"Outside a dog a book is man's best friend, inside a dog it is too dark to read!" -Groucho Marx========="The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." -Jane Austen========="I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book."-JK Rowling========"I spend a lot of time reading." -Bill Gates=========“Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.” -Jacqueline Kelly=========

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Life According to Literature


THE RULES: Using only books you have read during the year (2019), answer these questions. Try not to repeat a book title. Let me know below, if you've joined in too.
  • Describe yourself: Becoming | Michelle Obama
  • How do you feel: Called | Mark Labberton
  • Describe where you currently live: Inland | Tea Obreht
  • A place you like to hang out: The Library Book  | Susan Orleans
  • If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Astoria | Peter Stark
  • Your favorite form of transportation: The Walk | Richard Paul Evans
  • Your best friend is: The Friend | Sigrid Nunez
  • You and your friends are: The Great Believers | Rebecca Makkai
  • What's the weather like: The Sun and Her Flowers | Rupi Kaur
  • You fear: Life on Mars | Tracy K. Smith
  • What is the best advice you have to give: We Should All Be Feminists | C.N. Adichie
  • Thought for the day: Disappearing Earth | Julia Phillips
  • How would I like to die: Burial Rites | Hannah Kent
  • My soul's present condition: Crossing to Safety | Wallace Stegner
Guess I'll have to do this every year. It was fun and a little weird. What do you think of my selections?

Thanks Brona for the idea (Brona's Books)
-Anne