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tronella,
1. What are you reading right now? Still plugging away at Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island" (at this rate I'll be several years), and re-reading "The Inimitable Jeeves." I also read half of "Good Omens" again, but... I need to read something new. I need something to perk me up.
2. Longest book you’ve ever read: Most likely "Moby Dick."
3. Strangest title of a book that you’ve read: I'm sucked in by strange titles, so I've read a lot. "To Say Nothing Of The Dog" was a good title. Connie Willis.
4. Stupidest ending of a book you’ve read: Hm. I know the ending of Stephen King's "Rose Madder" was pretty dumb, but I've kind of blanked out exactly why.
5. Which literary character have you related to the most? Right now, Mike from "Mike" (Wodehouse) and "Mike and Psmith," and "Psmith in the City" (which is actually about Mike). Of course I'm not a big sports hero of any kind, let alone a spectacular cricket batter, but I do identify with the way he gets all tongue-tied and gruff when he knows people are having a bad time, because he's very soft-hearted and feels for them so strongly that he just doesn't know what to do. I get like that.
6. Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction? Fiction.
7. Did you have a series of children’s/young adult books that you once enjoyed? The Narnia books. Yeah. In stand-alone books, I really liked one called "Young Adult Novel" and a really bizarre book titled "The War Between the Pitiful Teachers and the Splendid Kids."
8. Can you enjoy reading the source book after seeing the screen adaptation? Certainly. I used to think it should never be done that way, but now I've learned to appreciate them as different things. Sometimes it's even better to see the movie first because then I'm not so disappointed by it. I can't enjoy
9. Have you ever read a novelization of a movie or TV show? Yeah, when I was young and foolish. I won't make that mistake again.
10. Book that "turned you on" the most, erotically speaking: Hm, hard. Slash stories are what turn me on, and you don't usually find much of that in books. Aside from "Lens Of The World," where, in the third book, the slashy subtext finally becomes slashy text, and it was cool. :) There just wasn't enough of it.
11. Is there a real-life person that you’ve read more than one book about? Nope. The only real person I recall ever reading a book about would be Stephen Fry.
12. Book that everyone’s read but you: The Master and Commander books. And this elusive "Swallows and Amazons" thing. And "The Da Vinci Code."
13. Favorite "classic" writer/novelist: Right now, Wodehouse, though Austin is showing in the running.
14. Favorite contemporary novelist (let's say 1950's on): Terry Pratchett, probably. At least judging by how many of his books I have. But he doesn't write about 'contemporary' life.
15. Favorite short story writer: James Patrick Kelly. Or Kage Baker. But she does novels, too, so does she count?
16. Favorite columnist/journalistic writer: Miss Manners, definetly. I did SO like Judith Martin's sense of humor as she explained how to be nice to people. :)
17. Favorite poet: I'm not much into poetry. e.e. cummings, I guess.
18. Favorite guilty pleasure book or series: Well, um. I don't think I really have one. If I like it, I think it's worthwhile.
19. Favorite book written by a famous actor or musician: "Moab is my Washpot" - Stephen Fry's autobiography.
20. Author whose work you once enjoyed but no longer do: Marion Zimmer Bradley? Andre Norton? I'm disappointed with the way Bradley's gone about the lesbians issue, and when I read Andre Norton books now I'm just disappointed in how ... plodding they are. Oh, wait - Anne McCaffrey. I did used to like her, I hate to admit it, now. (Eor's quote was something like: "I could do a lot of things, but I couldn't look myself in the mirror in the morning if I wrote Anne McCaffrey novels.")
21. Favorite comics/graphic fiction author: I don't have one at the moment. I used to like, um... that guy who's name sounds kind of like "Shinkovitch" but is spelled completely differently. ("Synkowich," perhaps?) When he was doing "Electra: Assassin." Then he wrote "stray toasters" which I just couldn't stomach. At least I think that was him.
Halfway through doing the meme (backward, of course) I got a call from my brother, who's up at Dad's at the moment, and his ear infection has gotten worse. He's running a fever and the side of his face is getting numb, and now I'm all worried. We got him a phone number for the ear doctoreor went to up here, and he'll phone tomorrow. I urged him to keep an eye on that fever. And I guess that's all I can do.
tronella, 1. What are you reading right now? Still plugging away at Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island" (at this rate I'll be several years), and re-reading "The Inimitable Jeeves." I also read half of "Good Omens" again, but... I need to read something new. I need something to perk me up.
2. Longest book you’ve ever read: Most likely "Moby Dick."
3. Strangest title of a book that you’ve read: I'm sucked in by strange titles, so I've read a lot. "To Say Nothing Of The Dog" was a good title. Connie Willis.
4. Stupidest ending of a book you’ve read: Hm. I know the ending of Stephen King's "Rose Madder" was pretty dumb, but I've kind of blanked out exactly why.
5. Which literary character have you related to the most? Right now, Mike from "Mike" (Wodehouse) and "Mike and Psmith," and "Psmith in the City" (which is actually about Mike). Of course I'm not a big sports hero of any kind, let alone a spectacular cricket batter, but I do identify with the way he gets all tongue-tied and gruff when he knows people are having a bad time, because he's very soft-hearted and feels for them so strongly that he just doesn't know what to do. I get like that.
6. Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction? Fiction.
7. Did you have a series of children’s/young adult books that you once enjoyed? The Narnia books. Yeah. In stand-alone books, I really liked one called "Young Adult Novel" and a really bizarre book titled "The War Between the Pitiful Teachers and the Splendid Kids."
8. Can you enjoy reading the source book after seeing the screen adaptation? Certainly. I used to think it should never be done that way, but now I've learned to appreciate them as different things. Sometimes it's even better to see the movie first because then I'm not so disappointed by it. I can't enjoy
9. Have you ever read a novelization of a movie or TV show? Yeah, when I was young and foolish. I won't make that mistake again.
10. Book that "turned you on" the most, erotically speaking: Hm, hard. Slash stories are what turn me on, and you don't usually find much of that in books. Aside from "Lens Of The World," where, in the third book, the slashy subtext finally becomes slashy text, and it was cool. :) There just wasn't enough of it.
11. Is there a real-life person that you’ve read more than one book about? Nope. The only real person I recall ever reading a book about would be Stephen Fry.
12. Book that everyone’s read but you: The Master and Commander books. And this elusive "Swallows and Amazons" thing. And "The Da Vinci Code."
13. Favorite "classic" writer/novelist: Right now, Wodehouse, though Austin is showing in the running.
14. Favorite contemporary novelist (let's say 1950's on): Terry Pratchett, probably. At least judging by how many of his books I have. But he doesn't write about 'contemporary' life.
15. Favorite short story writer: James Patrick Kelly. Or Kage Baker. But she does novels, too, so does she count?
16. Favorite columnist/journalistic writer: Miss Manners, definetly. I did SO like Judith Martin's sense of humor as she explained how to be nice to people. :)
17. Favorite poet: I'm not much into poetry. e.e. cummings, I guess.
18. Favorite guilty pleasure book or series: Well, um. I don't think I really have one. If I like it, I think it's worthwhile.
19. Favorite book written by a famous actor or musician: "Moab is my Washpot" - Stephen Fry's autobiography.
20. Author whose work you once enjoyed but no longer do: Marion Zimmer Bradley? Andre Norton? I'm disappointed with the way Bradley's gone about the lesbians issue, and when I read Andre Norton books now I'm just disappointed in how ... plodding they are. Oh, wait - Anne McCaffrey. I did used to like her, I hate to admit it, now. (Eor's quote was something like: "I could do a lot of things, but I couldn't look myself in the mirror in the morning if I wrote Anne McCaffrey novels.")
21. Favorite comics/graphic fiction author: I don't have one at the moment. I used to like, um... that guy who's name sounds kind of like "Shinkovitch" but is spelled completely differently. ("Synkowich," perhaps?) When he was doing "Electra: Assassin." Then he wrote "stray toasters" which I just couldn't stomach. At least I think that was him.
Halfway through doing the meme (backward, of course) I got a call from my brother, who's up at Dad's at the moment, and his ear infection has gotten worse. He's running a fever and the side of his face is getting numb, and now I'm all worried. We got him a phone number for the ear doctor
eor went to up here, and he'll phone tomorrow. I urged him to keep an eye on that fever. And I guess that's all I can do.