Okay guys, this post was supposed to happen yesterday, but I’ve worked the last four days in a row and y’all don’t understand how sleepy I am as soon as I walk in the door. I’ve been doing a lot of sleeping during my time I should have been writing posts. Eh. Anyway, this will be the second half of the post I wrote on Saturday.
Also, I’m playing around with posting at a new time. I know probably every single one of you posts whenever you feel like, but I don’t. I strictly post between 9:30 in the morning and 12:30. Now I’m going to see about posting at midnight each night instead. Why? Because I think most of you who actually read my stuff will read no matter when I post and perhaps I’m opening my blog up to a greater audience by posting at the later time. Maybe. Okay, now on with the post.
11. Have you ever given a book away for a special reason to a special person?
Absolutely. Not! Are you kidding me? No. Just no.
12. Which book has been with you to the most places?
I don’t travel. And I wouldn’t take my books with me if I did. Another question with no response.
13. Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?
Well shit. How old am I supposed to be? I’m barely four years out of high school and I guess eight years out from my freshman year. I haven’t reread anything from high school because you all should know by now that I don’t reread anything. This set of questions is off to a wonderful start.
14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
Oh come on. This isn’t even fun anymore. What the heck am I supposed to find in a book? A corpse? A Mega Millions winning lottery ticket? Food? I’ve only ever found scraps of paper or notes in books, and I have to think that most people are the same way.
15. Used or brand new?
Definitely new. I have a handful of used books that stick out like a sore thumb on my shelf. At least they do to me.
16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
Never read him. I bet he’s closer to the genius side.
17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
There are some truly great literary adaptations. But do not fool yourself, you cannot make a movie better than the book. Why? Because even if you have a nice long 150 minute movie, you still have to leave out huge chunks of the book because you simply don’t have the time needed to adapt every facet of the work. So no, I’ve never seen a movie that I thought was better than the book.
18. Which book should never have been introduced to celluloid?
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson. This isn’t a knock on the book, I thought it was pretty good, but the movie did it absolutely no justice whatsoever. The movie looked thrown together at the last minute. And this was with Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross! And what happened after this trainwreck of a movie? They released a sequel made exactly the same way. Ugh. Thankfully no more came after. The more recent Alex Cross adaptation was a bit better, but still not very good.
19. Have you ever read a book that’s made you hungry?
This is a little weird. No. I will say that I’ve read so long that I’ve finished reading with some weird noises coming from my stomach. Does that count?
20. Who is the person whose book advice you will always take?
I’m trying to figure out what this question means by book advice. Does it mean recommendations? I don’t think it means writing. So I’ll just assume it means suggestions. Okay. I don’t recommend books and I don’t want you suggesting any to me. We both win.
So that’s it! Another batch of questions found in the blogosphere and another batch conquered. Thoughts?
These were lame questions.
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You would know. 😂
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I know!! Haha you didn’t even have an answer for most of them. And the book making you hungry thing?!? What in the world?? Ya, maybe a cookbook!! Haha
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Cookbooks aren’t even books. They’re compilations of recipes. Or something.
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Haha yeah basically. But that’s the only “book” I can think of that would make you hungry. Haha
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I’m not going to deny I’ve been made hungry by a book. Laugh if you must. But it was a book where the main character was a baker and she described all these amazing things she was making. *DROOL!* But although I was hungry whilst reading the book, I couldn’t partake of any of the scrumptious delights mentioned therein. Sad face.
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Hmmm. You’re odd. How come?
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I don’t know. Genetics? Life experiences? Who knows.
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My question went right over your head. Never mind.
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Oh sorry. Were you being sarcastic and I didn’t get it again?
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You’re pretty old. 😉
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Nope. You’re just a kid.
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I am not. 17 is a far cry from being a kid.
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You’ll think otherwise in five years.
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That’s a long time away…
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Would you say that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory made a better movie than a book? The original Gene Wilder one, of course. The Tim Burton movie wasn’t very good IMO. Either way, I know you hated the book!
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Oooh. You caught me. Yes, the movie was better.
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JOOOOOHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!! Where ARE you? How could working 4 days in a row be more important than talking to me?!?!?! I am offended, please excuse me while I go wallow in my self “imposed by JS” grief *sob sob
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What do you mean?
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What do I mean?!?! You’re kidding right? Or messing with me again?
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Make me a video and then I’ll reply.
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😀 You’re so mean and cruel and evil and menacing and M-E-A-N!!!
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Pleaseeeeeee! You’re so funny!
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Likewise … meanie 😉
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All I want is a nice short video. Like five minutes. So easy.
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Nope. Not sure if you’ll even check it now considering how much you hate blogging and responding to me *sob sob
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Oh stop it. I pretty Mich read all your posts and comment on almost all of them too.
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I know, which is why YOU HAVE to stay here otherwise my fans are going to go into the minus numbers :p
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Haha but is that fair of you to ask of me? Keep blogging just for you? Hmmmm. 😉
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Yes, it absolutely is, isn’t it???
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I’m not so sure.
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You have a way of making people feel so special you know, it’s a gift. Really 😦
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Geez. No sad faces!
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Why, because it hits it home hard doesn’t it. Your cruelty. I’m crying now uncontrollably
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That’s unfortunate. And I don’t believe you anyway.
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How can you not be sad that I’m still crying uncontrollably. I’m about to get into the Guinness Book of World Records so there
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Jennifer Lawrence just got in!
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This does not make me feel better -_-
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You’re in the same book as perfection. What could be better?
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Um, I don’t know how to answer this because I know how much you love Jen-Jen so I’m going to politely accept that as a compliment
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How come you call her Jen Jen? Haha
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I don’t know, I like the way it sounds, kind of like a rhyme, you know all about my poetry skills
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You write poetry!?!? Oh my goodness. I don’t think I knew this.
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I agree with the whole sentence above, but with one addition. “Bad” in front of poetry :p
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Yeah….don’t lie to me. I know that’s not true.
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I have mentioned this b4, you should really believe me more
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Not when you type out nonsense.
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Nope, always.
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Oooookay.
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