The BBC believes that the average person will only have read 6 of these books - how many have you read? Put an 'x' next to those you have read.

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Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once

I would have to say The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Preferably the whole series - and by that I mean the first four, anything else is a lie and will only end in tears and disappointment!

Day 07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise

Okay, simple enough: girl meets boy, boy is a total jerk to girl, girl angsts and obsesses about boy, and then boy reveals that he's actually got a thing for girl and is only being a jerk because he actually likes girl. They have a dysfunctional, ( Read more... )

Day 06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time

Again, I really couldn't say; there are far too many good books out there, waiting to be read.

Day 05 - A book or series you hate

My intense dislike for the Inheritance Cycle aside, I don't really think I'd go so far as to say I hate any particular book. At worst I'm disappointed or ambivalent -- or in the case of books like Eragon and it's sequels, feel like someone's just played a rather nasty trick on me -- by them but I generally can ( Read more... )

Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever

Asking me this question is a bit like taking a small child into a massive sweet shop (I’m talking Charlie and the Chocolate Factory epic here!) and asking them to pick just one to take home.

In a word: it just can’t be done!

Day 03 - The best book you've read in the last 12 months

That would have to be White Cat by Holly Black.

As you've no doubt gathered I've been a fan of hers for a while -- ever since I read a review in our local paper for Tithe, actually, which also took me quite a while to find come to think of it. Though what I think really makes this book worthy ( Read more... )

Day 02 - A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about

It's a toss up between Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely series and Holly Black's Modern Faerie Tale stuff (though I've yet to read Valiant, which is apparently not as good as the other two); while both of these series are considered for young adults, it really doesn't feel ( Read more... )

Day 01 - A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)

Definitely Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely series, which ends after the next book.

Don't get me wrong, it had its flaws. However, for a young adult book series, a genre, I think, that tends to more often than not skimp in certain ( Read more... )