Jamie over at The Perpetual Page-Turner cooked up this fantastic survey which I spotted the other day, or a few weeks ago, or whenever. It looked like a fun way to mix things up around here in between sporadic book reviews, so voila!
Author you’ve read the most books from:
Almost certainly Stephen King. I looooved Stephen King in high school, and I spent a lot of lazy summer days devouring his books. Last summer I finally read The Stand, and the SK love continues!
Best Sequel Ever:
Hmm, I don't know. I'm good at starting series, bad at continuing them.
Currently Reading:
I let Random.org pick me a book just so I'd read something I've had for more than, like, 3 months, and it chose for me Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. I was thinking I might blow off Random.org to read The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, but then Rules of Civility just sucked me right in. You're next, Coldest Girl!
Drink of Choice While Reading:
I've pretty much changed over to drinking mostly water whether I'm reading or not, so probably water!
E-reader or Physical Book?
Physical book forever. I've recently grown to appreciate my e-reader and it's cousin the Kindle app, but nothing can replace the feeling of turning pages. Plus, what would I do if I couldn't go on used book buying sprees?
Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School:
Wes from The Truth About Forever.
Glad You Gave This Book A Chance:
Angelfall by Susan Ee. I saw this one for sale in the Kindle Daily Deal, and I had some reservations, but I read the sample and took a chance. And I loved it. And I can't wait for the sequel!
Hidden Gem Book:
There's a bunch, but how about one from this year? The Grave of God's Daughter by Brett Ellen Block. My parents bought this for me many moons ago at a used book sale thinking I might like it. I tried my Random.org trick earlier this year and it plucked this one from the obscurity of my shelves, and jeez am I glad because it's so good and nobody seems to know about it!
Important Moment in your Reading Life:
Just before I started my blog, I was chosen to take part in Elle Readers' Prize several times, back when it was still in the magazine and not just web content. They'd send you 3 books, you'd read them and write short reviews of them and they'd choose a few of those reviews to appear in the magazine, so my reviewlettes have appeared several times in the pages of Elle magazine. It was the first time it dawned on me that writing about the books I was reading might be fun and maybe even prove valuable to someone other than me. So, then I started a book blog and the rest is history.
Just Finished:
Here Comes Mrs. Kugelman by Minka Pradelski. It's got the weirdest narrator and a different sort of story within a story structure, but I ended up liking it a lot.
Kinds of Books You Won’t Read:
Erotica, (and on the totally other side of the spectrum) cheesy inspirational fiction, and books where I can't begin to guess at the pronounciation of the names of the major characters
Longest Book You’ve Read:
Not sure, but The Stand by Stephen King is by far the longest book I've read recently, clocking in at 1100 or so pages.
Major book hangover because of:
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Number of Bookcases You Own:
Er, 6. More needed.
One Book You Have Read Multiple Times:
I know this is two, but Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson and The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen may be the only books I've *ever* re-read willingly. And that deserves a mention, right? Plus, I think one day I would even re-read them again!
Preferred Place To Read:
The front porch when it's nice out. My bed when it's not. A cafeteria table at work in a pinch. :)
Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you’ve read:
"Today I am bothered by the story of King Canute. (...) The story is, of course, that he was so arrogant and despotic a leader that he believed he could control everything - even the tide. We see him on the beach, surrounded by subjects, sceptre in hand, ordering back the heedless waves; a laughing stock, in short. But what if we've got it all wrong? What if, in fact, he was so good and great a king that his people began to elevate him to the status of a god, and began to believe that he was capable of anything? In order to prove to them that he was a mere mortal, he took them down to the beach and ordered back the waves, which of course kept on rolling up the beach. How awful it would be if we had got it so wrong, if we had misunderstood his actions for so long." - From After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell
Reading Regret:
I regret that I don't read more and faster!
Series You Started And Need To Finish(all books are out in series):
The Chemical Garden Trilogy by Lauren DeStefano. I loved Wither, but I suck at keeping up with series likes I should!
Three of your All-Time Favorite Books:
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien, After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell, and The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. And three is so so so not enough. I'm already rethinking these choices. :-P
Unapologetic Fangirl For:
The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers by Thomas Mullen. Also City of Tranquil Light by Bo Caldwell.
Very Excited For This Release More Than All The Others:
Cannot answer, too hard. So many great authors coming out with new stuff this year that I can hardly conceive of an answer to this question!
Worst Bookish Habit:
Continuing to acquire them even though I'll probably be dead before I can read all the books I already have!
X Marks The Spot: Start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book:
That would be The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold.
Your latest book purchase:
What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang the e-book is on sale for $ 2.99 at the moment and what with how lots of bloggers are crazy for it, I couldn't very well not buy it, now could I?
ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late):
The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene. I surely couldn't finish it at work, you know? I mean, all the weeping would probably be a little awkward.
Have you done Jamie's survey? If you have or if you do now, I'd love to see your answers so leave your link in the comments!
Yeah, you'd be a hot mess at work if you finished The Fault in Our Stars while you were there.
ReplyDeleteI need to read Graham Greene, ack! Also: Seriously loved City of Tranquil Light.
ReplyDeleteI like this survey! You and I have the same reading regret. If only there were more hours in a day! :-)
ReplyDeleteI keep thinking I need to do this survey as I've loved reading everyone else's responses. One of these days! And, for the record, I think ELLE's new web-only reviews are kind of sucky. Without the possibility of seeing my name in a magazine, I'm not all that motivated to read the books, you know?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, have a good one!
Used book binges are the reason I will never be entirely an ereader. I just love that too much. This was a fun survey - I think I'll have my responses up on Friday.
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