I came across this meme from Natasha Fondren via Alyson Noel's blog via Magical Musings and thought it'd be a great way to introduce ourselves here on the blog. Can't wait to see your answers!
•What book(s) made you a better writer?
The Writer's Journey is probably the one that had the biggest influence.
•What book(s) made you cry?
The Time Traveler's Wife, Shiver, The Lovely Bones, Twenty Boy Summer, The Last Time They Met, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (actually, I think almost all of them made me cry!)
•What book(s) made you laugh until you were in tears?
The Bridget Jones books are some of the few. I don't really read funny books now that I think about it.
•What book(s) made you feel like you could conquer the world?
Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting, which was The Secret before The Secret came out. Great book. I gave it to a lot of people as gifts.
•What book(s) have you read three times or more?
I know for sure that Are You There God, It's Me Margaret is on that list. I probably read it 10 or 15 times between 4th and 6th grade. I'm sure there are more from around that time but after junior high or so I pretty much stopped re-reading. Maybe Tuck Everlasting. I've read Harry Potter 4-6 twice, and will have read them 3 times once I do a re-read of the whole series at some point. Also, my favorite short story is All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury and I've probably read that around 20 times at least.
•What book(s) kept you up all night reading?
I stayed up late to finish The Forest of Hands and Teeth in one sitting, same with Deathly Hallows. Identical. Pet Semetary was the first horror book I read and I stayed up all night when I was home alone reading it because I was too scared to go to bed!
•What book(s) do you want to read again?
All The Pretty Horses - which I loved, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Talisman, Are You There God It's Me Margaret, Shiver, The Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Harry Potter series, Catcher In The Rye, Shutter Island, Paper Towns, A Wrinkle In Time
Okay, I don't have time to answer all these right now but I had the same experience in that I stayed up all night until I finished The Forest of Hands and Teeth (just read it a few weeks ago). I love books that I can't put down - another one of those for me was The Thirteenth Tale. I'll think about the other questions and get back to this! :)
ReplyDeleteI am going to have to get that one (The Forest of Hands and Teeth) and The Lovely Bones is next on my list (the movie looks great).
ReplyDeleteI hate to admit it, but I just recently got back into reading and writing. My list won't be nearly as long as Valerie's.
•What book(s) made you a better writer?
How to Write a Damn Good Novel by James N. Frey and just about any good fiction book I've read. There are a few authors I sit back and read and think, THAT is the quality of writing I need to strive for.
•What book(s) made you cry?
Shiver,
•What book(s) made you laugh until you were in tears?
Like Val, I don't really read funny books. Parts of Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater had me cracking a smile. That James is a funny character.
•What book(s) made you feel like you could conquer the world?
Don't think I've read it yet.
•What book(s) have you read three times or more?
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. I'm not a big re-reader. My reading list is so long. There are so many good books out there waiting in line!
•What book(s) kept you up all night reading?
Shiver, Lament and Ballad, by Maggie Stiefvater. I love Maggie's writing style and she's one of the authors I look up to. The other is Charlaine Harris. All 9 books of the Southern Vampire Mysteries had me staying up till the wee hours of the morning. I couldn't put them down and I couldn't WAIT for a new one to come out! (Waiting right now for book ten...)
•What book(s) do you want to read again?
Shiver, Lament, Ballad (now I sound like a butt-kisser), Tuck Everlasting, The Boxcar Children. I'm sure I'll have more to add to that after I get to them the first time!
I'm going to add THE LOVELY BONES to my list of books that made me cry.
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