"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

Apr 22, 2009 20:41

Curled Up With A Good Book: A Friending Meme For Book Lovers

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caffeinatedlife April 23 2009, 01:30:55 UTC
Name: Li
Age: 22
Location: Canada

Favourite authors: J.R.R. Tolkien, Jane Austen, Steve Berry, just to name a few ;)
Favourite books: The Lord of the Rings, Persuasion, The Alchemist, Atonement, North & South, Bridget Jones's Diary, A Room With a View, The Shadow of the Wind, just to name a few ;)
Favourite genres: fantasy, classics (i.e. Austen, Gaskell, Russian lit), history (for non-fiction side =D especially if it's on Russian history)
Hardcovers or softcovers?: Hardcovers last longer but alas, not rich enough to buy everything in hardcover (not to mention my bookshelf would probably die on me) so most of the books I buy are softcovers xD
What are you reading at the moment?: I am currently reading Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth and Tom Rob Smith's Child 44

Other interests: reading, writing, traveling, Russian history, Ukrainian history, British history, updating my website, making web graphics, period dramas/films, anime, manga, etc.
What do you usually write about in your LJ?: Random stuff that amuses me, my fandoms, ( ... )

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caffeinatedlife April 23 2009, 03:18:54 UTC
Ahh, that's so cool! =D Yeah, I've been specializing in Russian history during the latter half of my undergraduate program; it's only been lately that I've slowly started reading more Russian lit (so far I've only read works from Tolstoy, Turgenev, Dostoevsky and Solzhenitsyn) =D

I just read your profile below mine and that's so cool that you can speak a couple of different languages =) But yeah, sure you can add me =D Am adding you right now *thumbs up*

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fingerpaintin April 24 2009, 02:41:13 UTC
North & South... beautiful.

Have you seen the BBC version? It does the book justice, I do believe.

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gothayesd51708 April 27 2009, 19:54:00 UTC
Not a fan of The Time Traveler's Wife but Harry Potter FTW! Mind if I add you?

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fated_bliss April 23 2009, 03:36:25 UTC
Name: Eleanor
Age: 20
Location: Singapore

Favourite authors: A. S Byatt, Ursula K. Le Guin, Patricia A. McKillip, Diana Wynne Jones, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, William Shakespeare, Haruki Murakami
Favourite books: Villette, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, The Hobbit, Kafka on the Shore, The God of Small Things, The Wind in the Willows, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Riddle-Master Trilogy, Howl's Moving Castle, Wuthering Heights, Earthsea, Through the Looking Glass, The Time Traveller's Wife
Favourite genres: Fantasy, classics, poetry, dystopias/utopias, children's literature, fairy tales
Hardcover or softcover?: ...paperbacks, only because they're easier to tuck into a bag. (:
What are you reading at the moment?: Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

Other interests/fandoms: art, film, photography, poetry, writing, music (i listen to everything); fandoms include: anime, manga, video games (Final Fantasy is one of my biggest loves)
What do you usually write about in your LJ?: Life. I treat my LJ like a ( ... )

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caffeinatedlife April 23 2009, 14:27:09 UTC
..paperbacks, only because they're easier to tuck into a bag. (:

lol, that's so true! I've managed to stick my paperback copy of The Pillars of the Earth in a number of different bags with no difficulty...can never leave the house without a book in my bag, lol xD

Oooh, we have a couple of interests in common...may I add you? =)

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fated_bliss April 24 2009, 00:55:54 UTC
Yes, definitely! I see that I know a lot of the anime/manga that you follow, too - Ouran, CLAMP works, Bleach...

Also - Yann Tiersen... I love his music so much, but I haven't really seen Amelie or any of the other films featuring it, shame on me.

<333!

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caffeinatedlife April 24 2009, 04:01:56 UTC
Yay, awesome that we follow the same sorts of anime/manga =D

Yann Tiersen's music is awesome, very distinct. =) I hope you get around to watching Amelie (which I love to bits; I wish I could re-watch it at the moment but alas, am studying for my final =( ) and Good Bye Lenin!, both movies were fantastic *nods*

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theresa April 23 2009, 03:36:56 UTC
Name: Theresa
Age:24
Location: Pennsylvania

Favourite authors: Jodi Picoult, Jane Austen, Nicholas Sparksand John Steinbeck
Favourite books: My Sister's Keeper, The Time Traveler's Wife, Twilight, Perks of being a Wallflower, The Choice.
Favourite genres: Romance, Young Adult, Classics
Hardcover or softcover?: softcover, it's hard for me to "curl up" with a hardcover novel.
What are you reading at the moment?: The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult and Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

Other interests/fandoms: twilight, haha.
What do you usually write about in your LJ?: i always update when i've read a new book and what i think of it, other than that, things that are going on in my life. important issues, rants and raves, etc. NO DRAMA.
Is your journal friends-only, partial or public?: friends only, but always looking for new friends
Anything else you'd like to add?: :)

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anarchitect April 23 2009, 03:48:10 UTC
Name: Kate
Age: 19
Location: Montreal ♥

Favourite authors: This is subject to change, but off the top of my head... J.D Salinger, Dave Eggers, John Green, Hunter S. Thompson and Rainier Maria Rilke (poets count, right?)
Favourite books: Umm... The entire Glass series by Salinger, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Time Traveller's Wife (I know, I know, but oh man, is it awesome or what), Slaughterhouse-Five, A Separate Peace... etc...
Favourite genres: Literature? I don't go in for 'genres' like mystery crap.
Hardcover or softcover?: Softcover; I bend my books a lot!
What are you reading at the moment?: You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers

Other interests/fandoms: I drink copious amounts of coffee.
What do you usually write about in your LJ?: My day to day life, tbh, but I inject a bit of humor into it, occasionally with random tang-tastic links or videos. It's to keep my writing skillz~ sharp.
Is your journal friends-only, partial or public?: Friends-only.
Anything else you'd like to add?: Nope, not really.

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whitegulls April 23 2009, 03:54:41 UTC
Salinger! I just finished 'Raise High.' I love the Glass family so very much. Franny and Zooey will always be my favorite because I read about them first, but Seymour comes in very close behind them.

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anarchitect April 23 2009, 03:57:40 UTC
Yes, I read Franny and Zooey first as well! I love Seymour as a character though, good god. He's just fascinating. I think the Glass series should get more credit, rather than just Catcher.

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sazeracs April 24 2009, 02:31:49 UTC
RMRilke is bomb. Just finished Sonnets to Orpheus a few weeks ago. Also totally with you on JD and Dave.

Friends?

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