Book Meme
Below, my answers to a book meme sent to me (appropriately enough) by the Blonde Librarian.
You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
Ugh, I would hate to be a book in Fahrenheit 451! Although I do remember that some of them were being memorized by the people who loved them, so I hope I would at least be one of those books.
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
But of course! Mr. Darcy, of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Ever since I was eleven years old!
Other literary crushes: Tom Sawyer; Gilbert Blythe of Anne of Green Gables; Almanzo Wilder of the Little House on the Prairie series.
The last book you bought is:
The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life, by Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein.
The last book you read:
This is kind of embarrassing, but the last book I read was Velvet Angel by Jude Deveraux. It's the fourth and final book in the "Velvet" series, and yes, they are trashy romance novels. Published in the early 1980s, the series is set in the middle ages, and it tells the story of the four Montgomery brothers and the women they marry. I love all four of the books (though the second one, Highland Velvet, is my favorite) and have read them many times since I was in high school -- and always in order. I think I sold my old copies in a yard sale a few years back, so I picked up all four on eBay last month for about $5. I really enjoyed reading them again after all these years.
What are you currently reading?
The Power of Resilience, mentioned above as the last book I bought. I'm not usually a fan of self-help books, but this one sounded interesting. Personal resilience is a topic I have thought a lot about, and over the last several years I've worked hard to become a more resilient person. I found this book on Amazon recently and simply thought it would be an interesting topic to learn more about. So far, it is.
Five books you would take to a deserted island:
Maybe I should take along some guidebooks on survival and self-sufficiency, but let's assume that I'm going to an island where all I'll need to do all day is laze about in a hammock and read...
Which three people are you going to pass this to, and why?
You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
Ugh, I would hate to be a book in Fahrenheit 451! Although I do remember that some of them were being memorized by the people who loved them, so I hope I would at least be one of those books.
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
But of course! Mr. Darcy, of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Ever since I was eleven years old!
Other literary crushes: Tom Sawyer; Gilbert Blythe of Anne of Green Gables; Almanzo Wilder of the Little House on the Prairie series.
The last book you bought is:
The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life, by Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein.
The last book you read:
This is kind of embarrassing, but the last book I read was Velvet Angel by Jude Deveraux. It's the fourth and final book in the "Velvet" series, and yes, they are trashy romance novels. Published in the early 1980s, the series is set in the middle ages, and it tells the story of the four Montgomery brothers and the women they marry. I love all four of the books (though the second one, Highland Velvet, is my favorite) and have read them many times since I was in high school -- and always in order. I think I sold my old copies in a yard sale a few years back, so I picked up all four on eBay last month for about $5. I really enjoyed reading them again after all these years.
What are you currently reading?
The Power of Resilience, mentioned above as the last book I bought. I'm not usually a fan of self-help books, but this one sounded interesting. Personal resilience is a topic I have thought a lot about, and over the last several years I've worked hard to become a more resilient person. I found this book on Amazon recently and simply thought it would be an interesting topic to learn more about. So far, it is.
Five books you would take to a deserted island:
Maybe I should take along some guidebooks on survival and self-sufficiency, but let's assume that I'm going to an island where all I'll need to do all day is laze about in a hammock and read...
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Without a doubt, my favorite book!
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Another lifelong favorite.
- The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. One of the most enjoyable modern page-turners I've read in quite a while. A family drama set in the court of Henry VIII.
- Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy by Mary Renault. These fictionalized accounts of Alexander the Great's life are two of my favorite historic novels.
Which three people are you going to pass this to, and why?
- Laura G, one of my best friends since high school, who loves to read as much as I do. (Also, I think the first time I read those Jude Deveraux books, I borrowed them from her.)
- Laura P, who loves books and reads all kinds of things.
- Rachel, because she likes to read and she writes about it on her web page!
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