Book Survey, k?

1. What author do you own the most books by? Sarah Dessen, Jo Rowling, and E. Lockhart. I love each of them with everything inside of me. Not to be creepy, or anything.

2. What book do you own the most copies of? Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. Dose.

3. Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions? Stop it. Just stop it.

4. What fictional character are you secretly in love with? This is no secret, as I shout their names while I run through hallways when I'm feeling particularly lonely. Get ready for a list that's long enough to be rolled out and used as a pathway to mexico: Harry Potter (everyone knows he's my husband), Dean Thomas (this one was out of my hands because everyone knows that I am also, in fact, Ginny), Draco Malfoy (before the receding hairline), Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter (yes, I realize I just described 3/4 of the Maruaders, and I'm not putting Peter for obvious reasons), Rex Taggart, Wes Baker, Dexter Jones, Norman (his last name is a mystery, as it's buried underneath all of his his hot hippy-ness), Noel Duboise, Pudge Halter, Seb Mantegna, Rusty James, and Dallas Winston. Even though I'm probably not allowed to like him. Oh well.

5. What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)? I've read Prisoner of Azkaban so many times that the description of Honeydukes will be forever engraved in my mind, Half-Blood Prince 4 times, The Outsiders at least 4 times, Rumble Fish 4 times, Peaches 4 times (I'm sensing a pattern here, and I have a feeling you are too), and I try to read Keeping the Moon at least once a year, because it helps me with things I have yet to find the answer to.

6. What was/were your favorite book(s) when you were ten years old? Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Are you there God? It's me, Margaret, Number the Stars, Ramona the Pest, Ramona the Brave, and Ramona and Her Father.

7. What is the worst book you've read in the past year? The second half of Breaking Dawn was pretty horrific. Actually, Breaking Dawn as a whole was pretty horrific. I didn't know when to gag or cringe or just throw it out the window, or better yet, burn it so that I could spare another human being from finding it.
That was harsh. I know.

8. What is the best book you've read in the past year? Man, oh man, do I dislike picking favorites, but fine, you got me. Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers.
Just one more. Please? Thank you. The Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart.

9. If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be? Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson because it's one of my horcruxes. Yes, just one.

10. What book would you most like to see made into a movie? Eclipse. Oh wait, they're already doing that.
Yes, I fudged out on this question because why on earth would I want to see an actor slaughter a character that I love? It was bad enough watching Bonnie Wright try to potray me on the big screen. Ugh. The horror.

11. What book would you least like to see made into a movie? Breaking Dawn. But I'm going to see it anyway because I want to see how they plan to do the whole Fountain of Blood Childbirth thing.

12. Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I dream about Harry Potter on a weekly basis, and that might be weird, but...I enjoy it.

13. What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult? I'm technically not an adult, but I cannot stress it enough: Breaking Dawn is a stain on the white t-shirt of literature.

14. What is the most difficult book you've ever read? Dreamland, because the whole time I read it I was either choking back tears or blowing my nose or wanting to dive into the book like an otherwordly ghost and chase Rogerson with a fireplace poker.

15. What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen? I've only seen Romeo and Juliet, and it's not all that obscure. But it's desperately romantic and I love it.

16. Do you prefer the French or the Russians? Sigh. You make me feel like an uneducated moron.

17 and 18 are missing here because I am an idiot who doesn't know how to paste what she's copied and then separate the sentences that are all smushed together, and I'm too lazy to fix it. Moving on.

19. Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? Shakespeare because I, my friend, am unoriginal and proud of it.

20. Austen or Eliot? Austen Austen AUSTEN.

21. What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? I don't want to talk about it. It's bad for my mental health.

22. What is your favorite novel? Picking favorites is also bad for my health. Fine. FINE. The Outsiders, even though there's like 3 others. I'm just throwing that one out there for some variety.
Oh, and Keeping the Moon. And Cracked Up to Be. And The Ruby Oliver series. And Looking for Alaska. Don't hate me.

23. Play? Romeo and Juliet because I want to illustrate my unoriginality further.

24. Poem? I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth, because that poem runs through my mind everytime I witness something beautiful.

25. Essay? "I've never read many essays outside of obligation." I'm agreeing with Hayley because she has nice hair.

26. Work of nonfiction? This is going to sound weird and judgemental, but I only like to read about things that haven't existed anywhere else except on the pretty pages they belong to. Basically, I don't read nonfiction and I wanted to say it in a fancy way.

27. Who is your favorite writer? E. Lockhart. John Green. Jo Rowling. Sarah Dessen. S.E. Hinton. I would've lost my sanity if I picked a favorite, I swear.

28. Who is the most overrated writer alive today? STEPHENIE MEYER. I'll say it once and I'll say it again for lack of followers on this tragic blog. STEPHENIE MEYER.

29. What is your desert island book? Deathly Hallows. I always find new meaning each time I read it.

30. And... what are you reading right now? I just finished The Treasure Map of Boys, so tomorrow I'll embark on a new journey of literary bliss.