A to Z Bookish Survey

[cinaed]

A book meme that's just talking about books? SOUNDS LIKE MY PERFECT MEME.

A. Author You’ve Read The Most Books From
B. Best Sequel Ever
C. Currently Reading
D. Drink of Choice While Reading
E. E-Reader or Physical Books
F. Fictional Character You Would Have Dated In High School
G. Glad You Gave This Book A Chance
H. Hidden Gem Book
I. Important Moments of Your Reading Life
J. Just Finished
K. Kinds of Books You Won’t Read
L. Longest Book You’ve Read
M. Major Book Hangover Because Of
N. Number of Bookcases You Own
O. One Book That You Have Read Multiple Times
P. Preferred Place to Read
Q. Quote From A Book That Inspires You/Gives You Feels
R. Reading Regret
S. Series You Started and Need to Finish
T. Three Of Your All-Time Favorite Books
U. Unapologetic Fangirl For
W. Worst Bookish Habit
V. Very Excited For This Release More Than Any Other
X. Marks The Spot (Start On Your Bookshelf And Count to the 27th Book)
Y. Your Latest Book Purchase
Z. ZZZ-Snatcher (last book that kept you up WAY late)

(I did this meme on Tumblr and already answered K, M, T, U, V, and Y.)

Kinds of Books You Won’t Read:

Uh….I don’t read most modern lit, especially not ones I suspect are written by white male authors with manic pixie dream girl obsessions. I also don’t read horror because I’m a wuss.

Major Book Hangover Because Of:

Hmm, I am not sure what this one means? Like, is it the last time I felt hungover because I got too deep into a book that it hurt to come back to reality, because in that case, the latest one would be Tom Reiss’s The Black Count.
If it’s the last time I devoured a book series over the course of a weekend/a few days, drunk on prose and world-building, then, hm. Probably when I had my Sutcliff binge this summer and read all the Sutcliff novels I could get my hands on!

Three Of Your All-Time Favorite Books:

(Les Miserables is a given, right? Right.)

• Regeneration by Pat Baker
• Eight Days of Luke by Diana Wynne Jones
• Dealing With Dragons by Patricia Wrede (with the caveat that I no longer buy any of her new books because of race issue stuff)

Unapologetic Fangirl For:

Rod Albright Alien Adventures, the entire quartet, by Bruce Coville. No, I don’t care that it’s aimed at children ages 8-12, or that the prose is pretty basic, I LOVE THIS SERIES and will always be convinced Snout and Grakker are married and that Elisabeth grows up to join the Galactic Patrol as well, and that Madame Ping is the best ever.

Very Excited For This Release More Than Any Other:

The Islands of Chaldea by Diana Wynne Jones and completed by her sister Ursula Jones after her death. A whole new DWJ book, guys! A NEW ONE.

Your Latest Book Purchase:

Well, I purchased a bunch of books in one go after discovering a gift card in my desk drawer, haha, so:

• After the Revolution: Antoine-Jean Gros, Painting and Propaganda under Napoleon by David O’Brien
• The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
• The Other Mozart: The Life of the Famous Chevalier de Saint-George by Hugh Brewster
• The Hundred Days: Napoleon’s Last Campaign from eye-witness accounts by Antony Brett-James
• The Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Virtuoso of the Sword and Bow by Gabriel Banat

Comments

[skygiants]

MY FEELINGS ABOUT THE ISLANDS OF CHALDEA ARE SO CONFLICTED THOUGH. I'm so afraid! ;___;

[cinaed]

Haha, I am probably weird, but I am not so much anticipating the book on its own merits (because I wasn't as into her later stuff as her earlier work), but that there will be ONE Diana Wynne Jones book out there I haven't read!

Because the idea of not having a new book of DWJ to read ever again was terrible and one of the worst things about her passing, because now there would be NO NEW WORDS. I have reread most of her books so many times I have a few scenes memorized, so being able to have a book out there even if I haven't read it, full of possibility, is just really great to me?

....Uh sorry, word-splurge all over you. I just have a LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT DIANA WYNNE JONES. ...which is probably obvious since I wrote a 40-page paper on her, hahaha.