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1) Which five books are closest to you right now? *ahem* Actually I am in front of my bookshelf, so here goes: (1) Midnight's Children -- Salman Rushdie (2) The Sea Hawk -- Rafael Sabatini (3) My Antonia -- Willa Cather (4) October Sky -- Homer H. Hickam, Jr. (5) The Dark Wind -- Tony Hillerman
2) How many books have you got 'on the go' (currently reading, or stalled)? Five or six. I usually have one in my purse, two or three in my car and two or three on my desk *coughs*.
3) Describe your ideal reading place. Anytime, anyplace -- just as long as I am comfortable and not interrupted.
4) Roughly (or exactly, if you're keeping count) how many books have you read so far this year? Between 25-30, mostly because I was busy with legal stuff. Usually I read more. Are you taking part in a challenge? No, but next year I plan to read a book a week, or more. Preferably more.
5) If you were going on a long journey, would you grab your current read, or an old standby? Both, probably.
6) Has the proliferation of sites such as Wikipedia or even Google curbed you of buying reference books on your favourite topics? No, it's actually added to it. :)
7) Do you have an e-reader/kindle? How many books do you have on it? No. Even though they are pushing Kindle as being more eco-friendly, I prefer "real" books. Especially when I have so many of them. ;) Of course, fic is entirely separate. [g]
8) If you get into a series of books, do you devour them all at once, or mix it up to make them last? I like to have the first two or three in a series before I start, otherwise I feel too lost.
9) Which book has surprised you (pleasantly, unpleasantly, or just factually) most recently? The recent "book" (and I am using the term *very loosely*) by Gloria Vanderbilt. The mind boggles, but at least the unicorn is only a bystander.
10) Recommend a book completely at random, to anyone who may be reading your answers. Pick one of these, any of them. (And then let people know what you think, even if it's something like: "it s*ked donkey ballz when I read it back in 19--/20-- [or jr. hs, hs, or college/uni], and it *still* s*ks donkey ballz.")
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/reasonsbanned/index.cfm
1) Which five books are closest to you right now? *ahem* Actually I am in front of my bookshelf, so here goes: (1) Midnight's Children -- Salman Rushdie (2) The Sea Hawk -- Rafael Sabatini (3) My Antonia -- Willa Cather (4) October Sky -- Homer H. Hickam, Jr. (5) The Dark Wind -- Tony Hillerman
2) How many books have you got 'on the go' (currently reading, or stalled)? Five or six. I usually have one in my purse, two or three in my car and two or three on my desk *coughs*.
3) Describe your ideal reading place. Anytime, anyplace -- just as long as I am comfortable and not interrupted.
4) Roughly (or exactly, if you're keeping count) how many books have you read so far this year? Between 25-30, mostly because I was busy with legal stuff. Usually I read more. Are you taking part in a challenge? No, but next year I plan to read a book a week, or more. Preferably more.
5) If you were going on a long journey, would you grab your current read, or an old standby? Both, probably.
6) Has the proliferation of sites such as Wikipedia or even Google curbed you of buying reference books on your favourite topics? No, it's actually added to it. :)
7) Do you have an e-reader/kindle? How many books do you have on it? No. Even though they are pushing Kindle as being more eco-friendly, I prefer "real" books. Especially when I have so many of them. ;) Of course, fic is entirely separate. [g]
8) If you get into a series of books, do you devour them all at once, or mix it up to make them last? I like to have the first two or three in a series before I start, otherwise I feel too lost.
9) Which book has surprised you (pleasantly, unpleasantly, or just factually) most recently? The recent "book" (and I am using the term *very loosely*) by Gloria Vanderbilt. The mind boggles, but at least the unicorn is only a bystander.
10) Recommend a book completely at random, to anyone who may be reading your answers. Pick one of these, any of them. (And then let people know what you think, even if it's something like: "it s*ked donkey ballz when I read it back in 19--/20-- [or jr. hs, hs, or college/uni], and it *still* s*ks donkey ballz.")
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/reasonsbanned/index.cfm
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Date: 2009-10-07 05:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-07 03:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-07 06:18 am (UTC)2. Sooooo me! :P
9. Must check this out!
10. *wanders off to look*
Neat meme, isn't it? :P
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Date: 2009-10-07 03:56 pm (UTC)2. ;)
9. It's just proof that money can't buy writing skill -- though you'd think basic grammar... ::shudders::
10. Let me know if you find any you plan to read or have read (it's funny how many of these I actually *have* read, and more often than not, liked if not enjoyed.)
One Small Excerpt from G-Van
Date: 2009-10-08 01:10 am (UTC)3. (p. 88)
[F]rom the shadows of the forest an invisible group of skilled musicians start to play Talbot's favorite fifth movement of Beethoven's C Sharp Minor Quarter, op. 131. This has been chosen because it reminds me of Talbot's pattern of lovemaking: expectations first denied; then fulfillment, progressively postponed by fragmentation of rhythm, but at the very moment when rhythm, harmony, texture seem all but destroyed, the little fugue that opens the movement raises hopes and redirects expectations and returns to give fulfillment. Is Priscilla sensitive enough to pick up on this?