Book meme as a break from researchywork
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elabyI am SUCH a slug lately. My research isn't even that strenuous, but I can't get myself to work on it as much as I think I should (though, as I mentioned before, I probably think I have to do a great deal more than I actually am expected to do, so it'll all work out).
Anyway, meme!
1. One book that changed your life?
Man, how could I choose? LotR has shaped my internal fantasy drive ever since I was 8, but I think Redwall, by Brian Jacques (and the series' fandom) has had the most impact upon me as a writer. And I think this was because before I started writing in a Redwall RPG, I had no idea one COULD write using other people's characters or that one could make up a new character to fit into someone else's world. That started the whole fanfic phase, without which I don't think I could have realized that I like writing my own characters so much better than those of already-established writers.
2. One book you have read more than once?
Lady of the Forest, by Jennifer Roberson. You wouldn't BELIEVE what I missed the first time around.
3. One book you would want on a desert island?
I'll take my compiled Amber series by Robert Zelazny, please. I could read that, the first half especially, over and over. Once I get to the end, I'm ready to start over again!
4. One book that made you laugh?
The Once and Future King, by T.H. White. That book is so amazing in some places.
5. One book that made you cry?
I very rarely cry reading books (so rarely that I can't remember an instance). I may have cried when Gandalf died, but I was, you know, eight. I don't remember. Inkheart gave me goosebumps, though. Does that count?
6. One book you wish had been written?
More Amber things by Zelazny, preferably focusing on Julian.
7. This question was omitted, apparently.
With black tape and all that? Wow. Mysterious!
8. One book you are currently reading?
I actually JUST finished Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke, this afternoon. I think I'm going to take a break and read something else before I start the sequel, though. The only other thing that I'm in the middle of (that I've picked up since last fall) is Shakespeare, In Fact by Irvin Leigh Matus, which is *gasp* nonfiction. But very amusing and interesting nonfiction.
9. One book you have been meaning to read?
It WAS Inkheart, up until a week ago ^_^ Actually, I've been meaning to read the Exiles series by Melanie Rawn.
*needs to upload more userpics!*
Anyway, meme!
1. One book that changed your life?
Man, how could I choose? LotR has shaped my internal fantasy drive ever since I was 8, but I think Redwall, by Brian Jacques (and the series' fandom) has had the most impact upon me as a writer. And I think this was because before I started writing in a Redwall RPG, I had no idea one COULD write using other people's characters or that one could make up a new character to fit into someone else's world. That started the whole fanfic phase, without which I don't think I could have realized that I like writing my own characters so much better than those of already-established writers.
2. One book you have read more than once?
Lady of the Forest, by Jennifer Roberson. You wouldn't BELIEVE what I missed the first time around.
3. One book you would want on a desert island?
I'll take my compiled Amber series by Robert Zelazny, please. I could read that, the first half especially, over and over. Once I get to the end, I'm ready to start over again!
4. One book that made you laugh?
The Once and Future King, by T.H. White. That book is so amazing in some places.
5. One book that made you cry?
I very rarely cry reading books (so rarely that I can't remember an instance). I may have cried when Gandalf died, but I was, you know, eight. I don't remember. Inkheart gave me goosebumps, though. Does that count?
6. One book you wish had been written?
More Amber things by Zelazny, preferably focusing on Julian.
7. This question was omitted, apparently.
With black tape and all that? Wow. Mysterious!
8. One book you are currently reading?
I actually JUST finished Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke, this afternoon. I think I'm going to take a break and read something else before I start the sequel, though. The only other thing that I'm in the middle of (that I've picked up since last fall) is Shakespeare, In Fact by Irvin Leigh Matus, which is *gasp* nonfiction. But very amusing and interesting nonfiction.
9. One book you have been meaning to read?
It WAS Inkheart, up until a week ago ^_^ Actually, I've been meaning to read the Exiles series by Melanie Rawn.
*needs to upload more userpics!*
