1) What author do you own the most books by?
Dan Brown. I own all 4 of them. I heard the new one has been released. *looks at wallet*
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Godfrey Howard's A Guide to Good English in the 1980s. I don't know how there's 2 of them on my bookshelf.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
wth is prepositions?
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Hermione. Only if she was hot.
4a) What fictional character would you most like to be?
The old dead guy from mitch albom's the 5 person you meet in heaven. i wanna go to heaven and meet the blue man.
4b) What fictional character do you think most resembles you?
Will Kelly from My Legendary Girlfriend
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
The Da Vinci Code. god knows how many times.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Some enid blytons's(sp?) the famous five series. and some classics illustrations like rebecca, oliver twist and the 3 musketeers
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
Ian R. MacLeod - the Light Ages - I cant get pass the 3rd chapter and it was RM5. no wonder
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Mike gayle's my legendary girlfriend. definitely in my top 5!
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
mitch albom's the 5 person you meet in heaven. the most beautiful book ive read
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
I have no idea.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
anything stephen king
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
i don't know but it is rare to see a good movie adapted from the books. that said slumdog millionaire is unforgetable.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
i shot shakespeare in the head. he's bald, can't help it.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
LAW BOOKS!
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Elizabeth Kostova's the Historian. it is so long and wordy. 2 months. and harper lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
obscure? none.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
French
18) Roth or Updike?
neither.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
I don't know.
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
I only know Shakespeare.
21)Austen or Eliot?
wtf?
What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Biggest gap – the Historian. 2 months!
23) What is your favorite novel?
the 5 person you meet in heaven
24) Play?
Badang - The Untold Version... which is also the winner for my campus drama competition!
25) Poem?
none
26) Essay?
My groups' study on fashion and its role and effects in the 21st century pop culture. some group work during my matrics days...
27) Short story?
Adibah Amin's take on her university life
28) Work of non-fiction?
Adibah Amin's As I Was Passing and Lydia Teh's Honk! If You're a Malaysian
29) Who is your favorite writer?
Dan Brown. He writes easy-to-understand fictions.
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
dunno.
31) What is your desert island book?
3 easy steps on how to get away from a desert island. safely. can't imagine being there.
32) And ... what are you reading right now?
Thomas Harris - Hannibal Rising and Silence of the Lamb.
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Great, holiday till july! I'm home and i don't know what to do...
