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of course omg! i think it’s fairly hard to have been a kid in russia and not known it - also i found out only like a year that everyone except the princess was voiced by the same guy which is cool

4: What was the last book you added to your tbr?The Warlord of the Air. No Comment.6: Which book was the last one you really, really loved?Last three are The Waves (I wept copiously), City of Blades, and The Traitor Baru Cormorant. 7: What was/were the last book/books you bought?.....A Gothic translation of Alice in Wonderland8: Paperback or hardcover? Why?I have no strong feelings; it really depends on the day. I like the aesthetic of faded SFF mass markets, but also of a nice new hardcover. 9: YA, NA or Adult? Why?Adult, because I hate young characters. 

10: Sci-Fi or fantasy? Why?Both, and, if possible, science fantasy, like, it's the year 45000, we're in space, and we're using swords for some reason. 12: Political memoirs or comedic memoirs?neither, I feel like I'm prying when I try to read memoirs

13: Name a book with a really bad movie/tv adaptionLord of the Rings. 14: Name a book where the movie/tv adaption actually was better than the originalI haven't actually read The Martian, but there's a reason for that (the prose seemed terrible and the humor, in writing, wearing) but I loved the movie. 16: If you could bring three books to a deserted island which would you bring and why?The obvious answer is "Basic Raft-Building"; unless I was going to be rescued very soon, there wouldn't be much point in bringing anything, because i read too fast and I'd hate anything I brought very quickly. 18: Which character from a book is the most like you?

I actually can't think of one. A hobbit who doesn't go on an adventure, probably, they say, typing while eating chicken noodle soup19: Which character from a book is the least like you?Any villain. I can't imagine, well, having the ambition or the follow-through to care enough to be a villain20: Best summer read?i don't care, i read whatever whenever, this one time i read Anouilh on the beach 21: Best winter read?See above22: Pro or anti e-readers? Why?Pro, very pro, I read fast and don't wanna carry a million things23: Bookdepository or Amazon?Amazon. 24: Do you prefer to buy books online or in a bookshop?Oh man. I love browsing and serendipity, but also there are very few books that mainstream bookstores have that I haven't read or decided not to read, so online it is 25: If you could be a character from a book for just one day who would you be and why? (Bonus: any specific day in the story?)A random Lyorn in Dragaera so I could, uh, study history, my god I'm a nerd.26: If you could be a character from a book for their entire life who would you be and why?...there are really no good options here. 27: If you could change one thing about mainstream literature what would you change? (i.e. more diversity, better writing, better plot etc.)Better prose. I have abandoned countless things with cool premises because I knew the prose would drive me mad within 50 pages.28: How many books have you read so far this year?252. 29: How do you sort your shelves? (i.e. by color, author, title etc.)Size! 30: Who’s your favorite author?Steven Brust, probably.31: Who’s your favorite contemporary author?Does Eco count?32: Who’s your favorite fantasy author?K.J. Parker. 33: Who’s your favorite Sci-Fi author?Kage Baker, for the Company series, I guess34: List five OTPsFaramir and Éowyn, and that's about it, I care about romances while I'm reading them but that's about it. 37: How many books are actually in your bookshelf/shelves right now?between 50-100, i'm not counting, and most of them are in storage, which is Tragic.38: What language do you (most often) read in?English; should read more French, honestly. 39: Name one of your favorite childhood booksLoved Beatrix Potter. Also Pleasant Fieldmouse. 40: Name one of your favorite books from your teenage yearsI really liked Mercedes Lackey then, idk41: Do you own a library card? How often do you use it?JUST SO MUCH T B H 42: Which was the best book you had to read in school?I like Hamlet a lot? I feel like my curriculum was fairly standard and I didn't like much of it. 43: Are you the kind of person who reads several books at once or the kind of person who can only read one book at a time?I strongly prefer to read one at a time. 44: Do you like to listen to music when you read?I don't like to listen to music. 45: What is your favorite thing to eat when you read?Nothing. 46: What is your favorite thing to drink when you read?Tea or water or hot chocolate, which are the only things I drink in this world anyway47: What do you do to get out of a reading slump?Suck it up and start reading another book; I'd rather feel so-so about something than not have anything to do on the train.48: Where is your favorite place to read?On the subway! 49: When is your favorite time to read?5-5:45 pm.50: Why do you love to read?Blah blah blah, transportation to other worlds, blah blah blah a look into the past, blah blah blah the beauty of prose, I'm honestly not sure I "love to read" anymore or if it's just a thing I do