Your Reading Habits Game

[Michelle]

Michael Creighton's Sphere - I couldn't watch any more than the first 30 minutes of the movie it was so bad...and I'm not sure I made it that long...

Author whose future works you most look forward to reading?

[[deleted user]]

Hmmm . . . I'm tied between Marissa Meyer and Veronica Roth.

Book with a terrible beginning?

[Michelle]

Mark wrote: "Ebooks have given rise to a proliferation of self-published novels (on Amazon, e.g.). Do you think this is a good or bad development? "

It can be both. Many who are aiming to self-publish only, don't tend to spend the time editing as carefully as someone who is working with an editor with the goal of heading to a publisher. The plots sometimes don't end up as well developed as they potentially could have been. I have read some self-published work that was "not half bad" that could have been "excellent" with one more revision or an editor's red pen.

[Jay]

No

Have you read The Host?

[Michelle]

Yep - and I enjoyed it!

Have you read it? If so, what did you think of it?

[Karina]

Yes, I have and I loved it! I think more people should give it a chance and not assume it is like Twilight.



Most disturbing book you've read?

[Brooke]

I have heard that The Host can get very confusing so I haven't read it. Is it really good?

[Karina]

Brooke wrote: "I have heard that The Host can get very confusing so I haven't read it. Is it really good?"

I didn't think it was confusing. I would recommend it. It's pretty unique too.

[Michelle]

Most disturbing book you've read?"

By far... I think it is a law that all German fairytales reach a certain level on the disturbance scale. It was good - but very difficult to read in places.

[Jay]

favorite book this year?

[[deleted user]]

House Of Leaves

A new author you tried this year?

[Lucille]

Jennifer L. Armentrout/J. Lynn. I ended up loving her books.

Most heartbreaking book you've read?

[[deleted user]]

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

Funniest novel you've read?

[Lucille]

Losing It by Cora Carmack.

You?

[Renee]

Any of the Percy Jackson books

Your best read of the summer?

[Madeleine]

I basically like every book I read, but I really enjoyed the Mara Dyer books.

Does reading inspire you to write?

[Lucille]

Yes, especially when I read stories by unpublished people. :)

Have you ever lost your will to read? I think the term is book funk?

[Michelle]

I have never completely lost the will to read, but I've gotten into a genre funk and had to switch genres or move to short stories or poetry in lieu of novels...

What are the one book and one series you would read again for the first time?

[Lucille]

The Immortal Rules/Blood of Eden by Julie Kagawa.

Your least favorite genre?

[James]

Erotica.

Who is your favorite author?

[Michelle]

I could no more choose a favorite author than I could a favorite appendage...and I don't think it would even be fair to list my top five. I might be able to do it in 10, though...

JRR Tolkien
GRR Martin
CS Lewis
Megan Whalen Turner
Jane Austin
Cornelia Funke
Sylvia Plath
Veronica Roth
Sarah Maas
Rae Carson

OK...nope I can't get them all in...but if I had to pick ONE only under duress and/or pain of death, it would probably be CS Lewis.

Anyone else want to try? Favorite author

[Lucille]

Julie Kagawa and Richelle Mead.

Favorite genre?

[Brittany]

Thriller.

Average number of books you read per month?

[April]

1-4 depending on the month, what's going on and how think the books I'm reading are.


Do you prefer reading dystopian or chick-lit novels?

[Michelle]

"Average number of books you read per month?"

Depends on the number of days in the month...Somewhere between 15 and 20...

"Do you prefer reading dystopian or chick-lit novels?"

Depends on the day, but most often dystopias...