Hi Ho, Bookworms!
It seems I’m perpetually out of blogging juice these days. I hope it’s a temporary condition. I’ve got all these ideas, just no time to get them out of my brain. In any case, I saw this bookish survey on Love, Laughter, and a Touch of Insanity a few weeks back and it sounded like fun, so we’re going to play the survey game. Wahoo!
I borrowed the graphic from Trish too.
1. What time of day do you typically read/do you prefer to read?
I do the vast majority of my reading in bed before I go to sleep. Audio books I’ll listen to whenever I have a chance throughout the day or on my commute. You can tell how busy I am by the ratio of eyeball reading to ear reading… Eyeballs have been losing the battle lately. Multitasking is where it’s at for me right now.
2. What is your strangest book related obsession?
I don’t feel like any of my book obsessions are particularly strange. I mean, yeah, I’ll have an animated conversation about all things Harry Potter
3. Like which author do you wish you wrote?
I admire anybody who can write fiction well. I just don’t have it in me to create a cohesive story, which is part of why I love fiction so much. As far as non fiction, I love David Sedaris and Cheryl Strayed.
4. Who do you think is the most over-rated author?
I really just don’t get Nicholas Sparks. I read one of his books once and it just wasn’t very good. I don’t get how he got so ultra famous. Wait. Yes I do. Ryan Gosling. It’s all about the Gosling. Mmmmmm….
5. What do you think is the most over-rated book?
Dude. Moby Dick
6. Which two authors would you like to see go head to head in a word-off (like a dance-off)?
Oh my gosh. This is the best! The problem is that if I picked two of my favorites I’d be super torn about who I wanted to win. I think it would be HILARIOUS to listen to Jenny Lawson and David Sedaris have a slam poetry battle, though.
7. I’ve always wanted to read The Lord of the Rings
Dude. I wouldn’t want anything to do with an abandoned asylum. That is how ghosts happen, yo. I’d love to crack open a copy of Outlander while lounging in a circle of standing stones in the Scottish highlands. Hubs and I have a “sucked back in time” loophole.
8. Describe your bookish self in three words.
Enthusiastic, voracious, nerdalicious. (Nobody said they had to be REAL words.)
9. Name one of your favorite characters and what you would do with him/her if you had one day together.
Hermione Granger. Hands down. She would show me all sorts of fun magic things and we’d talk about books. Then she’d have to wipe my memory, of course, but it would be the best day I’d never remember.
10. If you had one extra day in the week, that nobody knew about and didn’t count, what would you with it?
Ooooh! A secret day! I waaaaaaaaaant it. I’d spend it riding my unicorn, chatting up my penguin pals, and apparating to ALL THE PLACES. An imaginary day deserves imaginary activities, no?
Talk to me Bookworms! Answer some questions. I want to know all about you!
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Heather
I never knew I wanted to see Jenny Lawson and David Sedaris do slam poetry until this moment… and now I can’t stop thinking about it! That would be AMAZING!
On my magical extra day of the week, I would seriously just sit and read. Can you imagine the dent I could put in my TBR list if I had 52 days a year devoted simply to reading?! I smile just thinking about it…
As for me, the author I just don’t understand is William Faulkner. I had to keep reading his stuff, and it’s so freaking dense and boring and I am just not a fan. My college professors are probably screaming at me from another state right now, but I just can’t get into it.
AMB
I’m with you on Faulkner (plus I despise his estate for trying to mess up “fair use” under copyright law!).
Laura
I’m with you on Moby Dick – I tried reading it for pleasure, got a chapter in, and was like “Yeah, um, no…” and stopped reading. It’s still collecting dust on my bookshelf, and probably will be until the end of time.
Sarah's Book Shelves
HA – love your answer on Moby Dick. I’ve never read it, but it always goes on any sort of “books I’ll never read” top 10 list. I think I just did this recently. And, the quote in AJ Fikry about Moby Dick sealed the deal for me…never gonna happen…too many books and too little time for that!
Megan M.
“It would be the best day I’d never remember.” Oh, Katie I love you. And praise the lawd for including a Gosling gif.
Nicholas Sparks is definitely overrated. And a self-important jerk! I wish I could write like Louise Penny or Sarah Addison Allen. I would luuuuuuuuurve to solve a mystery with any of my fave sleuths: Nancy Drew, Inspector Gamache, Cormoran Strike… And an extra day in the week? Read and sleep. READ AND SLEEEEEEEEP.
thatashgirl
Love it.
I’ve had no time, no inspiration, no passion for my own blog for a while now so I just took a break.
I totally don’t get Nicholas Sparks either. I’ve read a few and seen a few of the movies but I dislike emotional turmoil just for the sake of ripping your guts out. I mean could he be more depressing? I swear this guy sits at his computer and says, Today I’m going to make women ugly cry.
And can I mention that I totally read Voyager on the plane to Scotland and at various stops like Stirling, Fort William (yes that Fort William), Skye and Inverness. And it totally fulfilled every one of my dreams.
Joules (from Pocketful of Joules)
I’d like to put in a request for you to apparate your butt over to my house… we can put that extra day to use with some wine, beach time and s’mores! =)
Mary
Moby Dick, yes, just…yes. I had to read it in high school also, but actually never finished, haha. As horrible as this sounds, I used cliff notes for the rest because I couldn’t stand torturing myself to it. I also agree on Nicolas Sparks, I can’t see how he’s so popular either.
Would you mind if I linked back to this post when I do this myself?
Wesley at Library Educated
That is EXACTLY how ghosts happen.
Andi (@estellasrevenge)
The Lawson/Sedaris word-off would be EPIC!
Katie @ Doing Dewey
This was such a fun post! I always admire how funny you’re able to make your blog posts 🙂