I don't know, I'm dead bored right now, and I wrote a writer's survey a while ago that became a lot of fun. So if you feel like it, here's a readers survey:
1) What's your favorite book? 3) What book(s) did you read as a kid that now makes you cringe as an adult or young adult? 4) What book do you feel was most ruined when they made it into a movie? 5) What plot devices or writing styles annoy you most? 6) What subject, topic, etc would you like to see more of in new books?
2012-05-08T16:10:24Z
LOL, sorry I skipped directly from 1 to 3...
Hazel2012-05-08T16:49:41Z
Favorite Answer
1) What's your favorite book? I don't really have one favorite, just many favorites.
3) What book(s) did you read as a kid that now makes you cringe as an adult or young adult? I read some really good books as a kid. I guess I'll go with Twilight.
4) What book do you feel was most ruined when they made it into a movie? Eragon. I've always loved the books series, but I think the movie was just plain awful. And I'll follow that with Inkheart. It's a very good book series, but the movie was just dull.
5) What plot devices or writing styles annoy you most? None really. I'm easy to please.
6) What subject, topic, etc would you like to see more of in new books? I'm not sure what I'd like to see more of honestly. I know what I'd like to see less of though. In young adult fiction, I'd like to find something that isn't paranormal romance. I swear it's the only thing the bookstore here carries.
1. What's your favorite book? We Need To Talk About Kevin -- Lionel Shriver. That's a really hard question though, hahaha.
2. What book(s) did you read as a kid that now makes you cringe as an adult or young adult? I can't really remember. I mean, sure I regret reading Twilight, but I wasn't exactly a kid when I read those.
3. What book do you feel was most ruined when they made it into a movie? Where do I start? I've never been a fan of books made into movies, mainly because there's always so much they miss out. You can just never get the same experience from a movie that you can from a book. The Lovely Bones kind of annoyed me. It was a good movie in its own right, but it was just so far removed from the book.
4. What plot devices or writing styles annoy you most? I'll probably be alone in thinking this, but I hate it when authors leave massive clues about what's going to happen in the end of the book. Like, in The Stand, Stephen King does it all the time. An example being: "Kojak would live for another sixteen years, long after Glen Bateman died." Or something along those lines, anyway. It means that Glen doesn't have much longer to die, and now that's not going to be a surprise for me. But, like I said, I'm probably alone in being annoyed by this. I just feel it takes away a lot of the mystery.
5. What subject, topic, etc would you like to see more of in new books? Things are are considered taboo, things that push the boundaries. That's why I love We Need To Talk About Kevin so much -- it's stark, it's confronting, and most of all, it isn't afraid to be honest. That's what I like.
1) What's your favorite book? The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray
3) What book(s) did you read as a kid that now makes you cringe as an adult or young adult? None that I can think of... I've always had good taste ;) haha
4) What book do you feel was most ruined when they made it into a movie? The Lightning Thief. I about died when I watched it. My heart was broken that day :(
5) What plot devices or writing styles annoy you most? The ones where they always set the main character as the weird one that everyone loves and adores, or who are 'the chosen ones'
6) What subject, topic, etc would you like to see more of in new books? Though it's kind of being over done already, I really like future/dystopian novels. But it depends on where they take it... I would also like to read more teen books set in the Victorian era. I love those :)
1. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein 2. ... 3. Bunnicula by James Howe, A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Helen Lester 4. Frankenstein Mary Shelley is an amazing book, however Hollywood has destroyed \peoples image of this wonderful story. 5. I cannot stand the use of random languages that have nothing to do with the story. A word or two is okay, but paragraphs of something I don't understand in a story I really enjoy drives me bonkers. 6. I would like to see more books about life. A lot of great classics are about life, however most new books are about the future it seems. We each have our own thoughts of the future, however we all must go through life.
1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 3. There aren't any in particular that come to mind actually. I certainly don't think I'd enjoy revisiting the Babysitter's Club series now though. It was great in elementary school though. 4. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan comes to mind first. I thought the movie they made of Interview with the Vampire was pretty terrible as well. 5. I hate love triangles. They always get on my nerves. 6. I'd love to see more adaptations of Greek and Celtic mythology. The Percy Jackson series is a lot of fun, and I've enjoyed Laurell K. Hamilton's Meredith Gentry series as well. I like those stories with old myths set in the modern world.