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Thanks for the clarification!My least favorite author is Ayn Rand, not because she writes execrably (which she does), or because her plots are moronic (which they are), but because her ideology is deeply, fathomlessly evil and destructive.
Your least favorite author?
Gena Showalter. For some unknown reason, I hate all her characters, especially female ones. But her plots are always interesting. Your least favorite book?
Either The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged (both by Ayn Rand).I'd never heard of Showalter, but I looked her up. Apart from "Alice in Zombieland," all of her books appear to have semi-naked couples copulating on the cover. Probably not a good sign. What is it about her plots that is better than the characters?
When there are good plot twists occasionally, and it's NOT BORING! :) Have you ever ACTUALLY shed tears for a book?
Yes. The Fault in Our Stars....I cried for hours.What book has made you laughed the most?
Losing It by Cora Carmack. What book has made you angry the most?
*Showalter creates interesting plots. I read her book Intertwined, it has this guy who has four souls living inside him, apart from his own soul. One is a time traveler, one can raise the dead, one can possess another human, and then one can tell the future.
Lucille wrote: "Losing It by Cora Carmack. What book has made you angry the most?
*Showalter creates interesting plots. I read her book Intertwined, it has this guy who has four souls living inside him, apart f..."
Thanks for the 411 on Showalter.
Ayn Rand's books make me angry. I haven't read any of Ann Coulter's books, or those of Bill O'Reilly, but I'm sure those would, too.
What book have you read more than twice?
A lot of books. The Hunger Games, Divergent, etc. What series have you read more than five times?
The Lord of the RingsDo you belong to any (non-goodreads) book clubs?
Nope. Do you belong to any book clubs that meet in person?
Seriously? :) No.Does anyone? :) (I'm excluding lycanthropes, of course.)
Well, I'm fairly old, but my ears are hairless. I've heard that there's a geneticist who actually wants to reconstruct the genome of a Neanderthal, and then clone one. (There was outrage when it was reported that a mother might be sought to give birth to the clone.) I can't imagine why anyone would want a Neanderthal, and it would seem cruel to recreate one in this society. That said, it's a really weird question. Have you been reading anything about Neanderthals?
Hey, this is interesting: (Apparently, it's not just elderly people.)http://www.babyexpert.com/forum/baby/...
Ok, speaking of Neanderthals, has anyone else read Jean Auel's books? (You will know you have if you're comatose with boredom, and have given up reading.)
Nope, I haven't been reading about Neanderthals. What are you currently reading?
Yep.So far, how are enjoying the book you're currently reading?
Yeah. Some are super strict though. I think I'm going to try being a librarian someday. Do you?
Every week, usually on Fridays or Saturdays.Have you ever considered being a librarian?
I do when my Internet is down. Or when I desperately need a wifi. Do you?
You get to be around so many books! And everyone in your work place loves/appreciates books like you. You?
I have a disability and don't go out much, so I haven't been to a library in years.Does your library allow you (or anyone) to borrow ebooks via the internet?
Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "Exactly. A book lover's ideal job for sure.Same as what you said, and meeting people and discussing or referring books. Being enveloped in a reading oriented atmosphere.
Do you ever wonder why m..."
Two of three permanent, tenure-track librarians at the college where I taught were male. Ancillary staff were probably evenly divided.
I guess because most males consider it as a boring job. I haven't even met any male reader in person, which is shocking. Our library has a male librarian, and he's really old. Like 60. You?
Lucille wrote: "I guess because most males consider it as a boring job. I haven't even met any male reader in person, which is shocking. Our library has a male librarian, and he's really old. Like 60. You?"
I think it's amusing that you think 60 is "really old." I doubt males consider it a boring job (heaven knows, it can't be worse than accounting), but there probably has been some sort of ridiculous stigma attached, historically. Or it may just be that it's among the lowest-paid of white collar professions. When I was hired (in 1984), the average salary for faculty members at the college was abt. 45K. Librarians started at 17K.
What do you consider a decent-sized collection for a community public library?
Yeah, I think 50 is old, too. When I get to 60, I'd consider myself ancient. :D You're probably right. People tend to concentrate on the salary nowadays instead of the actual job. How many people in this world do you think is a book lover?
Many more in most industrialized countries than in the United States. Europe has an adult literacy rate above 98%. Only 13% of Americans test out as "proficient" readers, and only 78% are not completely functionally illiterate. I'd guess that, of Americans who can actually manage to read books, fewer than half do it regularly, but goodreads (worldwide) has, I think, more than ten million members.Do you think that, when you do make it to 60, you'll think that you're "ancient?" :)
Possibly. :D I don't wanna grow old. If possible, I want to stop aging at the age of 25, but I don't want to die at that age. There's so much I want to read that 9 years isn't enough. So if I ever make it to 60, I'd feel really old. :) At what age do you think you would stop reading?
Lucille wrote: "Possibly. :D I don't wanna grow old. If possible, I want to stop aging at the age of 25, but I don't want to die at that age. There's so much I want to read that 9 years isn't enough. So if I ever ..."When I'm physically or mentally unable to, but that doesn't really depend on age. I know people in their nineties who are still avid readers. I'd say you still have time for another 15,000 books. I'm not a great fan of entropy. I wish you didn't have to grow old, but in any case, you don't have to stop reading
How long do you think the human race is likely to survive?
By the rate earth is going now (global warming and the pollution), I'm guessing another 200-300 years before oxygen and the fresh waters ran out.You?
I think the more imminent threat is destabilization, resulting from continued and worsening violent weather events and ultimate flooding of coastal cities from the melting of the icecaps. Actually, much of the ice covering Greenland just a few decades ago has already disappeared. The current official underestimate is that there will be a 3-foot rise in sea level by 2100, which would be cataclysmic, but the immediate concern is the onslaught of hurricanes and fires already in progress. I sometimes wonder why people read dystopian fiction when we're already in a dystopia. If there isn't a nuclear or biological war, then I think we might manage another century, but humans are extraordinarily resilient, so who knows?What's your favorite dystopian novel?
The Knife of Never Letting Go
What's your favorite book you've had to read for school?
What's your favorite book you've had to read for school?
I haven't had to read a book "for school" (or graduate school) in forty years, but I've assigned a fair number of textbooks. I thought "Formal Languages and their Relation to Automata" was pretty good. :) :)Your favorite (fiction) book assigned in school or college?
I've actually loved pretty much every book that was assigned. My favorite I think would have to be The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I had such a great time reading that one. Or maybe The Great Gatsby!!A book you had to read for school or college that you absolutely hated?
The Library Card ((Gosh some teachers are a bit lame))
What was your favorite series?
What was your favorite series?
If I had to pick one, it would be the Gallagher Girls. A book you want to read for school?
Divergent
A book you never want to read?
A book you never want to read?
The Last of the Mohicans. I had to read it in 7th grade more than 50 years ago, and I still remember how much I loathed it.Have you ever been forced to read anything by James Fenimore Cooper?
Nope.Have you ever been forced to read anything by the Bronte sisters?
I've read Jane Eyre. Wasn't ever "forced to," though.I gather you were assigned Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights?
Yep. Back when I still hated reading, my mom forced me to read Jane Eyre. It wasn't a good experience...being forced to read. Book you think everyone should read at least once?
Hmmmm... I want to live in the 1800's and be a samurai. Although that is impossible since women can't be a samurai back then. Or maybe Victorian era, just so I could try wearing dresses and corsets (did that even exist in that era..) without people looking at me like I'm insane.You?
You know, you don't have to go back. You could take up Aikido, now. (Bokkens are fun.) I think I posted this earlier, but it seems not to have worked: I lived through the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's, and I'd probably choose any period between 1973 and 1985. People had a lot more hope.Why can't you wear whatever you want to, at least for fun? Who cares what people think?
I want to go back and... protect people and I want the honor that comes with it. Well, dresses are expensive now, and my parents wouldn't let me buy one. (They wouldn't even let me buy a yukata!) And I don't know... I can say that I don't care what people think of me, but when it comes down to when they are saying something about me, I just care.If you could delete anything from the history books, what would it be and why?
Anything I deleted would result in my not being born, which would result in my not deleting it. That said, the obvious choice would be Hitler's birth, or failing that, the electoral result in year 2000 that gave us an unnecessary, trillion-dollar war over nonexistent WMD's that bankrupted the country.What would you delete?
WWI and WWII, Bloody Sunday in Russia, and the Holocaust. There's more, but I just can't remember right now. If you could delete any book from the face of the earth, what would it be and why?
Either Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead. They're Ayn Rand's paeans to selfishness and sociopathy, and they advocate a philosophy that enables massive human suffering.What book would you delete?
umm..none there is no book on earth I personally think worthy to be deleted, as everyone likeS something different.
If you had to pick a book to read for school, whawhat would it be?
If you had to pick a book to read for school, whawhat would it be?
Divergent or Delirium. What about you? And why?
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