Reading quiz
This one yoinked from
ali_kira
1) What author do you own the most books by? Oi! Much as I hate to admit it, it's probably someone brainlessly prolific and cheap to pick up secondhand, like Johanna Lindsey....
2) What book do you own the most copies of? Hmm... I tend to get rid of multiples fairly quickly at Wee Book Inn. I currently have two copies of Diana Gabaldon's A Breath of Snow and Ashes, because my hardcover is in a box somewhere, and I bought the paperback in Oxford, because the British edition has the GOOD cover art!
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions? A little, but you get used to it when you spend as much time online as I do.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? I'd have to say Anafiel Delauney. WHY did he have to be gay??? And dead???
5) What book have you read the most times in your life? Ooh! Another tough one!... Probably Little Women.... Ugh.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old? This one's actually easy. That was grade 6, so Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year? Breaking Dawn. No contest. Yes, I read it. *sigh*
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year? I think The Lies of Locke Lamora was still within a year.... Or possibly Elantris. Also Kushiel's Dart, but I'm not actually done that one yet.
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? The Lies of Locke Lamora. I guess I really did like it better than Elantris.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature? I tend to avoid award winners, unless they're Caldecott. 8^)
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie? So many books are RUINED by film adaptations. I wouldn't really wish that on anything.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? See above.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character. I rarely remember my dreams once I wake up.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult? Lowbrow? I read Harlequins, for heaven's sake!
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read? Ooh! It's a tossup between Breaking Dawn and Ubik, by Philip K. Dyck, both for reasons of mind-numbing badness!
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen? Seen?... Um... I suppose it depends on whether you consider The Taming of the Shrew more obscure than Much Ado About Nothing.... I think maybe, just slightly.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians? Definitely French.
18) Roth or Updike? Never read either one.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers? Ditto.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? Definitely Shakespeare, although Chaucer has his moments....
21) Austen or Eliot? Ugh. Eliot!
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? I tend to avoid "classics". For instance, Austen bores me to tears, even in film form, so I've never been brave enough to even attempt reading her.
23) What is your favorite novel? I think Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz.
24) Play? Whichever one I'm working on.
25) Poem? Not a real fan of poetry.
26) Essay? Not if I can help it!
27) Short story? I tend to like books that are a set of related short stories, like a lot of Enid Blyton's children's books, or Stanislaw Lem's The Star Diaries.
28) Work of non-fiction? I'm too much of an escapist reader to read a lot of non-fiction.
29) Who is your favorite writer? Um... Gregory Maguire?... Scott Lynch?... Diana Gabaldon?... Anne Bishop?... I have lots.
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today? Couldn't tell you.
[EDIT] I misread this as "under"rated! Stephanie Meyer!
31) What is your desert island book? Wicked. I've read it three times in a row before....
32) And ... what are you reading right now? Kushiel's Dart, and Son of a Witch. Oh! And also Harry: A History.
ali_kira
1) What author do you own the most books by? Oi! Much as I hate to admit it, it's probably someone brainlessly prolific and cheap to pick up secondhand, like Johanna Lindsey....
2) What book do you own the most copies of? Hmm... I tend to get rid of multiples fairly quickly at Wee Book Inn. I currently have two copies of Diana Gabaldon's A Breath of Snow and Ashes, because my hardcover is in a box somewhere, and I bought the paperback in Oxford, because the British edition has the GOOD cover art!
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions? A little, but you get used to it when you spend as much time online as I do.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? I'd have to say Anafiel Delauney. WHY did he have to be gay??? And dead???
5) What book have you read the most times in your life? Ooh! Another tough one!... Probably Little Women.... Ugh.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old? This one's actually easy. That was grade 6, so Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year? Breaking Dawn. No contest. Yes, I read it. *sigh*
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year? I think The Lies of Locke Lamora was still within a year.... Or possibly Elantris. Also Kushiel's Dart, but I'm not actually done that one yet.
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? The Lies of Locke Lamora. I guess I really did like it better than Elantris.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature? I tend to avoid award winners, unless they're Caldecott. 8^)
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie? So many books are RUINED by film adaptations. I wouldn't really wish that on anything.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? See above.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character. I rarely remember my dreams once I wake up.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult? Lowbrow? I read Harlequins, for heaven's sake!
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read? Ooh! It's a tossup between Breaking Dawn and Ubik, by Philip K. Dyck, both for reasons of mind-numbing badness!
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen? Seen?... Um... I suppose it depends on whether you consider The Taming of the Shrew more obscure than Much Ado About Nothing.... I think maybe, just slightly.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians? Definitely French.
18) Roth or Updike? Never read either one.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers? Ditto.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? Definitely Shakespeare, although Chaucer has his moments....
21) Austen or Eliot? Ugh. Eliot!
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? I tend to avoid "classics". For instance, Austen bores me to tears, even in film form, so I've never been brave enough to even attempt reading her.
23) What is your favorite novel? I think Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz.
24) Play? Whichever one I'm working on.
25) Poem? Not a real fan of poetry.
26) Essay? Not if I can help it!
27) Short story? I tend to like books that are a set of related short stories, like a lot of Enid Blyton's children's books, or Stanislaw Lem's The Star Diaries.
28) Work of non-fiction? I'm too much of an escapist reader to read a lot of non-fiction.
29) Who is your favorite writer? Um... Gregory Maguire?... Scott Lynch?... Diana Gabaldon?... Anne Bishop?... I have lots.
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today? Couldn't tell you.
[EDIT] I misread this as "under"rated! Stephanie Meyer!
31) What is your desert island book? Wicked. I've read it three times in a row before....
32) And ... what are you reading right now? Kushiel's Dart, and Son of a Witch. Oh! And also Harry: A History.