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[ivyfic]

My bit of happy for today: New York will honor same-sex marriages from other states and countries. It's not quite legalized gay marriage, but it's pretty damn close.

1. One book that changed your life.
Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt. I know this is a weird one, but this book has a lot to do with how I view human nature and the nature of evil.

2. One book that you've read more than once.
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster.

3. One book you'd want on a desert island.
I cannot possible answer this. Uh, Crime and Punishment? It's long, and I like Dostoevsky.

4. One book that made you laugh.
Pure Drivel by Steve Martin. I'm sure there are many others, but the period-less essay comes to mind.

5. One book that made you cry.
I could say Where the Red Fern Grows, but that makes everyone cry, so I'm going with The Death and Life of Superman by Roger Stern.

6. One book that you wish had been written.
The seventh Secret of the Unicorn Queen book. Book six ended with a bit of a lead-in and I cannot tell you for how many years I popped into bookstores just to check the YA shelf and see if the next book had come out.

7. One book that you wish had never been written.
Anything by Kevin J. Anderson. Particularly the X-Files tie-ins.

8. One book you're currently reading.
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn.

9. One book you've been meaning to read.
One? I have a several shelves worth of books organized by how long I've been meaning to read each book. To pick one at random, Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner.

Bonus question: What book scared you the most?
Okay, I'm going to cheat and go with the book that disturbed me the most. Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy. There are some graphic, graphic descriptions of hangings and dismemberments in there that did not sit well with me when I was fifteen.

Comments

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I saw that news. Oh man, Patterson is already a more awesome governor than Spitzer was. He got something done!

Ooh, meme!

[mclittlebitch.livejournal.com]

I love Julia Quinn normally, however there's a bit in The Duke and I I find seriously uncool. Which is annoying, as I enjoy the rest of the Bridgerton books but that incident sort of casts a shadow over some of the later stuff for me.

Also "Word" on the Kevin J Anderson.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I think I may have juuust gotten to the part you mean this morning on the subway. If the scene goes the way it looks like it's going to go, I'm with you there. Which is a shame, since I've been enjoying the heck out of this book.

[mclittlebitch.livejournal.com]

The part where Daphne's full-on Baby Rabies lead to badness?

The rest of the series is equally good or better, and lacks squick, so I'm not sure what was going on there. If you get the others make sure you read the first four in order, as Romancing Mr. Bridgerton (I think) has the reveal of who Lady Whistledown is and the build up is the best part.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Yay hysterical pregnancy. I figure, as long as I can get through a regency romance without a rape/attempted rape/rape but the heroine really wanted it, I'm doing fine.

I have a guess as to who Whistledown is. Don't tell me! I'll definitely order the next few books.

[mclittlebitch.livejournal.com]

I suppose it's progress that the hero gets dubious consented, but it still really bothered me. And it cast a pall over Daphne's 'wise older sister' appearances in the later ones.

Oooh, who's your guess? I went nuts trying to figure it out. The whole series is on my Comfort Reading shelf.

[moonlightalice.livejournal.com]

What, you don't like totally rewriting cannon to involve offensive historical re-workings of Mayan culture so that they include American military cadres who are wasting time trying to cover up unrealistic conspiracies instead of stopping artifact-smuggling drug lords? SURELY something is wrong with YOU!

[mclittlebitch.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have this whole thing where I prefer plots to be at least vaguely related to reality. I'm a bitch like that. Good to know I'm not the only one.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

My favorite was where he re-wrote physics entirely. Oh wait, he does that in every book. Silly me.