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elfinblazeAnother book meme. I don't remember who I got this one from, I'm had it half-finished on my desktop for months.
1) What author do you own the most books by?
My first thought was J. K. Rowling, but I've only got 9 of her books (7 Harry Potter, 1 Beedle the Bard, 1 Harry Potter in German), then I thought of David Eddings and counted 10 (5 Belgariad, Belgarath's and Polgara's books, 1 Mallorean, 1 Elenium, and The Redemption of Althalus), and then counted my Tanya Huff books just to check: 21. @_@ It doesn't look like that many because a lot of them I have in Omnibus editions, but that still makes 17 if I count the omnibuses as single books. Yeah, definitely the most Tanya Huff books.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, one of my favourite books ever.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No. Language is malleable. Mine especially so. XD
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Tony Foster, from Tanya Huff's Blood and Smoke series. Although it's hardly a secret. I do have a soft spot for Long John Silver from R. L. Stevenson's Treasure Island. I love Tony though. He's my favourite fictional character ever created.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
The Secret Garden is up there, I've forgotten how often I've read that. Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, read at least 3 times. And possibly the Harry Potter series, book 1-5 which I've read at least 4 times, the last two less because I read them most recently.
6) What was your favourite book when you were ten years old?
It was probably Enid Blyton's Magic Faraway Tree series.
7) What was your favourite book when you were fifteen years old?
Belgarath the Sorcerer, by David and Leigh Eddings. My copy is falling apart, I loved it that much.
8) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
A book that shall remain nameless, it was so bad. I want those 2 days back. And I stopped reading halfway through out of disgust. I never do that. Usually I can find something redeemable in every text. Not this one. It almost managed to ruin my love of wolves. I'm only glad I didn't waste my money on it.
9) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
The City of Dreaming Books, by Walter Moers. Love! Although I also loved The Enchantment Emporium, by Tanya Huff.
10) If you could force everyone to read one book, what would it be?
Hmm... Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickled and Dimed. It's non fiction about a journalist trying to survive on minimum wage in America. It's thought provoking and some parts of it are very funny.
11) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
Haruki Murakami. I am in awe of that man's writing.
12) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
I can't think of any that haven't already been done. I'd like to see any Tanya Huff books as movies, but I know that they'd turn all the queer characters straight and whitewash the whole thing, so I'd rather not for that reason. Actually... I always wanted to see Isobell Carmody's Obernewtyn turned into a film...
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I did have a dream where I attended Hogwarts, but I think everyone's had one of those.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
I always read lowbrow books. I read one Mills & Boon book, but that was for a class. At least I picked a book featuring bondage. If I had to read straight romance I at least wanted something suitably kinky thrown in. But lowbrow books are fun. I like my brain-fluff.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
At the moment I'm still working my way through Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. The most difficult book I've finished? Marion Zimmer Bradley's writing style was a challenge to get through but I did eventually finish The Mists of Avalon. "Difficult book" is hard to define though. For example, I'm finding Malory's La Mort d'Arthur (the Caxton edition) very easy going, but Lorenzo Carcaterra's Sleepers was difficult to get through because of its subject matter.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
I haven't seen many Shakespeare plays at all. Two versions of King Lear is about it. I'm not a big fan of Shakespeare actually.
17) What book has made you laugh out loud in public?
Every Terry Pratchett book I've ever read. And Tanya Huff's books. And Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding. I laugh out loud a lot when I read. I'm sure my fellow commuters think I'm a nutter.
18) What book has made you cry?
A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling, Chinese Cinderella, by Adeline Yen Mah, Seven Little Australians, by Ethel Turner… and I'm sure there are plenty of others I can't think of right now.
19) What book has made you throw it against the wall in fury?
None. I treat my books better than that. Although Sleepers, by Lorenzo Carcaterra, very nearly did, out of sympathy for the characters. And I had to put down To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, because it made my blood boil in sympathy.
20) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Off hand I'd say the French, because I haven't read much Russian literature. Some Chekhov is about the extent of it. Though I'm torn on the French; I enjoyed Alexandre Dumas and Gaston Leroux, but couldn't get through Jules Verne or Victor Hugo.
21) Roth or Updike?
Haven't read either.
22) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Haven't read either.
23) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Can I have a Malory instead?
24) Austen or Eliot?
Am I going to get hit if I say I can't stand Austen?
25) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Where do I start? From an academic standpoint, my reading knowledge resembles Swiss cheese.
26) What is your favourite novel?
I don't think I can pick one. For General Fiction, I adore Cry to Heaven, by Anne Rice, although I suppose that's more Historical Fiction. It's a shame she has such a poor reputation these days, people tend to forget how good her early books were. I also loved Raise the Red Lantern (aka Wives and Concubines), by Su Tong.
27) Play?
Angels in America, by Tony Kushner. I keep quoting it to myself at every opportunity because I adore it. Though I also love The History Boys by Alan Bennett, and I'm trying to track down some more Pirandello.
28) Poem?
Yeats is my favourite poet in English. I love The Stolen Child, and The Song of Wandering Aengus, in particular. Dagmar Nick is my favourite poet in German.
29) Essay?
Taming the Bicycle by Mark Twain. I read a lot of fantastic essays, but that one stands out because it was so funny.
30) Short story?
An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Absolutely terrifying. Most memorable short story I've ever read.
31) Work of nonfiction?
Alberto Manguel's A History of Reading. I have yet to get sick of it.
32) Graphic Novel?
I adore all of CLAMP's artwork, especially X and Card Captor Sakura. The latter makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
33) Science Fiction?
Just for the ideas and imagery, China Miéville's Iron Council. But for re-reading fun, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
34) Memoir?
As in Autobiography? I haven't read many but I completely admire Noel Tovey, so I'll go with Noel Tovey's Little Black Bastard.
35) History?
Nothing in particular, but anything on the history of human cultures, women, sexuality, or art interests me.
36) Mystery or Noir?
I don't usually seek out mysteries, but I am fond of Sherlock Holmes and Kathy Reichs' books.
37) Children's Book?
All time favourite: The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgeson Burnett. But I love a lot of Children's literature.
38) Who is your favourite writer?
Tanya Huff. No contest. Not *technically* the best writer when it comes to ideas and word choice (although she has her moments), but no other writer has ever spoken to me the way her writing does. I have almost all her books now.
39) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Can I be clichéd and say Stephenie Meyer?
40) What is your desert island book?
The complete works of Sir Thomas Malory. That should take me a while to get through. Or, better yet, The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
41) What are you reading right now?
Summon the Keeper, by Tanya Huff.
And a few other books I've started but not finished yet... ¬_¬
42) What books do you plan to read one day but haven't got around to yet?
Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift, more books in German, and all those other books I have in my shelf that I haven’t started yet.
1) What author do you own the most books by?
My first thought was J. K. Rowling, but I've only got 9 of her books (7 Harry Potter, 1 Beedle the Bard, 1 Harry Potter in German), then I thought of David Eddings and counted 10 (5 Belgariad, Belgarath's and Polgara's books, 1 Mallorean, 1 Elenium, and The Redemption of Althalus), and then counted my Tanya Huff books just to check: 21. @_@ It doesn't look like that many because a lot of them I have in Omnibus editions, but that still makes 17 if I count the omnibuses as single books. Yeah, definitely the most Tanya Huff books.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, one of my favourite books ever.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No. Language is malleable. Mine especially so. XD
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Tony Foster, from Tanya Huff's Blood and Smoke series. Although it's hardly a secret. I do have a soft spot for Long John Silver from R. L. Stevenson's Treasure Island. I love Tony though. He's my favourite fictional character ever created.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
The Secret Garden is up there, I've forgotten how often I've read that. Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, read at least 3 times. And possibly the Harry Potter series, book 1-5 which I've read at least 4 times, the last two less because I read them most recently.
6) What was your favourite book when you were ten years old?
It was probably Enid Blyton's Magic Faraway Tree series.
7) What was your favourite book when you were fifteen years old?
Belgarath the Sorcerer, by David and Leigh Eddings. My copy is falling apart, I loved it that much.
8) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
A book that shall remain nameless, it was so bad. I want those 2 days back. And I stopped reading halfway through out of disgust. I never do that. Usually I can find something redeemable in every text. Not this one. It almost managed to ruin my love of wolves. I'm only glad I didn't waste my money on it.
9) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
The City of Dreaming Books, by Walter Moers. Love! Although I also loved The Enchantment Emporium, by Tanya Huff.
10) If you could force everyone to read one book, what would it be?
Hmm... Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickled and Dimed. It's non fiction about a journalist trying to survive on minimum wage in America. It's thought provoking and some parts of it are very funny.
11) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
Haruki Murakami. I am in awe of that man's writing.
12) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
I can't think of any that haven't already been done. I'd like to see any Tanya Huff books as movies, but I know that they'd turn all the queer characters straight and whitewash the whole thing, so I'd rather not for that reason. Actually... I always wanted to see Isobell Carmody's Obernewtyn turned into a film...
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I did have a dream where I attended Hogwarts, but I think everyone's had one of those.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
I always read lowbrow books. I read one Mills & Boon book, but that was for a class. At least I picked a book featuring bondage. If I had to read straight romance I at least wanted something suitably kinky thrown in. But lowbrow books are fun. I like my brain-fluff.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
At the moment I'm still working my way through Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. The most difficult book I've finished? Marion Zimmer Bradley's writing style was a challenge to get through but I did eventually finish The Mists of Avalon. "Difficult book" is hard to define though. For example, I'm finding Malory's La Mort d'Arthur (the Caxton edition) very easy going, but Lorenzo Carcaterra's Sleepers was difficult to get through because of its subject matter.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
I haven't seen many Shakespeare plays at all. Two versions of King Lear is about it. I'm not a big fan of Shakespeare actually.
17) What book has made you laugh out loud in public?
Every Terry Pratchett book I've ever read. And Tanya Huff's books. And Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding. I laugh out loud a lot when I read. I'm sure my fellow commuters think I'm a nutter.
18) What book has made you cry?
A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling, Chinese Cinderella, by Adeline Yen Mah, Seven Little Australians, by Ethel Turner… and I'm sure there are plenty of others I can't think of right now.
19) What book has made you throw it against the wall in fury?
None. I treat my books better than that. Although Sleepers, by Lorenzo Carcaterra, very nearly did, out of sympathy for the characters. And I had to put down To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, because it made my blood boil in sympathy.
20) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Off hand I'd say the French, because I haven't read much Russian literature. Some Chekhov is about the extent of it. Though I'm torn on the French; I enjoyed Alexandre Dumas and Gaston Leroux, but couldn't get through Jules Verne or Victor Hugo.
21) Roth or Updike?
Haven't read either.
22) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Haven't read either.
23) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Can I have a Malory instead?
24) Austen or Eliot?
Am I going to get hit if I say I can't stand Austen?
25) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Where do I start? From an academic standpoint, my reading knowledge resembles Swiss cheese.
26) What is your favourite novel?
I don't think I can pick one. For General Fiction, I adore Cry to Heaven, by Anne Rice, although I suppose that's more Historical Fiction. It's a shame she has such a poor reputation these days, people tend to forget how good her early books were. I also loved Raise the Red Lantern (aka Wives and Concubines), by Su Tong.
27) Play?
Angels in America, by Tony Kushner. I keep quoting it to myself at every opportunity because I adore it. Though I also love The History Boys by Alan Bennett, and I'm trying to track down some more Pirandello.
28) Poem?
Yeats is my favourite poet in English. I love The Stolen Child, and The Song of Wandering Aengus, in particular. Dagmar Nick is my favourite poet in German.
29) Essay?
Taming the Bicycle by Mark Twain. I read a lot of fantastic essays, but that one stands out because it was so funny.
30) Short story?
An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Absolutely terrifying. Most memorable short story I've ever read.
31) Work of nonfiction?
Alberto Manguel's A History of Reading. I have yet to get sick of it.
32) Graphic Novel?
I adore all of CLAMP's artwork, especially X and Card Captor Sakura. The latter makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
33) Science Fiction?
Just for the ideas and imagery, China Miéville's Iron Council. But for re-reading fun, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
34) Memoir?
As in Autobiography? I haven't read many but I completely admire Noel Tovey, so I'll go with Noel Tovey's Little Black Bastard.
35) History?
Nothing in particular, but anything on the history of human cultures, women, sexuality, or art interests me.
36) Mystery or Noir?
I don't usually seek out mysteries, but I am fond of Sherlock Holmes and Kathy Reichs' books.
37) Children's Book?
All time favourite: The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgeson Burnett. But I love a lot of Children's literature.
38) Who is your favourite writer?
Tanya Huff. No contest. Not *technically* the best writer when it comes to ideas and word choice (although she has her moments), but no other writer has ever spoken to me the way her writing does. I have almost all her books now.
39) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Can I be clichéd and say Stephenie Meyer?
40) What is your desert island book?
The complete works of Sir Thomas Malory. That should take me a while to get through. Or, better yet, The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
41) What are you reading right now?
Summon the Keeper, by Tanya Huff.
And a few other books I've started but not finished yet... ¬_¬
42) What books do you plan to read one day but haven't got around to yet?
Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift, more books in German, and all those other books I have in my shelf that I haven’t started yet.
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Date: 2010-03-13 09:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-13 10:07 am (UTC)You need to do the meme too. *pokes you* So I have something to read.
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