A-Z Book Survey
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christianreaderI saw this on a blog and thought it would be fun to fill out. Feel free to join in; I love hearing other people's thoughts on books!
Author you’ve read the most books from: Elizabeth Peters, probably, since she's written so many!
Best Sequel Ever: I don't know about ever, but I do love Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which opens up the series and starts to show how big and complex the wizarding world is.
Currently Reading: I'm between books at the moment. I have several from the library but nothing is sounding good right now.
Drink of Choice While Reading: Water? I don't really have one, I guess.
E-reader or Physical Book? Physical books. Always, always, always.
Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School: I would have been madly in love with Sirius Black, and he never would have noticed me. Kind of like my actual high school dating life.
Glad You Gave This Book A Chance: Cinder - The idea of a cyborg Cinderella did nothing for me, but when I actually read it, I loved it.
Hidden Gem Book: Elizabeth and Her German Garden - Not really a novel or a memoir, just a lovely, relaxed meandering through the seasons at a German country house.
Important Moment in your Reading Life: Age 5: I learn to read.
Just Finished: The Girl of Fire and Thorns. I didn't love it.
Kinds of Books You Won’t Read: Horror or erotica or anything too political.
Longest Book You’ve Read: Probably Gone With the Wind, unless I can count Lord of the Rings as one book?
Major book hangover because of: I think Tiger's Quest was probably the last one that really ruined me for other books for a little while?
Number of Bookcases You Own: Two. Which is only enough because I've been ruthless about weeding them lately.
One Book You Have Read Multiple Times: I don't think I could pick just one; I re-read all the time. Harry Potter, Twilight, everything by Mary Stewart and Jane Austen, M.M. Kaye's mysteries...
Preferred Place To Read: A big comfy chair with a cat on my lap.
Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you’ve read: First of all, STOP SAYING "FEELS"!!! It's feelings!!!
Second of all, there are too many to choose from, but my favorite at the moment is "The stupidity with which he was favoured by nature must guard his courtship from any charm that could make a woman wish for its continuance." from Pride and Prejudice.
Reading Regret: That I wasted my time trying to impress people with my reading choices instead of reading what I liked.
Series You Started And Need To Finish (all books are out in series): Stephanie Plum.
Three of your All-Time Favorite Books: Nine Coaches Waiting, Shadow of the Moon, The Code of the Woosters
Unapologetic Fangirl For: Twilight.
Very Excited For This Release More Than All The Others: Probably a tie between Dreams of Gods and Monsters and Cress. Oh, and The Case of the Love Commandos!
Worst Bookish Habit: Peeking at the end when the middle starts to drag - once I've done that I almost never go back and read the whole thing.
X Marks The Spot: Start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book: Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet
Your latest book purchase: a new copy of The Ivy Tree.
ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late): Attachments by Rainbow Rowell.
Author you’ve read the most books from: Elizabeth Peters, probably, since she's written so many!
Best Sequel Ever: I don't know about ever, but I do love Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which opens up the series and starts to show how big and complex the wizarding world is.
Currently Reading: I'm between books at the moment. I have several from the library but nothing is sounding good right now.
Drink of Choice While Reading: Water? I don't really have one, I guess.
E-reader or Physical Book? Physical books. Always, always, always.
Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School: I would have been madly in love with Sirius Black, and he never would have noticed me. Kind of like my actual high school dating life.
Glad You Gave This Book A Chance: Cinder - The idea of a cyborg Cinderella did nothing for me, but when I actually read it, I loved it.
Hidden Gem Book: Elizabeth and Her German Garden - Not really a novel or a memoir, just a lovely, relaxed meandering through the seasons at a German country house.
Important Moment in your Reading Life: Age 5: I learn to read.
Just Finished: The Girl of Fire and Thorns. I didn't love it.
Kinds of Books You Won’t Read: Horror or erotica or anything too political.
Longest Book You’ve Read: Probably Gone With the Wind, unless I can count Lord of the Rings as one book?
Major book hangover because of: I think Tiger's Quest was probably the last one that really ruined me for other books for a little while?
Number of Bookcases You Own: Two. Which is only enough because I've been ruthless about weeding them lately.
One Book You Have Read Multiple Times: I don't think I could pick just one; I re-read all the time. Harry Potter, Twilight, everything by Mary Stewart and Jane Austen, M.M. Kaye's mysteries...
Preferred Place To Read: A big comfy chair with a cat on my lap.
Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you’ve read: First of all, STOP SAYING "FEELS"!!! It's feelings!!!
Second of all, there are too many to choose from, but my favorite at the moment is "The stupidity with which he was favoured by nature must guard his courtship from any charm that could make a woman wish for its continuance." from Pride and Prejudice.
Reading Regret: That I wasted my time trying to impress people with my reading choices instead of reading what I liked.
Series You Started And Need To Finish (all books are out in series): Stephanie Plum.
Three of your All-Time Favorite Books: Nine Coaches Waiting, Shadow of the Moon, The Code of the Woosters
Unapologetic Fangirl For: Twilight.
Very Excited For This Release More Than All The Others: Probably a tie between Dreams of Gods and Monsters and Cress. Oh, and The Case of the Love Commandos!
Worst Bookish Habit: Peeking at the end when the middle starts to drag - once I've done that I almost never go back and read the whole thing.
X Marks The Spot: Start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book: Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet
Your latest book purchase: a new copy of The Ivy Tree.
ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late): Attachments by Rainbow Rowell.
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Date: 2013-09-25 02:26 pm (UTC)Best Sequel Ever: Hard to choose - there are so many of them. Possibly Mad Ship by Robin Hobb... it's one of the few situations where I thought a sequel better than the first book in the series.
Currently Reading: Black Powder Wars by Naomi Novik, Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness and Creative Prayer by Chris Tiegreen.
Drink of Choice While Reading: Depends on my mood and the time of day. Water, white wine, cappuccino or a smoothie would all work :)
E-reader or Physical Book? Depends on the situation. For pure coziness - physical books all the way. For convenience when commuting or on vacation - definitely e-reader!
Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School: I didn't date in high school :-P
Glad You Gave This Book A Chance: Feed by Mira Grant. I didn't think I liked zombie novels - I was wrong!
Hidden Gem Book: Hard to pick just one... Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen perhaps.
Important Moment in your Reading Life: Age 8: I discovered Famous Five and discovered what it meant to love a book series.
Just Finished: An Imperfect Witch by Debora Geary. Cute :)
Kinds of Books You Won't Read: Erotica and hard-core romances. I don't mind either as part of a novel, as long as it's used to further the plot, rather than the plot itself.
Longest Book You've Read: A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. I think it was 1400-something pages.
Major book hangover because of: Oooh, this has happened frequently. Most recently because of the A Modern Witch series by Debora Geary. Good thing she's written so many books! ;)
Number of Bookcases You Own: 11.
One Book You Have Read Multiple Times: I love rereading! It's like visiting an old friend. I couldn't say which book I've reread the most often, but Alanna by Tamora Pierce would probably be a pretty good bet.
Preferred Place To Read: Our deep couch.
Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you've read: From The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis:
"The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning."
Gives me the goosebumps every time I read it!
Reading Regret: That I have yet to learn how to read and knit at the same time.
Series You Started And Need To Finish (all books are out in series): The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.
Three of your All-Time Favorite Books: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers and The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson.
Unapologetic Fangirl For: The Yada-Yada Prayer Group and A Modern Witch.
Very Excited For This Release More Than All The Others: Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon. But it keeps getting postponed!!! Unfair!!
Worst Bookish Habit: Reading multiple books at a time. I've always done this, and it's not a problem when each book has a specific purpose (commute, audiobook, devotional etc.), but I have startitis and keep starting new books for the same purpose.
X Marks The Spot: Start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Your latest book purchase: The Keepers of the Library by Glenn Cooper.
ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late): It's actually been awhile since I stayed up till all hours of the night in order to finish a book. Don't know if I've gotten more sensible or more boring... or just older and needing my sleep more. I did stay up late to finish Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix for the readathon though ;)
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Date: 2013-09-25 05:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-26 01:58 am (UTC)And I totally agree about "feels." Drives me crazy.