Greetings! Would you mind filling this out?

[mrc105]

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

Nombre (name): The Micky or El Miguel
Age: 33 (Yeah! not bald yet)
Occupation: I export poultry to third world countries.
Passions: Books, Poetry, Politics, York Pepperment Patties & Dr Pepper
Favorite book(s): The Lord of the Flies, The Time Machine & The Martian Child
Favorite author(s): Dickens, H.G. Wells
If you could live as a character in any book; Shamefully, Roger from "The Lord of the Flies"
Best entertainment read: Crappy Science Fiction
Favorite genre: I seem to like biographies, although not auto & Business
What draws you to a book? Price
Favorite series: Quantum Leap... Oh Wait Ya'll mean books, don't know yet prop Business books, Classics, & Science Fiction
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Gone with The Wind
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 1 per week
Library or bookstore? Bookstore, Libraries are to socialist for my taste
Hardcover or paperback? Hardcover

[M]

Name- everyone calls me M

Age- Not saying but would raise the average

Occupation- Office worker

Passions- Reading, Line Dancing and Guinea Pigs

Favourite Books- Gone with the Wind + East of Eden

Favourite Authors- Steinbeck, Hardy, Katherine Kerr, Graham Greene

Character from book to live as- Thursday Next from Jasper Fforde books

Best entertainment read- hmmmm Pratchetts Good Omens

Favourite Genre- I enjoy all except biographies/ autobiographies

What draws you to a book- Back page synopsis

Favourite Series- Katherine Kerr Deverry series

Favourite Movie Adaptation of a book- The End of the Affair

How many books do you read on avg per month- 12

Library or Bookstore - Bookstore/ charity shop

Hardcover or Paperback- Paperback as hardcovers hurt to hold for too long.

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[saethwr]

Nombre (name): Josi
Age: 24
Occupation: studying biology and working at a call centre
Passions: books, photography...and onlinegaming (I can't belive I just admitted that!)
Favorite book(s): I don't have a particular favourite book, it all depends on what mood I'm in and what is going on in my life at that particular time
Favorite author(s): Just off the top of my head...Jane Austen, Barry Eisler, Diana Gabaldon, James Clavell, Agatha Christie and Lian Hearn
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Difficult one....maybe Clair Fraser/Beauchamp in the Outlander series or Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice
Favorite genre: historical fiction, biographies, thriller (kinda choosy on that one lol), and, uhm...I'll have to get back on that one
Favorite series: Outlander and Rain
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle ofc
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? depends really, can be everything from 0 to 10 ish
Library or bookstore? Bookstore no doubt
Hardcover or paperback? not bothered

[kajsa]

Nombre (name): Beverley
Age: 36
Occupation: Revenue Manager in a Hotel

Passions: Books, cycling, travelling, hockey spending time with my boyfriend

Favorite book(s): A Place to call home, Murphy's Boy, A prayer for OWen Meany

Favorite author(s): Jonathan Kellerman, Kathy Reichs, Lee Child

If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? I wouldn't like to be the main charachter, but I would be a new charachter in the Tempe Brennan series - like her sidekick, I guess.

Best entertainment read: Any of the books I read are the best entertainment read, to me.

Favorite genre: I like mysteries best.

What draws you to a book? The author

Favorite series: Probably the Tempe Brennan books, or the Alex Dellaware series, or the Lincoln Rhyme series, or the Jack Reacher series, or the John Rebus series...............oh, I can't decide.

Favorite movie adaptation of a book: The hunt for Red October or Death Train - both movies were better than the books, in my humble opinion.

How many books do you read, on avg. per month? Depends upon how much I can afford to spend, lol!

Library or bookstore? Definately bookstore. I like to buy my books, read them, then send them home to Canada for my mother, brother & 2 sisters to read.

Hardcover or paperback? Hardcover - they last a lot longer than paperback & here they're pretty cheap.

[Nicole2]

Nombre (name): Nicole
Age: 45
Occupation: Multiprenuer
Passions: books, animals, art
Favorite book(s): Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
Favorite author(s): Jasper Fforde, Poe, John Saul, Robert Alexander
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Kay Scarpetta
Best entertainment read: Jasper Fforde
Favorite genre: Everything, both fiction and non-fiction, except Romance
What draws you to a book? Cover art is the draw, synopsis is the clincher.
Favorite series: Back to Jasper Fforde, but I loved the Wizard of Oz series
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Rebecca
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 3
Library or bookstore? Bookstore
Hardcover or paperback? Paperback from a retail store. Hardcover from used

[thisislissa]

Nombre (name): Melissa

Age: 25

Occupation: Chemistry Grad Student.

Passions: books, wilderness, science, art/painting, food & drink

Favorite book(s): In Search of Lost Time, Catch-22, Vanity Fair, Lord of the Rings

Favorite author(s): Can’t pick.

If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Galadriel in The Silmarilion and Lord of the Rings

Best entertainment read: Harry Potter series, Sevenwaters trilogy, The Mists of Avalon,

Favorite genre: Classics, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

What draws you to a book? Reputation, recommendations.

Favorite series: I guess I already put some series in above . . .

Favorite movie adaptation of a book: A Room with a View (I love it so much I’m afraid to read the book actually). Lord of the Rings (a few of the changes pissed me off, but it captures the spirit and meaning of the books which is way more than most can say).

Least favorite movie adaptation of a book: All the Harry Potters except Azkaban (they are incomprehensible if you havn’t read the books and infuriating if you have).

How many books do you read, on avg. per month? I’m too lazy to crunch the numbers, I usually have at least 4 books going at one time. Some I can read in a day, others take several years.

Library or bookstore? Bookstore, but I love the library for audio books.

Hardcover or paperback? Paperback.

[Inkling]

Nombre (name): Riley (female)
Age: 20...soon to be 21
Occupation: Uni Student(Philosopy and Latin)/retail
Passions: Writing, Books, Photography, amateur film, outdoors and nature.
Favorite book(s): Too many to list...
Favorite author(s): John Steinbeck, Jane Austen, Orwell, Bill Bryson, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Kurt Vonnegut, Neil Gaiman--to name a few
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice...
Best entertainment read: Bill Bryson's A Walk In The Woods
Favorite genre: I favour more than one.
What draws you to a book? Recommendations, cover art, blurb, reveiws
Favorite series: Too hard to narrow down to just one.
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: There are several that I favour, however, to choose one...perhaps Smilla's Sense of Snow...no wait! Snow Falling On Cedars...or The Shipping News...
Least favorite movie adaptation of a book: Slaughterhouse Five
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? Varies--anywhere from 4 to 10
Library or bookstore? Bookstore...I find it hard to relenquish a book I have read.
Hardcover or paperback? Paperback.

[j2page1]

Nombre (name): Jess
Age: 23
Occupation: Supervisor in an Electronics store
Passions: reading, gaming, home theater, camping
Favorite book(s): all of them
Favorite author(s): Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, Piers Anthony, Gail Z Martin, Tracy Weis and Margaret Hickman, Stephen R. Donaldson and a bunch others
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? None, girls usually get the shaft in novels and if I went back in time I'd probably be burned as a witch for my sacarism and in ability to keep me thoughts to myself
Best entertainment read: Harry Potter
Favorite genre: Fantasy
What draws you to a book? the cover if I'm just browsing but usually I have friend recommendations or I've read through reviews to get ideas
Favorite series: Wheel of Time, Dark Tower Series, Sword of Truth, Chronicles of Necromancer, Harry Potter, Eragon, Belgariad...etc...
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Da Vinci code is probably one of the only movies I've ever liked after reading the book
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? Depends on the legnth, usually around 10
Library or bookstore? Bookstore
Hardcover or paperback? Paperback.

[Cisco]

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Nombre (name): Toni
Age: 47
Occupation: Substitute teacher
Passions: Reading, scrapbooking, my family
Favorite book(s): Gone With the Wind
Favorite author(s): Dean Koontz, Anne McCaffrey, Stephen King, Dick Frances, Nora Roberts, .........
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Leesa in McCaffrey's Dragonrider series
Best entertainment read: Any of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books
Favorite genre: I don't think I have a favorite. I'll read just about anything.
What draws you to a book? Interesting cover and an interesting plot
Favorite series: Stephen King's Dark Tower series and Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider series
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Are there any good ones? Gone With the Wind was probably follwed the book the closest of any I've seen.
Least favorite movie adaptation of a book: The last Harry Potter movie
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? Eight or more
Library or bookstore? Bookstore My husband hates when Empire books has a new shipment of used Library books in.
Hardcover or paperback? Whichever I can get the cheapest!

[urasay]

Nombre (name): Sarayu
Age: 23
Occupation: student
Passions: books, traveling, riding my motorcycle, movies, environmental law
Favorite book(s): keeps changing- the glass palace, two lives and the god of small things. right now.
Favorite author(s): keeps changing too.
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? dunno.
Best entertainment read: P.G Wodehouse, Asterix, dan brown, john grisham
Favorite genre: ALL, although I usually end up with non fiction or serious stuff
What draws you to a book? availability
Favorite series: the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, artemis fowl (no kidding)
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy.
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? depends. as many as 10 when i get them or none during a dry spell.
Library or bookstore? library, i swap books on bookmooch(dot)com
Hardcover or paperback? whatever is available.

[poomlie]

Nombre (name): Shari
Age: 55 (way raising the average age!)
Occupation: Artist, caretaker for husband with disabilities from strokes
Passions: Books, painting, politics, my summer cabin, grandchildren, crocheting, photography, video games, photoshop, cooking, national parks
Favorite book(s): So many I can't choose.
Favorite author(s): John Irving, Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, Barbara Kingsolver, Margaret Atwood, Sumner Locke Elliott (hard to find)
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? I would say Lady Helen in Lynley series, but she is dead now, not good to be. So I think I would choose Valentine in the Ender series.
Best entertainment read: Sci Fi (if I can find something good, hard to do), a slice of life story, horror, a mystery that isn't easy to figure out. Anything well written.
Favorite genre: Most genres except westerns and romance.
What draws you to a book? I usually read the blurb, or rely on word of mouth (not always reliable in either case). Sometimes even the cover will entice me. I loved the covers of the Twilight series, but didn't like the books, so also unreliable. Good packaging though.
Favorite series: HP, Ender series, Lynley mysteries by Elizabeth George. Anna Pigeon series by Nevada Barr. Harry Bosch books.
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Lonesome Dove, Gone With the Wind, The Stand, To Kill a Mockingbird.
How many books do you read, on avgerage per month? Ap. 5ish.
Library or bookstore? Library.
Hardcover or paperback? Whatever the library has to offer.

[chemical_infusions]

Nombre (name): Marissa
Age: 18 (19 in January woot woot)
Occupation: Artist, Student
Passions: Books, Camping, Drawing, Watercolor (Painting), Playing Games
Favorite book(s): Survivor, Japanese Mind Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture, Picture of Dorian Grey, Sword of Truth Series, Lost Merlin Years Series.
Favorite author(s): Kurt Vonneget, Chuck Palahniuk, Oscar Wilde
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? I guess Kahaln from the Sword of Truth Series
Best entertainment read: How I Became Stupid
Favorite genre: Historical, Biography, Fiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
What draws you to a book? The Front cover, Title, Word of Mouth, Summary but those can all be unreliable.
Favorite series: Sword of Truth Series, Lost Merlin Series, True Blood series.
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: To Kill A Mockingbird, Fight Club, Harry Potter Third Movie/Book, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility
How many books do you read, on avgerage per month? Depends sometimes 2 or 5. I am a slow reader...
Library or bookstore? Usually bookstore but library at times too.
Hardcover or paperback? Whatever the library has to offer.

[morebooks4me]

Nombre (name): Janice
Age: 34
Occupation: Real estate
Passions: Reading, animals
Favorite book(s): Chronicles of Narnia
Favorite author(s): Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Mary Higgins Clark, Nora Roberts, many, many more.
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Edward Bloom in Big Fish
Best entertainment read: Calvin & Hobbes coffee table books
Favorite genre: Horror, thriller, mystery
What draws you to a book? Reading the description online
Favorite series: Chronicles of Narnia
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Bridget Jones' Diary. The book and movie were both hilarious.
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 5
Library or bookstore? Paperback swap or freecycle.
Hardcover or paperback? Hardcover

[cs4jws]

Nombre (name): Cat

Age: 38

Occupation: I/T computer person

Passions: My family

Favorite book(s): Stephanie Plum Series

Favorite author(s): Janet Evanovich (plus many others)

If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose?: Probably Stephanie Plum...LOL

Best entertainment read: Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea

Favorite genre: Like many, but find myself drawn to comedy

What draws you to a book?: Lots of things, including the cover, and reviews

Favorite series: LOL...Stephanie Plum Series

Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Gone With the Wind

How many books do you read, on avg. per month?: At least 4, but usually many more

Library or bookstore?: Bookstore (or Amazon)

Hardcover of paperback?: I don't have a preference

[jacquelinemarten]

Nombre (name): Jacqueline Marten
Age: 85, ah yes…
Occupation: Writer
Passions: Reading, writing, research, poetry, politics, my sons and grandkids, music, film, art
Favorite book(s): Persuasion by Jane Austen.
Favorite author(s): Jane Austen, Dick Francis, Jude Deveraux
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Elizabeth in Pride & Prejudice
Best entertainment read: Undomestic Goddess sophie kinsella
Favorite genre: Historical Romance
What draws you to a book? History, Eros
Favorite series: My Roses Series (English Rose, Irish Rose, French Rose)
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Pride and Prejudice with Kiera Knightly
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 5-20
Library or bookstore? Mostly the library and I also re-read book that are in my own library at home
Hardcover or paperback? Both.