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redux smartasswoman ahd this on her blog - and i am intrigued to know your answers - if it's too much pressure - never mind.......my answers are in comments. 1) What author do you own the most books by? 2) What book do you own the most copies of? 3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions? 4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? 5) What book have you read the most times in your life? 6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old? 7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?  What is the best book you've read in the past year?9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? 10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature? 11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie? 12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? 13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character. 14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult? 15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read? 16) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? 17) Austen or Eliot? 1 What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?19) What is your favorite novel? 20) Favorite Play? 21) Short story? 22) Work of non-fiction? 23) Who is your favorite writer? You cannot conceive the many without the one. |
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1) What author do you own the most books by? toss up between Hoffman and Stegner......but i have all of Faulkner 2) What book do you own the most copies of? the bible - my sister keeps sending them to me......hmmmmmmmm, should i be offended?? 3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions? nope 4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? atticus finch........course he'd ahve to look like gregory peck 5) What book have you read the most times in your life? all the king's men 6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old? mr. wicker's window 7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year? not a big fan of Jamestown..... What is the best book you've read in the past year? change of heart but that's more a personal judgement than a literary one 9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? to kill a mockingbird....once you've rad that book, you want to keep reading 10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature? shrugs 11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie? i loved revolutinary road as a book...read it eons ago......but the movie sucked....so if i really like a book, i am usuallyh put off by the movie...thos i adored Sophie's choice in both milieux 12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? shrugs 13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character. oh man, i used to have Dr. Seuss dreams as a kid 14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult? i love serial killer books......and while some of them are well written a lot aren't.but i read 'em anyway 15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read? Ulysses 16) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? Shakespeare 17) Austen or Eliot? Eliot 1 What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? mythology 19) What is your favorite novel? no way i can answer that......i have a million of them 20) Favorite Play? Death of a Salesman You cannot conceive the many without the one.
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5/14/2009 2:36 pm |
1) What author do you own the most books by? That is tough...JD Robb likely, also have alot of Sue Grafton 2) What book do you own the most copies of? I like we's answer, it fits me too...the Bible 3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions? They did?! Nope, didn't bother me... 4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? no one 5) What book have you read the most times in your life? I dunno, I read alot of them multiple times 6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old? I can't remember when I was 10, but I know that I read ALOT. Likely it was a Laura Ingalls Wilder book...I read those over and over 7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year? Hmmmm...I guess it's "The Book of the Dead" by Patricia Cornwell. Can't bring myself to finish it. 8. What is the best book you've read in the past year? Haven't read much lately...read a great book 2 years ago...Ender's Game...loved it. 9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? Wow...I dunno. Everyone's tastes are so different...I wouldn't expect anyone to like the same books I do... 10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature? I have no clue 11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie? As great books are rarely made into great movies, I wouldn't want my favorite books to be made into movies 12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? any book I've read 13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character. Wow...not sure I can remember such a thing. 14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult? I have a thing for smutty romance novels  15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read? hmmmm...likely Iliad or the Hobbitt...couldn't get far in that one... 16) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? not read enough to say 17) Austen or Eliot? Austen 18. What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? the classics 19) What is your favorite novel? can't possibly have one! that's like asking which is my favorite child... 20) Favorite Play? hmmmmm...not sure I have one 21) Short story? can't think of one off the top of my head 22) Work of non-fiction? not a genre I read much of...so, I'm not sure 23) Who is your favorite writer? I have too many I enjoy, not sure there is a favorite.  "All you'll get from strangers is surface pleasantry or indifference. Only someone who loves you will criticize you." - Judith Crist, crack film critic
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That's a lot of questions, WE. I'm a non-conformist so I'll back up my own questions: 1. What book did you finish the fastest? 'The DaVinci Code' by Dan Brown 2. Which book pissed you off the most? 'god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything' by Christopher Hitchens (the alcoholic asshole) 3. Which book did you find hardest to understand? 'Differential Equations for Engineers' by some damned mathemetician (Can't remember his name nor the material in his book.) 4. Which book do you plan to read next? 'Liberal Fascism' by Jonah Goldberg 5. Which book has made the most lasting impression upon you? 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' by Ernest Hemingway 6. Which book that you have read has been least truthful? 'The Audacity of Hope' by Barack Obama 7. Which book that you have read contains the most truth? 'The Holy Bible' That's all I've got time for WE. I gotta run to the restroom and drain some coffee. 
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That's a lot of questions, WE. I'm a non-conformist, so I'll ask and answer my own questions: 1. What book did you finish the fastest? 'The DaVinci Code' by Dan Brown 2. Which book pissed you off the most? 'god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything' by Christopher Hitchens (the alcoholic asshole!) 3. Which book did you find hardest to understand? 'Differential Equations for Engineers' by some damned mathemetician (Can't remember his name nor any of the material in his book.) 4. Which book do you plan to read next? 'Liberal Fascism' by Jonah Goldberg 5. Which book has made the most lasting impression upon you? 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' by Ernest Hemingway 6. Which book that you have read has been least truthful? 'The Audacity of Hope' by Barack Obama (After reading the book, I thought he might be a centrist.) 7. Which book that you have read contains the most truth? 'The Holy Bible' That's all I've got time for WE. I gotta run to the restroom and drain some coffee.
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Thanks for playing - I love your answers! My friend, who originally posted this on facebook, is in love with Atticus Finch too    
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1} What author do you own the most books by? God... 2} What book do you own the most copies of? a} If you count volumes, "Lincoln: The War Years" ...Carl Sanburg b} If you count translations, the Bible 3} Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions? Did it bother you that a} and b} began with subordinating conjuctions? 4} What fictional character are you secretly in love with? Jenna Haze 5} What book have you read the most times in your life? The Bible (37 times, counting translations: but I've only read parts of them more than once) 6} What was your favorite book when you were ten years old? An Introduction to Specail and General Relativity 7} What is the worst book you've read in the past year? "Our Global Neighborhood: The Report of the Commission on Global Governance" (Yes; there is a New World Order.) 8} What is the best book you've read in the past year? The Bible (parts) 9} If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? The Bible 10} Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature? No one I know... 11} What book would you most like to see made into a movie? Jenna Does Dallas--In Debbie 12} What book would you least like to see made into a movie? Dallas Does Jenna And Debbie--In Hoboken 13} Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character. I don't have dreams of that sort (wait--can Jenna Haze be considered a "literary character"?) 14} What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult? Dallas Does Jenna And Debbie--In Hoboken 15} What is the most difficult book you've ever read? The Bible 16} Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? Ain't they the same guy (in drag)? 17} Austen or Eliot? I'd have to go with Eliot; played by Sarah Chalke 18} What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? When my mother walked in on me not reading those "articles" 19} What is your favorite novel? A toss-up: "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me ...Richard Farina / "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" ...Tom Wolfe 20} Favorite Play? Again, a toss-up: "The Cave Dwellers" & "The Time of Your Life" ...William Saroyan 21} Short story? I only read BLOGs 22} Work of non-fiction? The Bible 23} Who is your favorite writer? God. Solar...
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I owe you at least this...but have a feeling I'm going to lose all respect with my answers: lol 1) What author do you own the most books by? Terry Prachett 2) What book do you own the most copies of? Diana's story by Deric Longdon 3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions? Erm, No? 4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? either DEATH from Disc world or James Bond. 5) What book have you read the most times in your life? A Hovel on the HIll by Elizabeth West.Lovely Lovely book! 6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old? Anything by Enid Blyton 7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year? A book On the Playboy Mansion, dire but oddly addictive. What is the best book you've read in the past year? Eva Braun's biography 9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? Small Gods By Prachett 10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature? Not that I know but I'd plump for Terry Prachett 11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie? Witches Abroad by guess who, Terry Pratchett 12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? Pompeii by Robert Harris 13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character. I don't really have dreams that specific..although I did once dream I was one of hugh heffner's girlfriends.....I woke up in quite a cold sweat, let me tell you!! 14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult? Oh Mills and Boon's it was actually work related..i read it out to a dying client (at her request) 15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read? um...The Grail Message 16) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? Shakespeare 17) Austen or Eliot? If it;s jane Austen then her all the way, Northhanger Abbey is my Favourite. 1 What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? Lord of the Rings, Can't get into it at all. 19) What is your favorite novel? I have a few, Most by Prachett, Carpe Jugulem, or Witches Abroad. 20) Favorite Play? An Inspector calls 21) Short story? Um not too sure, can I say one I've written? Thank You Master part One. 22) Work of non-fiction? Oxford English Dictionary 23) Who is your favorite writer? A toss up between Terry Prachett or Deric Longdon Whats the difference between kinky and perverted? Kinky is when you tickle your girl friends ass with a feather. Perverted is when you use the whole chicken...
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5/29/2009 4:03 pm |
1) Robert Heinlein including papers, essays, letters and lectures. 2)Tie between FRIDAY by Robert Heinlein and THE LEGACY OF HEROT by Nivens, Pournelle and Barnes 3)Yes but I figured you didn't go to Catholic school and suffer thru Sister Lucy and Sister Margaret. 4) Friday Jones from FRIDAT by RAH and most recently Jodenny Scott from THE OUTBACK STARS by Sandra McDonald 5) See #2 6) Didn't really get into reading until 12 or 13 then it was DOVE by Robin Lee Graham 7) THE SEA LADY by Margaret Drabble was my least favorite. Not a bad book at all and there were parts I liked but I found I wanted to just get thru it so I could get onto something else. Most liked so far is ALTERED CARBON by Richard K. Morgan. Very inventive ideas.9) STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert Heinlein 10) Dave Eggers not only a great author but works hard to promote literacy and writing in young people 11) & 12) FRIDAY There is a whole long thread on the Heinlein Society website about who would play what parts and who should write, direst etc. this movie. All the fans of this book have the same mixed feelings about Hollywood getting hold of it and ruining it like many other sci fi classics 13) Sandra McDonald and I exchanged a few e-mails and that started a whole dreamfest about her for me. She and I cruising to exotic destinations on my 40' sloop writing about out discoveries and erotic adventures. 14) the graphic novels EX MACHINA, SIN CITY AND DANGERGIRL for the art of course 15) THE GOLDEN RATIO by Mario Livio I got it but it was really boring 16) John Steinbeck 17) T S Elliot 1 I never read any of the books recommended in my college lit classes19) Other than sci fi or natural science I don't read much. But THE HUNGRY OCEAN by Linda Greenlaw was great and I enjoyed THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown 20) MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM is the only one I've seen in college 21) THE MENACE FROM EARTH by Robert Heinlein Talk about flying..... 22) THE HUNGRY OCEAN by Linda Greenlaw 23) Robert Heinlein and recently Dave Eggers Thanks for the thought provoking questions. By I am in a reading rut, huh? Holding form eventually simplifies the task
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