Book Meme #2
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smallhobbitAnd we continue:
15: Post a shelfie![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
snailbones and okapi1895
The first is the shelf by my bed, which includes the books I'm currently reading; the second is the overflow box.
16: Rant about anything book relateddaria234
So far, I'm extremely disappointed with the Harry Potter books. The characters are very two dimensional and at the moment, (I'm partway through The Order of the Phoenix) I'd quite happily see Harry disappear without trace. Not to mention all the official cover-up which is doing my competency kink no good whatsoever. If I wasn't going to see The Cursed Child with friends I wouldn't continue. But then I think Jamie Parker and I battle on.
17: What do you think about movie/tv adaptations?margaret_r
It depends on the book and the way it's adapted. I enjoyed the adaption of The Hobbit (although some might say I'm biased). There have been Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie adaptions I've really enjoyed - think Granada Holmes, or David Suchet as Poirot. And I'd never have read either The Jewel in the Crown or Brideshead Revisited if I hadn't seen the TV adaptions first. There have been some great Dickens adaptions, with memorable performances - but there have been others which haven't worked for me at all.
20: A character you like but you really, really shouldn't.daria234
Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. Yes, I know who played the character in the recent Hannibal series, but I read the book first. Like probably isn't the right word, but I had a lot of sympathy for him, and wished the story would work out differently. And relating to the previous question - this was one adaption I enjoyed, but I felt there was a lot of important background which was left out.
23: Did your family or friends influence you to read when you were younger?
My parents read, my mother took me to the library, my friends lent me books, so yes.
24: First book(s) you remember being obsessed withscfrankles
Lots of school stories: Mallory Towers and St Clare's, followed by the Chalet School books.
26: Do you read from recommendations or whatever book catches your eye?
Lots of recommendations - thank you so much flist, feel free to continue suggesting books. Occasionally something will particularly catch my eye.
15: Post a shelfie
snailbones and okapi1895 The first is the shelf by my bed, which includes the books I'm currently reading; the second is the overflow box.
16: Rant about anything book related
daria234So far, I'm extremely disappointed with the Harry Potter books. The characters are very two dimensional and at the moment, (I'm partway through The Order of the Phoenix) I'd quite happily see Harry disappear without trace. Not to mention all the official cover-up which is doing my competency kink no good whatsoever. If I wasn't going to see The Cursed Child with friends I wouldn't continue. But then I think Jamie Parker and I battle on.
17: What do you think about movie/tv adaptations?
margaret_rIt depends on the book and the way it's adapted. I enjoyed the adaption of The Hobbit (although some might say I'm biased). There have been Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie adaptions I've really enjoyed - think Granada Holmes, or David Suchet as Poirot. And I'd never have read either The Jewel in the Crown or Brideshead Revisited if I hadn't seen the TV adaptions first. There have been some great Dickens adaptions, with memorable performances - but there have been others which haven't worked for me at all.
20: A character you like but you really, really shouldn't.
daria234Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. Yes, I know who played the character in the recent Hannibal series, but I read the book first. Like probably isn't the right word, but I had a lot of sympathy for him, and wished the story would work out differently. And relating to the previous question - this was one adaption I enjoyed, but I felt there was a lot of important background which was left out.
23: Did your family or friends influence you to read when you were younger?
My parents read, my mother took me to the library, my friends lent me books, so yes.
24: First book(s) you remember being obsessed with
scfranklesLots of school stories: Mallory Towers and St Clare's, followed by the Chalet School books.
26: Do you read from recommendations or whatever book catches your eye?
Lots of recommendations - thank you so much flist, feel free to continue suggesting books. Occasionally something will particularly catch my eye.
