Sunday Stealing: A Book Meme
2. If I were to own a book shop I would call it ... The Shop Around the Corner. It would be an homage to Nora Ephron, who used the name in her screenplay for You've Got Mail, which in itself was an homage to an old movie called The Shop Around the Corner.
3. My favorite quote from a book (mention the title) is ... In Gone with the Wind, Grandma Fontaine tells Scarlett, "I like the way you meet things. You don't make a fuss about things that can't be helped. You take your fences cleanly, like a good hunter." I know there are many things about Scarlett O'Hara which are not admirable. But in this way, Scarlett is completely my role model. Scarlett dealt with life as it came to her, and she got shit done.
4. The author (alive or dead) I would love to have lunch with would be ... Doris Kearns Goodwin. I have so many questions for her! Considering she's an expert on both the Kennedys and Abraham Lincoln, maybe we ought to make it lunch and dinner.
5. If I was going to a deserted island and could only bring one book, except for the SAS survival guide, it would be ... Something massive and expansive. Maybe Gone with the Wind. Maybe the Sinatra saga by James Kaplan.
6. I would love someone to invent a bookish gadget that ... I think there are too many bookish gadgets already. Please let me keep reading old-school!
7. The smell of an old book reminds me of .... I'm going to change this a bit to make it about used or library books. I love wondering who has held them before me, where the books has traveled.
8. If I could be the lead character in a book (mention the title), it would be.... Jo from Little Women.
9. The most over-rated book of all time is.... The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
10. I hate it when a book.... just doesn't grab me. It makes me sad when I pick up a book and I find myself not caring. Wasted reading time makes me nuts.
Jo from Little Women is a perfect choice!
ReplyDeleteLittle Women is my all-time favorite book, so I did think of Jo...but I don't think I'd be happy in her life for very long.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I wish I'd found your graphic. It would have been great for the SS main page! Second, I always forget Jo in Little Women. MUCH more realistic choice than Claire on Outlander. I also love your choice of Doris Kearns Goodman, but think I'd be intimidated!
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