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Jan. 25th, 2011 12:14 pmFun book meme, stolen from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
saffronlie:
1. Favorite childhood book?
Dogsbody, by Dianna Wynne Jones. Oh my God, I love this book even now. Jones is an amazing writer. She's never patronising. She just assumes that you will know Sirius is the dog star (unlike JK Rowling, much as I love her, who presumed that a child wouldn't automatically know the secret of someone called Sirius or Lupin). She also uses Welsh myth extensively in her books and I'm always pleasantly surprised when I come across some mythology that she has incorporated. For instance, in this story there are strange hounds with red ears who go on a nightly hunt. I didn't learn until years later that it was referencing Welsh mythology. Geddin!
The girl who takes in the dog is an Irish girl who is constantly labelled a terrorist and treated awfully by her English family. Again, I wasn't quite old enough to understand why this was happening but it's great to have an author who doesn't shy away from this stuff. Howl's Moving Castle et al are also great stories but this is my absolute favourite of hers.
2. What are you reading right now?
Still on my Robespierre book, re-reading Crime and Punishment and a book about Prescot's history.
3. What books do you have on request at the library?
None. I should go to the library more often but I'm a wastrel and tend to just buy books I want.
4. Bad book habit?
Sneering at anything with a pink cover and curly text.
5. What do you currently have checked out at the library?
Um... a book on the Spanish Civil War that's pretty overdue.
6. Do you have an e-reader?
No. I find it hard to concentrate on reading a screen for any amount of time. I like the feel of a book.
7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?
Several at a time.
8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?
...No?
( More on blogs, libraries and books I don't like. )
saffronlie: 1. Favorite childhood book?
Dogsbody, by Dianna Wynne Jones. Oh my God, I love this book even now. Jones is an amazing writer. She's never patronising. She just assumes that you will know Sirius is the dog star (unlike JK Rowling, much as I love her, who presumed that a child wouldn't automatically know the secret of someone called Sirius or Lupin). She also uses Welsh myth extensively in her books and I'm always pleasantly surprised when I come across some mythology that she has incorporated. For instance, in this story there are strange hounds with red ears who go on a nightly hunt. I didn't learn until years later that it was referencing Welsh mythology. Geddin!
The girl who takes in the dog is an Irish girl who is constantly labelled a terrorist and treated awfully by her English family. Again, I wasn't quite old enough to understand why this was happening but it's great to have an author who doesn't shy away from this stuff. Howl's Moving Castle et al are also great stories but this is my absolute favourite of hers.
2. What are you reading right now?
Still on my Robespierre book, re-reading Crime and Punishment and a book about Prescot's history.
3. What books do you have on request at the library?
None. I should go to the library more often but I'm a wastrel and tend to just buy books I want.
4. Bad book habit?
Sneering at anything with a pink cover and curly text.
5. What do you currently have checked out at the library?
Um... a book on the Spanish Civil War that's pretty overdue.
6. Do you have an e-reader?
No. I find it hard to concentrate on reading a screen for any amount of time. I like the feel of a book.
7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?
Several at a time.
8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?
...No?
( More on blogs, libraries and books I don't like. )
