You may not be interested, but I found this survey on a bookish blog I read and decided to come up with my own answers.
1. What book has been on your shelf the longest? I'm at work and can't remember its title, but I have a book that I got at an author signing here in MV in about 1996. It is about the Trail of Tears and the settling of the Oklahoma reservations. There are possibly some children's books and books my grandmother gave me that are older, but I'm not sure.
2. What is your current read, your last read, and the book you'll read next? I'm currently reading
Three Sisters, Three Queens, by Philippa Gregory. My last read was
A Dog's Journey, by W. Bruce Cameron, and my next read will probably be
The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden.
3. What book did everyone like, but you hated? Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes. I have STRONG feelings about this book. If you ever want to know why I hated it, just ask and I'll be glad to tell you!
4. What book do you keep telling yourself you'll read, but you probably won't? I hope not any. I've been planning to read
Anna Karenina for a while, and keep putting it off, but I hope I get to it eventually.
5. What book are you saving for retirement? Well, maybe
Anna Karenina from #4, but I hope not.
6. Last page: read it first, or wait 'til the end? I have a bad habit of reading the last page at some point when I'm a third of the way or less through a book. I've messed up some books for myself that way, and I'm trying to quit doing it..
7. Acknowledgement: Wast of paper and ink, or interesting aside? I usually don't read it. I think it would only be important to me if I was mentioned in the acknowledgements!
8. Which book character would you switch places with? I don't know. The most interesting book characters usually have a tragic backstory that I don't want. Pippi Longstocking would have been a cool kid to change places with, but her mother was dead. Ditto with Anne of Green Gables. Most of the adult protagonists in books only go on adventures after they have lost their whole family or suffered some tragedy. I think I'm content to read their stories, rather than live them, but if I did trade places with someone I'd want it to be someone with magical powers.
9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life? (Place, time, person?) Several of my favorite fantasy books remind me of Jr. High because I first discovered them during free reading time at school.
10. Name a book that you acquired in an interesting way. None really. I've bought a lot of books. My grandmother used to give me books. Sometimes I ask for books as Christmas/Birthday presents. I used to swap books with people online until the website I was using changed their terms of use and I didn't like the way it worked anymore.
11. Have you ever given a book away for a special reason to a special person? I don't think so.
12. Which book has been with you in the most places? Anything that I had before I graduated high school has been with me in every place I've ever lived. Mom and Dad's house, college dorms and houses, a couple of apartments as a newlywed, and two houses after that.
13. Any "required reading" you hated in high school that wasn't so bad later? There was lots of required reading that I hated, but most of it I still hate.
Lord of the Flies,
Wuthering Heights,
Shakespeare (I probably shouldn't admit that), and
The Great Gatsby.
14. Used or brand new? Either, but I prefer new.
15. Have you ever read a Dan Brown book? No.
16. Have you ever seen a movie you like more than the book? The Help.
17. Have you ever read a book that's made you hungry, cookbooks included? Yes. I like books with good descriptions of food.
18. Who is the person whose book advice you'll always take? My mom. We have similar eclectic tastes in books.
19. Is there a a book out of your comfort zone that you ended up loving? Most books are in my comfort zone. I read just about everything.
20. What would cause you to stop reading a book halfway through? I have a hard time finishing books when I don't like any of the characters.
Moana is a very cute film that follows the classic Disney formula we
all know and love. The visuals are gorgeous and the story has heart. Choosing
the scatter-brained rooster, Hei Hei, as Moana's sidekick over the absolutely
adorable and competent pig, Pua, is the only real surprise here.
Jackie is a study of grief, or more precisely, the feeling of grief. I
mean, director Pablo Larraín really wants you to feel it. The cinematography is steeped
in cold, somber tones. The reds and pinks of Jacqueline Kennedy's dresses
almost come out looking pale. It looks like the film was shot entirely through
an ice cube. Natalie Portman's performance is also rather cold, but that's
perfectly in-line with Jackie's shell-shock. I don't think Jackie would have
been half as interesting if Natalie wasn't involved. She practically nails
Jackie's signature, elegant voice, but there were a few points where I felt she
was slipping more into Marilyn Monroe territory.
3. What book did everyone like, but you hated? Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes. I have STRONG feelings about this book. If you ever want to know why I hated it, just ask and I'll be glad to tell you!
8. Which book character would you switch places with? I don't know. The most interesting book characters usually have a tragic backstory that I don't want. Pippi Longstocking would have been a cool kid to change places with, but her mother was dead. Ditto with Anne of Green Gables. Most of the adult protagonists in books only go on adventures after they have lost their whole family or suffered some tragedy. I think I'm content to read their stories, rather than live them, but if I did trade places with someone I'd want it to be someone with magical powers.
14. Used or brand new? Either, but I prefer new.