Post by girlyesterday on Sept 26, 2009 18:43:56 GMT -5
I thought it'd be interesting to start a meme thread, writing memes, book memes, movie memes, you get the idea.
Let's kick it off with a book meme. Just copy and paste the questions and fill in your answers.
1) How old were you when you learned to read?
2) What's the first book that you remember reading?
3) What childhood books / series did you most enjoy?
4) What were you reading in your teens?
5) What were you reading in your twenties?
6) What are you reading now (is it a phase or standard reading fare for you)?
7) Do you enjoy erotic fiction?
8) Do you enjoy romantic fiction?
9) Do you have 'guilty pleasure' reads?
10) Is there a genre/title that you particularly want to like but don't seem to 'get'?
11) If you were (or indeed, are) a writer, what do you think you would be writing?
12) If you were to have a line from a book engraved on your tombstone/memorial stone, what would it be?
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These are my answers:
1) How old were you when you learned to read? Probably about 5 or 6 I think. I'm not really sure because I had to learn english as a second language around then if that counts as reading.
2) What's the first book that you remember reading? Wow, that takes me back. I think it might have been a Roald Dahl book called "Witches".
3) What childhood books / series did you most enjoy? The Enid Blyton books. I always found her stuff so magical.
4) What were you reading in your teens? Point Thrillers and Christopher Pike, sometimes I read those Dolly books. It pains me to say that but there you go.
5) What were you reading in your twenties? The Dragonlance books, David Eddings, The Forgotten Realms. That was the heyday of my fantasy reading.
6) What are you reading now (is it a phase or standard reading fare for you)? Right now, I am reading YA fiction but having said that, I am pretty open to most genres. I've read them all, even some of the bestsellers like Time Traveler's Wife, Memoirs of a Geisha etc.
7) Do you enjoy erotic fiction? Not particularly. Not a fan of stories that include sex for gratification only with no purpose. It's why I don't like the Laura Hamilton books. I tried them, not my cup of tea.
8) Do you enjoy romantic fiction? You mean romance novels? Nope. Tried them to see what the fuss was about and didn't like the characters declaring love after knowing each other 5 minutes. Very unrealistic.
9) Do you have 'guilty pleasure' reads? Hmmm ... I don't think so.
10) Is there a genre/title that you particularly want to like but don't seem to 'get'? Literary. I find it completely pretentious as a genre and boring as hell. I would like to like the Classics but I can't read them. They put me to sleep. I think that's mostly because they are written in a different era so the social climes are completely different than they are now.
11) If you were (or indeed, are) a writer, what do you think you would be writing? YA fiction. Less prententious than a lot of adult fiction, less convoluted and they tend to be more honest and lay it out there as it is. Adults don't given teens enough credit when it comes to intelligence.
12) If you were to have a line from a book engraved on your tombstone/memorial stone, what would it be? When one is happy, time passes quickly. (from Gabrielle Zevin's Elsewhere)
Let's kick it off with a book meme. Just copy and paste the questions and fill in your answers.
1) How old were you when you learned to read?
2) What's the first book that you remember reading?
3) What childhood books / series did you most enjoy?
4) What were you reading in your teens?
5) What were you reading in your twenties?
6) What are you reading now (is it a phase or standard reading fare for you)?
7) Do you enjoy erotic fiction?
8) Do you enjoy romantic fiction?
9) Do you have 'guilty pleasure' reads?
10) Is there a genre/title that you particularly want to like but don't seem to 'get'?
11) If you were (or indeed, are) a writer, what do you think you would be writing?
12) If you were to have a line from a book engraved on your tombstone/memorial stone, what would it be?
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These are my answers:
1) How old were you when you learned to read? Probably about 5 or 6 I think. I'm not really sure because I had to learn english as a second language around then if that counts as reading.
2) What's the first book that you remember reading? Wow, that takes me back. I think it might have been a Roald Dahl book called "Witches".
3) What childhood books / series did you most enjoy? The Enid Blyton books. I always found her stuff so magical.
4) What were you reading in your teens? Point Thrillers and Christopher Pike, sometimes I read those Dolly books. It pains me to say that but there you go.
5) What were you reading in your twenties? The Dragonlance books, David Eddings, The Forgotten Realms. That was the heyday of my fantasy reading.
6) What are you reading now (is it a phase or standard reading fare for you)? Right now, I am reading YA fiction but having said that, I am pretty open to most genres. I've read them all, even some of the bestsellers like Time Traveler's Wife, Memoirs of a Geisha etc.
7) Do you enjoy erotic fiction? Not particularly. Not a fan of stories that include sex for gratification only with no purpose. It's why I don't like the Laura Hamilton books. I tried them, not my cup of tea.
8) Do you enjoy romantic fiction? You mean romance novels? Nope. Tried them to see what the fuss was about and didn't like the characters declaring love after knowing each other 5 minutes. Very unrealistic.
9) Do you have 'guilty pleasure' reads? Hmmm ... I don't think so.
10) Is there a genre/title that you particularly want to like but don't seem to 'get'? Literary. I find it completely pretentious as a genre and boring as hell. I would like to like the Classics but I can't read them. They put me to sleep. I think that's mostly because they are written in a different era so the social climes are completely different than they are now.
11) If you were (or indeed, are) a writer, what do you think you would be writing? YA fiction. Less prententious than a lot of adult fiction, less convoluted and they tend to be more honest and lay it out there as it is. Adults don't given teens enough credit when it comes to intelligence.
12) If you were to have a line from a book engraved on your tombstone/memorial stone, what would it be? When one is happy, time passes quickly. (from Gabrielle Zevin's Elsewhere)