Wednesday 18 June 2008

The More You Read, The More You Know

*A favourite quote from a poster in our yr 9 library:

The more you read, the more you know
The more you know, the smarter you grow
The smarter you grow, the louder your voice
When speaking your mind, or making a choice


*N tagged bookmarked me a while ago at my request, and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

*A book that made you laugh: The Messenger, by Marcus Zusak.

*A book that made you cry: My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult

*A book that scared you: Well, Stephen King probably would.

*A book that disgusteds you: The Ethics of What We Eat, by Peter Singer and Jim Mason; disgusting doesn't even begin to cover how we treat the animals we breed and eat. If you care about animals and/or rights, read this book, but I warn you; it will put you off your food.

*A book you loved in elementary school: Nim's Island, by Wendy Orr. The Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton.

*A book you loved in middle/junior high school: Jinx, Margaret Wild

*A book you loved in high school: Remote Man, Elizabeth Honey; Inkheart, Cornelia Funke.

*A book you loved in college: The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger (it's being made into a movie, which should be interesting; I love Rachel McAdams, so I'm looking forward to it!)

*A book that challenged your identity: To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee

*A series that you love: Harry Potter. Gossip Girl.

*Your favourite horror book: The Great Automatic Grammatizator by Roald Dahl (if that could be considered vaguely horror. I don't usually touch horror with a ten foot pole.)

*Your favourite science fiction book: Uglies, Scott Westerfeld

*Your favourite fantasy book: Twilight (the series), Stephanie Meyer.

*Your favourite mystery book: Anything in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Alexander McCall Smith or Phryne Fisher series, by Kerry Greenwood

*Your favourite (auto)biography: But Enough About Me, Jancee Dunn

*Your favourite “coming of age” book: Seven Little Australians, Ethel Turner

*Your favourite classic: The Catcher in the Rye, J.D Salinger.

*Your favourite romantic novel: The Winter Rose, Jennifer Donnelly.

*My favourite book (non-fiction): An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore

*My favourite short story(ies): The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber, Ernest Hemingway. The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allen Poe.

*I tag: Gemini, T Y, M, Celise (and anyone else who wants to)

x
Just a girl

7 comments:

kristine said...

Oh yeah... I like The Cask of Amontillado, too. :) I remember the discussion my second literature course professor had that the story's kind of a bit complicated in the sense that the idea in the first part of the story conflicts with the last part of it. Ha ha.

And by the way, you really read a lot of books, eh? I just had this drive to read books about 5 years ago and my already-read book list doesn't go beyond 20, I think. Ha ha.

jacques du'loque said...

Oh, I'm definitely doing this, thanks for tagging me... in a manner of speaking.

Kayleigh said...

Oohh a boog tag, do you mind if I do this? I need something to do until I'm allowed to open my presents! (thanks for the birthday message by the way, it was very sweet! I'm old enough to drink and vote although I'm not really planning to do either hehe!) x

Just a girl said...

K: I would have to say that yes, I'm a fairly avid reader. I've loved reading for just about as long as I can remember so you could say I've read a lot of books. ;-)

Du'loque: you're welcome! & Kayleigh, please, feel free! It's a fun tag.

x
JAG

Anonymous said...

Cute quotes..I think you are a good book reader...

-M said...

Thankyou very much for the tag :)

I'm pretty nerdy when it comes to reading!

hmm, The Ethics of What We Eat, as you know im a vegeterian, i will have to have a look at it, (depsite my weak stomach).

good luck with ur democracy exam! all of mine start next week :(

so, in conclusion, thankyou for distracting me from my homework :P

xo M

Just a girl said...

D: Thanks!

M: Once again, my pleasure! ;-) Best of luck to you, too.

x
JAG