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[Jennifer]

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you choose?"

Spanish or French!

[Jennifer]

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What are you currently watching? (This can be movies/tv shows you have checked out from the library, Hoopla, Kanopy, or what you've been watching on Netflix, Hulu, etc.)"

I just finished season 2 of Sweet Magnolias on Netflix. The show is based upon The Sweet Magnolias book series by Sherryl Woods!

[Vivian]

I haven't been watching anything. I just watch YouTube most of the time.

[Debra Diggs]

I am re-watching The Big Bang Theory. Still funny the second time around.

[Dawn]

Recently binged all 8 eps of Peacemaker and caught up on the last 3 eps of Snowpiercer.

[Laurel County]

QOTD: Do you read in the car? Can you read in the car (if you're not driving)? Listen to audiobooks?

[Debra Diggs]

No! I get motion/car sick. It takes very little.

[Jennifer]

No, I get motion sick if I try to read in the car. I do enjoy an audiobook from time to time.

[Vivian]

I can't listen to audiobooks if I'm driving because I can't focus on them. If I'm not driving, reading doesn't bother me. My problem is that I would still rather pay attention to the road (backseat driver problems).

[Laurel County]

QOTD: Do you have a favorite audiobook narrator?

[Dawn]

James Marsters
Tim Gerard Reynolds
Gildart Jackson
Cornell Collins
Euan Morton

[Elizabeth]

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Do you have a favorite audiobook narrator?"

Richard Armitage
Katherin Kellgren
Andy Serkis
Heather Wilds

[Laurel County]

QOTD: What's your favorite novella? Why? If you haven't read one, which one would you consider trying?

[Debra Diggs]

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- Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx

So much said in so few words. This book blew me away.

[Laurel County]

QOTD: Was there a book you were required to read in school that you enjoyed? If so, what was it?

[Vivian]

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini was the first book I remembered enjoying. It was between that or The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I can't remember which one I read first.

[Debra Diggs]

I remember enjoying Animal Farm by George Orwell. Don't remember much about it, but I have no interest in rereading it. This was about 45 years ago. I disliked almost everything we were forced to read. I think (and hope) that the school reads are better now.

[Laurel County]

QOTD: What is your favorite genre of music? Favorite artist/band? Favorite song?

[Vivian]

I'd have to go with alternative rock, specifically Queens of the Stone Age. Picking a favorite song by them is tough. The Vampyre of Time and Memory is up there in my top 3.

[Laurel County]

QOTD: Favorite graphic novel and/or manga? If you haven't read either format, which one would you possibly give a try?

[Debra Diggs]

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Favorite: My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

It is extremely rare for me to read either graphic novel or manga. I would like to try some manga just because I think the graphics are prettier than graphic novels.

[Laurel County]

QOTD: What's a book that you've read recently that didn't live up to the hype for you?

[Debra Diggs]

This is not recent, but it is the only one that I can think of, Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. It was a big deal at the time. I read it and hated it.

If I think of something more recent, I will add it.

[Vivian]

The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain. It just didn't really compare to Big Lies in a Small Town. It wasn't a bad book, but it didn't impact me as much as the other one.

[Laurel County]

QOTD: If you could have a sequel to any stand-alone which would it be?

[Debra Diggs]

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: If you could have a sequel to any stand-alone which would it be?"

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

I am sure there are others. This is the first one that comes to mind.

[Dawn]

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

[Vivian]

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger didn't need a sequel, but I wanted more story.

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune really is the only one I've read where I thought it needed a sequel.

[Laurel County]

QOTD: What book has been on your TBR the longest?

[Debra Diggs]

Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw (Oct. 2016)

[Vivian]

The Long Way To a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.

It was Vicious by V.E. Schwab, but I decided I'm never picking that one up.

[Laurel County]

QOTD: What made you fall in love with reading?

[Dawn]

My parents both read and encouraged us to read. We always had books in the house (including two sets of encyclopedias and numerous Time-Life sets) and I can remember my mom taking me to the library when I was young and how exciting it was to see so many books.

[Debra Diggs]

Same with me. Both my parents were readers. And my mom always took us to the library.

[Laurel County]

QOTD: What YA book/series would you recommend to anyone?

[Debra Diggs]

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Series
- The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
- Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
- The Lunar Chronicles: Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Fairest, Winter by Marissa Meyer
- The Books of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (although, this might be more childrens than young adult)

[Jennifer]

The House of Night Series: Books 1-12 by P.C. Cast

Royals Series by Erin Watt

[Dawn]

Sebastien de Castell’s Spellslinger series, if they like fantasy.

[Elizabeth]

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What YA book/series would you recommend to anyone?"

The Maze Runner Series by James Dashner

The Selection Series 1-5 Book Set by Kiera Cass

The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset by Suzanne Collins

[Elizabeth]

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What made you fall in love with reading?"

I think probably when I'd feel that shift from reality to fantasy when reading a really good book. I had a really overactive imagination as a kid and was always playing pretend, when I'd read it was easy for me to imagine myself in the book or as the heroine. It was a wonderful escape for me. Still is.

[Laurel County]

QOTD: What’s the longest you’ve ever spent reading a book? Why?

[Vivian]

Over a year. I just kept putting it down and not picking it back up months at a time. It was also a very large and daunting book (A Little Life).

[Debra Diggs]

I spent 2 or 3 months reading Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. It was a group read for my Dickensians group. We read one chapter a day and occasionally had a day with no reading.

[Laurel County]

QOTD: What are your tips for reading as many books as possible?

[Vivian]

I don't think I can give advice on this since I don't read much.

I'd say audiobooks help, as well as making time for reading rather than scrolling through social media.

[Elizabeth]

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What are your tips for reading as many books as possible?"

Audiobooks and ebooks are great, and I think just finding the books that are so captivating for you, you find you don't want to put them down until you finish them.

[Laurel County]

QOTD: If you were transported inside your book right now, how would your life look?

[Debra Diggs]

Awful. Never ending rain and mud. Rivers by Michael Farris Smith

[Elizabeth]

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: If you were transported inside your book right now, how would your life look?"

Well, I'm currently reading a very war- heavy middle ages book set in like, 1200's England. So if the fighting wouldn't kill me, the lack of hygiene definitely would lol

[Laurel County]

QOTD: What's your favorite thriller? Why?