Basically Books! discussion

Hi people,

Us mods have decided to do another 30 day challenge, the theme is basically ... random questions.

The aim is to answer 1 question each day.

But don't worry if you miss a day, you can answer it the next day.

Please try not to answer them all at once unless you have missed the whole 30 days.. and then you want to answer them.

I hope you all have fun just like we have had fun in the past with these 30 day challenges.

Starts: 1st April
Ends: 30th April


QUESTIONS

1. What book(s) are you looking forward to reading this year?
2. In a book, do you hear many repeats of a food?
3. What is the longest book you have read so far this year?
4. What book(s) are you currently reading at the moment?
5. What countries cuisine fascinates you?
6. What is the shortest book you have read so far this year?
7. Are you scared of spiders?
8. Which genre(s) do you usually read?
9. When did you first start reading? (excludes when you had to read in school )
10. What new releases are you excited about?
11. What's the last movie you saw at the cinema?
12. What is your worst book(s) so far this year?
13. What's the most you've ever spent in a single item of clothing?
14. What's your dream job?
15. What's the weirdest thing that's ever happened to you on public transport?
16. What’s your favourite food?
17. What’s the strangest cooking term you know?
18. What's your dream car/motorbike?
19. Do you like trying new food?
20. If you were a chef, what would be your specialty?
21. If we were to look in your wardrobe, which colour would be predominant?
22. If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go?
23. What food would you go to another country for?
24. What's your favourite fairy tale?
25. What do you think of odd/new food?
26. What's your favourite flavour of ice-cream?
27. How often to you buy/borrow books?
28. Do you listen to audio books?
29. Bitter or sweet?
30. What is your favourite book(s) so far this year?



OVER TO YOU!!!!!

(Please if you have any questions on these questions, message me on goodreads)

First :P

I am hoping to get my hands on Fighting Pax as it's been a great series so far and can't wait for the conclusion :D

1. What book(s) are you looking forward to reading this year?

LOADS... but the main one im looking forward to is....... Sever , i know its already out.. but i just havent got my hands on it.. so i cant wait till i do :)

QUESTIONS
April 1-30, 2013

1. What book(s) are you looking forward to reading this year?

So many. The final books in the Divergent and Razorland series are on my top, but they aren't out until October.



2. In a book, do you hear many repeats of a food?

Not usually.

3. What is the longest book you have read so far this year?

Dare You To

4. What book(s) are you currently reading at the moment?

Flame of Sevenwaters. Absolutely amazing! I will be so sad if this is the last book in the series.

5. What countries cuisine fascinates you?

I love Asian food. But when I try to cook it at home it usually turns into a disaster, so I have stuck to takeout.

6. What is the shortest book you have read so far this year?

Yesterday's Gone: Episode 1

7. Are you scared of spiders?

Definitely.

8. Which genre(s) do you usually read?

Science fiction.

9. When did you first start reading? (excludes when you had to read in school)

I started reading at a young age. I remember my older sister and I reading Little Women at night. She and I would alternate sections to read out loud.

10. What new releases are you excited about?

Too many to list. But mostly .

11. What's the last movie you saw at the cinema?
12. What is your worst book(s) so far this year?
13. What's the most you've ever spent in a single item of clothing?
14. What's your dream job?
15. What's the weirdest thing that's ever happened to you on public transport?
16. What’s your favourite food?
17. What’s the strangest cooking term you know?
18. What's your dream car/motorbike?
19. Do you like trying new food?
20. If you were a chef, what would be your specialty?
21. If we were to look in your wardrobe, which colour would be predominant?
22. If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go?
23. What food would you go to another country for?
24. What's your favourite fairy tale?
25. What do you think of odd/new food
26. What's your favourite flavour of ice-cream?
27. How often to you buy/borrow books?
28. Do you listen to audio books?
29. Bitter or sweet?
30. What is your favourite book(s) so far this year?

1. What book(s) are you looking forward to reading this year?

Arhurian books... I'm ot really excited about new books haha

1. There are so many! The one I'm looking forward to most though - well, ones technically since it's sort of three books - is "The Lord Of The Rings" which is another of the books I keep saying I'm going to read and haven't gotten to. I'm trying to get some of those read this year, and "The Lord Of The Rings" is at the top of the list now that I've read "War And Peace" already.

1. What book(s) are you looking forward to reading this year?

mainly Spitfire Girl

havn't found it yet but planning to

I'm looking forward to Dark Triumph, which I have preordered and should get delivered to my Kindle in half an hour!! Plus Spirit by Brigid Kemmerer and Shades of Earth, the last in the Across the Universe series by Beth Revis - can't wait to see how that's going to end.

2. In a book, do you hear many repeats of a food?

I always hear about pancakes in books... I don't know why.. is pancakes.. like an american thing or somit? :P

2. In a book, do you hear many repeats of a food?

Not really that I can think of

2. I swear people torture me with pizza and chocolate! Mind you, I always notice when food is mentioned, and always end up hungry if it's mentioned a lot in a book I'm reading, regardless of what the food is.

pizza and pancakes too!! i swear, these fictional people don't know any other dishes!

Yep, definitely a lot of fictional people eating pancakes. Maybe it's because in real life no one can be bothered to make them so authors try to live vicariously through their characters.

2. In a book, do you hear many repeats of a food?

i always read a lot of adventure books or world war books,so i always hear about sandwiches, strange, but frankly conveniant

3. What is the longest book you have read so far this year?

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare according to my GR stats which is weird.. as i finished tht yesterday haha :D

3. Easy... "War And Peace" is by far the longest book I've read so far this year!

4. What book(s) are you currently reading at the moment?


Defiance by C.J. Redwine :D
So great so far :)

4. I'm currently reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

3. I don't know D: It's hard to see on the kindle
4. I'm reading Elric ofMelniboné by afkhbhd moorcock (??)

5. What countries cuisine fascinates you?

Chinese Cuisine .i guess.. :P

5. I don't know that any particular country's cuisine fascinates me. I like bits and pieces from various countries that I've tried, but wouldn't really say any stands out as a country with a cuisine that fascinates me.

3. The longest book I've read so far this year was Scarlet.

4. I am currently reading far too many books at the same time: Requiem, Reflected in You, The Princess Bride, Raising Girls and Josh Anvil and the Cypress Door.

5. Japanese cuisine I think - I've never tried sushi.

5. Well I like to think I've tried most types of food, but if there is one I'd be interested to actually go there and try, it would likely be Italian

6. The shortest book I've read so far must have been Witchlet.

6. What is the shortest book you have read so far this year?
Nocturnal Academy (Nocturnal Academy #1) by Ethan Somerville

7. No I am definitely not scared of spiders but I know lots of people who are :P

6. I'm not sure. I've read a few short stories and short children's books so far this year, but I'm unsure which was shortest.

7. Not scared as such, I just think they're creepy and weird and would prefer them not to be too close to me. But as long as they don't come near me I don't have issues with them.

7. Are you scared of spiders?

Nope. I love them. Is that weird. I hope not. OH well

8. Welllll, I normally read fantasy but I do like a bit of reality blended in with it i.e. not completely fantastical as sometimes these kind of books can go a bit over the top if you know what I mean

8. Which genre(s) do you usually read?

OMG........loads.

Chick-lit, Children's, Crime, Fantasy, Graphic novels, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Romance, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Young-adult, sci-fi and many more probs :)

8. My favourites are children's books and fantasy, but I'll read most genres.

9. When did you first start reading? (excludes when you had to read in school )

Well. End of 2009 beginning of 2010 :)


I was around 14 years old. I hated reading before then. DON'T YELL AT ME.... my sister got me reading.. :)

9. Hmmm from a young age, that's all I know :P I was reading Harry Potter from the age of 10 o_o

9. I've read since I learned how at the age of three. Yes, seriously! I have older brothers, and learned to read and write because I wanted to do "homework" with them, and I've loved to read and write ever since. I dare say my abilities weren't that great for the first year or so mind you, but I officially started reading for pleasure as soon as I learned how to figure out which letter was which.

10. What new releases are you excited about?

I... can't.. remember.... i.. must.. update this when i can remember.. sorry guys/gals -_-

10. Well I am mostly looking forward to Dan Brown's new book Inferno coming out in May, also Freax and Rejex too :D

10. I'm looking forward to the final book in David Estes Country Saga, and also the final book in his Dwellers saga.

7. Only really big ones but I don't like any of them crawling on me.

8. I read a lot of romance, dystopia, historical and fantasy.

9. I think I first grew to love reading when I was about six and I started to read Roald Dahl books by myself.

10. I'm really looking forward to Shades of Earth.

11. What's the last movie you saw at the cinema?

The Hunger Games.... :)

11. Hmm, last one I remember was Harry potter can't remember which one think it was one of the most recent ones o_o

Tara-Jayne (♥ I Read, I Love ♥) wrote: " 11. What's the last movie you saw at the cinema?

The Hunger Games.... :)"

Me too! It'll probably be the next film I see at the cinema too - I don't go very often at all.

11. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2. I know because I don't go to the cinema much so can easily remember what I watch there. I prefer to wait for things to be out on DVD as a rule, because I get frustrated with the way people behave in the cinema and it takes the enjoyment out of the movie for me. Thing is, it's annoying enough for most people when you get idiots messing about and making loads of noise while you're trying to watch a movie, but it's worse when you can't see so have to rely on your hearing alone for the movie while people are behaving like that! I'd rather risk wasting my money on a DVD I don't like than waste my money on a movie experience that's not enjoyable and a movie I couldn't hear over the noise of the audience.

12. What is your worst book(s) so far this year?

Covet(Vampire Erotic Theatre Romance, #1) by Felicity E. Heaton , i rated it 3 stars.

I think my worst so far would be Rock Me by Cherrie Lynn. It wasn't the worst thing I've ever read but the heroine was very annoying.

12. Most of the books I've read this year have been pretty good, but I've had a couple of zombie novels that were so poorly edited it's not even funny, and a short story called "Sweet And Sour Pork" which just confused me (it was meant to be an alternative version of "The Three Little Pigs" but it was just weird and confusing).

Ok so I'm rather behind on this thing...

1. What book(s) are you looking forward to reading this year?
A few - the last in the Razorland series, the final Divergent book, the new Deanna Raybourn, another Graveyard Queen instalment, the next Sentinels of New Orleans, Orleans itself... and more! Too many...

2. In a book, do you hear many repeats of a food?
There are some books that never seem to shut up about food. I had starved myself for a dentist appointment earlier this week (13h30) and the book I was reading while in the waiting room just kept going on and on about food. I had to stop reading!

3. What is the longest book you have read so far this year?
Not sure as I haven't been counting pages. According to my GR stats it was Insurgent.

4. What book(s) are you currently reading at the moment?
Shatter Me, but I'm not enjoying it, The Language of Flowers, and The Madness Beneath.

5. What countries cuisine fascinates you?
(Country's Tara!!)
Hungarian. It's yummyand you don't see enough of it here.

6. What is the shortest book you have read so far this year?
Ours Is Just a Little Sorrow by Gwen Hayes.

7. Are you scared of spiders?
Scared shitless of 'em. Horrible things.

8. Which genre(s) do you usually read?
Usually fantasy / sci-fi related. I always check those sections of the bookshop first.

9. When did you first start reading? (excludes when you had to read in school )
Ever since I can remember. My parents instilled a love of books in me for which I am very thankful.

10. What new releases are you excited about?
Wasn't this question 1?
Mila 2.0 ; Orleans ; Splintered - all new releases this year.

11. What's the last movie you saw at the cinema?
The Hobbit. I wanted to see the Oz movie but the boyfriend wrangled his way out of it... so now he owes me €100 worth of something of my choice. I have a signed contract and everything!

12. What is your worst book(s) so far this year?
It's a tie between Shatter Me, which I haven't actually finished yet, No Peace for the Damned, and Hired by the Cowboy.

13. I don't like to spend more than absolutely essential on clothing, but I brought some walking boots for £40, which isn't too bad for a pair of walking boots, but was more than I like to spend on shoes (or clothing in general). Either way clothes don't last these days, so why spend a fortune on something you'll be replacing soon, when you can spend quarter of the price for something that lasts as long? Besides, then there's more money for books! ;)

13. What's the most you've ever spent in a single item of clothing?

I am not sure.. but probs.. somthing like £40.. I wouldnt spend that much.. as i normally buy clothes for liek 10, 12, 14 pounds from asda ! lol

Tara-Jayne (♥ I Read, I Love ♥) wrote: "13. What's the most you've ever spent in a single item of clothing?

I am not sure.. but probs.. somthing like £40.. I wouldnt spend that much.. as i normally buy clothes for liek 10, 12, 14 pounds..."


Asda's where I usually shop too, LOL!

13. What's the most you've ever spent on a single item of clothing?

Probably around the €300 mark.

I still get my jeans from C&A but other than that I tend to spend a bit more on clothes so I get the better quality fabrics that keep their shape better and look more professional in the work place.