Book Questions
I can’t resist these things. Shamelessly nabbed from elsewhere…
1. Do you reckon you read “enough” (in whoever’s terms you want to take that)
Yes and no, sometimes I feel I’d like to read more. I only really get much done on the bus.
2. Is there a genre or type of books that you absolutely hate and will not read?
Trashy romance books like Mills and Boon. Anything which rosy would describe as hard science fiction.
3. If you start a book, give it its fifty pages and still hate it, will you finish it?
No. Cryptonomicon is a good example of one I gave up on, though I tried three times and got about 100 pages through once.
4. Name your five favourite books.
A song of Ice & Fire (series by george r.r. martin)
One of the ones by Robert Harris, possibly Fatherland.
Lord of the Rings
The Twits
Still missing one!
5. What’s your guilty pleasure book… the one you hide away in a drawer?
Why would I hide a book in a drawer?
I like Harry Potter books, which occasionally causes consternation. Also I enjoyed two of Dan Brown’s, which apparently I’m not supposed to do as someone who can think for themselves (which I’ve always found a bit ironic)
6. Which so-called classics, or books one “must have read” did you not like?
Catch 22.
Also, I don’t like the victorian style, so I won’t read any Charles Dickens and, although I liked the story, I didn’t enjoy reading The Turn of the Screw.
7. Do you read poetry? Who is your favourite poet?
No.
8. What are you reading at the moment?
The latest in Mark Billingham’s Thorne series. “Buried”
9. Do you buy your books or do you use a library?
Buy them and keep them.
10. Are you writing yourself?
Not yet. I’ve lots of ideas though so would like to give it a go.
Hard Sci Fi can be fantastic, especially when they put it in a flashbang story.
Comment by rosy — January 10, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
each to their own!
Comment by hoose — January 11, 2007 @ 11:09 am