Book Meme #1

Time to answer some of the questions in the Book meme:

3: First book that had a major influence on you verdande_mi and okapi1895
It's so long ago, I really can't remember. I'd say so many of them led me to enjoy reading.

4: Quick, you're in desperate need of a fake name. What character name do you think of first? daria234
Violet, um, Violet Watson

6: Public library or personal library?
Personal library, although I have finally joined our local public library. Changing jobs last autumn means I can now get there when it's open. Although I shall still be buying most of my books from Ebay.

7: What is the most important part of a book, in your opinion? daria234
The beginning because if it doesn't draw me in then I'm less likely to read it, the middle because I need to continue to be engrossed, but especially the ending - there is such disappointment if the ending of a good book doesn't live up to the rest of it. On the other hand a good ending and I'm instantly off ordering the next book in the series, or another book by the author.

9: If you were to publish a book what (besides your real name) would you use for your author name? scfrankles
A hard one, but maybe Katherine Cozens, which was my grandmother's name.

11: What book fandom do you affiliate yourself with the most?
No surprise to anyone, Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

12: Tell one book story or memory (what you were wearing when you were reading something, someone saw you cry in public, you threw a book across the room and broke a window, etc.) scfrankles
Not really any particular memories, although countless nights as a child reading late in bed. I still do that! Sitting in bed wearing a thick white fluffy sweatshirt top in winter. And the number of times I'd go into my son's bedroom at night to check on him and remove the book which had fallen over his face when he went to sleep.

13: What character would be your best friend in real life? verdande_mi
I think I'd have to choose Jane Rowland from the Temeraire series.