Book meme
1) What author do you own the most books by?
Gosh...umm...probably J.K. Rowling or Lauren Wills
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I think the first two Harry Potter books cause I have them in hardback and paperback. I want them all in paperback so I can keep re-reading them and not have to mess up my nice hardcovers.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Uh, no. I didn't really notice.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Duh! What literary character is -every- women in love with? Mr. Darcy, of course.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
It's probably a tie between the first three or four Harry Books and Pride and Prejudice.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
No idea. I wasn't much of a reader until I was in about junior high. It was probably the Sweet Valley Twins books.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
I am get flack for this, but probably 'Twilight.'
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Hmmm...Probably the last Harry Potter book.
9) If you could force everyone to read one book, what would it be?
Pride and Prejudice.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
Er...no idea. I don't really read anything that would probably considered modern day literature.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
That I've read recently? Probably the Pink Carnation series, at least the first one. Maybe another one of Philippa Gregory's books if they promise to make it like the book and not something entirel different. (Ex: The Other Boleyn Girl...where in the book does Henry VIII basically rape Anne Boleyn?! Besides not being in the book, it's not even in the History books!!) Oh! Or Maybe "Wicked" but only if they make it the musical and Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenowith get to be in the movie.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
I don't know...
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Probably any of the romance novels I've read. And where did question 13 go?
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Difficult as in amount of pages...probably Les Miserables. Difficult as in content...probably A Tale of Two Cities which I never read past the first two chapters because, Damn, Charles Dickens, really? Were you paid by the word?
16) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
No idea, really.
17) Umberto Eco?
Errr ?...What Kelly said.
18) Roth or Updike?
I don't believe I've read anything by either.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Again, never read anything by either.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare...by default because I haven't read the others.
21) Austen or Eliot?
Duh! Austen!
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I don't know. I try to read pretty consistantly.
23) What is your favourite novel?
If I haven't made it clear already...Pride and Prejudice.
24) Play?
Mmmm...I'm going to go out on a whim here and say...A Winter's Tale.
25) Short story?
Uh...I don't know.
26) Work of non-fiction?
Uh....I guess Julie Andrews' memoir
27) Who is your favorite writer?
Again...haven't I made it obvious? Actually, I guess it's a tie between J.K. Rowling and Jane Austen
28) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
I'm going to agree with Kelly and say Stephaine Meyer
29) What is your desert island book?
Pride and Prejudice.
30) And ... what are you reading right now?
The Boleyn Inheritcane by Philippa Gregory...stupid Tudors series has me stuck on this Tudor's kick.
Gosh...umm...probably J.K. Rowling or Lauren Wills
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I think the first two Harry Potter books cause I have them in hardback and paperback. I want them all in paperback so I can keep re-reading them and not have to mess up my nice hardcovers.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Uh, no. I didn't really notice.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Duh! What literary character is -every- women in love with? Mr. Darcy, of course.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
It's probably a tie between the first three or four Harry Books and Pride and Prejudice.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
No idea. I wasn't much of a reader until I was in about junior high. It was probably the Sweet Valley Twins books.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
I am get flack for this, but probably 'Twilight.'
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Hmmm...Probably the last Harry Potter book.
9) If you could force everyone to read one book, what would it be?
Pride and Prejudice.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
Er...no idea. I don't really read anything that would probably considered modern day literature.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
That I've read recently? Probably the Pink Carnation series, at least the first one. Maybe another one of Philippa Gregory's books if they promise to make it like the book and not something entirel different. (Ex: The Other Boleyn Girl...where in the book does Henry VIII basically rape Anne Boleyn?! Besides not being in the book, it's not even in the History books!!) Oh! Or Maybe "Wicked" but only if they make it the musical and Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenowith get to be in the movie.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
I don't know...
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Probably any of the romance novels I've read. And where did question 13 go?
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Difficult as in amount of pages...probably Les Miserables. Difficult as in content...probably A Tale of Two Cities which I never read past the first two chapters because, Damn, Charles Dickens, really? Were you paid by the word?
16) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
No idea, really.
17) Umberto Eco?
Errr ?...What Kelly said.
18) Roth or Updike?
I don't believe I've read anything by either.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Again, never read anything by either.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare...by default because I haven't read the others.
21) Austen or Eliot?
Duh! Austen!
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I don't know. I try to read pretty consistantly.
23) What is your favourite novel?
If I haven't made it clear already...Pride and Prejudice.
24) Play?
Mmmm...I'm going to go out on a whim here and say...A Winter's Tale.
25) Short story?
Uh...I don't know.
26) Work of non-fiction?
Uh....I guess Julie Andrews' memoir
27) Who is your favorite writer?
Again...haven't I made it obvious? Actually, I guess it's a tie between J.K. Rowling and Jane Austen
28) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
I'm going to agree with Kelly and say Stephaine Meyer
29) What is your desert island book?
Pride and Prejudice.
30) And ... what are you reading right now?
The Boleyn Inheritcane by Philippa Gregory...stupid Tudors series has me stuck on this Tudor's kick.