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Oh fun it's back again! Mine is: Describe yourself: The Rebel
Describe how you feel: The Absentee
Describe where you currently live: On the Black Hill
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The Tartar Steppe
Your favorite form of transportation is: Manhattan Transfer
Your favorite food is: Gabriela, clove, and Cinnamon
Your favorite time of day is: How late it was, how late
Your best friend is: Daniel Deronda
You and your friends are: The Country Girls
What’s the weather like: Indian Summer
You fear: 120 Days of Sodom
What is the best advice you have to give: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Thought for the day: A Girl is a Half formed thing
What is life for you: a Fine Balance
How you would like to die: Under Fire
Your soul’s present condition: The Child of Pleasure
What was 2021 like for you? Cause for Alarm
What do you want from 2022? The Radiant Way
Of course, I didn't read the instructions (maybe that should be my advice - ha, ha)! So these are real answers.Describe yourself: WF, upper middle(??) age
Describe how you feel: fine, 4 days off, Christmas, longest time friend coming for visit
Describe where you currently live: Central Canada
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: anywhere at this point of year 2 COVID
Your favorite form of transportation is: train
Your favorite food is: sashimi
Your favorite time of day is: early morning btwn 5:30 and 6:30
Your best friend is: SW
You and your friends are: active women
What’s the weather like: at this moment, very light snow
You fear: dementia
What is the best advice you have to give: keep active - physically and mentally. On a more 'micro' scale - I just sprained my ankle badly a month ago, which resulted in having to use crutches. So, my advice is - keep your upper body strength up - especially women (who unfortunately fall down in this).
Thought for the day: Keep in reading!? Even when it's difficult.
What is life for you: ?
How you would like to die: like everyone else, of my own accord
Your soul’s present condition: good
What was 2021 like for you? a bit of a drag
What do you want from 2022? not to be a drag..... lol. To be able to travel....
Describe yourself: She (She, #1)
Describe how you feel:
Reveries of a Solitary Walker
Describe where you currently live:
Erewhon
If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
Brighton Rock
Your favorite form of transportation is:
The Goldfinch
Your favorite food is:
Petals of Blood
Your favorite time of day is:
Remains of Day
Your best friend is:
Moloa
You and your friends are:
Reasons to Live
What’s the weather like:
The Unnamable
You fear:
The War of the Worlds
What is the best advice you have to give:
Exercises in Style
Thought for the day:
Une vie
What is life for you:
The Magic Mountain
How you would like to die:
How Late It Was, How Late
Your soul’s present condition:
Kidnapped
What was 2021 like for you?
Museum of unconditional surrender
What do you want from 2022?
Great Expectations
Describe yourself: The RebelDescribe how you feel: Time of Indifference
Describe where you currently live: A House in the Uplands in U.S.A.
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The Magic Mountain
Your favorite form of transportation is: The Crow Road
Your favorite food is: Naked Lunch with Black Water
Your favorite time of day is: The Hours
Your best friend is: The Witness
You and your friends are: The Savage Detectives
What’s the weather like: Indian Summer
You fear: The War at the End of the World and Extinction
What is the best advice you have to give: Love in Excess
Thought for the day: If Not Now, When?
What is life for you: A Light Comedy
How you would like to die: Call It Sleep
Your soul’s present condition: Nice and the Good
What was 2021 like for you? Cause for Alarm and Solitude in The Safety Net
What do you want from 2022? Freedom
Describe myself: The Princess of ClevesDescribe how I feel: The Unfortunate Traveller
Describe where I live: Where Angels Fear to Tread
If I Could Go Anywhere: Super-Cannes
Favourite transportation: Dead Air
Favourite food: Brighton Rock
Favourite time of day: How Late It Is, How Late
My best friend: Justine
Me and my friends are: Cause for Alarm
The weather is: Dead Air
I fear: The Pit and the Pendulum
My best advice: Life is a Caravanserai
Thought for the day: Everything is Illuminated
What is life for me? Nervous Conditions
How would I like to die? La Brava
My soul's present condition? A Modest Proposal
2021 was: The Siege of Krishnapur
2022 should be: The Power and the Glory
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Describe yourself: Metamorphosis
Describe how you feel: Hideous Kinky
Describe where you currently live: Salt to the Sea
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The Library Book
Your favorite form of transportation is:
Your favorite food is: Save Me the Plums
Your favorite time of day is:
Your best friend is: Justine
You and your friends are: Them
What’s the weather like:
You fear: The White Tiger
What is the best advice you have to give:
Thought for the day: The Judge and his Hangman
What is life for you:
How you would like to die: Middlesex
Your soul’s present condition: Everything is Illuminated
What was 2021 like for you? Black Water
What do you want from 2022 The Amazing Adventures of Kavailer and Clay
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Fun, I didn't read enough 1001 books to answer them all, but here's some :)Describe yourself: Woman in white
Describe where you currently live: The Drowned World
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Americanah
Your favorite form of transportation is: Deep rivers
Your best friend is: Justine
You and your friends are: The Judge and His Hangman
You fear: The Heart of Darkness
Thought for the day: I know why the caged bird sings
What is life for you: Everything is Illuminated
How you would like to die: A man without qualities
Your soul’s present condition: Riddle of the Sands
What was 2021 like for you? The Siege of Krishnapur
It was a good reading year for me. I finished the Annual Read, the three Quarterly reads I had not read before, all the BOTM's I had not read before, my goal of 12 Random books and the TBR challenge. So I have a bit to play with here. Thanks to all for your help on my reading journey. Describe yourself: Cause for Alarm
Describe how you feel: I'm Not Scared
Describe where you currently live: New Grub Street
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The House of Mirth
Your favorite form of transportation is: The 39 Steps
Your favorite food is: Cakes and Ale
Your favorite time of day is: The Remains of the Day
Your best friend is: The Namesake
You and your friends are: The Power and the Glory
What’s the weather like:Black Water
You fear: The Dark Child
Thought for the day: Sometimes a Great Notion
What is life for you: The Roots of Heaven
How you would like to die: The Long Good-bye
Your soul’s present condition: Untouchable
What was 2021 like for you?A Woman's Life
What do you want from 2022? Alias Grace
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Describe how you feel: The Enigma of Arrival
Describe where you currently live: The Beautiful Room is Empty
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Brave New World
Your favorite form of transportation is: Deep Rivers
Your favorite food is: In Watermelon Sugar
Your favorite time of day is: The Shining
Your best friend is: The Man without Qualities
You and your friends are: Old Masters: a Comedy
What’s the weather like: The Sound and the Fury
You fear: The Counterfeiters
What is the best advice you have to give: How Late It Was, How Late
Thought for the day: The Riddle of the Sands
What is life for you: The Glass Bead Game
How you would like to die: The Radiant Way
Your soul’s present condition: The Power and the Glory
What was 2021 like for you? Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
What do you want from 2022? In a Free State.
Very good, Kristel. That was fun to read.
Describe yourself: Get ShortyDescribe how you feel: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Describe where you currently live: The Castle of Crossed Destinies
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Tropic of Capricorn
Your favorite form of transportation is: The Waves
Your favorite food is: Naked Lunch
Your favorite time of day is: Night and Day
Your best friend is: Siddhartha
You and your friends are: Vile Bodies
What’s the weather like: Winter
You fear: The Yellow Wall-Paper
What is the best advice you have to give: Journey to the End of the Night
Thought for the day: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
What is life for you: The Years
How you would like to die: A Passage to India
Your soul’s present condition: The Sound of Waves
What was 2021 like for you? The Crow Road
What do you want from 2022? The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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