above, though I keep MEANING to read The Canterbury Tales.
21) Austen or Eliot?
This one's easy - I've never read Eliot, and I love Austen.
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I reject the concept of an "embarrassing gap" in my reading. I read what I want to read.
23) What is your favourite novel?
Shogun or Good Omens.
24) Play?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee.
25) Poem?
I don't care for poetry.
26) Essay?
I don't know what qualifies as "essay," really. Perhaps the Book of Bad Songs mentioned previously?
27) Short story?
Another one - I don't care for short stories, generally. I guess The Shawshank Redemption.
28) Work of non-fiction?
Men in Black by Mark Levin, probably. Or, possibly, Arrogance by Bernie Goldberg.
29) Who is your favourite writer?
I'll give my top five: Clavell, Gaiman, McCullough, Coulter, Goldberg
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Barack Obama.
31) What is your desert island book?
The collected works of Jane Austen.
32) And... what are you reading right now?
Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin, Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy, A Lion Called Christian, and Seven Up by Janet Evanovich.
edith_jones.
1) What author do you own the most books by?
Okay, this is a little embarrassing. Barbara Cartland. I know, I know, but they're awesome tub reading.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I own two copies of many books - usually as a result of replacing a paperback with a hard cover. I have owned four copies of Gone with the Wind (had to keep replacing worn-out copies), but I don't now.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
I was actually going to re-word them until I saw this question.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
John Blackthorne.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
The afore-mentioned Gone with the Wind, probably, but I've read Maia many times, and I grab Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs whenever I want to read something short and amusing. Then there are the Little House and Narnia books. So I dunno.
6) What was your favourite book when you were ten years old?
Probably These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
I haven't read anything horrible this year. I haven't had time to read anything not worth reading.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Hmm. I'd say Atlas Shrugged, but it's a re-read. As far as new books, I guess Adrian Goldsworthy's Caesar, which I'm reading now. It's pretty good.
9) If you could force everyone to read one book, what would it be?
Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny. It explains conservatism for people who really don't understand why anyone would be conservative.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
I don't think much of the existing winners, frankly. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. A lot of pretentious nonsense.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Good Omens, and maybe the Stephanie Plum books.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Atlas Shrugged, because Hollywood will KILL the whole premise of the story with their liberal crap.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Don't have one.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
See the answer to #1. Any of them qualify.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
It's a toss-up between Les Miserables and Anna Karenina. I tried to get through Moby Dick but gave up about 1/3 of the way through. Les Miz and Anna were excellent, but required some serious slogging.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
A Winter's Tale, I guess, being the ONLY one I've seen.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Probably the Russians. Unless we're talking politics, in which case the French have a very slight edge.
18) Roth or Updike?
I've never read Roth, and the one Updike book I read I hated.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Haven't read either one.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
None of the above, though I keep MEANING to read The Canterbury Tales.
21) Austen or Eliot?
This one's easy - I've never read Eliot, and I love Austen.
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I reject the concept of an "embarrassing gap" in my reading. I read what I want to read.
23) What is your favourite novel?
Shogun or Good Omens.
24) Play?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee.
25) Poem?
I don't care for poetry.
26) Essay?
I don't know what qualifies as "essay," really. Perhaps the Book of Bad Songs mentioned previously?
27) Short story?
Another one - I don't care for short stories, generally. I guess The Shawshank Redemption.
28) Work of non-fiction?
Men in Black by Mark Levin, probably. Or, possibly, Arrogance by Bernie Goldberg.
29) Who is your favourite writer?
I'll give my top five: Clavell, Gaiman, McCullough, Coulter, Goldberg
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Barack Obama.
31) What is your desert island book?
The collected works of Jane Austen.
32) And... what are you reading right now?
Liberty and Tyranny by Mark Levin, Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy, A Lion Called Christian, and Seven Up by Janet Evanovich.