a bookish meme
1. Hardcover or paperback, and why? paperback, because i usually read in bed and resting a book on your boobs when you are pregnant - not so much.
2. If I were to own a book shop I would call it….The Bookhouse (after the Bookhouse Boys on Twin Peaks) or Dramatis Personae, and sell lots of plays.
3. My favorite quote from a book (mention the title) is…From Snakes and Earrings, by Hitomi Kanehara: “I often like to think that if sunlight reached into everywhere on the entire planet, I’d find a way to turn myself into a shadow.”
4. The author (alive or diseased) I would love to have lunch with would be …David Sedaris - I mean COME ON, a gay guy, at lunch?!?
5. If I was going to a deserted island and could only bring one book, except from the SAS survival guide, it would be… Lolita.
6. I would love someone to invent a bookish gadget that…I’m stealing Kate’s answer here…a book holder that would allow me to read on my side and turn the page when i blink.
7. The smell of an old book reminds me of…paper.
8. If I could be the lead character in a book (mention the title), it would be….The Vampire Lestat
9. The most overestimated book of all time is…The fucking DaVinci Code
10. I hate it when a book…is written by MaryJanice Davidson.