Because sometimes wasting time is a good thing

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Survey snagged from drownedinink:



1. What books are your comfort reading -- the ones you slink back to in times of stress?

Really, it's embarrassing, but serial-killer novels and other murder mysteries. Clearcut good/evil, a bit of adrenaline, an unchallenging read.

2. What was your favorite book as a child, and why?

I collected Nancy Drew books. I remember clearly when the price of one book went up from two dollars to $2.25, and I could no longer afford one on one week's two-dollar allowance. It didn't take much cajoling to get my mom to raise my allowance.

Also, I loved the Childcraft encyclopedias, especially the fairy tales and the Make And Do volume. Still have the latter floating around somewhere.

3. What was your favorite book as an adolescent, and why?

I liked a lot of stuff I read in school -- Go Ask Alice, A Separate Peace, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Pigman, stuff like that.

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?

Hmm, I don't have any books gathering dust any more (got rid of most of my books in the last move), but before, it was probably the religion and philosophy stuff; I'm drawn to the topics, but don't read all that much about them. And there were a few books that were recommendations from friends that I had never gotten around to.

5. What kind of books would you like to say you read, but never do?

*shrug* If I would like to say I read it, I can go read it. I might not be understanding the question.

6. What's the oddest book you ever read?

Oh, probably Geek Love.

7. What book were you never able to get through, despite the recommendations of people you respect?

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?

Beloved, by a landslide.

9. What's your favorite short story . . . or do you even have one?

"Popular Mechanics," by Raymond Carver, because the essay I wrote about it in college was one of my proudest achievements.

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).

A good survivalist manual
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig
You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought, Peter McWilliams

11) What is your favorite book of poetry?

New and Collected Poems, Mary Oliver

12) What book do you hate most in the world, and why?

Hate books? How is that possible?

Comments

[bayarts.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmm! BOOKS! My favorite~! I just finished two back-to-back by Ruth Richle, a food critic. In her first one, she wrote about growing up and food...and in the second one, she wrote about making a living writing about food. Both really enjoyable! Thought I'd recommend them. They are "Tender to the Bone" and "Comfort Me With Apples". By the way....I adore Carver. Great writer, he. If you ever feel like sharing the essay you wrote, you have a fan here who would love to read it! ;-)