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pontisbright and others on my flist:
1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
All my children's books are in boxes in my parents loft. But they'll be coming over to be ina couple of weeks for the Baby Formerly Known as Cheddar. The one book currently on my shelf that I've had the longest is a copy of Watership Down that I've had since I was nine. The front cover has fallen off, the first few pages are missing and it's helf together with dried out sellotape but I can't bear to throw it away. (I have bought a new copy of it which is in much better condition).
2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you'll read next?
Currently reading Graceling by Kristin Cashore whichmorbid_sparks bought me for Christmas. Only a few pages into it so far but it's enjoyable enough. Before that I read Iron Angel by Alan Campbell which I borrowed from the library it's the second part of a series and although not as good as the first one (Scar Night) it was still a good read and it whiled away many an hour when rocking the baby to sleep. The next book I'll read will probably be Chasing the Dragon by Justina Robson, the forth book in the Quantum Gravity series I loved the first two to pieces and though the third one was quite good but not as good as the first two.
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
Twilight for starters. I didn't make it past the third chapter. Also hated Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (no, not that one) which everyone else I know who read it absolutely loved.
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you'll read, but you probably won't?
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. It's another one in my 'to read' pile that I keep pushing back.
5. Which book are you saving for "retirement?"
I've got a couple of Neal Stephenson ones that have been on my 'to read' pile for a couple of years now. I'm hoping I'll be a bit cleverer by then and be able to follow them better.
6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
Wait to the end. What's the point in wading through the story if you know how it's going to end?
7. Acknowledgments: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
Sometimes they can be quite interesting, usually I'll skip them(unless, of course, I'm mentioned in them, then I love them like pie!)
8. Which book character would you switch places with?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, if you'd asked me when I was four or (if you'd asked me when I was Ten) Alanna from Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness Series. I'd happily switch places with any of the Doctor's Companions (apart from Peri or Mel).
9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?
Watership Down reminds me of being in primary school just before I moved across the the country and getting a detention because I showed some of my classmates Kehaar's "Piss off" comment. The Lord of the Rings reminds me of sitting in my back garden on particularly sunny summer. In fact a lot of books tend to evoke memories of where I read them more than anything.
10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
An anonymous person once sent me a Tom Holt book with a note saying "I'll think you'll like this"I don't know who it was though.
11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
The Baby Formerly Known as Cheddar will be having my copy of A Very Hungry Caterpillar, because it should be required reading for all Toddlers.
12. Which book has been with you to the most places?
Watership Down (the falling apart copy) has been with me inevery place I've lived in.
13. Any "required reading" you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?
of Mice and Men wasn't so bad the second time round.
14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
A love letter from an unnamed girl to an unnamed boy in a Sweet Dreams book I got from the library when I was 13. It was cringingly awful. I left it in the book for future teenagers to read.
15. Used or brand new?
Both. I try to go to Hay-on-Wye once a year to buy my body weight in secondhand books.
16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
Both. Some stuff is brilliant and truly scary but other stuff is really horror by numbers. The Dark Tower's pretty good though.
17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
The Never Ending Story is one (although I've read the book again recently and liked it much more) and The Stand is another.
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
Most Stephen King adaptations. They're awful.
19. Have you ever read a book that's made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?
I can't say I have
20. Who is the person whose book advice you'll always take?
My flist tend to be pretty good for book reviews, as is my friend Hugh (who always lends me weird choices I'd never pick off a shelf to read but that I end up liking).
pontisbright and others on my flist:1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
All my children's books are in boxes in my parents loft. But they'll be coming over to be ina couple of weeks for the Baby Formerly Known as Cheddar. The one book currently on my shelf that I've had the longest is a copy of Watership Down that I've had since I was nine. The front cover has fallen off, the first few pages are missing and it's helf together with dried out sellotape but I can't bear to throw it away. (I have bought a new copy of it which is in much better condition).
2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you'll read next?
Currently reading Graceling by Kristin Cashore which
morbid_sparks bought me for Christmas. Only a few pages into it so far but it's enjoyable enough. Before that I read Iron Angel by Alan Campbell which I borrowed from the library it's the second part of a series and although not as good as the first one (Scar Night) it was still a good read and it whiled away many an hour when rocking the baby to sleep. The next book I'll read will probably be Chasing the Dragon by Justina Robson, the forth book in the Quantum Gravity series I loved the first two to pieces and though the third one was quite good but not as good as the first two.3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
Twilight for starters. I didn't make it past the third chapter. Also hated Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (no, not that one) which everyone else I know who read it absolutely loved.
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you'll read, but you probably won't?
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. It's another one in my 'to read' pile that I keep pushing back.
5. Which book are you saving for "retirement?"
I've got a couple of Neal Stephenson ones that have been on my 'to read' pile for a couple of years now. I'm hoping I'll be a bit cleverer by then and be able to follow them better.
6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
Wait to the end. What's the point in wading through the story if you know how it's going to end?
7. Acknowledgments: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
Sometimes they can be quite interesting, usually I'll skip them(unless, of course, I'm mentioned in them, then I love them like pie!)
8. Which book character would you switch places with?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, if you'd asked me when I was four or (if you'd asked me when I was Ten) Alanna from Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness Series. I'd happily switch places with any of the Doctor's Companions (apart from Peri or Mel).
9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?
Watership Down reminds me of being in primary school just before I moved across the the country and getting a detention because I showed some of my classmates Kehaar's "Piss off" comment. The Lord of the Rings reminds me of sitting in my back garden on particularly sunny summer. In fact a lot of books tend to evoke memories of where I read them more than anything.
10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
An anonymous person once sent me a Tom Holt book with a note saying "I'll think you'll like this"I don't know who it was though.
11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
The Baby Formerly Known as Cheddar will be having my copy of A Very Hungry Caterpillar, because it should be required reading for all Toddlers.
12. Which book has been with you to the most places?
Watership Down (the falling apart copy) has been with me inevery place I've lived in.
13. Any "required reading" you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?
of Mice and Men wasn't so bad the second time round.
14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
A love letter from an unnamed girl to an unnamed boy in a Sweet Dreams book I got from the library when I was 13. It was cringingly awful. I left it in the book for future teenagers to read.
15. Used or brand new?
Both. I try to go to Hay-on-Wye once a year to buy my body weight in secondhand books.
16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
Both. Some stuff is brilliant and truly scary but other stuff is really horror by numbers. The Dark Tower's pretty good though.
17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
The Never Ending Story is one (although I've read the book again recently and liked it much more) and The Stand is another.
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
Most Stephen King adaptations. They're awful.
19. Have you ever read a book that's made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?
I can't say I have
20. Who is the person whose book advice you'll always take?
My flist tend to be pretty good for book reviews, as is my friend Hugh (who always lends me weird choices I'd never pick off a shelf to read but that I end up liking).
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Date: Sunday, January 17th, 2010 07:56 pm (UTC)And also, Cheddar must/should have 'Each Peach Pear Plum' by Allan Ahlberg. It's required.
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Date: Sunday, January 17th, 2010 08:31 pm (UTC)xxx
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