Comments | oddmonster: 55-question book meme (aka Distraction! Chaka-Khan!)

oddmonster

55-question book meme (aka Distraction! Chaka-Khan!)

Jul 09, 2013 10:45

Trust little_tristan to bring something delightfully bookish and distracty to the table. I am entirely here for that this morning.

( All 55 under the cut: )

books, the littlest birds sing, the meta loves you and calls you george

Comments 17

readingthedark July 9 2013, 16:01:37 UTC

These answers are great. Thank you for writing it!

oddmonster July 9 2013, 16:10:49 UTC

Glad you enjoyed! Any chance you'll answer them in your journal?

readingthedark July 9 2013, 16:13:40 UTC

Sure, though your answers will be better than mine! (And, ugh, I'm healing from tendonitis from typing too much, so it might be a bit before I can do it. I think I have 14 books from the library right now and I can't believe I haven't read Amanda Downum's series. I have them all and they watch me from the shelf.)

readingthedark July 9 2013, 16:14:46 UTC

Guess who somehow got logged out and just inadvertently replied anonymously.

oddmonster July 9 2013, 16:20:14 UTC

Ouch! (on both counts; also this has happened to me the last two times I've tried to respond to entries on your journal so the universe is definitely up to something).

I'll look forward to reading your answers once you're better healed. And how glad am I that someone else winds up with 14 library books at one time?

l_o_lostshadows July 9 2013, 16:57:21 UTC

House of Leaves isn't as long, or difficult, as it looks. (But it does have a dog in it.)

oddmonster July 9 2013, 17:02:00 UTC

Yeah, I was fine with the multiple POVs (what with loving both stories of gritty L.A. and psychiatric hospital stories) and the overall haunted house plot but the minute I saw the Pekingese, I was gone. It's such a no-swimming area for me.

chrryblssmninja July 9 2013, 20:04:48 UTC

Soon I Will Be Invincible!

"Henchmen. Don't get me started about henchmen." oddmonster July 10 2013, 00:43:18 UTC

Re: "Henchmen. Don't get me started about henchmen." chrryblssmninja July 10 2013, 04:55:20 UTC

I bought a new (not used) hardcover copy for $1 at Half-Price Books several years ago. I just read Austin (not Lev, his twin brother) Grossman's latest novel, You, which is good but could be better.

Re: "Henchmen. Don't get me started about henchmen." oddmonster July 11 2013, 12:34:06 UTC

I've been putting off reading You because it just doesn't sound as good as Invincible. It's still on Mt. TBR, just nowhere near the top.

Have you read Grossman's story Professor Incognito Apologizes? I adore it. It's very Invincible :)

Thread 5

ciaimpala July 9 2013, 23:58:13 UTC

The Westing Game!!

oddmonster July 10 2013, 00:42:48 UTC

ALWAYS. It was a toss-up between Serge Storms and Turtle Wexler for favorite fictional character.