Rachael Eyre's Blog - Posts Tagged "memes"
The Bookworm Meme
I'll be honest with you, I've never cared for memes. Every time one dollops onto my Facebook page, I heave a tremendous sigh and think, "Again?" Before I know it, I'm concocting a supervillain's name from the name of my first cat and the last place I had a hangover. Memes are compulsive!
So I thought I'd invent my own. The rules are simple: 10 personal facts to do with your reading habits. They can be funny, serious or plain weird - all that matters is they're true.
1) The first "rude" book I remember reading was The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, where our hero spends an inordinate amount of time measuring his 'thing'. Me and my mate Bart got told off for reading it - so why was it in the school library?
2) I firmly believe that your favourite Wind in the Willow character is very revealing - and I was startled to see this appear word for word in Upstairs at the Party. For the record, I'm a Ratty.
3) Although I don't rule long books out altogether, anything over the 300 page mark's a bit of a slog.
4) The three books that have had the greatest impact on me are To Kill a Mockingbird, Brighton Rock and The Handmaid's Tale. They all have their flaws but have touched me like nothing else.
5) I cried most over the ending of Watership Down. As for film adaptations, I wept buckets over The Thorn Birds. There goes my street cred!
6) Rereading is a compliment; choose your rereads carefully. I return to I Capture the Castle once a year; it's never disappointed me.
7) I will never trust someone who doesn't like Paddington. I love Tintin but can see why others might not be enthusiastic - but dissing fiction's most famous dufflecoat wearer is beyond the pale.
8) My first fictional crush was Jo March. I never forgave her for spurning Laurie and choosing creepy old Professor Bhaer instead.
9) The phrase is comic, not graphic novel. Even though I'm an Alan Moore fan.
10) The character I'd most like to bitchslap is Holden Caulfield. Sorry to his fans.
Now it's your turn!
So I thought I'd invent my own. The rules are simple: 10 personal facts to do with your reading habits. They can be funny, serious or plain weird - all that matters is they're true.
1) The first "rude" book I remember reading was The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, where our hero spends an inordinate amount of time measuring his 'thing'. Me and my mate Bart got told off for reading it - so why was it in the school library?
2) I firmly believe that your favourite Wind in the Willow character is very revealing - and I was startled to see this appear word for word in Upstairs at the Party. For the record, I'm a Ratty.
3) Although I don't rule long books out altogether, anything over the 300 page mark's a bit of a slog.
4) The three books that have had the greatest impact on me are To Kill a Mockingbird, Brighton Rock and The Handmaid's Tale. They all have their flaws but have touched me like nothing else.
5) I cried most over the ending of Watership Down. As for film adaptations, I wept buckets over The Thorn Birds. There goes my street cred!
6) Rereading is a compliment; choose your rereads carefully. I return to I Capture the Castle once a year; it's never disappointed me.
7) I will never trust someone who doesn't like Paddington. I love Tintin but can see why others might not be enthusiastic - but dissing fiction's most famous dufflecoat wearer is beyond the pale.
8) My first fictional crush was Jo March. I never forgave her for spurning Laurie and choosing creepy old Professor Bhaer instead.
9) The phrase is comic, not graphic novel. Even though I'm an Alan Moore fan.
10) The character I'd most like to bitchslap is Holden Caulfield. Sorry to his fans.
Now it's your turn!
