Today is World Book Day!
What is World Book Day?
World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Day) is observed on April 23, 2015. The annually celebrated day is organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright. It was first celebrated in 1995. [Source]
As a bibliophile, writer and English teacher, I couldn't not post about it. So, a colleague and I made up this little survey for you!
1. Top 5 Favourite Authors?
2. Top 5 Favourite Book Series?
3. Top 5 Favourite Fiction Books (NOT part of a series)?
4. Least Favourite Book?
5. Favourite Genre/s?
6. Least Favourite Genre/s?
7. Favourite Childhood Book?
8. Top 5 Female Characters From Books?
9. Top 5 Male Characters From Books?
10. Book City/Country/World you’d like to visit/live?
11. Action Of A Fictional Character You Still Can’t Forgive?
12. “Classic” Book You Think Is Overrated?
13. Your Favourite Book To Film/Mini-Series Adaptation?
14. Guilty Pleasure Book/Author?
15. Favourite Non-Fiction Book/s?
16. First Fictional Character You Had A Crush On?
17. The Fictional Character You Most Hate?
18. Death In A Book You Will Never Be Over?
19. Book I Am Now Reading:
20. Book You Recommend Everyone Should Read:
My Answers:
- JK Rowling- Jodi Picoult- Rainbow Rowell- Cecelia Ahern- Nicholas Sparks
- Harry Potter- Anne of Green Gables- Lord of the Rings- Trixie Belden- Percy Jackson
- The Book Thief (Marcus Zusak)- Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)- Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)- Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell)- PS I Love You (Cecelia Ahern)
- Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
- Romance, Drama, Historical
- Science Fiction
- First one I remember hearing about is Cinderella. According to my mum, I could find it in the dark.
- Hermione Granger (Harry Potter), Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables), Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice), Jo March (Little Women), Professor McGonagall (Harry Potter)
- Gilbert Blythe (Anne of Green Gables), Harry Potter (Harry Potter), Mr Darcy (Pride and Prejudice), Colonel Brandon (Sense and Sensibility), Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
- The Wizarding World in Harry Potter. (This won over Avonlea. And Middle Earth. It was close though).
- In Little Women when Amy burned Jo's manuscript.
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I've never been able to finish it.
- Anne of Green Gables movies in 1985 and 1987 (you can't really count the third because it doesn't follow the books). And Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca in 1940.
- Danielle Steel.
- The Diary of Anne Frank.
- Gilbert Blythe, Anne of Green Gables.
- Dolores Umbridge, Harry Potter.
- Sirius Black, Harry Potter.
- Briar Rose, by Jane Yolen
- Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell.
[PERSONAL NOTE: For those who know me, no- Elphaba, Fiyero and Wicked is NOT on the list. Because whilst it started as a book, I prefer the characters in their musicalverse forms. I made myself stick to book forms/characters only.]
1. Top 5 Favourite Authors?
ReplyDeleteSuzanne Collins - Kelley Armstrong - Meg Cabot - Celine Kiernan - Chantal van Gastel
2. Top 5 Favourite Book Series?
Hunger Games - Mediator - Darkest Powers/Darkness Rising (technically one series) - Selection - Belgariad/Mallorean (again, technically one series)
3. Top 5 Favourite Fiction Books (NOT part of a series)?
Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell) - The Fault in Our Stars (John Green) - The Fall and Rise of the Sundial (Thessa van Aerde) - De Brief voor de Koning (Tonke Dragt) - Ik Wist Het (Chantal van Gastel)
4. Least Favourite Book?
Honestly, I have no idea.
5. Favourite Genre/s?
Fantasy, Romance, Drama
6. Least Favourite Genre/s?
Horror
7. Favourite Childhood Book?
I think that would be the Dolphin Diaries series by Lucy Daniels (in Dutch, obviously).
8. Top 5 Female Characters From Books?
Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games) - Susannah Simon (Mediator) - Arya Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire) - Daenerys Stormborn (A Song of Ice and Fire) - Cath Avery (Fangirl)
9. Top 5 Male Characters From Books?
Hector "Jesse" De Silva (Mediator) - Daniel Bianchi (Darkness Rising) - Fiyero Tigelaar (Wicked) - Tyrion Lannister (A Song of Ice and Fire) - Ruben Zuidhof (Zwaar!)
10. Book City/Country/World you’d like to visit/live?
I wouldn't really know... most of the books I've read are set in the middle of a war or suppression, so no, thank you :P.
11. Action Of A Fictional Character You Still Can’t Forgive?
Gale and Katniss' mum both abandoning her after Prim died.
12. “Classic” Book You Think Is Overrated?
I don't really read a lot of "classic" books...
13. Your Favourite Book To Film/Mini-Series Adaptation?
Divergent. They did a great job on that (so far, anyway).
14. Guilty Pleasure Book/Author?
Still the Dolphin Diaries series by Lucy Daniels... plus all those cute little Charmed pocket-books, based on the television series :3.
15. Favourite Non-Fiction Book/s?
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive when the World Overwhelms You by Elaine Aron.
16. First Fictional Character You Had A Crush On?
I've never really done the crush thing, but probably Jesse from the Mediator series.
17. The Fictional Character You Most Hate?
President Snow from the Hunger Games trilogy.
18. Death In A Book You Will Never Be Over?
Primrose Everdeen in the Hunger Games trilogy.
19. Book I Am Now Reading:
A Dance with Dragons by George Martin
20. Book You Recommend Everyone Should Read:
The Highly Sensitive Person, because it would help a lot of people understand themselves and/or others around them (including me). As for fictional books, I'd say Fangirl because at least it will help people understand the way I think about things :P.
Have you read JKR's Robert Galbraith books? I was sceptical but about a quarter of the way into the first one I was hooked! I really recommend them.
ReplyDeletePS - love all your work on ff.net!
Thank you! I started the first one when it came out and then had to put it down... I think to write reports, or exams, or something teacher-ish that was time-consuming and not at all fun. I mean to go back to them, but I somehow haven't yet. But what I read was MUCH better than The Casual Vacancy!
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