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[mhuzzell]

So I guess there is this book meme that keeps cropping up lately, and I guess I will participate. It at least only asks me to answer one question at a time, and maybe that will be a way to make me actually make entries and put things in writing and stuff.

So, Book Meme! It looks like you are sort of supposed to do it over the course of a calendar month, but I'll start now anyway 'cause that's how I roll.

Day 1: Best book you read last year.
I think it might be Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. Beautiful art, compelling story, well-told, and intellectually stimulating.

Close runners-up are Anarchy Works by Peter Gelderloos (for practical reasons) and The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin (for awesome reasons).

Day 2 – A book that you’ve read more than 3 times
Day 3 – Your favorite series
Day 4 – Favorite book of your favorite series
Day 5 – A book that makes you happy
Day 6 – A book that makes you sad
Day 7 – Most underrated book
Day 8 – Most overrated book
Day 9 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 10 – Favorite classic book
Day 11 – A book you hated
Day 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore
Day 13 – Your favorite writer
Day 14 – Favorite book of your favorite writer
Day 15 – Favorite male character
Day 16 – Favorite female character
Day 17 – Favorite quote from your favorite book
Day 18 – A book that disappointed you
Day 19 – Favorite book turned into a movie
Day 20 – Favorite romance book
Day 21 – Favorite book from your childhood
Day 22 – Favorite book you own
Day 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
Day 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read
Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 – Favorite title
Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 - Your favorite book of all time.

In other news, it's been rainy and disgusting for two days straight now. Which wouldn't be so bad, except that now that I'm cycling everywhere it just makes everything sort of miserable. Like yesterday, it didn't feel worth it to shell out for the bus for a 4-hour shift at work, so I cycled in because it had apparently stopped raining, only it started again as I was leaving the house, and I made the unwise decision to carry on anyway rather than cut my losses and hop on a bus. And then today we had (free!) tickets to a play, but because of stupid Sunday timetables, couldn't get in on the bus for it, and so had to cycle. Fortunately, it turned out to be totally awesome and definitely worth cycling through the rain to see, so that was okay.

Comments

[iamunicorngirl.livejournal.com]

I took an amazing class at college about gender orientation where we read that graphic novel and I LOVED it! I've read it about three times now (ha, I could cheat and make that #2 lol). Glad you've read it too.

Also virtual high five for Left Hand of Darkness. One of my best books ever too. For awesome reasons.