Oh, one more thing: if you can't limit your answers to just one, no problem! On some of the questions, it's too hard to pick just one!
What is your favorite book?
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling. Favorite book in the series? Probably #1 or #7.
What is your favorite series?
See above - Harry Potter!
What is a story you've read that is just pure magic (as in, intriguing, beguiling...not a magic book, per se!)?
I can think of a few: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) - I don't see how anyone could put it down after the first chapter. Also, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl - the first part of the story is so magical! And (I'm cheating here with a third, I know!): The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - I remember reading this in middle school and was completely entranced by it.
What is a favorite book from your childhood?
I just loved Owl At Home by Arnold Lobel. Also, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
What book are you reading right now?
Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie and the 3rd Stephanie Plum novel by Janet Evanovich.
What book have you always wanted to read, but never done so?
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - just to have it under my literary belt, if I'm being honest. I've also always wanted to read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - I'm not sure why I've never read it.
What is your favorite bookstore?
The library, of course! You can get just about everything at the library that you can at a bookstore, with the possible exception of a Grande Caffe Latte, decaf, with caramel syrup (oh, yum)! A close second is The Book Loft, a charming maze-of-a-bookstore in Columbus Ohio's German Village.
Name a book that kept you up at night.
This seemed like a great question, but I honestly can't think of one........
Name a book-to-movie that you enjoyed (both or either version):
Well, one that comes to mind is a play, actually: Hamlet by Shakespeare. I think the play is amazing and loved the version starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close. Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl is another one, I really enjoyed both the book and the movie.
Name a character from a book that you'd love to meet:
Pi from Life of Pi, an excellent novel I just read this Spring. He seems so real, I feel like I've already met him, in a way!
Tell about a unique use for a book that you've employed:
Using a little board book to hold up a fan in the windowsill!
Have you ever had an experience where a book found its way to you?
I think you could interpret this question in a couple of different ways. Once DH and I were at an out-of-town used bookstore and I was perusing the photography books (of course!) and I saw a book with my co-worker's name written on the inside. I got it just for that reason, and still have it today, years later.
If you start reading a book, but don't like it, do you read all of it anyway, or stop?
Depends on how long the book is and my level of dislike.
What is one of your favorite non-fiction books?
I love, love, love Ursula Goodenough's The Sacred Depths of Nature. Spirituality and science all discussed in a poetic yet straightforward way.
When you're at a bookstore, what section do you head to first?
Knitting. If the Bachsters are with me, then the kids section (or the restrooms!).
If you give a book as a gift, do you inscribe your name & a message in it?
Sometimes.
What's your favorite way to read a book - paper, Books-on-CD, Kindle, etc.?
I love to knit while I listen to a good book on CD. That being said, some books I prefer to read the paper version so that I can give my own "voice" to. Also, I like paper versions for keeping me company when I'm eating and everyone else has run off from the table!
Name an author whose work you love:
Have I gushed enough about JK Rowling? No? Then, JK Rowling it is! I just love her writing style!
What's next on your reading list?
I'm in line at the library for Bossypants by Tina Fey and A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, both on CD. I've also just reserved Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth Bard. At a different library, I'm in the queue for the Art of Photography by Bruce Barnbaum.
Name a book that you find yourself reaching for time & time again, for whatever reason:
The dictionary!
Now it's your turn! Go to the comments section and you'll see the list of questions. Cut and paste the list into your own comment & put your answers to them - I'd love to see them!
Happy Summer Reading!
-Cheryl
OK - here's the list:
ReplyDeleteWhat is your favorite book?
What is your favorite series?
What is a story you've read that is just pure magic (as in, intriguing, beguiling...not a magic book, per se!)?
What is a favorite book from your childhood?
What book are you reading right now?
What book have you always wanted to read, but never done so?
What is your favorite bookstore?
Name a book that kept you up at night.
Name a book-to-movie that you enjoyed (both or either version):
Name a character from a book that you'd love to meet:
Tell about a unique use for a book that you've employed:
Have you ever had an experience where a book found its way to you?
If you start reading a book, but don't like it, do you read all of it anyway, or stop?
What is one of your favorite non-fiction books?
When you're at a bookstore, what section do you head to first?
If you give a book as a gift, do you inscribe your name & a message in it?
What's your favorite way to read a book - paper, Books-on-CD, Kindle, etc.?
Name an author whose work you love:
What's next on your reading list?
Name a book that you find yourself reaching for time & time again, for whatever reason:
What is your favorite book?
ReplyDeleteAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman. I love the mythology and the way the old stories are revisited in this modern road trip novel.
What is your favorite series?
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. I appreciate the way he takes children seriously and gives them big huge ideas to chew on. Frankly the ideas are huge for adults to chew on--I don't know if I can even call these kids' books, though that's how they've been marketed.
What is a story you've read that is just pure magic (as in, intriguing, beguiling...not a magic book, per se!)?
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. I love science so having Newton & other early scientists as characters in this book totally rocked my world.
What is a favorite book from your childhood?
The Sheep of the Lal Bagh. It's a kind of psychedelic 70s book where a sheep eats grass in beautiful patterns, but is replaced by a lawnmower. Evidently I was concerned about too much soul-killing technology when I was a young child.
What book are you reading right now?
George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series, for the second time. Danaerys rules.
What book have you always wanted to read, but never done so?
Anna Karenina, which a friend swears is fabulous. And other classic stuff, like anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald or those other dead white guys.
What is your favorite bookstore?
Ditto Cheryl's comments on the library because I'm a, you know, librarian and all. But I must admit Amazon's Kindle store is an increasingly close second. It's dangerously convenient.
Name a book that kept you up at night.
All of them. I can't seem to stop reading sometimes. But in high school It kept me up for days after I read it. Scary clowns!
Name a book-to-movie that you enjoyed (both or either version): Lord of the Rings trilogy. Except for what they did to Faramir.
Name a character from a book that you'd love to meet:
Bill Bryson. And he's a real guy, so it could happen.
Tell about a unique use for a book that you've employed:
I make altered books. I'm just putting matchbook drawers into one now.
Have you ever had an experience where a book found its way to you?
Every day. Because people return them to me. At the library.
If you start reading a book, but don't like it, do you read all of it anyway, or stop?
Stop. Too many books to mess around with something that doesn't work for me. I also stop reading books I like because I have to return them or I'm reading too many at once or I'm just bored, and then I may or may not get back to them later.
What is one of your favorite non-fiction books?
David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. Yay footnotes!
When you're at a bookstore, what section do you head to first?
Usually the teen books, because it's my job. And I like to see what's hot so I can buy it for the library.
If you give a book as a gift, do you inscribe your name & a message in it?
Yes. That's important. Seeing that another human has experienced the book is wonderful. I love reading books with marginalia too.
What's your favorite way to read a book - paper, Books-on-CD, Kindle, etc.?
Kindle. I thought I'd not like it because I'm such a sensualist (I love the smell, sound, feel of paper codices) but I've been seduced by convenience. And resizable type. And being able to read in bed without book covers flopping all over.
Name an author whose work you love:
ReplyDeleteTerry Pratchett. As with David Foster Wallace--I'm a big fan of footnotes! That sort of parenthetical writing totally works for me. Plus, Pratchett is a genius. I discovered a hitherto unsuspected talent for drunken Scottish accents while reading the Wee Free Men to my kids. That series is one of the best read-alouds ever. Ye wee scunner!
What's next on your reading list?
The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers. Woo hoo. Gotta love grad school.
Name a book that you find yourself reaching for time & time again, for whatever reason:
The Lord of the Rings. When stressed or bored I'll read it again. I've read it at least 10 times, and because I read really fast I can pound through it in a couple days.
Hey shannonb!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your comments - I loved reading them! Thanks to your enthusiasm for Neil Gaiman, I've read a couple of his novels & really enjoyed them. I'll have to check out Terry Pratchett and David Foster Wallace (I've always wanted to see what the Infinite Jest buzz is all about). As for Lord of the Rings....I've never read the books. Maybe I should add them to my queue!