4 posts tagged “books”
I don't know if I've mentioned it, but um, books are sort of my favorite thing. Oh, ok, I guess there's love and family and humanity, and all sorts of other pretty major deals... but I'm not gonna lie, they've got to work hard to compare with the bound paper I can stack on my bookshelves.
So in honor of this love, this obsession, I'm going to start posting about all the books I read.
Maybe I'll even make a book schedule? Any ideas on books I should read and include?
Come read with me! These are the books I’m actively reading right now, if anyone else wants to pick one up, or already is, let me know and we can talk. :) Talking about books is my favorite....
I found a line a love. I'm not committing to it being my "favorite" of all time, or anything crazy like that, but a simple little line that in this moment, I enjoy. So I thought I'd share:"Why is it that loving something provides so litle protection from betrayal?"-Ayelet Waldman as Emilia inLove and Other Impossible Pursuits
1. Hardcover or paperback, and why? Well, this is the thing. I don't care too much either way, but let's have some consistency, please! You know what I hate? I hate it when I have some of the books in a series (or books with some sort of connection) in paperback, and then the new one comes out in hardcover, and like I can wait, so I have to get that one. Especially if the first ones weren't even offered in hardcover! And then I have to have a mix, and they're stuck by each other on my bookshelf, awkward and out of place, and I don't even know how I handle it. Agh. The trials of my life. Stressful, right?
2. If I were to own a book shop I would call it… If I went with my first instinct, something probably girly and very off-putting to male readers. Or even sensible and serious female readers. Like.... oh, shoot, now I don't even know. Fairy dust is cute and I love it but doesn't really have much to do with books, now, does it? Maybe let's go with--- A Piece of the World: Books and Coffee and Comfort. I sort of like that.
3. My favorite quote from a book (mention the title) is… Honestly, I'm not cool or quite smart enough to have a collection stored in my head. I need to go look at my shelves first... be right back. Oh whatever, I totally still don't have one. I glanced at the titles, felt no burgeoning inspiration and decided to pass.
2. If I were to own a book shop I would call it… If I went with my first instinct, something probably girly and very off-putting to male readers. Or even sensible and serious female readers. Like.... oh, shoot, now I don't even know. Fairy dust is cute and I love it but doesn't really have much to do with books, now, does it? Maybe let's go with--- A Piece of the World: Books and Coffee and Comfort. I sort of like that.
3. My favorite quote from a book (mention the title) is… Honestly, I'm not cool or quite smart enough to have a collection stored in my head. I need to go look at my shelves first... be right back. Oh whatever, I totally still don't have one. I glanced at the titles, felt no burgeoning inspiration and decided to pass.
4. The author (alive or diseased) I would love to have lunch with would be… Sorry, literati, but I'd want to bring on Nora Roberts. But only if she could tell me how I could be her. Of course, a better version of her. Hmm, I don't quite feel comfortable saying that about someone making $60 million a year. And yes, money is important to me. Or J.K. Rowling. Even better.
5. If I was going to a deserted island and could only bring one book, except from the SAS survival guide, it would be… It would be a thousand plus page epic that chronicled the life of a strong, beautiful heroine as she travels the world and goes through crazy drama. Written by an author that I liked and similar to something else I'd read and loved, but different. So I could have one virgin reading. That took a few days. Ok, or a full day at least. I tend to enjoy re-reading those crazy epic dramas like Through a Glass Darkly or Gone With the Wind, and re-readability seems a must. And I'd hate to take a risk with my deserted island happiness at stake.
6. I would love someone to invent a bookish gadget that… kept my shelves organized exactly how I wanted them at the moment. If I wanted lush prose, presto, they'd pop to the front. If I wanted strict a strict alphabetized system, there we go.
7. The smell of an old book reminds me of… an old book.
8. If I could be the lead character in a book (mention the title), it would be… Can I have the initial circumstances without the crushing trials and tribulations to overcome? This question is trouble, because some of my favorite heroines have shit that I would never want to deal with. What makes a story a story is the conflict, and I don't want to take on anyone else's novel worthy conflict, thank you very much. So I'm going to have to jump into the not quite lead character of a fantasy novel here (Harry Potter), Hermione Granger, because she has a fantastical magical world and really, not that much bad stuff happens to her. Now, if I can inhabit their world, without their own personal drama, that is a whole different story. But I know that was not the question.
9. The most overestimated book of all times is… Well, I've never personally enjoyed Faulkner. But I wouldn't venture to say that was his fault. I'm sure he did ok for himself in the book world, so yay for him. (And if you're reading this grandpa, thanks for the boxed set anyway, they look nice on my bookshelf!)
10. I hate it when a book… teases me with it's potential, then doesn't deliver. But don't we all?
5. If I was going to a deserted island and could only bring one book, except from the SAS survival guide, it would be… It would be a thousand plus page epic that chronicled the life of a strong, beautiful heroine as she travels the world and goes through crazy drama. Written by an author that I liked and similar to something else I'd read and loved, but different. So I could have one virgin reading. That took a few days. Ok, or a full day at least. I tend to enjoy re-reading those crazy epic dramas like Through a Glass Darkly or Gone With the Wind, and re-readability seems a must. And I'd hate to take a risk with my deserted island happiness at stake.
6. I would love someone to invent a bookish gadget that… kept my shelves organized exactly how I wanted them at the moment. If I wanted lush prose, presto, they'd pop to the front. If I wanted strict a strict alphabetized system, there we go.
7. The smell of an old book reminds me of… an old book.
8. If I could be the lead character in a book (mention the title), it would be… Can I have the initial circumstances without the crushing trials and tribulations to overcome? This question is trouble, because some of my favorite heroines have shit that I would never want to deal with. What makes a story a story is the conflict, and I don't want to take on anyone else's novel worthy conflict, thank you very much. So I'm going to have to jump into the not quite lead character of a fantasy novel here (Harry Potter), Hermione Granger, because she has a fantastical magical world and really, not that much bad stuff happens to her. Now, if I can inhabit their world, without their own personal drama, that is a whole different story. But I know that was not the question.
9. The most overestimated book of all times is… Well, I've never personally enjoyed Faulkner. But I wouldn't venture to say that was his fault. I'm sure he did ok for himself in the book world, so yay for him. (And if you're reading this grandpa, thanks for the boxed set anyway, they look nice on my bookshelf!)
10. I hate it when a book… teases me with it's potential, then doesn't deliver. But don't we all?
