#coolnerdyreader

Rules

1. Always post the rules

2. Answer the questions the person that tagged you asked, then write twelve new ones.

3. Tag twelve new people and link them to your post.

4. Let them know you’ve tagged them

Questions

1. What are you reading now? It is good?

Paula McClain’s The Paris Wife. It’s about Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley, and I’m enjoying it a lot so far.

2. What is your favorite book cover? Did you like the book when you actually got to read it? (given that you bought it mainly for the cover)

Ooh, toughie. Although, if I had to choose, I’m very fond of my Penguin Clothbound Classics edition of Sense and Sensibility. Those covers are very well done, and as an Austen fan, I do love the story.

3. Which character do you think would be your best friend?

Oh wow. Um… I’m gonna do a best girl friend and a best guy friend just because. I’d honestly like to think that Hermione Granger and I would get along well enough. She very much reminds me of some of my closest friends who really balance out the friendship. Guy-wise, I think Ed Kennedy would be a great friend of mine. Whenever I read I Am the Messenger, there are just moments that I wish I could join in on, or those where I would have liked to have been there for him for the way I’ve been for friends of my own. 

4. Your favorite book series?

Can I do two? I’m gonna do two. Harry Potter and A Song of Ice and Fire. 

5. A book that you’d recommend to everyone?

Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent. For anyone craving contemporary over historical fiction, though, my go-to is Markus Zusak’s I Am the Messenger.

6. Who is your favorite female character? Why?

These questions are really making me think. Good grief. I’m a big fan of many an Austenian lady, but I’m ultimately going to have to go with Dinah from The Red Tent. The way Diamant just fleshes out her character is so rich and vibrant and beautiful, and to think that someone from history has been brought to life again through literature as much as Dinah is, it just strikes something in me. She is so human and she represents this ancient culture that I fall in love with over and over again every time I get to see it from her eyes. 

7. Do you love cats? (that’s a very important question)

I do!!! My dad is allergic to fur, so I never grew up with any pets, but I am completely set on having a Russian Blue cat someday, and I will name him Sebastian and he will be my kitten. He just better not get his claws into any of my books.

8. In which Hogwarts House are you? Think you belong? (you can take a test here if you want ;)

Hufflepuff. I have the greatest of badger pride and definitely feel like I fit the bill for the house. I’m very much a loyal friend. I believe in looking for the best in others, and that honesty is key. I am dedicated to my work, but easygoing. I also find that I relate to and gravitate toward people who are also of Hufflepuff-esque dispositions, though I do enjoy the dynamics of friendships and relationships with people who seem to fit more clearly into the other houses.

9. Which fictional character do you think you are the most alike?

You see, this is a question I’ve come across before, and every time I’ve encountered it, I always pull up blank. It’s not that I don’t find attributes in characters similar to ones of my own, or that I don’t identify here or there with certain ones—I just have never found a fictional character that I feel comparable to. Maybe it has something to do with being a non-fictional person, maybe it doesn’t, I’m not quite sure, really. 

10.  Do you own any bookish items, books excepted of course?

I’m afraid I don’t own a lot of book-related paraphernalia, unfortunately. I’d rather like to own a Hufflepuff scarf at some point, but the house colors are that of a school so detrimentally rival to my university that I would fear risking my peers’ wrath if I were to wear it about campus. Granted, my mother attended the rival school while my father attended mine, but still.

11.  Do you like to receive books as gift or do you prefer to pick your reads yourself?

Both. I do love choosing my own books, but on the occasion that I’ve been gifted books, they have been truly spectacular and from some of my dearest friends.

12.  What’s your favorite fairytale story?

Hans Christian Andersen’s Thumbelina. It was one of the first fairytales I heard when I was younger, and has always remained a favorite. 

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My Questions

1. What’s that one book you’ve honestly tried to read and get into, but the spark just isn’t there?

2. Favorite non-fiction book?

3. A book that you’ve read at a family member’s suggestion—who recommended it, and did you like it?

4. Do you own a Harry Potter wand?

5. Which series did you prefer as a kid: Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Chronicles of Narnia, or Percy Jackson?

6. Grab the closest book to you. Turn to page 76. What’s the first line of dialogue on the page and what book is it from?

7. Favorite book-to-movie adaptation? Why?

8. What’s a book that you and your friends all really like?

9. Do you prefer to read outdoors or indoors? Why?

10. Do you ever read scenes aloud from books, just to see how they sound?

11. Dreamcast for your favorite book?

12. A fictional character you wouldn’t mind giving a smooch?

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The Tagged

1. booksarefriends

2. coolnerdyreader

3. abookblog

4. iamthebookworm

5. literatureismyutopia

6. novelnostalgia

7. pagesfordays

8. qualiteabooks

9. thebooker

10. wenchingwithshakespeare

11. wherethebookwormlives

OK, now that I've answered all (I hope) of the tagged posts I've gotten here are mine.

(Find my answers here, here, here and here)

Rules:

1) Thank the person who tagged you.

2) Answer their questions

3) Come up with 6 questions of your own.

4) Tag 5 blogs

5) Let the people you tagged know.

Questions:

1) What book do you go to when you're just looking to read something silly?

2) Where do you fall on the e-book v book argument?

3) Do you shop in bookstores, library sales, charity shops, online or somewhere else?

4) How do you have your books organized?

5) What was/is/will be your major in college? 

6) Do you have, or could you pick, an all time favorite book?

I tag:

coolnerdyreader

for-theloveofbooks

booksandchai

abundanceofbooks

I was tagged by weareallstories

1. I'm in my second year of college.

2. English is not my first language.

3. I met some nice people on tumblr and I've got a really special friend from here now.

4. I get very embarrassed when someone compliments me.

5. I love winter and rain.

6. Despite everything, I consider myself a very lucky person.

7. I've got the most loveable dog in the world.

8. I truly believe someday I'll meet personally the friends I made in the internet.

9. Yesteday I cut my fingers with my umbrella and now I feel like a completely idiot.

I usually try to avoid doing this because I always forget someone, plus there are more comprehensive lists out there. But since you asked this off anon I'll make an exception. This is a mix of old and new favorites of mine.

coolnerdyreader

grangerandherbooks

withhernosestuckinabook

theitchofliterature

thebookmirror

literatureismyutopia

booksniffer

books-cupcakes

roesreads

girlthatreads

drownmewithbooks

the-maincharacter

thebooker

chasingfictions

ifreakinlovebooks

escapingintoabook

bookish-thoughts

booksandahotbeverage

Please refer to this for more great blogs!

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Please check out coolnerdyreader's new blog. She had to start hers all over again and I know how hard that is since I had to do the same thing a year ago. 

I was nominated again by livingthroughbooks. Score! I get to answer more questions! :)

RULES:

Thank your Liebster award presenter on your blog and link back to the blogger who presented this award to you

Answer the 11 questions from the nominator and create 11 questions for your nominees

Copy and paste the blog award onto your blog

Questions:

What is your favorite childhood book?

Books I fondly remember from my childhood is the Warriors Series by Erin Hunter. Once in awhile I still have the urge to go back and reread them.

What is your favorite classic?

I haven't read as much classics as I have wanted to, but some of my favorites are Alice in Wonderland, The Great Gatsby, Oedipus Rex, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

What is your least favorite book and why?

Oh geez, um, I'll go with 50 Shades of Grey which shames the name of books everywhere. I read a couple chapters just to see what the fuss was about and, yeah, It's just porn. And not even good porn.

Do you prefer e readers or actual books and why?

I love both. I have a nook and I would probably marry it if I could, but nothing will ever beat an actual book. What ticks me off more than anything else is people who choose to only read actual books, but they look down on people who like or use ereaders. Please don't be that person.

Which fictional character’s death made you cry the hardest?

Oromis and Glaedr. Followed closely by Sirius.

Most hate fictional character?

Gonna go with Umbridge or Galbatorix.

Favorite move adaptation?

I actually really really liked The Hunger Games. It obviously couldn't follow the book exactly, but I think they did an awesome job, and the cast fit their characters perfectly.

What is your most cherished book?

I don't really have any books that are signed or anything, but I do have a couple of really old hardback original Nancy Drew books, and I adore them.

Do you read one book at a time or many?

The most I can read at one time is 3, otherwise I start confusing stuff between them, but I usually only read 1 book at a time.

What’s your opinion on Fifty Shades of Grey and the Twilight Series?

Well, as you can tell by my above answer, I don't dig 50 Shades. As for Twilight, I read them when they were all hyped up, and the definitely weren't the best books I've read, but I don't think the deserve to be supremely hated like they are.

Why do you read books?

When I was younger, like most kids, I got an allowance, so I had to pay for whatever I wanted. Except for books. My mom would pay for whatever books I wanted to read, so my love for reading just kind of blossomed. I mostly read now as a means to escape from the real world and get lost in a fictional one.

 Some more of my nominations and my questions after the break..

Rule 1 - Post the rules.

Rule 2 - Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then make 11 new ones.

Rule 3 - Tag 11 people and then link them to your post.

Rule 4 - Let them know you have tagged them.

1. If there was one season all year round, what would you want it to be?

My two favorite seasons are fall and spring. It's so hard to choose! I love love love the fall colors with the leaves changing and the cooler weather (I'm usually pretty fed up with summer when fall is nearing) but I also adore the springtime because everything it coming back to life. It's so crazy how the plants and grass are brown one week and green and flourishing the next. Also, all the animals come out of hibernation and such. If I had to choose I would probably choose the spring, simply because it's the perfect inbetween weather that has gorgeous flowers and grass and weather.

2. Harry Potter or Twilight?

Harry Potter. No question.

3. Where is your favourite place to be?

Ideally, my favorite place is anywhere close to nature. Usually, this place is warm, but not too warm and books and art supplies are plentiful.

4. Least favourite movie?

I absolutely HATE the Twilight movies, but I'm also usually not a huge fan of any movie starring Jennifer Anniston or Adam Sandler. 

5. Favourite group/singer?

Ugh. Choosing favorites is soooooo difficult! My musical tastes includes some of the listed: The Shins, Fleetwood Mac, Regina Spektor, Lady Gaga, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bright Eyes, The Smiths, Modest Mouse, and many more!

6. Would you rather travel to somewhere hot or cold?

Probably somewhere cold simply because when you're cold you can just load on the blankets, but when you're hot you can't just take off all your clothes (unless you're secure with your body and not in a public place, but even then, you're still hot and sweaty and it's gross).

7. What is your favourite quote?

I have quite a few favorites, but right now, I really like this quote: 

"Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up." -Robert Frost

8. Do you have any siblings?

Yes I do. I have an older brother who is 20, an older half-brother who is 28 (he lives in California), and an older half-sister who is 29 (I haven't seen her in over 7 years and barely know her).

9. What is something you are excited for?

Considering I just started college last week, I'm basically excited for everything since it's different and new, also I get excited about things fairly easily. But, I'm actually SUPER excited to be spending my birthday and New Years in Disney and also it will be my first visit to...wait for it...HARRY POTTER WORLD! :DDD

10. How many continents have you been on?

Sadly, I have only been on one continent, and that continent is North America.

11. Name three things you like about yourself.

I'm creative, thoughtful, and incredibly open-minded. 

My Questions:

1. Do you have any tattoos? If yes, where and what of, if no, would you get one, why/why not?

2. Any hidden talents/cool skills?

3. If you could be any place right now, where would you be?

4. Where are you from?

5. What is your favorite time of the day?

6. What motivates you?

7. Favorite kind of ice cream?

8. Favorite band/singer?

9. Favorite poem?

10. If your house was on fire, what is the first thing you'd rescue?