Inspired by
http://aliceofcamelotfromthestacks.blogspot.com/1 – Your favorite series of books (with more than 3 in the series)
The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett.
2 – A book that you wish more people had read
The Crock of Gold by James Stephens.
3 – Your favorite recent book
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.
4 – Your favorite book ever
Oh dear. Can't decide.
5 – A book you hate
Twilight.
6 – Your favorite writer
Neil Gaiman.
7 – A writer you don’t like
Dan Brown.
8 – Your favorite work in translation
The poems of Jelaluddin Rumi.
9 – Best scene ever
The black cat fighting off The Devil in one of Gaiman's short stories.
10 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
The play Equus. I read it for class. Initially very dubious. Ended up being the one I liked best all semester.
11 – A book that disappointed you
The Da Vinci Code.
12 – A book you’ve read more than twice
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks.
13 – Favorite childhood book
The Phantom Tollbooth.
14 – Favorite male character
Psmith, a creation of P.G. Wodehouse.
15 – Favorite female character
Meg Langslow, a pragmatic mystery-solving blacksmith in the novels of Donna Andrews.
16 – Your guilty pleasure book
There aren't any books I feel guilty about enjoying. Fanfics, on the other hand...
17 – Favorite trilogy or tetralogy
Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood quarto.
18 – Favorite book cover
The cover of Endless Nights.
19 – Best ensemble of characters in a book
The whole gang in Good Omens.
20 – Favorite kiss or love scene
Eowyn and Faramir's few scenes in Lord of the Rings.
21 – Favorite fictional romantic relationship
The one in Robert Graves' Homer's Daughter.
22 – Favorite ending/climax
The ending of Isaac Asimov's short story "The Last Question".
23 – Most annoying character
Lex, the little girl in the book version of Jurassic Park. I wanted the T-Rex to get her.
24 – Best quote
HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.- DEATH of Discworld
25 – A book you plan on reading
The Unincorporated Man, a gift from my love this past Valentine's that I haven't gotten around to yet.
26 – OMG WTF? plot
Falling Sideways by Tom Holt. Cloning a centuries-dead witch the hero has fallen in love with based on a painting, frog aliens, reincarnation, and a single bag of sugar on a table in an empty room.
28 – First book obsession
The children's books of Roald Dahl.
29 – Current book obsession
Everything by Anne Lamott I can get on Kindle.
30 – Saddest character death
Sirius Black. Such a crappy life for such an awesome character made me hate the wizarding world of Harry Potter beyond redemption.
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