book survey

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I like to read. I don't read all that much. So I don't have answers for all of these.

01. What is your favourite book and/or book series of all time?
Lord of the Rings. It was supposed to be one book, but the publisher broke it into three, so it counts for both questions. I've read it many times. I read it again for the first time this century, and I was a little surprised that I still like the writing as much as I did.

02. What is the longest book you have ever read? How many pages?

03. What is the oldest book you have ever read? (Based on its written date)

04. What is a book series that everyone else loves but you do not?

05. What book or book series would you like to see turned into a film/ TV series?
Why ruin a good thing. Wait, there was one that I didn't like the writing style, and I thought it would make a good movie. What was that?

06. What is your favourite stand-alone book?
What, that they're thick enough that you can stand them up?

07. What is a book that you feel glad for not reading?
There are many, I'm sure.

08. What is a book that you feel guilty for not not reading?
Guilty pleasure? Or guilty non-pleasure? Can't think of any right now.

09. What is a book you have read that is set in your country of birth?
The US? I can't remember.

10. What is a book that you own more than one copy of?

11. What horror book made you really scared?
None. I read Stephen King back in the day, before I realized he wasn't that good a writer. But no, if I get scared reading, I haven't found that one yet.

12. What book do you passionately hate?

13. What is the biggest book series you have read? How many books are in it?
There were some series I read when I was a teenager, that might have been more than four books.

14. What book gives you happy memories?

15. What book made you cry?
None

16. What book made you laugh?
I seldom actually laugh while reading. But Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was pretty funny.

17. What is your favourite book that contains an LGBTQ+ character?
Can't think of any offhand.

18. Have you read a book with a male protagonist? What is it?
What a stupid question!

19. Have you read a book set on another planet? What is it?
Of course. Too many to list. How about LotR?

20. Have you ever been glad to not finish a series? Which?
Dune was about the only book I ever gave up on.

21. Have you ever read a book series because you were pressured?
Pressured? No. Probably on a recommendation.

22. What famous author have you not read any books by?
Many? I don't read all that much, and most of the fiction was science fiction.

23. Who is your favourite author of all time?
J.R.R. Tolkien. I can't say he's the best, of course, but I enjoy his books, so I've got to say it's him.

24. How many bookshelves do you own?
3?

25. How many books do you own?
Hundreds?

26. What is your favourite non-fiction book?
I don't think I have a favorite.

27. What is your favourite children’s/middle-grade book?
I'd have to look. There are a few children's books that I love, but my mind is blank right now.

28. What is your next book on your TBR?

29. What book are you currently reading?
I need to catch up on magazines before starting another book.

30. What book are you planning on buying next?
No plans

31. What was the cheapest book you bought?
I got a book about the Titanic for five cents at a used book sale at my middle school.

32. What was the most expensive book you bought?
I have some expensive-ish coffee table art books.

33. What is a book you read after seeing the movie/ TV series?
I try to avoid that.

34. What is the newest book you have bought?
Gifts for Cindy.

35. What three books are you most looking forward to reading this year?
This was supposed to be a Tolkien year. I got through The Hobbit, LotR and The Silmarillion. I have at least two more Middle Earth books, and several of his other books. But I stopped reading in the summer.

36. What is a book you love that has a terrible trope? (Love triangle, etc)

37. Have you read a book in a different language? What was it?
I've got the Latin version of Dr. Seuss's Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit

38. What is a book you’ve read that is set in a time period before you were born?
LotR?

39. What book offended you?
Ayn Rand? What was it, Anthem?

40. What is the weirdest book you have read?
I'll copy Melissa and say Hitchhiker's Guide was delightfully weird.

41. What is your favourite duology?

42. What is your favourite trilogy?
Take a guess.

43. What book did you buy because of its cover?
I'm a huge fan of the artist Michael Whelan. He did really great book covers for many years. For much of his career, he would actually read the books he illustrated for. That meant the books with his covers were always decent.

44. What is a book that you love, but has a terrible cover?

45. Do you own a poetry anthology? What is your favourite poem from it?
I've never really gotten into poetry.

46. Do you own any colouring books based off other books?
No. I had a Bible one when I was a kid.

47. Do you own any historical fiction?
no

48. What book made you angry?
Ayn Rand?

49. What book has inspired you?

50. What book got you into reading?
I was always into books. I remember the first book I read by myself. The Mouse Book link
I asked my mom to read it to me, but she was talking with a friend and told me to read it myself. So I did.