1. Name one book that changed your life.
The Information by Martin Amis. I really started to look at the world differently after reading it.
2. Name one book you have read more than once.
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Has to be the most pleasant book ever. It makes me happy in the same way Amelie and Pushing Daisies do. Everyone needs to be reminded what it is like to be a little kid.
3. One book you would want on a desert island.
The Bible. It is the Book of books you know.
4. Two books that made you laugh.
Joe's Apartment by Gordon Korman
The Information (it realy made me realize what a dark sense of humour I have).
5. One book that made you cry.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. A little boy named Oskar finds a key in hidden vase by his father who died on 9/11. The boy begins to search to see what the key is for. I loved this book even more than Everything is Illuminated.
6. One book you wish you’d written.
Can't think of any.
7. One book you wish had never been written.
Fifteen by Beverley Cleary. Seriously the worst book I've ever read in my entire life. A teenage girl wants a yellow rain slicker but her mom buys her pick one. Said teenage girl gets so upset she puts roses in the garbage disposal. Parents can't handle such a rebellious girl so they decide to send her way to live with her mom's friend. Teenage girl finally gets a boyfriend who just happens to be a popular basketball player. He starts failing classes so they aren't allowed to see each other anymore. One her last day before going home she realized that she really truly loved this random boy who is barely in the book. She is devastated. There was a lot of "You got to be kidding me!" while reading this book.
8. Two books I am currently reading.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. I'm about 2/3 done which means I've read over 600 pages. This book is never going to finish. A coworker remarked "What? Only Tolstoy's second longest book?".
I'm currently also reading Physics: Principles with Applications and Programming and Problem Solving With C++
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3 comments:
Oh, man, the main thing I got from The Information was a desire to punch the protagonist in his stupid head. Or maybe to punch Martin Amis in his stupid head. Is there a difference? Good on you for enjoying it!
I liked the second time I read The Information a lot better than the first (most because the first time I had to read it for school). Why did you want to punch Richard Toll in the head? I admit that he is not the most likable character but he does redeem himself in the end. One of the points that stood out for me in the book was "things aren't always as they seem" or the cliché "You can't judge a book by its cover". I think we find that with almost all of the characters.
I haven't read it since I was 19 or so. I might be able to appreciate it more now. I just remember being annoyed as hell at the what I saw as pretention, a sense of entitlement, and faux-helpless self-pity. I don't even remember the end! I should probably read it again.
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