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[Valerie]

Anyone but Bruce.

Footy tipping - head or heart?

[Dale]

Valerie wrote: "Anyone but Bruce.

Footy tipping - head or heart?"

Agree with your comment there Valerie.

Heart when it comes to my team. Head for others.
What is your favourite tv show?

[Vicki]

Orphan Black

Favourite TV genre?

[Susan]

Drama.

Favourite actor?

[Suz]

Simon Baker

Favourite snack whole watching a movie at home?

[Susan]

I'm way too clumsy to snack in front of the TV!

Favourite snack while watching a film in a theatre?

[Suz]

I don't usually as I mostly eat beforehand, but will usually buy a Coke.

First consideration when choosing your next read?

[David]

Is it crime? If not, will I like it anyway?

First consideration when choosing a place to live?

[K]

A large yard for my dogs.

First consideration when deciding where to go on holiday (excluding how much it costs)?

[Susan]

Will there be plenty of places for hiking/getting outdoors?

The mountains or the sea?

[K]

The mountains.

Tropical or temperate climate?

[Susan]

Temperate.

Are you talented at crafts or fixing things?

[K]

No, not at all. But I have to learn how to fix things now that I am a single lady with no men around. Eek! Lol, but I'm pretty bright, so I'm sure I can teach myself.

What have you fixed that you didn't think you could and then you were really proud of yourself afterwards?

[Susan]

I've been racking my brain trying to think of something I've fixed, and come up empty! So my answer is "Umm... nothing"!

What talent or skill do you wish you had (apart from being able to fix things)?

[David]

I'd love to be able to play guitar.

What is your biggest regret?

[K]

Not going to live and work in the USA when I had the chance.

What are you doing right now?

[David]

Working out what I'm going to have for lunch.

Have you got an event coming up that you're really looking forward to?

[K]

Robbie Williams and Maroon 5 concerts and Les Mis musical towards the end of the year.

What musical or play would you like to see?

[Stef]

The Lion King

What is your favourite genre of novel (be as specialised as you like)?

[David]

Contemporary crime, or cold war mystery.

What's your favourite TV show at the moment?

[Susan]

We're still coming down from the finale of Mad Men. We love cheesy 60s TV shows so are working our way through the complete series of Bewitched!

Where will you spend your next holiday?

[K]

I want to go to the USA and meet my friend in Idaho. I might do a few trips there because smaller trips are cheaper and there is a lot of the U.S I want to see.

Where could you never see yourself holidaying?

[Susan]

Disneyland

What is your fantasy job?

[Suz]

Anything! Adult interaction is a good start for this mum/reader :))

Last belly laugh moment? Maybe even with tears!

[Susan]

A scene from The West Wing — a bit hard to explain, but it was hilarious — I laughed so hard I literally couldn't breathe. Then I asked my husband to rewind to see if I would have the same reaction the second time round. (I did.)

Favourite scent or smell?

[Noelene]

Cooking onions on a BBQ.

What would you invent?

[Catherine]

Just like trains have transponders, wouldn't it be great if all books had something like a transponder so all you needed to do to locate a book in your library would be to access that signal, much like people do these days when a mobile phone is lost ( they ring the number and follow the sound)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Don't forget a question Catherine?

[Catherine]

Sorry. I did forget.

Apple juice or orange juice?

[Susan]

Apple juice

What food or dish — which everyone else loves — do you hate?

[Suz]

Can't thInk of anything major... Not a fan of boiled eggs and soldiers! (Toast fingers)

Last book you told someone in person about?

[Dale]

Gilead as I handed it over to them to read.
Last live theatre you saw?

[Noelene]

Evita by our local Musical Union. Before that Strictly Ballroom in Sydney.

Favourite food at your local show?

[Suz]

We have to get fairy floss with my crew!

Name something that you do, that you know you shouldn't? Think trivial.

[Sally906]

Lock the back door before the sun sets in case zombies come in! I know there are no zombies but I do it any way!!



What are you scared of?

[Suz]

That my teenage daughter won't turn back to her nice old self.

What do you consider to be the most interesting aspect about your love of reading?

[Susan]

That it gives me the ability to look at things from other angles, whether it's by reading reviews, or re-reading a book and finding I have a different take on it.

Do you have a favourite book (or books) that you often re-read?

[Stef]

all the Jane Austen books ESPECIALLY Pride and Prejudice :)

What is the best winter comfort food?

[Susan]

Steel-cut oats for breakfast! (Like the recipe I just posted here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)

Is there a genre of book you would never read?

[Stef]

I try to avoid romance as much as possible. Also anything with a lot of violence. True crime is not really my thing. Not mad on the sort of masculine action type stories. "Never" is a strong word but I decidedly turn my nose up at all those. Chick-lit is also very rarely my thing.

What book have you read that in your view many people misunderstand? Or that you disagreed with people on?

[Susan]

Stef — I agree with you on your choice of genres!

When I think about books which I disagree with people on, the first one that comes to mind is Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson — although I see there are quite a few people on GR who felt the same way I did.

Did you actually read the books you were assigned in high school English (and if you didn't, have you read them by now)?

[Suz]

I always read them but didn't take enough time to care about/understand them properly. Interesting as I just realised now how little I appreciated them!

Which high school reads did you dislike/turned you off?

[Sally906]

None of them - although my interpretation of some of the themes often differed from that of the teacher!!!


What was your favourite high school subject - OTHER than English?

[Suz]

That's funny as I would have said my english teacher! My maths teacher year 12. He knew I was struggling and told me to stay with 3 Units, but I wouldn't listen and I dropped to 2. Bummer.

What is your go to words of wisdom to someone younger? Your child or other relative/friend?

[Susan]

I gave up imparting my words of wisdom to the young folk many years ago!

If you had unlimited funds, where would you live (apart from your own home town)?

[Noelene]

Summer months in Tasmania, along the Huon River. Couldn't do a winter in Tassie too much a Queenslander.

What profession/ job would you do if you had to have a change of career?

[Carolyn]

When I was younger I would have said landscape gardener, now it would have to be working in one of those lovely indie bookshops.

What job would you most hate to have (apart from the obvious dirty, smelly ones)?

[Suz]

Cold calling door to door or telephone.

Favourite place to read?

[Carolyn]

An outdoor cafe in springtime (preferably in Paris but Sydney will do).

Favourite outdoor place to read?

[Odette]

A secluded hilltop with a view on a nice day.

Favourite indoor place to read?