book_memes

Ten books you became utterly lost in -

~ The Virtu (Sarah Monette)
~ Transformation (Carol Berg)
~ Breath and Bone (Carol Berg)
~ Q-Squared (Peter David)
~ Chasm City (Alastair Reynolds)
~ Catspaw (Joan D. Vinge)
~ Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
~ Dracula (Bran Stoker)
~ The Last Unicorn (Peter S. Beagle)
~ Michael and the Secret War (Cassandra Golds)


Nine books that you would give to an alien civilisation that was curious about human storytelling culture[s] -

~ The Complete Works of Shakespeare
~ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) - so they can have a good laugh
~ The Tale of Genji (Murasaki)
~ Monster (Naoki Urasawa)
~ The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkein) - or would I?
~ Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
~ American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
~ The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
~ The Sandman series (Neil Gaiman)


Eight books that left you wondering if you were missing the point -

~ The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
~ The Woman Who Did (Grant Allen)
~ The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
~ Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
~ Slaves Unchained (Susan Wright)
~ A Lyrical Look at Life, vol. 3 (Mark Stellinga)
~ The Angels of Resistance (David V. Mammina)
~ Time Will Reveal (Black Coffee)


Seven non-fiction books that engaged you as much as really good fiction might -

~ The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson)
~ The Bounty (Caroline Alexander)
~ The Kiss (Kathryn Harrison)
~ The Little Black Book of Tea (Mike Heneberry) - okay, it didn't engage me like fiction does, but I had fun reading it
~ In Praise of Shadows (Junichiro Tanizaki) -
~ The Sandman: King of Dreams (Alisa Kwitney)
~ Tarot Journaling (Corrine Kenner) -


Six fictional characters you wouldn't kick out of bed -

~ Mildmay (Doctrines of Labyrinth)
~ Sherlock Holmes
~ Sparrow (Michael and the Secret War)
~ Bill Weasley (Harry Potter)
~ Howl (Howl's Moving Castle)
~ Cat (Catspaw)


Five heavy / cerebral works of literature that are worth the effort -

I can't answer this question, to be perfectly honest. I'm not sure if that says something about me or about "cerebral" works of literature. *eyebrow raise*


Four short stories you think everyone should read -

~ "A Scandal in Bohemia" (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
~ "Tideline" (Elizabeth Bear)
~ "Eulogy for a Demon Lover" (Sarah Monette)
~ "The Black Cat" (Edgar Alan Poe)


Three things from books (images, ideas, characters) that really snagged your imagination -

~ The possibility of other worlds, whether fantastical ones or alien ones
~ Unicorns and Dragons and wot.
~ Daemons!


Two genres that are in danger of taking over your shelves -

~ Fantasy and Science Fiction


One series that was completely satisfying from page one to page done -

~ The Doctrines of Labyrinth series by Sarah Monette. =O