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Name: Ani
Age: 21
Stamped As: Jasper
::Favorite//Least Favorite::
Your favorite//least favorite book, and why? Requiem for the Devil by Jeri Smith Ready would be my favorite and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne would be my least. RFTD is my favorite because... it just touches so many subjects I love in a way I never imagined someone would dare to write. The romance, religion and inner turmoil inside of it is just so raw. Every time I read it (9 times and counting), I always feel like I'm reading it for the first time as every emotion touches me anew. TSL was just... boring. I mean, I like some drama in my books, but this was so slow paced and just, ugh. Maybe it was 'cause I saw the movie first (although I've seen a lot of movies first and then read books, and still liked the books best), but this book had me so not entertained.
Your favorite//least favorite author, and why? I love Dan Brown. I love the way he touches the suspense of every book and builds up that intense curiosity in you of 'what the heck is going on' and 'who did it' scenarios. He also always manages to put a little bit of romance (only as a complement) that always keeps me happy, and the amount of research that man has to do for those books is insane. He's worship worthy. Now least favorite... I don't have one. I mean, I could pick James Reese, because his book "Book of Shadows" was a huge disappointment for me, but I haven't read enough of his books to be sure. I thought that one would be great considering Anne Rice had given him a good review, but it was too descriptive, and while the imagery was beautiful, in most parts, it was so slow paced with babble I could've lived without. He gives you a great scenery, but the camera just moves too slowly for you to stay awake in interest.
Your favorite//least favorite genres, why? My favorite would have to be suspense, romance and drama, all well mixed, please. I love not knowing things and being surprised, I hate predictable scenarios. Romance always stirs the heart and drama makes every nerve in my body just bounce up in excitement. I'm not a big fan of horror (which is why I steer clear of Stephen King, as awesome as that man is at writing, he is SCARY) and don't like the slow paced dramas that basically have you trying to staple your eyes open as you read.
Your favorite//least favorite book theme and why? I like book with life lessons, that begin dark but end on a good light that isn't exactly a happy ending. Like, life is supposed to hurt, you're supposed to lose, you don't always get what you want, but that doesn't mean we have to quit or let it absorb us. Just because we lose something doesn't mean we have to lose ourselves. My least favorite book theme is... well, I don't know, really. I guess depressing unhappy endings? I mean, the kind that sort of gives you this hopeless feeling, like reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" killed me, because you're secretly hoping, wishing and fearing, and them, wham. So themes so dark that they make you question life, definitely not for me. They're not very nice.
::This or That::
Tragedy or Comedy: Tragedy
Romance or None: Romance
Fiction or Non-Fiction: Fiction
Horror or Action: Action
Thought Provoking or Heart Stirring: Ouch. Crap. Can I have both? No? Errr, Thought Provoking (since that often stirs the heart, or mine, at least).
::Pages of Life::
If you were asked to sum up your favorite book as a way to persuade someone to read it, how would you do it? Well, first of all, I'd pick the EverWorld series because they're really good and easy to read. I'd tell them, "Imagine a world built like a quilt, where one square is full of Egyptian mythology while another is full of Greek mythology. Except in this world, it's no myth and the gods are real. Now imagine you're taken out of the real world and sucked into EverWorld where even the laws of gravity are funky and the gods of every mythology co-exist(sort of) in the same plane of existence. Then to make things even more confusing, when you fall asleep in EverWorld, you wake up in the RealWorld, but how does that help? And how can you get home?" I'd give them some details of the characters and their struggles, but steer clear of revealing too much that will spoil them.
The perfect book makes you feel...? (Describe) Anxious and giddy. I like feeling like everything is new (even if it isn't) and just laughing and enjoying the drama, the romance, the characters---everything!
If you were stuck in an island with only a book as entertainment, which would you take and why? "Requiem for the Devil" by Jeri Smith Ready. It's the only book I can read and laugh at the same parts, cry at the same parts and just, never stops being a delight to read.
If you could step into a book and play the role of one character, which would you choose and why? Would you change anything or live it as it is written? I want to be Alice and step into "Eclipse", 'cause somewhere in there, she must've had hot sex with Jasper LOL Just kidding. Um, honestly? Rachel Sexton from Dan Brown's "Deception Point". I can relate to her a lot (her intense dislike to her father). She's absolutely brilliant, strong and very brave. The things she goes through in that book and how she never once panics to the point of giving up, but thinks of ways of saving herself and the others around her astounds me. A lot of people would just faint or let the guy lead, but her? She either leads or stands beside you, but she does not stand behind anyone. And there's nothing I would change, except maybe slapping her father more than once XD
For some reason, aliens ask you to choose a book that will represent humanity (their struggles, their thoughts, their ways, etc.), and hopefully, convince them to play nice with us. Which book do you choose and why? Ah-ha! "Requiem for the Devil" by Jeri Smith Ready. It shows you how the symbol of all evil (the devil) is able to find salvation through the one thing everyone thought him incapable of achieving: love. It made him human, and showed how merciful god can truly be (in the eyes of the author). It shows how, even though one person is religious, what's in the heart (love), what you know is right and wrong, that's what prevails. It'll show the aliens, "Yeah, we're screwed up. We're broken, we've done wrong and most of the time, it continues, but we have so much potential in us, such a chance to be good and kind, that all we need is that one soul to give us a reason to. All we need is hope, and faith."
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Age: 21
Stamped As: Jasper
::Favorite//Least Favorite::
Your favorite//least favorite book, and why? Requiem for the Devil by Jeri Smith Ready would be my favorite and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne would be my least. RFTD is my favorite because... it just touches so many subjects I love in a way I never imagined someone would dare to write. The romance, religion and inner turmoil inside of it is just so raw. Every time I read it (9 times and counting), I always feel like I'm reading it for the first time as every emotion touches me anew. TSL was just... boring. I mean, I like some drama in my books, but this was so slow paced and just, ugh. Maybe it was 'cause I saw the movie first (although I've seen a lot of movies first and then read books, and still liked the books best), but this book had me so not entertained.
Your favorite//least favorite author, and why? I love Dan Brown. I love the way he touches the suspense of every book and builds up that intense curiosity in you of 'what the heck is going on' and 'who did it' scenarios. He also always manages to put a little bit of romance (only as a complement) that always keeps me happy, and the amount of research that man has to do for those books is insane. He's worship worthy. Now least favorite... I don't have one. I mean, I could pick James Reese, because his book "Book of Shadows" was a huge disappointment for me, but I haven't read enough of his books to be sure. I thought that one would be great considering Anne Rice had given him a good review, but it was too descriptive, and while the imagery was beautiful, in most parts, it was so slow paced with babble I could've lived without. He gives you a great scenery, but the camera just moves too slowly for you to stay awake in interest.
Your favorite//least favorite genres, why? My favorite would have to be suspense, romance and drama, all well mixed, please. I love not knowing things and being surprised, I hate predictable scenarios. Romance always stirs the heart and drama makes every nerve in my body just bounce up in excitement. I'm not a big fan of horror (which is why I steer clear of Stephen King, as awesome as that man is at writing, he is SCARY) and don't like the slow paced dramas that basically have you trying to staple your eyes open as you read.
Your favorite//least favorite book theme and why? I like book with life lessons, that begin dark but end on a good light that isn't exactly a happy ending. Like, life is supposed to hurt, you're supposed to lose, you don't always get what you want, but that doesn't mean we have to quit or let it absorb us. Just because we lose something doesn't mean we have to lose ourselves. My least favorite book theme is... well, I don't know, really. I guess depressing unhappy endings? I mean, the kind that sort of gives you this hopeless feeling, like reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" killed me, because you're secretly hoping, wishing and fearing, and them, wham. So themes so dark that they make you question life, definitely not for me. They're not very nice.
::This or That::
Tragedy or Comedy: Tragedy
Romance or None: Romance
Fiction or Non-Fiction: Fiction
Horror or Action: Action
Thought Provoking or Heart Stirring: Ouch. Crap. Can I have both? No? Errr, Thought Provoking (since that often stirs the heart, or mine, at least).
::Pages of Life::
If you were asked to sum up your favorite book as a way to persuade someone to read it, how would you do it? Well, first of all, I'd pick the EverWorld series because they're really good and easy to read. I'd tell them, "Imagine a world built like a quilt, where one square is full of Egyptian mythology while another is full of Greek mythology. Except in this world, it's no myth and the gods are real. Now imagine you're taken out of the real world and sucked into EverWorld where even the laws of gravity are funky and the gods of every mythology co-exist(sort of) in the same plane of existence. Then to make things even more confusing, when you fall asleep in EverWorld, you wake up in the RealWorld, but how does that help? And how can you get home?" I'd give them some details of the characters and their struggles, but steer clear of revealing too much that will spoil them.
The perfect book makes you feel...? (Describe) Anxious and giddy. I like feeling like everything is new (even if it isn't) and just laughing and enjoying the drama, the romance, the characters---everything!
If you were stuck in an island with only a book as entertainment, which would you take and why? "Requiem for the Devil" by Jeri Smith Ready. It's the only book I can read and laugh at the same parts, cry at the same parts and just, never stops being a delight to read.
If you could step into a book and play the role of one character, which would you choose and why? Would you change anything or live it as it is written? I want to be Alice and step into "Eclipse", 'cause somewhere in there, she must've had hot sex with Jasper LOL Just kidding. Um, honestly? Rachel Sexton from Dan Brown's "Deception Point". I can relate to her a lot (her intense dislike to her father). She's absolutely brilliant, strong and very brave. The things she goes through in that book and how she never once panics to the point of giving up, but thinks of ways of saving herself and the others around her astounds me. A lot of people would just faint or let the guy lead, but her? She either leads or stands beside you, but she does not stand behind anyone. And there's nothing I would change, except maybe slapping her father more than once XD
For some reason, aliens ask you to choose a book that will represent humanity (their struggles, their thoughts, their ways, etc.), and hopefully, convince them to play nice with us. Which book do you choose and why? Ah-ha! "Requiem for the Devil" by Jeri Smith Ready. It shows you how the symbol of all evil (the devil) is able to find salvation through the one thing everyone thought him incapable of achieving: love. It made him human, and showed how merciful god can truly be (in the eyes of the author). It shows how, even though one person is religious, what's in the heart (love), what you know is right and wrong, that's what prevails. It'll show the aliens, "Yeah, we're screwed up. We're broken, we've done wrong and most of the time, it continues, but we have so much potential in us, such a chance to be good and kind, that all we need is that one soul to give us a reason to. All we need is hope, and faith."
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