Tag: ask meme

4, 17, 24 and 37!

4: Quick, you’re in desperate need of a fake name. What character name do you think of first?

oh god I answered this on in the tags of the meme reblog: the first thing I thought of when I skimmed that post was ‘Esme Weatherwax’ which means I would have the least convincing pseudonym ever.

17: What do you think about movie/tv adaptations?

Depends on the adaptation! If it’s done with loving respect to the book and is true to the spirit of the source material, they can be fantastic, and great for getting new readers interested (see: Jeeves and Wooster)! If it’s transformative and goes beyond the source material, while touching on it, it can either be a flop or be something really interesting that stands on it’s own (see: Les Miserables musical version). If it’s not respectfully and carefully made, but instead superficial and full of ‘easter eggs’ but without the same soul as the book, it can be a fucking travesty (see: Moffat’s Sh*rlock). 

24: First book(s) you remember being obsessed with

I honestly can’t remember the first, because I was both an incredibly voracious reader as a kid and also have an extremely obsessive personality so it happened a lot. 

The funniest one I do remember is Jean M. Auel’s Earth’s Children series, circa age 11 or so. If you’re thinking ‘wait, Mica, aren’t those a series of 900+ page paleolithic erotic fiction novels?’ then I am happy to tell you, yes. That is exactly what those are. The first one, which we had because my mother read it for her book group, doesn’t have any sex, so she had no reason to worry when I picked it up. I loved it, so of course I got the second one out of the library. The protagonist leaves the tribe of Neanderthals that adopted her as a baby and goes to meet other humans in the second one, and BOY HOWDY does she get busy (…in between inventing/discovering domestic animals, various hand tools, skis, certain medicinal herbs, and basically any advance made by humans in the Stone Age. She is also busy in that respect). 11-year-old me skimmed past the sex scenes until I got back to the interesting biological and prehistorical information. I do vividly recall one passage, however, where our main characters happen to see a pair of wooly mammoths mating and it gets them so excited that they just have to do it right there, while watching those mammoths. It’s been over a decade since I read that book, but it’s… it’s just one of those things that really sticks with you, y’know?

37: A book you are scared is not going to be all you hoped it would be

THE NINTH (FINAL! LAST! ULTIMATE!) TEMERAIRE BOOK COMES OUT IN TEN DAYS AND I AM TERRIFIED. 

BOOKISH-ASKS FOR THOSE AFFLICTED WITH BOREDOM

1: Currently Reading
2: Describe the last scene you read in as few words as possible. No character names or title.
3: First book that had a major influence on you
4: Quick, you’re in desperate need of a fake name. What character name do you think of first?
5: Favorite series and why
6: Public library or personal library?
7: What is the most important part of a book, in your opinion?
8: Why are you reading the book you’re currently reading?
9: If you were to publish a book what (besides your real name) would you use for your author name?
10: Do you listen to music when you read? Make a mini playlist for one of your favorite books.
11: What book fandom do you affiliate yourself with the most?
12: Tell one book story or memory (what you were wearing when you were reading something, someone saw you cry in public, you threw a book across the room and broke a window, etc.)
13: What character would be your best friend in real life?
14: Favorite item of book merch
15: Post a shelfie.
16: Rant about anything book related
17: What do you think about movie/tv adaptations?
18: Favorite booktuber(s)
19: Book that you call your child.
20: A character you like but you really, really shouldn’t.
21: Do you loan your books?
22: A movie or tv show you wish would have been a book
23: Did your family or friends influence you to read when you were younger?
24: First book(s) you remember being obsessed with
25: A book that you think about and you cringe because of how terrible it was
26: Do you read from recommendations or whatever book catches your eye?
27: How/where do you purchase your books?
28: An ending you wish you could change
29: Favorite female protagonist.
30: One book everyone should read
31: Do you day dream about your favorite books? If so, share one fantasy you have about them.
32: OTP or NoTP?
33: Cute and fluffy or dramatic and deadly?
34: Scariest book you ever read
35: What do you think of Ebooks
36: Unpopular opinions
37: A book you are scared is not going to be all you hoped it would be
38: What qualities do you find annoying in a character?
39: Favorite villain
40: Has there ever been a book you wish you could un-read?