what are you reading?

I nabbed this book questionnaire over at The Sheila Variations.

What are you reading right now?

I'm sort of half-heartedly making my way through Shadow of the Wind.  I keep waiting for this book to grab me, and it hasn't yet.

Do you have any idea what you’ll read when you’re done with that?

I might read Snow, and I might read Suite Française.

What magazines do you have in your bathroom right now?

The New Yorker, of course.

What’s the worst thing you were ever forced to read?

Great Expectations. 

What’s the one book you always recommend to just about everyone?

Hmmm, nobody ever seems to ask me for reading recommendations.  I'd suggest some Louise Erdrich, or perhaps The Poisonwood Bible, or Blind Assassin.  Kate Atkinson's Case Histories.

Admit it, the librarians at your library know you on a first name basis, don’t they?

Nope.  I haven't even been to the library yet here.  The workers in the bookstore usually get to know me, though.

Is there a book you absolutely love, but for some reason, people never think it sounds interesting, or maybe they read it and don’t like it at all?

I'm always blathering on about Setting Free the Bears (Irving's first novel), and everyone just sort of nods and smiles and looks over my shoulder.

Do you read books while you eat? While you bathe? While you watch movies or TV? While you listen to music? While you’re on the computer? While you’re having sex? While you’re driving?

Eat, yes; bathe, yes; watch TV or movies, no; listen to music, yes; on the computer, sometimes; during sex, no; driving, luckily, no.

When you were little, did other children tease you about your reading habits?

Not exactly.  My little sister hated it, though, and was always trying to talk me out of reading and in to playing with her.

What’s the last thing you stayed up half the night reading because it was so good you couldn’t put it down?

I can't remember.  At my age and station in life, sleep usually takes precedence over almost anything.

Bonus: I'm going to add my own question.

What's one book that everyone raves about and you, despite your best efforts, just didn't get?

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.  I couldn't even finish it.

Comments

[Ted]

This from the Ted from whom Sheila got the questionnaire - great added bonus question. I'll add it at my place.

[Book Lover]

I love reading books. Glad to find someone with the same interest.

:D

[Gary]

Kavalier and Clay IS a tough read for about the first 200 pages but it really picks up when they get to Antarctica. Or the Arctic. I can't tell them apart.

My new favorite book is SHARP OBJECTS by Gillian Flynn.

[nina]

I think part of my problem is that I have so little time for reading these days, that I don't have the patience that I used to. It's not like I thought it was horrible, I just couldn't get through it. But then I never made it to the Arctic part.

[Kat]

I'm of the opinion that if it doesn't grab me in the first 50 pages, it's out. There are too many good books in the world to force myself to read one I don't want to read.

[cc]

I don't think I've read Louise Erdrich, and look forward to picking up Case Histories. I loved Blind Assassin and Setting Free the Bears...and I loved Kavalier and Clay. And I just picked up the latest Jonathan Lethem at a bookstore I found in our new neighborhood.