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taotrooper) wrote2011-02-14 04:26 pm
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Chocolate-munching Day
And a happy Friendship Day to everyone, even if that's an addendum for us who don't have a couple and don't want to feel left out :D
This day has been lousy IRL, so since the only two novelties in my life are that I started a Princess Tutu rewatch, and I'm obsessing with Pokémon again (but that's for another post, I'd say), have a book meme instead.
1) Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach.
2) What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?
I'm currently with Runemarks by Joanne Harris, which I'm enjoying a lot. I'm also selective-rereading The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (mostly the Leo-centric parts). The last book I read was Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman. By this, you can conclude I'm in a LOL NORSE MYTHOLOGY BUTCHERY phase, right? :'D
The next one will be either The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss or a Chrestomanci book. Or retake American Gods to follow the LOLNORSE trend, or continue my Percy Jackson reread. IDK, I have a lot to choose from recently.
3) What book did everyone like and you hated?
Anna Karenina, bleh. Also Hemmingway's The Old Man and the Sea, which was slumber-inducing. I think most of the books I hate aren't universally liked? XD I have read some books I was pretty indifferent by the end or thought they were good but overhyped by my friends, but it's not haaaaate. But now that we're at it, HOW THE FUCK IS KAFKA'S METAMORPHOSIS A CLASSIC? UUUUUGH OH MY GOD I LOATHE THAT BOOK.
4) Which book do you keep telling yourself you'll read, but you probably won't?
The Iliad LOL j/k Probably Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes because I'm too lazy. Maybe an abridged version for children?
5) Which book are you saving for "retirement"?
Who the fuck saves books for retirement?
6) Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
Sometimes I peek a little. Guilty.
7) Acknowledgments: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
They're interesting for the related people. I don't think they're a waste (actually, it's sweet when they thank people) but I don't care much for them either.
8) Which book character would you switch places with?
Considering most of my books are YA, fantasy, or adventure where Shit Gets Real very often, I don't think I want to switch places with anyone in my books :'D I'm too much of a wuss.
INB4 OMG SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT TO BE LIZZIE BENNETT. Welp nope, I don't really crush on OOOOOH MISTER DARCYYYYYYY.
9) Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?
Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings remind me of my first uni.
10) Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
The weirdest thing is my mom's shelves when I was little, sorry.
11) Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
Unless ebooks count, no.
12) Which book has been with you to the most places?
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I always have a copy in some legible language next to me.
13) Any "required reading" you hated in high school that wasn't so bad ten years later?
Sorry, they still suck. If anything, I think I've grown to dislike the ones I enjoyed. I apologize to García Márquez but I groan at his name now in retrospective.
I do want to reread short stories of Horacio Quiroga to see if they get creepier or lulzier years later.
(As you see, my school was all Latin American Authoooorrrrrrssssssss at us, which I hated because I haven't read a lot of universal classics because of that.)
14) Used or brand new?
Brand new. I rarely find books I like in second-hand bookstores.
15) Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
I-I actually love some books of him? He has some good ideas sometimes. I wouldn't call him a genius but I don't think he's a total hack either.
16) Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
I don't read enough to say, but... The Fellowship of the Ring. Not so sure about the rest of the trilogy, but I swear to God that this one got so much improving without pages of redundant forest description. Dunno, it was just more dynamic and it spun Boromir jokes because Sean Bean's face is hilarious.
17) Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
If you're not going to get it right, don't touch anything Earthsea. The one chance to have cool fantasy POC magicians that aren't "magical negro", and you never follow. Jesus.
18) Have you ever read a book that’s made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?
I can't think of one.
19) Who is the person whose book advice you'll always take?
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fujurpreux.
This day has been lousy IRL, so since the only two novelties in my life are that I started a Princess Tutu rewatch, and I'm obsessing with Pokémon again (but that's for another post, I'd say), have a book meme instead.
1) Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach.
2) What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?
I'm currently with Runemarks by Joanne Harris, which I'm enjoying a lot. I'm also selective-rereading The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (mostly the Leo-centric parts). The last book I read was Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman. By this, you can conclude I'm in a LOL NORSE MYTHOLOGY BUTCHERY phase, right? :'D
The next one will be either The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss or a Chrestomanci book. Or retake American Gods to follow the LOLNORSE trend, or continue my Percy Jackson reread. IDK, I have a lot to choose from recently.
3) What book did everyone like and you hated?
Anna Karenina, bleh. Also Hemmingway's The Old Man and the Sea, which was slumber-inducing. I think most of the books I hate aren't universally liked? XD I have read some books I was pretty indifferent by the end or thought they were good but overhyped by my friends, but it's not haaaaate. But now that we're at it, HOW THE FUCK IS KAFKA'S METAMORPHOSIS A CLASSIC? UUUUUGH OH MY GOD I LOATHE THAT BOOK.
4) Which book do you keep telling yourself you'll read, but you probably won't?
5) Which book are you saving for "retirement"?
Who the fuck saves books for retirement?
6) Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
Sometimes I peek a little. Guilty.
7) Acknowledgments: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
They're interesting for the related people. I don't think they're a waste (actually, it's sweet when they thank people) but I don't care much for them either.
8) Which book character would you switch places with?
Considering most of my books are YA, fantasy, or adventure where Shit Gets Real very often, I don't think I want to switch places with anyone in my books :'D I'm too much of a wuss.
INB4 OMG SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT TO BE LIZZIE BENNETT. Welp nope, I don't really crush on OOOOOH MISTER DARCYYYYYYY.
9) Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?
Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings remind me of my first uni.
10) Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
The weirdest thing is my mom's shelves when I was little, sorry.
11) Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
Unless ebooks count, no.
12) Which book has been with you to the most places?
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I always have a copy in some legible language next to me.
13) Any "required reading" you hated in high school that wasn't so bad ten years later?
Sorry, they still suck. If anything, I think I've grown to dislike the ones I enjoyed. I apologize to García Márquez but I groan at his name now in retrospective.
I do want to reread short stories of Horacio Quiroga to see if they get creepier or lulzier years later.
(As you see, my school was all Latin American Authoooorrrrrrssssssss at us, which I hated because I haven't read a lot of universal classics because of that.)
14) Used or brand new?
Brand new. I rarely find books I like in second-hand bookstores.
15) Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
I-I actually love some books of him? He has some good ideas sometimes. I wouldn't call him a genius but I don't think he's a total hack either.
16) Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
I don't read enough to say, but... The Fellowship of the Ring. Not so sure about the rest of the trilogy, but I swear to God that this one got so much improving without pages of redundant forest description. Dunno, it was just more dynamic and it spun Boromir jokes because Sean Bean's face is hilarious.
17) Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
If you're not going to get it right, don't touch anything Earthsea. The one chance to have cool fantasy POC magicians that aren't "magical negro", and you never follow. Jesus.
18) Have you ever read a book that’s made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?
I can't think of one.
19) Who is the person whose book advice you'll always take?
fujurpreux.
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/Optimus equivocado pero whatever
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Veo en la semana de hacerlo |'D Y A LA PRIMERA OPORTUNIDAD. CORRE PROWL, CORRE. (Que Bee ya es sólo un puntito en el horizonte as we speak)
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