Your Reading Habits Game

[[deleted user]]

The knife of never letting go. It has interesting themes, is a unique and awesome way of writing, and is fun to read

Who's your favorite author?

[Lucille]

Richelle Mead and Sarah Dessen.

Who are yours?

[Karina]

I don't have any.


A book you didn't like but you thought had potential to be a favorite?

[Mark]

Oh, I think lots of books that offend me personally have the potential to be wildly popular, and many of them are. Most members probably won't agree, but I thought the Twilight trilogy was almost unimaginably cretinous and ill-written. But it had (very obviously) massive potential.

A book you didn't like, but that you thought was well-wriiten?

[Lucille]

Fracture by Megan Miranda.

A book you liked, but you thought wasn't well-written?

[Mark]

The Celestine Prophecy was unbelievably, atrociously poorly written, but it still contained some very interesting thoughts about synchronicity. But I can't think of anything more recent. If a book is ungrammatical, I normally won't even bother with it.

How about you? (A book you liked, but thought was badly written.)

[Corvenus VI Britannia]

No.

Have you ever read a book in your room while taking a bubble bath?

[Corvenus VI Britannia]

okay let me re-phrase my question in 30-40 seconds that depens on if my computer is will to play nice today

EDIT: Done

[Karina]

Hmmm..


Do you have a favorite reading spot?

[Lucille]

Not really. Somewhere quiet and comfortable is enough for me.

Do you ever read in bed?

[[deleted user]]

All the time

Do you prefer reading sitting up or laying down?

[Lucille]

Sitting up.

Have you ever skipped school/work just so you could stay home and read?

[Lucille]

Yes. I failed, but I managed to convince a friend to read manga once and I'm happy to say that she has been addicted ever since. :)

Have you?

[Lucille]

Yes, if the story is too boring or the character is too annoying.

Do you?

[Mark]

When I Say No, I Feel Guilty

Have you?

[Corvenus VI Britannia]

the amount of feels in "Guilty Crown"



the last thing that made you say "why in hell I'm a continue to read this when it's making me emotionally unstable"?

[Corvenus VI Britannia]

the day i figured out i'm hopelessly obsessed with broken characters just like the boy on the last post.

last time you lost your mind because of a book?

[Corvenus VI Britannia]

sword art online volume 1 and I'm shipping KiritoXAsuna

most dramatic death of a character?

[Corvenus VI Britannia]

I'm not sure about tough but a survivor of a different kind; Ouma Shu, his best friend and the girl that loved him died in his arms, he was forced to kill his other best friend and elder sister twice, and he lost his eyesight, his left hand and the woman he loves trying to save the world; so yes he's a survivor but i'm still not sure he's tough because he pretty much lost his mind when the girl that loved him died in his arms and regained some of his sanity when he lost his left arms.

your most hated character that survived?

[Lucille]

Hmmm... Peter in Divergent and Insurgent.

You?

[Mark]

Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the most hateful literary character who comes immediately to mind.

Would you say the Divergent Series is better or worse than the Hunger Games trilogy?

[Lucille]

Divergent's plot is better, but I love The Hunger Games's characters more. So... it's a tie.


What about you? Do you think Divergent is better or worse?

[Mark]

I think Divergent is less well-written, strictly from the standpoint of technical craft, and I agree with you about the character development in the two series, so I'd consider Hunger Games somewhat better.

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?

[Lucille]

Good. Some people can't find publishers and ebooks can make their books available for readers so it's always a good thing.

Dystopian books are becoming more and more popular these days. Do you think this is a good or bad development?

[Lucille]

What do you think about the new genre NA (New Adult) that is becoming more and more popular these days? Do you think this is a good development?

[Mark]

I'd never even heard the term, but I looked it up on wikipedia, and it seems to me sort of supererogatory. Why infantilize people in their early twenties by implying they're not full-fledged adults, and need to be protected from "real" literature, or accommodated in some special way? For goodness' sake, Jane Austen wrote "Pride and Prejudice" at the age of 21. Truth be told, I think even the "YA" designation is really invidious and unnecessary.

What's an example of a decent novel that's been categorized in this way?

[Lucille]

Well, I've only read Wait For You by J. Lynn and Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines. Wait For You is pretty decent.

What genre do you enjoy the most?

[Mark]

In my youth (in the paleolithic age), it was science fiction. I read it incessantly, and I've probably read more than two thousand science fiction novels. These days, if you spare me history, biography, pornography, cretinous regency romances written at a 2nd-grade reading level, and anything at all by Tom Clancy, I'm good to go. All I require is felicitous prose and a deft hand at storytelling, and I'll read anything not mentioned above.

Is there any genre that you simply won't read?

[Lucille]

No, but I get bored when I read non-fiction so I tend to stay away from that one. I'm good with any genre as long as it's fiction.

Is there a type of plot that you simply wont read?

[Mark]

I'm not sure how a "type of plot" differs from a "genre." Can you give some examples to clarify?

[Lucille]

An example would be.. a story centered on revenge? I'm not exactly sure myself.

[Mark]

Lucille wrote: "An example would be.. a story centered on revenge? I'm not exactly sure myself."

That's a good example, and one that cuts across genres. And it's also an example of a type of plot I generally won't read.

Book you've read that won a literary award but that didn't deserve it?

[Lucille]

I don't know. I don't really pay attention to literary awards.

Favorite book blog?

[Mark]

I don't read book blogs. I prefer to be rabidly opinionated unencumbered by the views of people who are trying to be reasonable.

Your favorite book blog?

[Lucille]

YA Sisterhood.

Your most anticipated book that is coming out this year?

[Mark]

It was "Midnight Blue-Light Special: An Incryptid Novel" by Seanan McGuire, but it's just been released.

What's yours?

[Michele, The bookoholic!]

Mine was Indigo Spell which I already read :)

What book are you currently reading?

[Lucille]

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover.

What about you? And how are you enjoying it so far?

[Mark]

Re-reading Les Misérables, and reading a few ARCs to review. I always enjoy Victor Hugo, but I'm not going to review his work.

Who is your favorite poet?

[April]

Edgar Allen Poe hands down!!! I LOVE his works! They are amazing!! :)

Where is your fav spot to read?

[Mark]

In a bell tower, for the tintinnabulation. :)

What's your favorite spot?

[Karina]

I don't have one. I wish there was a forest where i could hide and read, but there isn't so I am stuck with reading in my room.


Favorite memoir?

[Mark]

The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell

Favorite audio book?

[Jay]

Don't have one

Favortie book?

[Lucille]

There's too many. So I would say that I have none.

Favorite book (non-fiction)?

[Karina]

I don't read too many but maybe Into the Wild. I read it in high school and really enjoyed it.


Favorite comic book? (or graphic novel or manga)

[Lucille]

I don't have one.

Least favorite author?

[Mark]

Ayn Rand

Book with a really bad ending?

[Lucille]

Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer.

Series with a really bad ending?

[Mark]

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Really bad screen adaptation of a good novel?