Showing posts with label book survey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book survey. Show all posts

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Bookish Superlatives Survey

Jamie from the Perpetual Pageturner has come up with a new survey! Remember the A-Z book survey? Well this new one looks like fun too! Click the link to get to her post and participate :)




Characters

Most Likely To Change The World
Tris from Divergent. She's got the courage, the fight, and the principles.

Cutest Couple
This is actually really hard! What does cute mean anyway? There are so many couples I love but whether they're cute is another story. Hm. Maybe Tod and Kaylee from the Soul Screamers series? I also really like Bram and Nora from Dearly, Departed. Yeah I know, we're talking about cute and I give you zombie romance...

Class Clown
Maybe Jamie from The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. Or Alaska from Looking for Alaska. She sure knows how to pull off a prank. Or no wait! Puck, from the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa. Puck gets the title.

Most Likely To Become Famous For Their Athletic/Musical/Artistic Abilities
Music: Bailey from Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols.

All Around Good Person
Eddie from Vampire Academy / Bloodlines. He looks out for everyone.

Biggest Flirt
Adrian Ivashkov. Kaidan Rowe. Those guys know how to get a girl's number... 

Most Likely To Be Fought Over 
Noah Shaw from the Mara Dyer series. I can also imagine a lot of people fighting over St. Clair from Anna and the French Kiss.

Mostly Likely To Be Friends Forever
Maybe Donna and Navin from Karen Mahoney's Iron Witch series. Or Emma and Kaylee from Soul Screamers. But I'm missing a really great friendship team, I just know it...

Most Likely To Have Their Own Reality Show 
Mimi from the Blue Bloods series. She's definitely conceited enough to have cameras following her everywhere from shopping to her stylist to her parties.

Most Unique
Varen Nethers. I'm not quite sure what he even is exactly but I've never read anyone like him.

Most Likely To Survive An Apocalypse
Katniss from the Hunger Games. That girl would survive just about anything.

Most Likely To Be A Villain
Jesse from Michelle Davidson Argyle's The Breakaway. He already is a criminal but I think he might as well rise in their ranks...
Or Lila from the Curse Workers series. She's a crime family heiress and one badass girl.

Biggest Wallflower
Um... Simon from The Mortal Instruments before he turns into a vampire?

Most Likely To Break Your Heart
Will Herondale. He broke it very badly. Or Noah from the Mara Dyer series. I'm sure he's broken his share of hearts twice over.

Most Changed
Mac from the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning. Starts out as some sort of barbie, becomes one badass fighter against the fae.

Most Likely To Get Arrested
I know so many smartass characters, why won't none of them come to mind?!
Maybe Beth from Dare You To by Katie McGarry.

Self Proclaimed God/Goddess
Jace from The Mortal Instruments. I like the guy, but that ego...
Or Daemon from Obsidian.

Best Person To Bring Home To Mom & Dad
Erm... maybe Hale from Heist Society. You know, he may be a thief but he's also a filthy rich heir and he knows how to behave in polite society and charm people.



Books

Most Likely To Make You Cry 
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare. Made me cry sooo hard!! Will, Jem, Tessa. What a knot you make.
Oh and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I was book-hungover, and that's not usual with me.

Dares To Be Different (in world, plot, storytelling, etc.) 
In storytelling: Nevermore by Kelly Creagh. I also find Holly Black's books to be different and courageous in what she depicts. She also often features LGBT characters.
Brenna Yovanoff's The Replacement was also unlike anything else I've read.

Best Dressed (pretty cover!)
Oh my god, only one?! Anyway, I'm still impressed by this one.


Most Likely To Make You Swoon 
I'm not a swooner generally but some of the things Tod Hudson says to Kaylee certainly come close... so maybe If I Die? It's likely to make me cry too though...

Loveliest Prose 
Nevermore by Kelly Creagh. Beautiful, beautiful writing. New descriptions and somehow... condensed. I also love all the E.A. Poe references.

Most Likely To Be A Favorite Of 2013
Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind
Markus Zusak - The Book Thief
April Genevieve Tucholke - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Michelle Hodkin - The Evolution of Mara Dyer

I've read a lot of amazing books this year!!

Most Likely To Change The World (or change your life)
Divergent had a very big impact on me concerning who I am and who I want to be.
As for contemporary books, I can recommend Just One Day by Gayle Forman.

Book You Are Most Likely To Keep Putting Off

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Shocking, isn't it? But I'm not sure I'll ever read it. I know I'm not ready for it. I don't feel like opening old wounds, and I know Green's writing well enough to know he'd make me feel it.

Most Likely To End Up As Christmas Gifts For Everyone You Know
Me giving other people books... not necessarily a good idea ^^''
But I think Pushing the Limits or Shadow and Bone would make fairly good presents.

Most Likely To Be Thrown
Does that mean from my collection?
I have an ecopy of Beautiful Disaster that I won. If it was print, I'd gladly throw it out. It glorifies are very unhealthy relationship and the plot is all over the place.

Most Likely To Be Reread More Than Once
The Mara Dyer series. Throne of Glass.  The Infernal Devices series. The Fever series. Loads and loads of books... I really wish I had the time!

Most Likely To Make You Read Through An Earthquake Because It’s THAT Engrossing 
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness was extremely engrossing!

Most Likely To Be Passed On To Your Children
My editions of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, illustrated by Alan Lee. They're very beautiful!

Most Likely To Break Your Heart Into A Million Pieces
Isn't that very similar to the make you cry question? Take those from there and add Black Heart by Holly Black to it. It was a great conclusion to the trilogy but it did break my heart at points.

Most Likely To Brighten Up Your Day
Losing It by Cora Carmack. It was a lot of fun! Oh, or Croak by Gina Damico. Funniest novel involving reapers ever XD


Do you agree/disagree with my choices? So often I felt like if you'd have asked me at any other time, I would have come up with much better answers...

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

A-Z Book Survey

This is an awesome survey that Jaimie  from The Perpetual Page-Turner put together. I love surveys but I haven't actually filled one out in ages, so this should be fun!





Author you’ve read the most books from:
Difficult. I've read tons of Wolfgang Hohlbein's books (I must own between 20-30 and have read more), also quite a lot of Rachel Vincent (11) and Stephen King (20? no clue).

Best sequel ever:
Um... I really like The Demon's Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan. It's the second book in the trilogy and my favorite of the three. I also loved The Evolution of Mara Dyer.

Currently Reading:
I'm re-reading Melissa Marr's Ink Exchange.

Drink of Choice While Reading:
Coke Zero, but I'm forbidden to drink it at the moment because the artificial sugar troubles my intestines. So now it's Rivella Blau, a Swiss drink.

E-Reader of Physical Book?
I prefer physical books because the covers are pretty and you get something tangible for your money. I like putting them on my shelf and smelling them ^^'' But as my shelves become more cramped, I've learned to appreciate my kindle. Also, you can have the book immediately.

Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School: 
 I was horribly shy and not popular enough to have many picks/dates but I love Noah from the Mara Dyer series. Seth from Wicked Lovely is also a fantastic guy.

Glad you gave this book a chance:
Blood Rights by Kristen Painter. I didn't expect it to be this good! It's a vampire book but it felt by no means like 'something I've read before' if you know what I mean.

Hidden Gem Book:
A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin.

Important Moment in your Reading Life:
Unf. Many. But one was reading Stephen King when I was 15 and realizing that I liked him, that I liked dark, liked horror, and that was okay. My mum had warned me off him for years because he 'writes these gross, bloody horror novels' but she'd never actually read one. Reading and liking him made me realize that I could like books that my mum didn't like (our reading tastes are otherwise quite similar).

Just Finished: 
 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

 Kinds of Books You Won’t Read:
I can't read books about cancer. That includes The Fault in Our Stars. I'm not ready to go through that and relive certain memories. Not doing that to myself.
I also dislike books where girls obsess so much over boys that their whole life and tastes etc. revolve only about them and they only like what their BF likes etc. Also, books where the sex substitutes for plot. I don't mind sex in books but I need an actual story and great characters.

Longest Book You’ve Read:
Probably The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer-Bradley. I was 14. The version I read had 1115 pages. Closest to that came Shogun by James Clavell and the 5th Harry Potter (both 1000+).

Major book hangover because of:
The Book Thief. That's why I decided on a re-read. Divergent by Veronica Roth also really lingered on my mind, as did all of Stephen King's Dark Tower books.

Number of Bookcases You Own:
Two in my room at my parents' house. Another big one for my apartment, plus two smaller ones that also have other stuff on them. But I also have a number of books in a closet and in various boxes... I must own over 500.


One Book You Have Read Multiple Times:
I love to re-read, but in the last 2 or so years I've rarely had the time :( I've read Katja Brandis' Daresh series multiple times, same for all the Harry Potter books, The Hobbit (5 times), The Lord of the Rings (4), Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite, Holly Black's Tithe (4?), and lots of books by German authors.

 Preferred Place To Read:
My bed, the table, or one of my parents' sofas. I also read on the train a lot but it's not a preferred place.

Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you’ve read:
“The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets.” 
Poppy Z. Brite - Lost Souls

There are soooo many quotes! I tend to remember poetry though and it's too lengthy to quote here.

Reading Regret:
Beautiful Disaster. What a waste of time.
Also, not reading the Mara Dyer books and Divergent sooner!

 Series You Started And Need To Finish(all books are out in series):
A LOT. I still need to read Oath Bound by Rachel Vincent. Finish Kim Harrison's The Hollows. The Sookie Stackhouse books (I've 2 or 3 left). There are many more I'm simply behind on, and some that are finished but I haven't started them yet.

Three of your All-Time Favorite Books:
You are trying to kill me >.<
Stephen King - Wizard and Glass
Holly Black - Red Glove
Laini Taylor - Daugher of Smoke and Bone
And, to throw in a classic, Jane Eyre.

Unapologetic Fangirl For: 
Holly Black, Kelly Creagh, Melissa Marr. They are so good. If I met them, words would fail me.

Very Excited For This Release More Than All The Others:
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke - my copy has shipped!!
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

Worst Bookish Habit:
Err... I read way more of them than I review? I buy too many of them?

X Marks The Spot: Start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book:
Can't do that right now because nearly all my books are boxed up in the basement... those on the shelf in my old room where I currently live again are nearly all German.

Your latest book purchase:
Nachtgeister (Nightlife) by Rob Thurman. Spontaneous buy at a store that's closing and now everything's 40% off or more.

ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late):
The Book Thief
Shadow and Bone
Where She Went


I just spent over an hour doing this and it's now 2:40am... I need to sleep.
Do we have anything in common? Have you done the survey too? Please link me up :)