tagged!
kelly | 24 March 2005 - 9:13pm
Mrtl tagged me, and now in return I will steal her preface. Remarkably, we're very much alike in the realm of books. I too am a former English major and former English teacher, and I too am pretty much a non-reader. (All that English majoring and teaching really burns you out.) Looks like I started my Reclaim Reading in 2005 initiative just in time.
1. What book would I like to be?
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald Sobol. That kid is amazing, figuring out all that shit.
2. Have I ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Crush is an understatement. I am head over heels in love with Odysseus. Ask anyone. I'd be his Penelope anyday.
3. What is the last book I bought?
I Don’t Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
4. What is the last book I read?
A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
5. What book am I currently reading?
The Camera by Ansel Adams
6. What 5 books would I take with me if I were stranded on a desert island?
1. How to Get the Hell Off a Desert Island: What? I'm sure it exists.
2,3. Both Bridget Jones novels by Helen Fielding: If the book above doesn't help, I'll need to get my mind off my miserable situation. And nothing makes me laugh like Bridget Jones.
4. The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen: I figure after I laugh my ass off for awhile, I'll need to get back to the business of survival. This one will be a good guide, plus it's been a favorite of mine ever since I read it as a kid.
5. The Hours by Michael Cunningham: When I fail to successfully implement the tactics from The Hatchet, I'll want to lose myself in my absolute favorite novel while I wait for the scorpions to come and eat me alive.
7. What 3 people am I going to tag with these questions and why?
nilbo
the niffer
spurious plum
Why: Besides the obvious answer that up until now they have avoided The Tag and that shit just ain't right? Well, Nilbo because I can tell he's a reader and I'm interested to see his answers, the niffer because she shares my feline obsession, and spurious plum because she's uber-cool and the most bad-ass plum I've ever met. (My apologies if any of you have already been tagged - I did the research and don't think you have, but really, what do I know?)
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Another check on commonalities here: Are you more knowledgable of young adult fiction than you are with more mature selections? I could have some pretty intelligent conversations about various books by Cynthia Voigt but screw me if people are talking about contemporary "adult" authors.
By the way, I loved teaching Hatchet when I was student teaching 7th grade.
Oh, my...uber cool? I sure don't see myself that way, but thank you, Super Kalki! I got tagged by 3 people in one day, so I'm feeling all kinds of pretty.
English majors in tha house!
Ah, Cynthia Voigt. I had a 9th grader who was obsessed with Dicey Tillerman and the poor child just didn't know what to do with herself after she had read every book in the series.
I student-taught 10th graders, and my cooperating teacher had me do Julius Caesar with them. Not an easy sell, although it went pretty well. But the boys just couldn't get over the characters saying "Ho!" They giggled EVERY TIME.
Thanks Kelly! That was fun. I love reading about what other people are reading.
The Encyclopedia Brown books always just made me mad because I couldn't figure them out. I had a friend who was brilliant and always coming up with the answer before the end of the story, and that just made it even worse!
Damn ... I got tagged two weeks ago and did nothing on it because I was set to go out on tour. And now here it is, two weeks later, and I feel all guilty. But not so guilty that I want to do something nobody wants to see because it's old news ... (sigh) ... what a dilemma ...
I adore your blog, by the way - you're wicked funny ...
Aw, thanks Nilbo.
Don't you just hate it when your real life interferes with blogging? I mean, what is THAT about?