Because I don't feel like doing a "real" blog post today, since that would require some sort of cohesive thought process as opposed to the ramblings that are going on in my head right now, I thought that I might do a book meme post. Because I love books, and memes. I also like subversion, and by I refuse to tag people, I'm subverting the entire meme paradigm, which is built on culture and cannot be sustained without tagging. Right?
1. What author do you own the most books by?
J. K. Rowling, as I own all of the Harry Potter books as well as The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Quiditch Through the Ages, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. That makes 10, if I am counting correctly.
2. What book do you own the most copies of?
By acident, I own two copies each of Holes and Matilda.
3. Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Yes!
4. What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Secret? Ha! And you cannot seriously expect me to choose only one. In no particular order...
Willow Rosenberg
Daniel Osbourne
Tara Maclay
Richard Merrill (Mairelon)
George Weasley
Hermione Granger
Remus Lupin
Codex (Cyd Sherman)
Angela Hodgins
Alexis Castle
5. What book have you read the most times in your life?
Probably either The Lorax or the Little House in the Prairie series.
6. Favourite book as a ten-year-old?
Anne of Green Gables, the Dragonriders of Pern series, and Harry Potter. I remember being furious because my maths teacher wouldn't let me read Goblet of Fire under my desk even after I had finished all the assigned problems AND homework. The injustice! And I got Moreta of Pern confiscated in science class a short while later. I think that series was the only sex ed I got until I was old enough to look things up on the internet. Oh, the scars...
7. What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
Twilight. Not only is it poorly written, I have some serious issues with the messages it contains.
8. What is the best book you've read in the past year?
I truly cannot choose. I've read (and reread) so many excellent books. The one that comes to mind at the moment is Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.
9. If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be?
I don't like the idea of forcing anyone to read anything.
10. What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld. It would be awesomely creepy.
11. What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
The tome of a history textbook I used when I was fourteen. Uuuuugh.
12. What is your favourite book?
You have got to be kidding me. I'll pick the last one for each genre that I can think of. Please don't make me try to come up with a comprehensive list, I will surely fail.
Childrens: Frindle by Andrew Clements
YA: Nation by Terry Pratchett
Scifi: The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Fantasy: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
General fiction: A Dirty Job by Chris Moore
Mystery: the Mary Russell series by Laurie R. King
Nonfiction: The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
13. What is your favourite play?
Henry V by Will Shakespeare.
14. Poem?
No idea.
15. Essay?
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift.
16. Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Gonna have to say Stephenie Meyer.
17. What is your desert island book?
Something practical about surviving on a desert island.
18. What are you reading right now?
Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer. 'Tis moste excellente. With extraneous E's.
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