Greetings! Would you mind filling this out?

Abagayle · Post by **Abagayle** » 19 Jun 2008, 11:27

It would be cool to get to know you folk from the following questions.

Nombre (name): Abagayle
Age: 16 *shudder*
Occupation: I train horses.
Passions: books, bass guitar, music in general, nature, art in all forms
Favorite book(s): American Psycho has remained a favorite for a long time, although there's many others.
Favorite author(s): Bret Easton Ellis, Steinbeck, Dickens, Bester
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Arwen, Lord of the Rings
Best entertainment read: Dan Brown, Michael Cricton (I know I spelled that wrong... can't remember...)
Favorite genre: ALL, although I usually end up with historical fiction, sci-fi
What draws you to a book? *blushes* Cover art, the last page
Favorite series: Lord of the Rings
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Pride and Prejudice, Atonement (Joe Wright is a fabulous director!)
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? Anywheres from 4-10...
Library or bookstore? Bookstore when I have cash.
Hardcover or paperback? Paperback.

I'm so thrilled I found this place, finally I have people to talk to about books... no one reads out here in hick town.
Have a lovely day.

blue_diamond21 · Post by **blue_diamond21** » 19 Jun 2008, 14:08

Here goes....

Name: Kelly
Age: 22
Occupation: Wedding Gift List Consultant/Student
Passions: Books, cinema, food & wine!!
Fav book: this is hard...ask me later its too hard to answer right now!!
Fav author: See above response

Live as character: Arwen is pretty cool, I'd go with Elizabeth from Pride & Prejudice
Entertainment read: Agree with D Brown. Cant think of others right now!
Movie adaptation: Totally Atonement, loved it! And also Shawshank Redemption (though thats probs just cos I LOVE the film, never actually read the short story

)
How many books: Probs about 5-10
Library/bookstore: Mainly bookstore or Amazon if im cash strapped
Hardcover/Paperback: gotta be the paperback

Some of those questions were tough!!!!

Eckhart Aurelius Hughes · Post by **Scott** » 20 Jun 2008, 11:06

Nombre (name): Scott
Age: 21
Occupation: webmaster and activist
Passions: philosophy, politics, reading
Favorite book(s): 1984, Of Mice and Men
Favorite author(s): Voltairine de Cleyre (non-fiction), George Orwell (fiction)
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? V in the graphic novel V for Vendetta
Best entertainment read: Of Mice and Men

Favorite genre: Dystopia
What draws you to a book? Recommendations and reviews by other people, or if I have read something that I find great by the author, even just a short article or something
Favorite series: Anamorphs (from my childhood)
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: 1984
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 2-4
Library or bookstore? Library
Hardcover or paperback? Whatever the library gives me

sleepydumpling · Post by **sleepydumpling** » 20 Jun 2008, 20:27

Nombre (name): Kath
Age: 35 (I have to laugh at people shuddering at 16!)
Occupation: IT Librarian
Passions: books, music, shopping, spending time with friends, cooking = more.
Favorite book(s): Cloudstreet by Tim Winton.
Favorite author(s): Tim Winton, Billie Letts, John Wyndham, Bill Bryson.
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? I don't know - Anne Shirley?
Best entertainment read: Bill Bryson. Always gives me belly laughs.
Favorite genre: ALL, I love lots of variety.
What draws you to a book? Characters. Concepts. Settings.
Favorite series: Harry Potter
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Pride and Prejudice, the BBC series with Colin Firth in it.
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? Anywheres from 4 to six.
Library or bookstore? Library, because... well that's obvious!
Hardcover or paperback? Both/either.

Pappy · Post by **Pappy** » 21 Jun 2008, 07:11

1)Nombre (name): Russ

2)Age: 24 (ah, to be 16 again)

3)Occupation: USAF Air Operations Technician

4)Passions: Guitars, books, movies, family, human potential, philosophy and the quest to see the world (or at least the good parts of it)

5)Favorite book(s): A Cabinet of Wonders by Renee Dodd, The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson, and A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

6)Favorite author(s): Bill Bryson, Christopher Moore, and Renee Dodd.

7)If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Charlie Aher from A Dirty Job.

Best entertainment read: A Dirty Job. I've never laughed so hard in my life.

9)Favorite genre: I enjoy just about anything. Biography, horror, adventure, history, comedy, political, science fiction, really anything I can get my hands on.

10)What draws you to a book? More often than not the cover (what a shame, huh?)

11)Favorite series: Do two books constitute a series? If so, I'd say Bloodsucking Fiends and You Suck! A Love Story by Christopher Moore.

12)Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Hmmm... Either Jurassic Park or Stephen King's the Shining (not the Kubric version).

13)How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 2.4 right now. So far it's 16 books this year.

14)Library or bookstore? Bookstore, not because I don'tlike libraries (I love libraries) but because one day I'd like to own enough books to make a room in my house MY library.

15)Hardcover or paperback? So long as I can read it. Hardback, softback, newspaper, electronic, I don't care.

deasy · Post by **deasy** » 21 Jun 2008, 10:54

Nombre (name): Deasy
Age: 17
Occupation: er. none atm. Student?

Passions: Art, writing stories, talking (lol)
Favorite book(s): HP series, Twilight Series, The Fountainhead, Pride and Prejudice
Favorite author(s): Jane Austen, Stephenie Meyer, Rowling.
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? haha, Hermione Granger.
Best entertainment read: I'm not too sure of this question...
Favorite genre: I'm drawn into the Barnes and Nobles Classic section.

But I would say Romance.
What draws you to a book? If I've heard good things about it, I'm more likely going to read those first.
Favorite series: HP and Twilight
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Pride and Prejudice - BBC version
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 2-3. Hopefully this summer, the numbers will rise. :s
Library or bookstore? Bookstore, with a cup of hot chocolate
Hardcover or paperback? Hardcover

Eric · Post by **Eric** » 21 Jun 2008, 11:58

Nombre (name): Eric

Age: 29

Occupation: adjunct English/Philosophy professor.

Passions: books, philosophy, politics, movies.

Favorite book(s): "Lolita", "Crime & Punishment", "Querelle", "The Stranger", "The Trial", etc.

Favorite author(s): Kafka, Dostoyevsky, Camus, Toni Morrison, Genet.

If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? the first-person narrator in Dante's "Inferno".

Best entertainment read: political magazines like "The Nation".

Favorite genre: 19th and 20th century classics.

What draws you to a book? usually the book's/author's critical reputation, or a recommendation from a friend.

Favorite series: I haven't really read any series, but I'm planning on tackling Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" this summer.

Favorite movie adaptation of a book: "There Will Be Blood" (based on Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil!")

How many books do you read, on avg. per month? it varies from month to month, depending on the length of the books.

Library or bookstore? bookstore.

Hardcover or paperback? Paperback.

ResonantAleph · Post by **ResonantAleph** » 22 Jun 2008, 19:56

Nombre (name): Nathaniel Stoll
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Passions: Linguistics, Literature, Philosophy, Semiotics, Post-Modernism
Favorite book(s): Whichever I'm currently reading (Personal weakness)
Favorite author(s): Any and every author who changes my mind
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose?: "The
Kenosha Kid" (Bet you never did...)
Best entertainment read: The Times Literary Supplement
Favorite genre: The ones which can't be classified
What draws you to a book?: Word of mouth (or stroke of key)
Favorite series: À la recherche du temps perdu (kudos, prof)
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to
Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
How many books do you read, on avg. per month?: Hundreds (finish would be around 10)
Library or bookstore?: Bookstore (cheaper in the long run)
Hardcover of paperback?: Paperback (aren't they all? {the ones with thin paper backs [the thinner thin ones that are thinner than the thin ones that are thicker]})

shalle_la_rilla · Post by **shalle_la_rilla** » 23 Jun 2008, 09:55

name~ Rilla 「リッラ」
age~ 17
occupation~ Student/Part time @ school
passions~ music, reading, writing, drawing, MUSIC.
favorite books~ Vampire Hunter D, The Soulforge, Foundation, Dune, The Art of War, Tao Te Ching
favorite authors~ Hideyuki Kikuchi, Isaac Asimov, H.G. Wells, Anne Rice
if you could be any character~ Vampire Hunter D!
best entertainment read~ anything by Piers Anthony
favorite genre~ historical and Science Fiction
drawn to books~ the cover art and the names on the back cover
favorite series~ Vampire Chronicles, Dune [but only the original series, not the new ones~]
favorite movie adaptation~ Wuthering Heights
how many books a month~ usually three or four
library or bookstore~ both
hardcover or paperback~ paperback~

Katarina · Post by **Katarina** » 24 Jun 2008, 07:39

Nombre (name): Katrin
Age: 21
Occupation: staying at home, student
Passions: books, music, puzzles, cdosswords, kids
Favorite book(s): Bronte's Jane Eyre, London's Whitefang, Proulx's Brokeback Mountain, everything from E.M. Remarque, J.Herriot and G.Durrell and some Grzimek's books
Favorite author(s): London, Durrel, Herriot, Remarque...
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? I'd really liek to be with Grzimek in Africa LOL
Best entertainment read: Twilight books
Favorite genre: It depends on a book, I love books about animals...
What draws you to a book? I don't know...something...
Favorite series: Umm....Lord of the Rings
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Brokeback Mountain
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? About 2-4, it really depends on books and how much time I have to read.
Library or bookstore?Library
Hardcover or paperback? It doesn't matter at all

blue_doona32 · Post by **blue_doona32** » 24 Jun 2008, 19:58

Name: Carol
Age: 17 (almost 18)
Occupation: Flag Girl! jk I am unemployed
Passions: books (duh), movies, dancing, art, creating...stuff,cooking, more...
Fav book: wow. that's a toughie. um, The Hobbit
Fav author: Tolkien, Lewis, Carroll, Meyer, paolini, De La Cruz, Caine, and sooooo much more!
Live as character: There's so many: Arwen, Laurel (The Summer King), Elizabeth, Arya, Bella, and many more!
Entertainment read: Anything sci-fi

Movie adaptation: Atonement, Pride & Prejudice
How many books: 10-12
Library/bookstore: yes
Hardcover/Paperback: yes

Wells83 · Post by **Wells83** » 25 Jun 2008, 13:03

Nombre (name): Stephanie
Age: 24
Occupation: Nanny
Passions: Reading and my pets.
Favorite book(s): I have many. Gone with the Wind, Helter Skelter, Tess of the d'Urbervilles are a few.
Favorite author(s): Jane Austen, Augusten Burroughs, Vincent Bugliosi, to name a few.
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? That's a tough one. Probably Emma from Jane Austen's Emma.
Best entertainment read: Chelsea Handler's two books.
Favorite genre: Biographies, memoirs, historical fiction and nonfiction.
What draws you to a book? Depends. Good reveiews, author, subject matter.
Favorite series: I don't really have one at the moment.
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Gone with the Wind.
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? Usually between 8-12.
Library or bookstore? Bookstore or bookswim.com
Hardcover or paperback? Paperback usually.

Reyellow · Post by **Reyellow** » 25 Jun 2008, 16:24

Name: Rebecca
Age: 23
Occupation: Resturant Bus
Passions: reading and helping others
Favorite book(s): The Diary of Anne frank. The Wedding
Favorite author(s): Nicholas Sparks
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose?Not sure about that one

Best entertainment read: hmmmm
Favorite genre: ? tough questions
What draws you to a book? anything really. reviews. suggestions from friends
Favorite series: Babysitters club
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: A walk to remember
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 2-4
Library or bookstore? bookstore
Hardcover or paperback? paperback

Libellus · Post by **Libellus** » 26 Jun 2008, 10:01

Name: Felicity
Age: Hmmm past the age when I have to say - but way too old given the current company
Occupation: Computer Programmer (sigh!)
Passions: Books Food Music Wine(esp Fizz).... Life
Favorite book(s): Dorian Gray
Favorite author(s): Wilde, Austen, Wodehouse, Marquez
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Lord Peter Whimsey, what a fun life.
Or George (FamousFive) - same reason just younger...can still remember younger - just!
Best entertainment read: Hitchhiker
Favorite genre: Anything, except Romance
What draws you to a book? Author and Plot/characters. Then the style of writing -I have to be comfortable with "how" it reads to me. Recommends rather than reviews
Favorite series: Sherlock Holmes
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Brideshead Revisited (Granada)
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 1-2 (not enough)
Library or bookstore? Yes!
Hardcover or paperback? As above

Dungeon Denizen · Post by **Dungeon Denizen** » 30 Jun 2008, 17:30

Name: N/A
Age: 18
Occupation: Student
Passions: God, reading, games, playing in the rain
Favorite book(s): Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), The Last Sin Eater, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, Dove in the Eagle's Nest, Dracula, Hangman's Curse, and so on
Favorite author(s): Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, Frank Perretti, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Robin Jones Gunn
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Hmm I don't think I could just choose one.
Best entertainment read: Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) It's the most hilarious book in the world I promise you!
Favorite genre: Classics, Christian Romance, and Fantasy
What draws you to a book? Why in the world are you blushing over being drawn to a book by the cover art and last page? If you can't tell a book by it's cover, how else are you going to pre-determine if it's a good book or not?
Favorite series: Narnia or Glenbrooke Series
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: As already mentioned Pride and Prejudice! It was amazing!
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? Between 8-15
Library or bookstore? Both
Hardcover or paperback? Paperback. They're easier to hold however you might wish.