Counterbalance this commotion, we're not droplets in the ocean... oh-oh-oh-oh-ocean...
I'm bored, up late, & passing time.
1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
Gosh. Any of the ones I had as a kid. Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, C.S. Lewis, etc.
2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?
My current read is What the Dickens? by Gregory Macguire. I love him. My last read was all of the Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris in one week. I know that's a series and not just one book but ONE WEEK. Next I'm planning to read The Picture of Dorian Gray because I've been meaning to for so long, my mum owns it and I just saw (& loved) the film.
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
Hmm. Frankenstein? The Hobbit? Romeo and that girl he's always going on about?
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read, but you probably won’t?
The Silmarillion. I have it. I have the really pretty black edition of it. I've even read the first like, 30 pages. It just seems like too much investment and everything's so hard to keep track of. I'll get back around to it, I swear. I think.
5. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
Wait till the end. Unless I'm just ridiculously excited and then I'll sneak a peek at the back.
6. Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
I don't usually read them so for the most part a waste. But every now and again they're fascinating.
7. Which book character would you switch places with?
Oof. Sookie Stackhouse? I guess she had really awful things happen to/around her, but a lot of good comes with that. Lyra! Ohmigod LYRA. I wanted to be her. First I wanted to be George from The Famous Five and THEN I wanted to be Lyra. I want an alethiometer. I want a daemon. I want to be her I want to be her I want to be her. Oh yeah, her ending SUCKS. But I guess it's not really her ending, is it?
8. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?
Oooh. What a good question. One I'm not sure that I can answer! I guess I'm not there yet.
9. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
I ACCIDENTLY stole a history book? =/ And also some English Lit books. I purposely stole Dracula because the copy that I had that used to belong to my mum literally fell apart. I stole Gatsby because I forgot I had my own copy. Measure for Measure I wanted to keep. I was CONVINCED I gave back Chaucer but it clearly wanted to haunt me forever because it's in my room right now. None of that is interesting, but it's all I have.
10. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
Not that I remember.
11. Which book has been with you to the most places?
Return of the King was the book I took on planes for a long while. So it's been to Canada and America with me. Italy, too. JD Salinger books go to lots of places with me, too...
12. Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?
Ummm. God, I have to think so hard about this one. A Midsummer Night's Dream seemed a lot better after I didn't have to listen to the weirdest teacher in the school talk about fairies. I guess that's it. Having to study books didn't put me off them in any way.
13. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
The name of one of my cousins in the front cover. As a kid I got a lot of books that my cousins grew out of, especially my first Narnia copies (I have a nice matching set now). I was always convinced that I'd ALWAYS owned them, that they were mine and always had been. Then, I'd find "Stacey" or "Dominic" written in the front and be like, "what?"
14. Used or brand new?
I like brand new. I like to go into a shop and browse, pick a book up off a shelf and then buy it the same day. I don't like shopping for books online but if I do it's generally because it's a book that's hard to find, so it will usually be second hand.
15. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
Opiate of the masses. Sorry.
16. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
I love the film High Fidelity and I've never so much as picked up the book? Perfume works better on screen. I like both versions of Memoirs of a Geisha equally.
17. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
NORTHERN LIGHTS! Oh, I'm sorry, I meant "The Golden Compass". I wish you could hear the disgust in my voice when I call it that, I really do. That could have been an amazing movie, I was looking forward to it. It was just ok.
Anita and Me. I know Meera was involved in translating it to screen but I just think it's awful. All of the magic of it is gone, the whole hospital thing is all wrong... just no.
18. Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take?
For those one and a half years of us having the Lit teacher I liked, it was her. Her name's Steph and she was genuinely interested in what we read. She reccomended a few things to me & I always listened to them. Right now I don't have anyone that I really take book advice from. I should prolly find someone.
1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
Gosh. Any of the ones I had as a kid. Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, C.S. Lewis, etc.
2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?
My current read is What the Dickens? by Gregory Macguire. I love him. My last read was all of the Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris in one week. I know that's a series and not just one book but ONE WEEK. Next I'm planning to read The Picture of Dorian Gray because I've been meaning to for so long, my mum owns it and I just saw (& loved) the film.
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
Hmm. Frankenstein? The Hobbit? Romeo and that girl he's always going on about?
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read, but you probably won’t?
The Silmarillion. I have it. I have the really pretty black edition of it. I've even read the first like, 30 pages. It just seems like too much investment and everything's so hard to keep track of. I'll get back around to it, I swear. I think.
5. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
Wait till the end. Unless I'm just ridiculously excited and then I'll sneak a peek at the back.
6. Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
I don't usually read them so for the most part a waste. But every now and again they're fascinating.
7. Which book character would you switch places with?
Oof. Sookie Stackhouse? I guess she had really awful things happen to/around her, but a lot of good comes with that. Lyra! Ohmigod LYRA. I wanted to be her. First I wanted to be George from The Famous Five and THEN I wanted to be Lyra. I want an alethiometer. I want a daemon. I want to be her I want to be her I want to be her. Oh yeah, her ending SUCKS. But I guess it's not really her ending, is it?
8. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?
Oooh. What a good question. One I'm not sure that I can answer! I guess I'm not there yet.
9. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
I ACCIDENTLY stole a history book? =/ And also some English Lit books. I purposely stole Dracula because the copy that I had that used to belong to my mum literally fell apart. I stole Gatsby because I forgot I had my own copy. Measure for Measure I wanted to keep. I was CONVINCED I gave back Chaucer but it clearly wanted to haunt me forever because it's in my room right now. None of that is interesting, but it's all I have.
10. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
Not that I remember.
11. Which book has been with you to the most places?
Return of the King was the book I took on planes for a long while. So it's been to Canada and America with me. Italy, too. JD Salinger books go to lots of places with me, too...
12. Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?
Ummm. God, I have to think so hard about this one. A Midsummer Night's Dream seemed a lot better after I didn't have to listen to the weirdest teacher in the school talk about fairies. I guess that's it. Having to study books didn't put me off them in any way.
13. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
The name of one of my cousins in the front cover. As a kid I got a lot of books that my cousins grew out of, especially my first Narnia copies (I have a nice matching set now). I was always convinced that I'd ALWAYS owned them, that they were mine and always had been. Then, I'd find "Stacey" or "Dominic" written in the front and be like, "what?"
14. Used or brand new?
I like brand new. I like to go into a shop and browse, pick a book up off a shelf and then buy it the same day. I don't like shopping for books online but if I do it's generally because it's a book that's hard to find, so it will usually be second hand.
15. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
Opiate of the masses. Sorry.
16. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
I love the film High Fidelity and I've never so much as picked up the book? Perfume works better on screen. I like both versions of Memoirs of a Geisha equally.
17. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
NORTHERN LIGHTS! Oh, I'm sorry, I meant "The Golden Compass". I wish you could hear the disgust in my voice when I call it that, I really do. That could have been an amazing movie, I was looking forward to it. It was just ok.
Anita and Me. I know Meera was involved in translating it to screen but I just think it's awful. All of the magic of it is gone, the whole hospital thing is all wrong... just no.
18. Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take?
For those one and a half years of us having the Lit teacher I liked, it was her. Her name's Steph and she was genuinely interested in what we read. She reccomended a few things to me & I always listened to them. Right now I don't have anyone that I really take book advice from. I should prolly find someone.