I was tagged by Sally for this meme. Basically we’re listing 7 random book-related facts about ourselves.
1. I give books away all the time, and never expect anyone to return a book I’ve loaned to them. Of course, when it’s a loan I do hope that the books come back to me, [...]
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Taken from my dear Sheila:
List your favorite films from A to Z, one for each letter of the alphabet.
A for Amadeus
B for Blade Runner
C for Cabaret
D for Dressed to Kill
E for East of Eden
F for Fear Eats the Soul
G for Ginger Snaps
H for The Haunting
I for Imitation of Life
J for Johnny Guitar
K for Krull
L for [...]
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If you’re anything like me, one of your favorite reasons to read is for the story. Not for the character development and interaction. Not because of the descriptive, emotive powers of the writer. Not because of deep, literary meaning hidden beneath layers of metaphor. (Even though those are all good things.) No … it’s because [...]
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I’m meme-crazy because I love my baby more than this blog. It’s true! (But I have a lot of love to go around, so don’t worry.)
From A Dribble of Ink:
Copy the list below.
Mark in bold the movie titles for which you read the book.
Italicize the that you’ve watched.
1. Jurassic Park
2. War of the Worlds
3. [...]
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A fun new meme!
TEASER TUESDAYS ask you to:
# Grab your current read.
# Let the book fall open to a random page.
# Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
# You also need to share the title of the book [...]
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Heather at Errant Dreams came up with a wonderful meme–enjoy & consider yourself tagged!
* Answer the questions as you see fit. Although they’re all phrased to ask about a singular author, feel free to respond with multiples, or even a list.
* Where possible & convenient (you don’t [...]
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Yay–my question got picked!! If you’re coming here from Booking Through Thursday, please note that my url is superfastreader.com, with no “wordpress.” I’d be ever so grateful if you update this if you are linking to me. And thanks for the link love!
Books and films both tell stories, but what we want [...]
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Picked this meme up from Melanie, in honor of two YA books I read for work this weekend.
The goal of this is to list favourite authors according to last name (with a representative fave book as well).
Atwood, Margaret — Cat’s Eye
Bronte, Charlotte — Jane Eyre
Card, Orson Scott — Ender’s Game
Dragonwagon, Crescent — The Year [...]
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Quick! It’s an emergency! You just got an urgent call about a family emergency and had to rush to the airport with barely time to grab your wallet and your passport. But now, you’re stuck at the airport with nothing to read. What do you do??
And, no, you did NOT have time to grab your [...]
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Picked this up from Becky:
The rules: Top twenty favourite books in no particular order. Don’t think about it for too long. Take twenty minutes only to compile your list. Bold the ones you’ve read, or reread, since you’ve started blogging. Include novels, non fiction and plays.
1. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte [...]
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