You already know that books are a (too) big part of my life. So I read Hayley's blog and discovered a book survey. And I realized this would be an easy blog post :) so I took it. It took me probably a lot more time than to write a normal entry (fail), but anyway, here it is:1. What author do you own the most books by?
My book collection is fluid, but right now... Lemony Snicket.
2. What book do you own the most copies of?
That's a tie between many books that I own the English and German version of. *oops... did I end that sentence right?*
3. Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Well... not really. English is my second language and I don't care as much as I should about these things :D
4. What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
I rarely fall in love with book characters, I'm a shallow and visual person :) Give me cute actors anytime. Wait... what does that tell you about me? Forget I wrote that.
5. What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
I have read some books like The Alchemist, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, City of dreaming books etc a number of times. Maybe 4-5x? But I don't really keep track.
6. What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
At 10 years, my favourite book was Drachenfeuer (Dragon fire) by Wolfgang Hohlbein. When I was 10, Harry Potter didn't exist yet ;)
7. What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
Well there is the usual suspect (B** Dawn), I also hated the brilliant book "Noone belongs here more than you", because it depressed the hell out of me.
8. What is the best book you've read in the past year?
I've read a huge number of great books in the last year (Kite runner, John Green's books etc come to mind), but the one that spoke most to me was "Perks of being a wallflower".
9. If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
I don't know how to answer this one. Forcing a book on someone is never a good idea. Maybe I'd force the HP series on people who think the books are as bad as the movies sometimes make them seem.
10. What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
I only want to see movies made into books that have a strong fantastic element, just to be amazed by special effects and foreign landscapes :) The character development is better in books anyway. So for this reason, I'd like to see the Otherland tetralogy as a movie. Mainly because I didn't like the books, but I liked the idea behind them.
11. What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Oh God, so many. The least would actually be The perks... because I could imagine someone wanting to make it into a movie, but in my opinion it's impossible to do, because the beauty of the book is inside of the protagonist's head.
12. Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
All my dreams are weird and I consider every dream that a writer appears in as weird, but no particular one comes to mind.
13. What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
I'm with Hayley on that one. The Twilight series was probably the one I was actually hesitant to even tell people that I'm reading it. (Mind you, I read all 4 books in one week).
14. What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Gödel, Escher, Bach. It killed my mind. In hindsight, it was stupid to try and read it in English at that time.
15. What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
I'm perfectly content in watching non-obscure Shakespeare plays, thank you very much :)
16. Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Noone beats the Russians in literary style and general grandeness, but I personally prefer the French.
17. Roth or Updike?
I haven't read much of both, so I'll not pass judgement.
18. David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
I've only read Sedaris, so Sedaris it will be :) He cracks me up.
19. Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare. Just 'cause.
20. Austen or Eliot?
Austen. A bit hesitant on my part, but Austen. Definitely.
21. What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I've had times during my university studies where I read only less than 10 books a year.
22. What is your favorite novel?
What does "favourite" mean. The best one? The one I like to re-read most? The one that spoke to me the most? I can't possibly answer that, but one of the titles that up there is 100 years of solitude.
23. Play?
Not too much into modern plays, so some Shakespeare for me please. I don't go to the theatre often though.
24. Poem?
Yes. Oh you meant a specific one? Dickinson in the English language and many many in German. A specific one is difficult, maybe "Die Fahrende" by Gertrud Kolmar.
25. Essay?
I don't know too many essays, but one that stuck with me is about the genius cult in the late 1700.
26. Work of nonfiction?
I like books like Fermat's enigma, Universe in a nutshell etc.
27. Who is your favorite writer?
At the moment? I really like Maureen Johnson ;)
28. Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Oi. That's a mean question because you single handedly insult everyone who loves this writer. If I had to choose, I'd vote for Steph. Meyer. Simply because in her case the difference between deserved acclaim and actual success is largest.
29. What is your desert island book?
One book would be kind of cruel, but seeing as I haven't gotten far in "Infinite Jest" yet, I'd take that one and hope that boredom would force it on me.
30. And... what are you reading right now?
I'm a bit ashamed to say I'm reading Diabolus by Dan Brown (don't yell at me, I'm on holiday!) and will soon start HP7, Catcher in the Rye and many more (still 2 more weeks of vacation :)
Lyrics of the day: Put the book back on the shelf by Belle & Sebastian
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