14 July, 2011

Favorite book: it's a tie between The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger and Brideshead Revisted by Evelyn Waugh

Least favorite book: The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Snore.

Book that makes you laugh out loud: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

Book that makes you cry: Ensemble C'est Tout by Anna Gavalda

Book you wish you could live in: The Beautiful Fall by Alicia Drake

Favorite young adult book: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

Book that you can quote/recite: Brideshead Revisted by Evelyn Waugh

Book that scares you: Going Rouge by Sarah Palin

Book that makes you sick: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates was very depressing

Book that changed your life: Under The Hawthorn Tree by Marita Conlon-McKenna

Book from your favorite author: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Book that is most like your life: to an extent, A Year in France by Sarah Turnbull

Book whose main character is most like you: as unfortunate as it is to say, Bridget Jones

Book whose main character you want to marry: Sebastian Flyte if he wasn't so messed up, and of course Mr. Darcy

First "chapter book" you remember reading as a child: Twins at St Claires by Enid Blyton

Longest book you've read: LOTR trilogy in one volume?

Shortest book you've read: A Room with a View by EM Forster

Book you're most embarassed to say you like: The Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer

Book that turned you on: The Chocolate Connoisseur by ChloƩ Doutre-Roussel

Book you've read the most number of times: Catcher in The Rye

Favorite picture book from childhood: Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Book you plan to read next: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Book you tell people you've read, but haven't (or haven't actually finished): Ulysees by James Joyce. I nod along if it comes up in coversation.

Book that contains your favorite scene: Franny of Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

Favorite book you read in school: Death and Nightingales by Eugene McCabe

Favorite nonfiction book: I couldn't pick a favourite from my cookbook collection

Favorite fiction book: Along with Brideshead I'm going to say Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Last (good) book you read: The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo

Book you're currently reading: Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada and Parisians by Graham Robb

Favorite coffee table book: Taschen's Paris

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1 comment:

Allie said...

Yay! I'm glad you did this too. I can't believe I didn't include "Catcher in the Rye" anywhere on my list! Oopsie.