Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Literary Link-Up Time
Take One, Pass It On Item: mint skinny jeans from last Wednesday.
It's time for another Literary Junkies Link up! These questions are always more difficult to answer than I expect.
1. What are you reading right now? Tell us about it.
I just finished The American Heiress, which is about a very rich, young, beautiful American who goes to England to marry into a title, and all the drama that follows. This is actually the book club choice for this month. I've also been "reading" The Lovely Bones via audiobook. I suspect most people have heard of this book or at least seen the movie. It has been nice to have a book to listen to when I am cleaning the house, or painting the bathroom, or on the elliptical at the gym. I think I will get more of these audiobooks!
2. Give us the recipe for a great book.
If I knew the answer to this, I would be a very famous author! I think a great book has to have characters that the reader cares about. I don't necessarily have to like them, but I usually don't like a book unless I am somewhat emotionally invested in what happens to the people. A good plot helps, too.
3. Tell us things you've learned from a book recently. Did you learn anything about history? Did you take away a deep & profound realization about the world around you? Or maybe even a beauty tip?
Top of mind answer: I can't think of anything. Upon further inspection of my recent reads, I think the main thing I have learned is just to be profoundly grateful for the life I have. I know Game of Thrones is fantasy, but I think it has some historical accuracy in the way women were viewed for many centuries. I am very glad I was born in the 20th century, where I was allowed to go to school, and marry whoever I wanted to marry, and have a job, make my own decisions, etc. Gone Girl is an extreme example of a very messed up marriage, but it made me happy that I didn't relate to the main characters at all! The Casual Vacancy was just thoroughly depressing, so I was reminded again how blessed I am to have such a wonderful family. This is starting to sound braggy, but I think I have the tendency to get a little bit caught up in stupid little things that "go wrong" in my life, when I really don't have much to complain about. Most of the books I have read recently are good reminders that I shouldn't focus on whining, but rather on all the good things in life! (I guess I thought of something)
4. What was your favorite book as a child?
I know my favorite series was the Boxcar Children. I loved reading about their adventures! The other book that comes to mind is called Andi's War. I think I found it randomly when I was searching on the computers for books with my name in them. It was only at the downtown library, which we didn't go to very often, but I think I checked it out every time. When John and I were dating, I had said something about this weird book that I used to read, and he tracked it down from Amazon for my birthday. When I read it again as an adult, I realized it was really not a great book for a kid. It is set in Greece during the Civil War, so there is a lot of talk about Communism and it is a fairly violent book for a kid. Of course, I didn't remember any of that from my childhood, so I guess it's okay.
Now I am curious, what was YOUR favorite book as a kid?
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I think I read a few Boxcar Children books when I was a kid. My favorite series as a kid was The Nancy Drew books. ;) I still have them and still collect them!
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Cute outfit! Thanks for linking up! I'm looking forward to Gone Girl!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't get into The Lovely Bones... Just didn't like the POV/way it was written :(
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Loved the Boxcar books!! There's no telling how many of those I read as a kid!
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I loved the Boxcar Children series, however, I just read the first one a few months ago for a Childhood Education course and let me tell you they don't hold up well LOL.
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