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melwil1. What books are your comfort reading -- the ones you slink back to in times of stress?
The Anne of Green Gable books - I read the first one in grade two or three and slowly made my way through all the others when the oppertunity arose. Now I own them all. Also Nick Earls' Perfect Skin and Bryce Coutenay's Tandia
2. What was your favorite book as a child, and why?
Hmm. I loved all the Famous Five books, especially the first one which was the first novel I ever read. Also Heidi and Seven Little Australians.
3. What was your favorite book as an adolescent, and why?
*side note* When I was in grade ten I (easily) won an award for borrowing the most books out of the school library over the year. I also borrowed books from the public library and spent all my pocket money on books. I read a lot. *end side note*
I loved Bryce Courtenay's Tandia and The Power of One, also The Diary of Anne Frank, Chaim Potok's The Chosen and this rather trashy, but terribly interesting to my 12 year old self, book called Winter's Gold
4. What is the most-unread category of books gathering dust on your bookshelf -- the books you've bought but just never got around to reading?
The books about grammer and writing. Rather than reading them straight, I tend to poke through them. One exception is Stephen King's On Writing
5. What kind of books would you like to say you read, but never do?
Fantasy. I'd love to be able to read more fantasy.
6. What's the oddest book you ever read?
Hmm - a hard question. Probably Hunter S. Thompson's books, especially Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, 72 for pure drug fueled writing.
7. What book were you never able to get through, despite the recommendations of people you respect?
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
8. What's the book it took you a couple of tries to get into, but was as good as promised once you finally made it?
The Corrections by Jonothan Franzen which I'm half way through now and loving. Also The Bell Jar which I'm also half way through. I have a habit of buying books cheap and then letting them sit on my shelves until I want something new to read. The I devour them.
9. What's your favorite short story . . . or do you even have one?
I like reading short stories but I find they don't stick in my mind like novels or non fiction books do.
10. The desert island. Three books (and collected works don't count; if you want *Lord of the Rings* it'll cost you all three slots). Go:
1. Rilla of Ingleside My favourite of the Anne of Green Gable books. It goes into World War One and I always love a good historical fiction.
2. A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute. I'd pick On the Beach but a book about the end of the world might not be a good idea on a desert island.
3. Apologia by Plato. A Loeb version so I could read the Greek to the seagulls and then reply with the English. My all time favourite piece of ancient writing, but I still think Socrates was an idiot.
The Anne of Green Gable books - I read the first one in grade two or three and slowly made my way through all the others when the oppertunity arose. Now I own them all. Also Nick Earls' Perfect Skin and Bryce Coutenay's Tandia
2. What was your favorite book as a child, and why?
Hmm. I loved all the Famous Five books, especially the first one which was the first novel I ever read. Also Heidi and Seven Little Australians.
3. What was your favorite book as an adolescent, and why?
*side note* When I was in grade ten I (easily) won an award for borrowing the most books out of the school library over the year. I also borrowed books from the public library and spent all my pocket money on books. I read a lot. *end side note*
I loved Bryce Courtenay's Tandia and The Power of One, also The Diary of Anne Frank, Chaim Potok's The Chosen and this rather trashy, but terribly interesting to my 12 year old self, book called Winter's Gold
4. What is the most-unread category of books gathering dust on your bookshelf -- the books you've bought but just never got around to reading?
The books about grammer and writing. Rather than reading them straight, I tend to poke through them. One exception is Stephen King's On Writing
5. What kind of books would you like to say you read, but never do?
Fantasy. I'd love to be able to read more fantasy.
6. What's the oddest book you ever read?
Hmm - a hard question. Probably Hunter S. Thompson's books, especially Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, 72 for pure drug fueled writing.
7. What book were you never able to get through, despite the recommendations of people you respect?
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
8. What's the book it took you a couple of tries to get into, but was as good as promised once you finally made it?
The Corrections by Jonothan Franzen which I'm half way through now and loving. Also The Bell Jar which I'm also half way through. I have a habit of buying books cheap and then letting them sit on my shelves until I want something new to read. The I devour them.
9. What's your favorite short story . . . or do you even have one?
I like reading short stories but I find they don't stick in my mind like novels or non fiction books do.
10. The desert island. Three books (and collected works don't count; if you want *Lord of the Rings* it'll cost you all three slots). Go:
1. Rilla of Ingleside My favourite of the Anne of Green Gable books. It goes into World War One and I always love a good historical fiction.
2. A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute. I'd pick On the Beach but a book about the end of the world might not be a good idea on a desert island.
3. Apologia by Plato. A Loeb version so I could read the Greek to the seagulls and then reply with the English. My all time favourite piece of ancient writing, but I still think Socrates was an idiot.
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on 2003-07-16 06:13 pm (UTC)If you want to get into fantasy, I'd suggest starting with Terry Brooks and the Sword of Shanarra series. Purists claim he ripped off Tolkien, but he's a good writer and the books are much more accessible! Tolkien can be... um... wordy... yeah... *innocent look*
Happy reading!
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on 2003-07-17 01:10 am (UTC)Ah yes Melina ... but what two sisters won the Caloundra Library Reading Contest ??? Ah ... that would be me in first place and Kate in second ... the fact that we didn't go to school at that time had NOTHING to do with it ... honest *g*
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on 2003-07-17 08:06 pm (UTC)And how nice to find someone besides my aunt and I who's read A Town Like Alice. In seventh grade, we all had to do book reports on a book we hadn't read, and I picked that one. It's a good book.
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on 2003-07-18 01:42 am (UTC)Also, I'm a sucker for Gilbert