reading meme

[angelette]

mockerybird posted this, so I'm gonna do it.



1. Favorite childhood book?
Csalánba nem üt a mennykő by Zsuzsa Kántor

2. What are you reading right now?
Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire

3. What books do you have on request at the library?
I don't do library. WE DON'T HAVE A WORKING LIBRARY. *is sad*

4. Bad book habit?
Reading the last sentence first. Reading bad books.

5. What do you currently have checked out at the library?
See above.

6. Do you have an e-reader?
Well, on my PC, yes. And my mp4 player is mainly a book reader now.

7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?
Several at once, I always try to balance between something dark and light.

8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?
Yes, I organize what I'm reading and when.

9. Least favourite book you read this year (so far)?
The Goddess Inheritance by Aimée Carter

10. Favorite book you’ve read this year?
Fuse by Julianna Baggott

11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone?
When my favorite authors write it, for example Ellen Hopkins' Identical. I don't like parental incest, it's hard for me to read about it, but it was worth it.

12. What is your reading comfort zone?
Almost everything, really, the parental incest, necrophilia, pedophilia are my squicks.

13. Can you read on the bus?
Yep, though I usually forget to get off where I should.

14. Favorite place to read?
Everywhere, but usually in my bed or on the garden swing.

15. What is your policy on book lending?
Only to my best friends.

16. Do you ever dog-ear books?
Never.

17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books?
I only desecrated one book: Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, it had some serious translation issues, I fixed it.

18. Not even with text books?
I draw comics in text books. :D

19. What is your favourite language to read in?
English, it makes bad books sound good.

20. What makes you love a book?
Characters. If I love the characters I can relate to them, then it can even be a clichéd story, I will love it.

21. What will inspire you to recommend a book?
If I love them, if I give it five starts. If it's a series, I have to love most of the books, especially the ending.

22. Favorite genre?
Young Adult urban fantasy and dystopia.

23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did)?
Issue books, there are only a few.

24. Favourite biography?
Dear Bully

25. Have you ever read a self-help book?
Yep, but they were boring and cheesy and useless.

26. Favourite cookbook?
The one which is passed down on my mother's side of the family

27. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)?
Toothiana, the Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies by William Joyce - William Joyce's world mesmerized me and gave something which is essential to live.

28. Favorite reading snack?
Chocolate cookie, gummy bears.

29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience.
The Mortal Instruments - I loved it and then it turned into 'milking money.' And then the hype got stronger, though the books got worse, so... there's that. I just can't enjoy the books with all this drama.

30. How often do you agree with critics about a book?
I have a few blogs I'm reading, and that's why I'm reading them, because I mostly agree with their critics.

31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews?
I love it, it's the natural order of things.

32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose?
German, I think.

33. Most intimidating book you’ve ever read?
I don't know, I'm thinking but nothing comes to my mind. Let Me In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, maybe.

34. Most intimidating book you’re too nervous to begin?
I'm not nervous to begin, I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME, I HAVE TO SLEEP AND EAT. WHY?

35. Favorite Poet?
Ellen Hopkins, Lisa Schroeder, François Villon, Sylvia Plath.

36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time?
See above.

37. How often have you returned books to the library unread?
See above.

38. Favorite fictional character?
Oh, god, can it be Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III? I know he's from a children book, but I fell in love with him. He reminds me of myself when I was at that age, and he's smart and funny.

39. Favourite fictional villain?
PITCH BLACK aka Kozmotis Pitchiner. I think he's my favorite villain of all time, no one comes near his complexity. He has a tragic past and it's so heartbreaking as he wants to destroy his own humanity. :(

40. Books I’m most likely to bring on vacation?
Bad books, I love to laugh at them. :D

41. The longest I’ve gone without reading.
One month.

42. Name a book that you could/would not finish.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer - Everyone loves it, I just tear my hair out, it lacks basic logic, I JUST CAN'T READ IT.

43. What distracts you easily when you’re reading?
My effing father, he annoys me to death.

44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel?
How to Train Your Dragon - while it's completely different because they had to do something visually stunning, the main message is the same. And it's beautiful.
Rise of the Guardians - The same. Also it's more like continuation, not adaptation, but still.
Stardust, Coraline, Interview with the Vampire.

45. Most disappointing film adaptation?
OMG, Twilight, there is nothing good in there except Billy Burke. The Hunger Games - I hate it with passion, it can't be understood without the books and it's boring. Beastly... just Beastly... WHY?

46. The most money I’ve ever spent in the bookstore at one time?
45 dollars.

47. How often do you skim a book before reading it?
Never, I just read the last sentence. *shifty eyes*

48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through?
Half-way through? Nothing. If I can't find logic in the first ten percent, or it's plain stupid or the MC is annoying, I don't finish it. If I get past the first ten percent, THEN I'M GONNA READ THAT SHIT. Except if it's pure porn, then I quit.

49. Do you like to keep your books organized?
Yep, though they are all over the place now. They're burying me alive. I need a new shelf.

50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you’ve read them?
I keep them usually, but now I'm lacking space to put them, so I give away the ones I don't want to read ever. Maybe they will bring joy to someone else.

51. Are there any books you’ve been avoiding?
Yes, the ones where the writer has a no-no attitude. Example: Kiera Cass.

52. Name a book that made you angry.
Oh, god, where they joke about rape and such. So the last ones are Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons and the Goddess Inheritance by Aimée Carter, though there are lot more.

53. A book you didn’t expect to like but did?
Insurgent by Veronica Roth. I hated Divergent, it was a boring and clichéd book. But Insurgent blew me away, this is why I have hope for series to improve.

54. A book that you expected to like but didn’t?
Bad Hair Day by Carrie Harris, I loved the first book but it was just plain boring and forced. :(

55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading?
Yay, anything by Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, William Joyce, Cressida Cowell, Dia Reeves, Ellen Hopkins, the list goes on and on.