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Using only books you have read this year (2009), cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat a book title. It’s a lot harder than you think!
Describe Yourself: American Sphinx (Joseph Ellis)
How do you feel: Disquiet (Julie Leigh)
Describe where you currently live: Family Roundabout (Richmal Crompton) in The New Valley (Josh Weil)
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
Your favorite form of transportation: Six Ponies (Josephine Pullein-Thompson)
Your best friend is: Lulu in Marrakech (Diane Johnson)
You and your friends are: Princes in the Land (Joanna Cannan)
What’s the weather like: Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (Julia Strachey)
Favorite time of day : A Life's Morning (George Gissing)
*If your life was a(n): Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
*What is life to you: A Broom of One's Own. (Nancy Peacock)
Your fear: The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye (A.S. Byatt)
What is the best advice you have to give: Everything Matters! (Ron Currie, Jr.)
Thought for the Day: When Will There Be Good News? (Kate Atkinson)
How I would like to die: Negotiating With the Dead (Margaret Atwood) or Making Conversation (Christine Longford)
My soul’s present condition: Dry Storeroom No. 1 (Richard Fortey)
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I've seen this meme around; it looks fun. I'll have to try it if I have a chance.
ReplyDeleteNice! Just remember that it doesn't pay to negotiate with the dead (a la my blog title)!
ReplyDeleteI answered it here (http://www.penguindust.com/ljh/2009/08/24/life-according-to-literature-meme/)
ReplyDeleteWow, this is a great meme. I'm not sure I am clever enough or hav read enough this year to try it!
ReplyDeleteIt was a fun meme! Everyone should check out Lisa's answers if you haven't already.
ReplyDeleteAnd Jeanne, we've been rewatching Season 6 of Buffy, so I've been thinking about your blog A LOT.
ReplyDeleteHere's mine!: http://classical-bookworm.blogspot.com/2009/08/life-according-to-literature-meme.html
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy this meme! I had a lot of fun answering it on my blog. Great answers!
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