Book Meme
Multiple choice quiz:
Whenever I post a meme you can tell I have nothing to write about because:
a) not much is going on worth writing about
b) I’m so busy I don’t have time to post
c) I am pondering some big ideas and have not yet worked out what I want to say
d) all of the above
I’ll leave it to you to decide which it is. In the mean time, please accept with my apologies the following:
Book Meme
1. What author do you own the most books by?
Me: Probably Bill Bryson: In a Sunburned Country, A Walk in the Woods, Notes from a Small Island, Short History of Nearly Everything (2 copies, original and updated illustrated edition) and probably more that I can’t think of off the top of my head right now.
Superboy:JK Rowling
JBug: Dr Seuss or Jan Brett
Modgirl: JRR Tolkien
2. What book do you own the most copies of?
All of us: Peterson’s Guide to Eastern Birds-copies of that seem to multiply somehow.
3. Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Me: only a little.
Superboy:I don’t care.
JBug: No. What’s a preposition?
Modgirl: The first one, yes, but the second one was ok.
4. What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Me: Indiana Jones.
Superboy: Alana from Song of the Lioness series.
JBug:Harry Potter
Modgirl: Fitzwilliam Darcy
5. What book have you read the most times in your life?
Me:I am not a big re-reader. In fact I cannot think of any book I have read for myself more than once, other than field guides.Now, if it was a read-aloud to the children then it would be Dr Seuss’s ABC book or The Big Honey Hunt.
Superboy: SAS Survival Handbook
JBug: Superman comic book.
Modgirl:The Hobbit
6. Favorite book as a ten year old?
Me: The Black Stallion series.
Superboy: Spiderwick books
JBug:N/A
Modgirl: The Rats of Nimh series
7. What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year?
Me: I don’t know. I tend to not read a book unless I am pretty sure I’ll like it. I don’t have time to waste on bad books.
Superboy: can’t remember. Some dumb book about a book made of dragon skin that eats people, or something like that.
Modgirl:I read part of Twilight and nearly threw up. Needless to say I did not finish it.
8. What is the best book you’ve read in the past year?
Me: Animal Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Superboy: The Hunger Games(thanks, Lissa!)
JBug: Amelia Bedelia
Modgirl: Paradise by Toni Morrison
9. If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be?
Me: I’m not into forcing people to read. But perhaps some science books would be a good idea.
Superboy: cannot choose.
Modgirl: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
10. What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Me: Next by Michael Creighton
Superboy: Redwall by Brian Jaques
JBug:The Sign of the Seahorse by Graeme Base
Modgirl: Idlewild by Nick Sagan
11. What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?
Me: Annals of the Former World, By John McPhee. Still slogging through this one after a year or so. It’s really good, but I just find it very difficult reading for some reason.
Superboy: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
JBug: was so proud to be able to read One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr Seuss.
Modgirl:Atlas Shrugged or Watership Down
12. What is your favorite book?
Me: Impossible to say.
Superboy: I have at least 50 favorite books, but if forced to choose it might be Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
JBug: Ginger Pye
Modgirl: Impossible.
13. Play?
Me: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) So hilarious!
Superboy: Romeo and Juliet (the modern version with Leo DiCaprio)
Modgirl: Children of Eden (to read) Lion King on broadway (to watch)
14. Poem?
Me:Umm… so hard to choose. I really like Robert Frost, so perhaps one of his. But it depends on my mood.
Superboy: The Raven
Modgirl: Gate C22
15. Essay
Me: Lots of stuff by John Taylor Gatto
Modgirl: Coda from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
16. Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Me:Stephanie Meyer
Superboy: Stephanie Meyer
Modgirl: Stephanie Meyer
17. What is your desert island book?
Me: Outward Bound Wilderness First Aid Handbook
Superboy:Man vs Wild: Survival Techniques from the Most Dangerous Places on Earth by Bear Grylls
JBug: A survival book that has pictures (like SAS Survival Handbook)
Modgirl: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson(I could read this a thousand times)
18. And . . . what are you reading right now?
Me:Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie (so far it is charmimg!)
Superboy: SilverFin (A young James Bond Adventure) by Charlie Higson
JBug: Ginger Pye (read-aloud)
Modgirl: The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2007
And there you have it! Let me know if you decide to play along!
(ht: Matilda, Jennifer, Faith, and Erica )
Filed under: Random Ramblings
I’d be curious to know what Superboy thinks of the young James Bond book and whether or not it might be appropriate for an 11 year old.
Superboy really likes them so far and thinks they would be fine for an 11 yo. Nothing inappropriate, the worst thing is a kid getting a fish hook stuck in his thumb while fishing.
I’m so happy to see that I’m not the only person who doesn’t understand the popularity of Stephanie Meyer! And I think that’s the second mention today of In a Sunburned Country. Adding it to the queue..
It was so fun to read all of your answers together.
And, blush, I totally forgot about Indiana Jones. Wow, I might have to re-think my answer on that one.
this is a different book meme, maybe I’ll give it a shot.
I played!
Okay- I suppose you need to *see* my blog link in order to see where I played. Whoops.
I did mine. I’m with ModGirl on A Short History of Nearly Everything
My daughter and I are cracking up over Modgirl’s assessment of Twilight. We thought we were the only chicks in North America who did NOT love that book. Overrated indeed.