Book Meme

My blogging buddy Phlegmmy tagged me with this bookish meme causing me to waste a few hours in thought at the keyboard.

Which book do you irrationally cringe away from reading, despite seeing only positive reviews?

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

If you could bring three characters to life for a social event (afternoon tea, a night of clubbing, perhaps a world cruise), who would they be and what would the event be?

DI John Rebus, Ford Prefect and Nanny Ogg – on a pub crawl in Edinburgh ending in a curry house.

You are told you can't die until you read the most boring novel on the planet. While this immortality is great for awhile, eventually you realise it's past time to die. Which book would you expect to get you a nice grave?

Titus Groan, have tried reading it twice and gave up on both occasions – nothing seemed to be happening. One of only two books that I have never finished.

Come on, we've all been there. Which book have you pretended, or at least hinted, that you've read, when in fact you've been nowhere near it?

No, I don't do that – proud of my Celtic barbarian status and happy to profess my ignorance.

As an addition to the last question, has there been a book that you really thought you had read, only to realise when you read a review about it/go to 'reread' it that you haven't? Which book?

Nope.

You've been appointed Book Advisor to a VIP (who's not a big reader). What's the first book you'd recommend and why? (if you feel like you'd have to know the person, go ahead of personalise the VIP.

VIPs read? OK then, The Man In The High Castle by Philip K Dick.

A good fairy comes and grants you one wish: you will have perfect reading comprehension in the foreign language of your choice. Which language do you go with?

Spanish, as I have read some great novels in translation and would like to be able to try the originals and it would come in handy travelling in Central and South America.

A mischievous fairy comes and says that you must choose one book that you will reread once a year for the rest of your life (you can read other books as well). Which book would you pick?

The Man In The High Castle by Philip K Dick. A cracking story that is really well written.

I know that the book blogging community, and its various challenges, have pushed my reading borders. What's one bookish thing you 'discovered' from book blogging (maybe a new genre, or author, or new appreciation for cover art-anything)?

In Fury Born by David Weber – had never heard of him but bought this late last year and thoroughly enjoyed it.

That good fairy is back for one final visit. Now, she's granting you your dream library! Describe it. Is everything leatherbound? Is it full of first edition hardcovers? Pristine trade paperbacks? Perhaps a few favourite authors have inscribed their works? Go ahead-let your imagination run free.

A room of around 20'x20' with a large picture window at one end where the hi-fi sits, in the middle a large oak coffee table surrounded by a comfy sofa and two chairs. The walls have free standing bookcases in oak which rise to a height of 8', they are full to bursting with a mix of hardbacks, paperbacks and graphic novels (no leather in sight) and the 20 volume Oxford English Dictionary/

Phew that took longer than I thought it would, am not going to tag anyone but if you want to play as well then go ahead,