A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend.

[birdienl]

01. A fictional character you identify with and why
02. Your earliest memory of reading or being read to
03. Your favourite book aged 9 ½, or 13 ¾, whichever you remember best.
04. The book that’s been on your shelves the longest.
05. A book you acquired in some interesting way
06. A book with a story for you, that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time).
07. What fictional character are you (secretly) in love with
08. The last book you acquired, and how (begged, bought, borrowed?)
09. Your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next.
10. What author do you own the most books by and why?
11. Do you own multiple copies of any book? What are they? Why do you have multiple copies?
12. Book borrowing – do you use the library? Do you prefer to try before you buy? What about lending your books to friends? Are you a good borrower, do you remember to return books?
13. Do you reread a lot? Why (not)? Name a book you have reread many times.
14. What is the best book you’ve read in the past year?
15. Do you recommend books to other people? If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be?
16. Adaptation: What book would you most like to see made into a film? Do you like to read the book first or see the film? Any books you have read after seeing the film version?
17. What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read?
18. Your favourite book series & your favourite book out of that series
19. Your favourite picture, junior fiction and Young Adult books
20. Least favourite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
21. A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
22. Your "comfort" book
23. Favourite book cover including a picture!
24. Favourite fictional relationship (romantic, friendship, familial)
25. Most annoying character ever
26. Most quotable novel or 5 of your favourite quotes from any books.
27. Any five books from your "to be read" stack. What makes you select a book for your “to be read” stack?
28. Some firsts: First book you remember loving/being obsessed with. First book that made you cry. First book you gave to someone else as a gift.
29. Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
30. The End: do you prefer everything tied up or to be able to 'make up your own mind'? What is the worst ending to a book you have read? And the best? (careful, spoiler tags!)

08. The last book you acquired, and how (begged, bought, borrowed?)

Last week I lend two books from the library: Rekindled from Tamera Alexander and a Dutch non-fiction book about Christianity in the USA and how it differs from Europe. The last book I bought was either Swansea summer by Catrin Collier or Cyndere's midnight by Jeffrey Overstreet, I can't quite remember which was last...

09. Your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next.

I'm currently reading both Rekindled from Tamera Alexander and the non-fiction book about American Christianity. Before that I was reading the Dutch book Knielen op een bed violen by Jan Siebelink I wrote a post about a week ago. What my next read wil be depends a bit on whether the book I ordered at the library will come in in the next few days: The Outsider by Penelope Williamson. This is the book the movie The Outsider with Naomi Watts and Tim Daly was based on. I loved that movie, soooo romantic!

10. What author do you own the most books by and why.

I own all six novels by Jane Austen, so as seperate books that would count as 'the most'. But I've got The Lord of the Rings from Tolkien in seven seperate parts and I also own The Hobbit, so...

P.S. Inspired by moonplanet I also counted my books. I turns out I have 185, including everything (fiction, non-fiction, little gift books, PhD thesis from friends etc). Not bad, I think!

Comments

[moonreviews]

a Dutch non-fiction book about Christianity in the USA and how it differs from Europe sounds interesting! What do you think of it?

I have two Jane Austen novels waiting for me in e-book form and I borrowed an "Android tablet" (like an I-pad but not from Apple) from my father, so after my exam/assignments I will try and see if I like reading on it!

185 books is quite a few! How much shelf space do those books take up?
*wonders if estimation of 300 books per bookcase is okay*

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a really interesting book. It's informative and not judgmental or mocking, which I personally think is important, because I'm Christian as well, even though I don't agree with some things in the book. It's called In God we trust by Peter Vermaas, btw.

About the shelf space: I posted a picture of my bookshelves a while ago, here:http://birdienl.livejournal.com/13426.html#cutid1. Well, that bookcase is now completely full. Even some books stacked on top of each other. And I've got about 10-15 books in other places in my room. So, a bookcase containing about 300 books is a rather large one. But it also depends on what size your books are ofcourse!

[moonreviews]

I just looked up the book on the library site and they have it in the library in Eindhoven (of which we have a "family membership" card). Next time I'm in Eindhoven I'll go to the library :) I think it's an interesting topic and a number of my friends in America are Christian.

Your bookcase looks very nice!! I think maybe you can fit 300 books in it if they're all pockets and you make double rows (and most English/Japanese books are published in pocket size). In my bookcase you can make three rows of pockets or two rows of normal books. Maybe I should count how many books actually are in that bookcase XD (my bookcase is a mess though... that's why I'm cleaning it up now).