Day 14 - Favorite book of your favorite writer

My favorite book by my favorite writer did not receive five stars. By that alone Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman should get the top spot here because that did get five and it's the one I tell people about when they ask for book recommendations. But it is not my favorite.


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Day 13 - Your favorite writer

He is the number one most followed author on GoodReads and his twitter is quite possibly the most real "celcebrity" account I follow. To say I love Neil Gaiman would be an understatement. I adore him. He is one author I have read throughout my entire life, and will continue to do so. He writes simply, but there's ( Read more... )

Day 12 - A book you used to love but don’t anymore I'm going to apply this question to a series instead of a solo book.

I met the first person who enjoyed books as much as I did in high school. I waited almost fifteen years for that day to happen, to not be the weirdo who would rather read than play dodgeball, and it was empowering. We traded ( Read more... )

Day 11 - A book you hated

Basically, I'm a huge nerd who went through all thirty days of this meme and wrote out short answers for each day in advance, and while I've held to it religiously, I'm completely changing my answer for today. While Ghost Girl and The Monstrumologist get honorable mentions for suckage, and the final book in the Vampireville ( Read more... )

Day 10 - Favorite classic book

I'm the first to admit that I'm a YA kind of girl all the way, with the occasional grown up book thrown in. Luckily for this meme, Classic reading was part of the summer back to school list every year. We could choose three out of five listed and when I saw Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier on my sophomore list, I got very ( Read more... )

Day 09 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving

Maybe a year and a half ago, pre-Nook, I bought a bunch of books off of truexillusions, things I thought sounded randomly interesting, that would be good for taking to work with me. I made my way through them, saving a book with a curious green cover for last. It would be my first foray into the ( Read more... )

Have I annoyed enough of you with this yet? lol

Day 08 - Most overrated book

I can usually remember how I acquired a book, but the only memory I have attached to today's choice is reading it during my high school best friend's 18th birthday weekend getaway. We're hardcore, yo. I have a clear image of spending four hours stretched out reading it while ( Read more... )

Day 07 - Most underrated book

Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in what's making the best seller lists and what's been on pre-order from Amazon for three months. It's nice to just wander into a bookstore and find something you've been meaning to read and discover that it's one of those rare "best kept secrets." The Good People of New York by ( Read more... )

Day 06 - A book that makes you sad

I couldn't decide where I wanted to take this question. In the end I settled on three different books, each upsetting in their own way. So honorable mentions also go to Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, which was incredibly unique in it's telling, and Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott . For now, I chose ( Read more... )

Day 05 - A book that makes you happy

When I was somewhere in the neighborhood of seven or eight years old, I went exploring. In the attic. It was a grand adventure, I tell you..

Actually I was searching for something to make a Halloween costume with, but I found a box of books from when my favorite cousin ever lived with us while she was in college. ( Read more... )