Yet another book meme....
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01 - A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
A series I wish had gone on longer: The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson. I've just reread the series, and it's SO GOOD! Thankfully there are two spin-off series which while not quite as good, still fill the void.
A series I wish would just end already: I don't particularly want Outlander by Diana Gabaldon to end, because it's really excellent, but I'd like to know that she has at least planned an end, so that it doesn't just continue indefinitely.
02 - A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about
I know this is practically a given by now, but The Yada Yada Prayer Group ;)
03 - The best book you've read in the last 12 months:
Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb. I know it's technically a trilogy, but I'm going to count it as one, as it really should be read as such.
04 - Your favorite book or series ever
Sorry, I can narrow it down to a Top Ten, but that's it.
05 - A book or series you hate
Fifty Shades of Grey filled me with so much rage that it wasn't even funny. How that crap ever got published (let alone turned into a movie!!!) I'll never understand.
06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
I refer you to question 04.
07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
There are several... the deux ex machina, the cliff-hanger ending and the "turns out she's really schitzofrenic and did all these weird things by herself!".
08 - A book everyone should read at least once
The Bible... or at least the Gospels.
09 - Best scene ever
Pass.
10 - A book you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Can't think of any. I don't think I've ever started a book anticipating I wouldn't like it, and if I did (e.g. required reading for school), I was usually spot on.
11 - A book that disappointed you
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The only HP book I don't see myself ever rereading again.
12 - A book or series of books you've read more than five times
Wow, where to I begin... Narnia, Little House, Anne of Green Gables, Dystopia, Alanna... pretty much all my childhood favourites.
13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Any of the ones listed above.
14 - Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Pass... I don't tend to have favourite characters.
15 - Your "comfort" book
Again, I can only narrow it down to this top ten.
16 - Favorite poem or collection of poetry
I'm not that much into poetry, but I rather like some of L.M. Montgomery's poems and some of Bub Bridger's poems.
17 - Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
I'm not that much into short stories either - I prefer full-length novels, but L.M. Montgomery and Dennis Jürgensen have written some not-bad ones.
18 - Favorite beginning scene in a book
The first scene of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. It's just so... British!
19 - Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Another top ten!.
20 - Favorite kiss
Pass.
21 - Favorite romantic/sexual relationship
Jamie and Claire in Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
22 - Favorite non-sexual relationship
Harry and Hermione.
23 - Most annoying character ever
PROFESSOR UMBRIDGE!!! She ruined HPOotP for me.
24 - Best quote from a novel
Another top ten!
25 - Any five books from your "to be read" stack
Stack? More like bookcase!
Somebody Else's Kids by Torey Hayden
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
Border Wedding by Amanda Scott
Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner
The Tenth Chamber by Glenn Cooper
26 - OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
A toss-up between Thr3e by Ted Dekker and The Partner by John Grisham.
27 - If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Dystopian/post-apocalyptic elements - Life as we Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Day 28 - First favorite book or series obsession
Luri-Turi by Gunnel Linde. My sisters and I asked my parents to read this so often that they had to place a "must read at least one other book between rereadings" restriction on it.
I haven't read it in decades! Wonder if it still holds.
29 - Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Saddest: There are many, but possibly Tibby's in Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares. Walters in Rilla of Ingleside by L.M.M comes a close second.
Best: Can't think of any.
30 - What book are you reading right now?
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl
quiltingdragon01 - A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
A series I wish had gone on longer: The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson. I've just reread the series, and it's SO GOOD! Thankfully there are two spin-off series which while not quite as good, still fill the void.
A series I wish would just end already: I don't particularly want Outlander by Diana Gabaldon to end, because it's really excellent, but I'd like to know that she has at least planned an end, so that it doesn't just continue indefinitely.
02 - A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about
I know this is practically a given by now, but The Yada Yada Prayer Group ;)
03 - The best book you've read in the last 12 months:
Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb. I know it's technically a trilogy, but I'm going to count it as one, as it really should be read as such.
04 - Your favorite book or series ever
Sorry, I can narrow it down to a Top Ten, but that's it.
05 - A book or series you hate
Fifty Shades of Grey filled me with so much rage that it wasn't even funny. How that crap ever got published (let alone turned into a movie!!!) I'll never understand.
06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
I refer you to question 04.
07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
There are several... the deux ex machina, the cliff-hanger ending and the "turns out she's really schitzofrenic and did all these weird things by herself!".
08 - A book everyone should read at least once
The Bible... or at least the Gospels.
09 - Best scene ever
Pass.
10 - A book you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving
Can't think of any. I don't think I've ever started a book anticipating I wouldn't like it, and if I did (e.g. required reading for school), I was usually spot on.
11 - A book that disappointed you
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The only HP book I don't see myself ever rereading again.
12 - A book or series of books you've read more than five times
Wow, where to I begin... Narnia, Little House, Anne of Green Gables, Dystopia, Alanna... pretty much all my childhood favourites.
13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Any of the ones listed above.
14 - Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Pass... I don't tend to have favourite characters.
15 - Your "comfort" book
Again, I can only narrow it down to this top ten.
16 - Favorite poem or collection of poetry
I'm not that much into poetry, but I rather like some of L.M. Montgomery's poems and some of Bub Bridger's poems.
17 - Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
I'm not that much into short stories either - I prefer full-length novels, but L.M. Montgomery and Dennis Jürgensen have written some not-bad ones.
18 - Favorite beginning scene in a book
The first scene of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. It's just so... British!
19 - Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Another top ten!.
20 - Favorite kiss
Pass.
21 - Favorite romantic/sexual relationship
Jamie and Claire in Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
22 - Favorite non-sexual relationship
Harry and Hermione.
23 - Most annoying character ever
PROFESSOR UMBRIDGE!!! She ruined HPOotP for me.
24 - Best quote from a novel
Another top ten!
25 - Any five books from your "to be read" stack
Stack? More like bookcase!
Somebody Else's Kids by Torey Hayden
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
Border Wedding by Amanda Scott
Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner
The Tenth Chamber by Glenn Cooper
26 - OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
A toss-up between Thr3e by Ted Dekker and The Partner by John Grisham.
27 - If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Dystopian/post-apocalyptic elements - Life as we Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Day 28 - First favorite book or series obsession
Luri-Turi by Gunnel Linde. My sisters and I asked my parents to read this so often that they had to place a "must read at least one other book between rereadings" restriction on it.
I haven't read it in decades! Wonder if it still holds.
29 - Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Saddest: There are many, but possibly Tibby's in Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares. Walters in Rilla of Ingleside by L.M.M comes a close second.
Best: Can't think of any.
30 - What book are you reading right now?
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl
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Date: 2012-08-02 16:03 (UTC)I haven't read Sisterhood Everlasting yet but I'd been meaning to find out what the huge sad event in it was before I read it (seriously, I hate going into a book KNOWING something tragic is going to happen without knowing what it is, I'd rather just know what it is up front) so I'm glad you just spoiled me on that one.
I don't particularly want Outlander by Diana Gabaldon to end, because it's really excellent, but I'd like to know that she has at least planned an end, so that it doesn't just continue indefinitely.
I think she does have an ending planned! She says she knows the rough date when the series will end, and last I heard I think she will be done after the ninth one (well, she has said she doesn't THINK the eighth will be the last one, so I'm assuming she'll just need one more after that to wrap it up). I kind of wish it would end just because I am seriously afraid she's going to take it right up to when Jamie and/or Claire dies, and I would SO much rather it end with them like back on Fraser's Ridge together after the war, ready to spend the rest of their days together. I don't really need to see them grow old and die, because I feel like that's just going to be really, really sad, and I feel like we've had enough sadness with these two already. Sigh.
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Date: 2012-08-03 07:15 (UTC)I feel like we've had enough sadness with these two already. Sigh.
YES!!! Give them a break already!!! Book 5 was worst in that regard.
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Date: 2012-08-02 20:51 (UTC)I'm totally learning Danish so I can read Dystopia. I've been dying to read it since you mentioned it! Once I begin grad school, (possibly next year?) I think I'll have to read it for my thesis.
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Date: 2012-08-03 07:17 (UTC)So impressed by your dedication to learn Danish in order to read Dystopia. I'd say that it's totally worth it :) But of course, I'm ever so slightly biased.
That said, I'm totally going to give you Dystopia once you tell me you'd like it! Although it'll have to be as an e-book, as it's 636 pages long and would be expensive as to mail overseas! ;)
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Date: 2012-08-03 15:39 (UTC)Last time I was there, though, most people i met thought I was Canadian. (in france people would walk up to me and just start talking in french...it was strange! But this was *really* good cuz I was there in 2003 right in the middle of the controversy 'freedom fries' and all that crap)
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Date: 2012-08-04 16:03 (UTC)Everybody in Denmark speaks English. And what's more - we expect to do so to tourists. Denmark is such a small country and Danish such an obscure language that hardly anybody outside Denmark speaks it :)
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Date: 2012-08-04 17:43 (UTC)Another language I'd like to learn more about (though I doubt I'd ever be able to speak it much) is Finnish! 12 declensions!!!
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Date: 2012-08-06 07:38 (UTC)Let me know if there are any particular phrases you'd like to learn. I can record them and upload them somewhere for you to listen to :)
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Date: 2012-08-06 22:21 (UTC)Excellent!! Let me think about it and I'll keep you posted. I think the biggest thing I'd need to know is 'thank you', though!!
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Date: 2012-08-02 23:29 (UTC)I love Robin Hobb. I've read several of her series, and she is always inventive and interesting.
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Date: 2012-08-03 07:19 (UTC)It's a bit slow to start, but give it a chance and it'll make it more than worth your while :)
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Date: 2012-08-27 01:30 (UTC)23 - YES YES YES.
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