This morning I sent some "friends" (inverted commas because I've not even met most of these people) a list of book-related questions. I didn't think of posting them on this blog, but for want of anything else to blog about today, here they are, with my answers ...
What is your favourite place to read?
In bed. Definitely. Because I'm lazy and it's so cosy. Even better with a plate of buns or sausage rolls. Yes, I'm a pig as well.
Who is your favourite novelist?
I actually hate this question because I have so many favourites. OK, OK, Elizabeth Bowen. And Antonia Forest (slipping this one in!).
Who is your favourite character?
Rabbit in A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh books. But not the Disney version who is a raging, simpering queen!
What is your favourite play?
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde.
What is your favourite quotation?
"Beware all enterprises that require new clothes." - Henry Thoreau.
What is the first book you can remember reading?
One of Enid Blyton's Famous Five ones.
What is the most erotic book you've read?
John Keats.
What book do you wish you had written?
The Death of the Heart by Elizxabeth Bowen.
What is your favourite place to read?
In bed. With hot chocolate.
Who is your favourite novelist?
Currently, Jostein Gaarder.
Who is your favourite character?
Faramir in the Lord of the Rings.
What is your favourite play?
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde. I read everything by Wilde when I was ten.
What is your favourite quotation?
"Vengeance is mine, I shall repay." - Leviticus Chapter III from the Old Testament. Mostly because it scares the heck out of people when actually, it's advice not to take justice in your own hands because that is God's job.
What is the first book you can remember reading?
An Enid Blyton book.
What is the most erotic book you've read?
The story of O. Ick. Ick. Ick.
Do you have a comfort book that you re-read?
Guards, Guards ~ Terry Pratchett.
What is your favourite picture book?
Can't remember any. I liked the pictures in my head more.
If your life were a picture book who would you like to illustrated it?
The one who does Cathy or the dude who does UserFriendly.
Who would be your ideal literary dining companions?
Garth Nix.
Which author, dead or alive, would you like to go on a date with?
Nobody really. Maybe a cup of tea with George Bernard Shaw or Stephen Fry.
What book do you wish you had written?
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett.
Which book would you make compulsory reading?
See above.
Posted by: Erna | Wednesday, June 08, 2005 at 16:37
One of the first books i ever read were Enid Blyton's Secret Seven series, thats how i got hooked on books. Btw, nice blog
Posted by: Jatin | Sunday, June 05, 2005 at 19:18
What is your favourite place to read?
Outdoors under a shade with a cool drink
Who is your favourite novelist?
None really :)
Who is your favourite character?
Adrian Mole
What is your favourite play?
Is a musical a play? My Fair Lady.
What is your favourite quotation?
Caffeine puts a man on a horse and a woman in her grave - Hemingway
What is the first book you can remember reading?
A cloth story book rats/mice/cats. Can't remember the title.
What is the most erotic book you've read?
o_O". Eroticism is personal! Secret.
Do you have a comfort book that you re-read?
Lewis Carrol's Selected Works
What is your favourite picture book?
Photography/culinary books?
If your life were a picture book who would you like to illustrated it?
Illustrate? What about. Danny Lim (photographer.)
Who would be your ideal literary dining companions?
I am too shy lah to eat with them.
Which author, dead or alive, would you like to go on a date with?
Virginia Woolf
What book do you wish you had written?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Which book would you make compulsory reading?
The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf
Posted by: graceshu | Sunday, June 05, 2005 at 17:22