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Wacky THURSDAY!
Sorry - I've been on vacation, so lagged. Here are the questions I gathered up form the Wacky Wednesday post a few weeks ago.
What's your most horrifying book-related habit?
What's your favorite guilty pleasure show or type of book?
What show(s) are you watching now?
Book related: one of those pull the nearest book to you open to page 36 - What is the 5th line on the page?
What's your biggest pet peeve?
What book character(s) would you like to have dinner with?
What book character(s) would you like to have dinner with?
What ability are you really terrible at that you wish you weren't (ex: cooking, singing, etc)?
Bad day? What's your go to "feel better" thing?
Do you have any subscriptions, like magazines/stitch fix/pop sugar?
What's your most recent obsession, book or non-book related?
What gets a bigger eye roll (when reading)? Instant love, predictable plot, or unrealistic dialogue?
Who's your favorite guilty pleasure author (I'm thinking one that's not winning awards but writes a quick read)?
Name a character from a novel you would couldn't be friends with in real life.
Vellichor: The strange wistfulness of used bookstores
Re: Wacky THURSDAY!
What's your most horrifying book-related habit? I dog ear the pages if I cannot find a bookmark
What's your favorite guilty pleasure show or type of book? YA probably
What show(s) are you watching now? SOA, Gilmore Girls, Friends..
Book related: one of those pull the nearest book to you open to page 36 - What is the 5th line on the page? But she registered none of the shifty tells like the floor starting, sideways averting, or the dead-fixed glare.
What's your biggest pet peeve? Wet towels not being hung up
What book character(s) would you like to have dinner with? Too many to list
What ability are you really terrible at that you wish you weren't (ex: cooking, singing, etc)? I’m a terrible dancer I mean flat out refuse to dance except for slow dance.
Bad day? What's your go to "feel better" thing? Music typically always music
Do you have any subscriptions, like magazines/stitch fix/pop sugar? Nope
What's your most recent obsession, book or non-book related? Nothing lately at all.
What gets a bigger eye roll (when reading)? Instant love, predictable plot, or unrealistic dialogue? Instant love *gag*
Who's your favorite guilty pleasure author (I'm thinking one that's not winning awards but writes a quick read)? Iris Johansen
Name a character from a novel you would couldn't be friends with in real life. Eve Duncan she is such a character that is fierce, and overbearing. I couldn’t handle that type of relationship
What book character(s) would you like to have dinner with? Jamie Fraser
Sugar & Spice
What's your biggest pet peeve? I know it's silly, but being late.
my read shelf:
Wes: 10/8/2012
Sugar & Spice
~ E ~ 7/2010
~ A ~ 3/2014
It's such a small thing but it irritates the hell out of me!
my read shelf:
Wes: 10/8/2012
Sugar & Spice
What book character(s) would you like to have dinner with? So many of them.
What book character(s) would you like to have dinner with? Does it have to be fiction? Cause I'd love to eat with Tina Fey or Amy Poehler
What's your favorite guilty pleasure show or type of book? New adult for books. For shows, probably The Vampire Diaries?
What show(s) are you watching now? OITNB Season 3, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones
Book related: one of those pull the nearest book to you open to page 36 - What is the 5th line on the page? "Say something. If it was missus standing there, mauma could have spit out" from The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. It has been on my nightstand forever. I really need to get back to this one.
What's your biggest pet peeve? Someone touching the top of my head, unless they are washing my hair or giving me a massage. I am 4'11" and even though I am 36 some people think it is cute to pat my head. I also can't stand when the trash isn't taken out as soon as it reaches the top of the can. This a leftover habit from the Marine Corps when we emptied the trash every morning in the barracks.
What book character(s) would you like to have dinner with? Maybe Lord John Grey or Zusana from Daughter of Smoke & Bone
What ability are you really terrible at that you wish you weren't (ex: cooking, singing, etc)? Sewing
Bad day? What's your go to "feel better" thing? Reading or a long hot bath. Or liquor. There is always that. J/K. Sort of.
Do you have any subscriptions, like magazines/stitch fix/pop sugar? I used to get Real Simple magazine. DH and I share consumer reports.
What's your most recent obsession, book or non-book related? Iced decaf coffee from Dunkin Donuts. I think they put crack in it. I have also been pretty obsessed with buying a sailing kayak and a robot vacuum.
What gets a bigger eye roll (when reading)? Instant love, predictable plot, or unrealistic dialogue? Unrealistic dialogue
Who's your favorite guilty pleasure author (I'm thinking one that's not winning awards but writes a quick read)? Probably Abbi Glines
Name a character from a novel you would couldn't be friends with in real life. Dolores Umbridge comes to mind.
ETA: Holy crap! I don't know what was up with the formatting of my post, but I fixed it. Sorry about that. I've never posted from my iPad before.
What book character(s) would you like to have dinner with? I can't think of any I want to have dinner with but I can name a few I would go to bed with.
What book character(s) would you like to have dinner with? I can't think of one.
What book character(s) would you like to have dinner with? I'd love to hang out with Karou and Zuzana at Poison Kitchen