Your Reading Habits Game

[Mark]

The Sixth Sense

Favorite foreign movie?

[Mark]

Amadeus

Worst remake of a great film?

[Mark]

Amadeus

Best remake of a great film?

[Karina]

I don't really like remakes.



What is the most you have ever spent on a book?

[Mark]

Probably about $300 for the Oxford English Dictionary, maybe $150 for a textbook.

If you have a book reader (including an app), which one(s)?

[Lucille]

I read on my iPod touch and I use iBooks, BAM reader, or Bluefire. :D

You?

[Mark]

the kindle app on a variety of devices

have you ever disliked a book so much you actually got into a heated argument about it, and if so, which one?

[Lucille]

I don't think so. I've never even argued with someone over a book before.

You?

[Mark]

A great many books probably seen as "controversial." Most recently,
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What makes a book controversial, in your view?

[Mark]

Yes. I've read a lot of books on neurology and neuroscience.

What are some subjects that ought to remain "taboo?" (if any)

[Mark]

is, albeit somewhat incidentally, a good biography.

is a good book about incest, by the way, well worth reading for survivors and others concerned about abuse.

What is your favorite biography?

[Lucille]

I don't have one. I don't read biographies.

What is your favorite anthology?

[Mark]

Favorite spy novel?

[Lucille]

Out of Sight, Out of Time. Better yet, the whole Gallagher Girls series.

Favorite mystery novel?

[Lucille]

Divergent. And The Hunger Games.

Favorite vampire novel?

[Nightmagic]

The drake chronicles

favorite horror novel ?

[Mark]

Paul Ryan

Worst vampire novel or series?

[Lucille]

House of Night.

Worst spy novel or series?

[Mark]

Practically anything by Tom Clancy.

Best and worst Michael Crichton novels?

[Mark]

I don't think James Patterson has (entirely) written many of the James Patterson novels. That said, Witch & Wizard was incredibly awful. The first two "Maximum Ride" novels could have been worse, for YA.. The Alex Cross novels are competent, and preferable to eating drywall.

Is James Patterson better or worse than Stephenie Meyer?

[Duchess La'Roux]

James Patterson is better than Stephanie Meyer. Her writing is very poor, comprised of only basic sentences and scanty vocabulary.

Best and worst YA series?

[Mark]

V wrote: "James Patterson is better than Stephanie Meyer. Her writing is very poor, comprised of only basic sentences and scanty vocabulary.

Best and worst YA series?"

Tend to agree. It's hard to find writing more execrable than Stephenie Meyer's.

Best (recent) YA series: Seanan McGuire's October Daye series, L. A. Meyers' Jacky Faber, Lauren Oliver's Delirium, or possibly Rachel Caine's Morganville vampires

Worst (by a long shot, in all categories): Twilight

[Mark]

Just noticed that I'd forgotten to ask a question, so I'll continue the battle of the YA authors:
Who's worse, Stephenie Meyer or Alyson Noel? 

[Karina]

I have nothing against either author. No, they are not the best writer's i've seen but they are also not the worst. I enjoy Meyer's work more than Noel's.


Who is your favorite author?

[Mark]

James Joyce

I have nothing against Meyer or Noel, personally. I just think they write atrociously bad prose and manufacture terrible plots.

Who is "the worst writer [you've] seen?"

[Karina]

E. L. James is who comes to mind at the moment. (I was just talking about her). Ohh and Alicia K. Leppert. There are a few more, though.


What is your favorite children's book?

[Mark]

E. L. James is a good choice (for worst of the worst). I hadn't heard of Leppert, but having now read a description of her (one and only) novel, I'd have to agree.

Favorite children's book:

Why do you think it has become impossible to sell a YA novel that doesn't include a romance with a supernatural creature? (Well, not really. I guess Hunger Games is an exception, but the observation seems to hold, generally.)

[Lucille]

I guess it's because not many people/teens buy them anymore. They prefer to read (and write) something entirely new. Something the world has never thought of. Vampires, werewolves, banshees, even aliens. I guess it's also because of the love story. I find it more romantic when people of two different species fight the odds just to be together.

You?

[Mark]

I don't know. I do like the distancing-from-reality of paranormal stories, but that said, I'd have thought vampires and werewolves would have got pretty stale by now. Your explanation for the romantic angle rings true.

Can you think of a book with a really funny title? (e.g., "Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse?")

[Gatha]

If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?!

Name a single book that you will keep on reading for the rest of your life.

[Lucille]

That's hard. Annie's Song by Catherine Anderson.

You?

[Gatha]

umm.....HP.....

Which book was so boring that you never finished it?

[Lucille]

I've never not finished a book before. I put some on-hold though.

You?

[Gatha]

Same.....

Name the saddest book you have ever read.

[Mark]

The Lovely Bones

You?

[Mark]

Becket, in Murder in the Cathedral

Favorite humorous character in a book?

[Lucille]

Jace from The Mortal Instruments? I can't think of anyone else at the moment.

Would you ever name your [future] kids after a book character? If so, what?

[Mark]

I'm far too old to have any. But I might have. Thomas (after Thomas of Becket) or Anne (after Anne of Green Gables). Of course, Becket, the martyred Archbishop of Canterbury, was also a real historical figure.

Would you?

[Lucille]

Yes. I would name them Wellesandra (Wellsie) and Xhexania (Xhex) which are both from BDB. For a boy, probably Noah (Mara Dyer) or Kaidan (Sweet Evil), Adrian or Dimitri (VA).

Do you have plans to write a book? Or do you simply want to be a reader?

[Beatrice]

A reader. :)

Most beautiful name you've encountered in a book?

[Lucille]

Maltese! They're freaking adorable.

Beatrice's question: Most beautiful name you've encountered in a book?

[Beatrice]

In other words Most Beautiful name of a book character. sorry. :)

[Beatrice]

Domino by Jessie J. Lol.

Least favorite book genre?

[Lucille]

Nonfiction.

Most undesirable name for a book character?

[Lucille]

Not really.

Do you?

[Lucille]

Carousel...or basically anything that doesn't require going up. Heights are.. ugh.

You?

[Lucille]

Who Are You from CSI.

Favorite time of the year?

[Mark]

I never shop in stores anymore, except for groceries, so it would have to be amazon.com.

Do you subscribe to Netflix?

[Mark]

No.

Someone previously made reference to "BDB" (which I assume is a book or a movie). What is it?

[Mark]

I looked back, and it was Lucille who mentioned "BDB" as a source of names for children, so I'm thinking not. I assumed it was the acronym for a book title, but not one I'd ever heard of. I have no interest in S&M.

Do you ever browse the Amazon free kindle books?