Bianca's comments (member since Dec 15, 2008)

Bianca's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.

I preorded Hunger Games in november last year and only just got it two weeks ago, it was only published in march in Australia. It was worth the wait, I hate starting series that haven't been finished yet because it means I have to wait for the next books to come out.
I should pre-order both Fire and Catching Fire but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

I love Graceling, can't wait for the sort-of-prequel.

What do tastebuds taste like?

Random Thought: If you had to describe water in one word what would it be?

I would say fresh.

I guess it depends on the situation, but yes I am mostly trustworthy with secrets.

The person below me has recently bought something for themselves.

1. eat, do, drink whatever it is that I'm craving (:
2. go to sleep

tell me two things that you are ashamed to tell people you know.

SONG

So Much Trouble in the World - Bob Marley & The Wailers

smeared

Completed FIVE POINT TASKS
2. Checked-out a Library book:The Magicians and Mrs. Quent - Gale Beckett
3. Read a romance: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast - Robin McKinley
4. Winter Read: A Touch of Frost - Laurell K. Hamilton
5. Random TBR Book: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist - R. Cohn & D. Levithan
6. New Author: Graceling - Kristin Cashore
8. Christmas Title: A Chrismtas Carol- Charles Dickens
9. Mystery: Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
10. Book to Film: Stardust - Neil Gaiman

POINTS: 40


Completed TEN POINT TASKS
6. Ancestry: Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
7. Mental or Physical Handicap: Darkfall - Isobelle Carmody

POINTS: 20


Completed FIFTEEN POINT TASKS
4. Sequels/Series: Obernewtyn - Isobelle Carmody
5. Profession: Just Listen - Sarah Dessen

POINTS: 30


Completed TWENTYFIVE POINT TASKS
1. Read a book about / set in / or by an author of a country with a name that starts with the first letter of your name:
Re-read East of the Sun (Bombay - Bianca)
3. 700 page book: Darksong - Isobelle Carmody

POINTS: 50



Total Points:140

Next - Read a book you never finished: Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
Next - Chocolate book: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

I love you all, it doesn't matter that I don't know you or that you don't know me. Don't ever be ashamed (:

I also love some pretty horrendous Australian fantasy which I keep tucked away in my bookshelf, they soothe my soul.

Random Thought: Why do people always come in to my work and order a bajillion things ten minutes before we close? Is it just to torture me!

I love languages, not so much learning them as being able to speak them.
I was set on taking spanish classes but then on the first lesson i couldn't find the room where it was being held at uni so I just gave up.
I can speak almost fluent German and some Italian.

I know how to say exit in eight different languages, that's what happens when you take a lot of public transport when you go backpacking.

You have no hair on your legs...naturally? Impossible! I wish I had your genes.

Random Thought: When did girls start shaving their legs?

I mean, when was it suddenly gross to have hairy legs, I know that in Europe there are still heaps of women who don't shave but here in Australia, if you're hairy you're a hippy.
So who started the trend? I know the Egyptians were very meticulous about things like that and had some form of tweezers. But in the Victorian era women didn't shave their legs did they?

Isn't that series being turned in to a movie?
Then again, everything is being made in to a movie these days.
I'm not really in to books being used as movie scripts, because I'm more often than not disappointed.

Random Thought: If people are against animal cruelty why do some of them own pets?

You shouldn't be embarrassed, but I understand about the whole 'Sci-Fi genre being thought of as geeky by narrow-minded people' thing.
Not only that but I still come across people who try and put others down who read. Whenever I see someone like that I try to understand why they think it's such a nerdy thing, I feel sorry for people who don't read.

My favourite musician.

Would you rather books be all in e-format or stay as the original paperbooks?

Completed FIVE POINT TASKS
2. Checked-out a Library book:(changed)The Magicians and Mrs. Quent - Gale Beckett
3. Read a romance: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast - Robin McKinley
4. Winter Read: A Touch of Frost - Laurell K. Hamilton
6. New Author: Graceling - Kristin Cashore
7. Mystery: Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie

POINTS: 25


Completed TEN POINT TASKS
6. Ancestry: Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier

POINTS: 10


Completed FIFTEEN POINT TASKS
4. Sequels/Series: Legendsong 1&2 - Isobelle Carmody
5. Profession: Just Listen - Sarah Dessen

POINTS: 30


Completed TWENTYFIVE POINT TASKS
1. Read a book about / set in / or by an author of a country with a name that starts with the first letter of your name:
Re-read East of the Sun (Bombay - Bianca)
3. 700 page book: Darksong - Isobelle Carmody

POINTS: 50



Total Points:115

Next - Read a book you never finished: Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë

Random Thought: If there was just one colour (with all it's shades) that I could see I would choose green.