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Book Challenge Days 16-20

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Day 16 – Favourite female character

Oh the choices the choices I could make for this challenge are vast, and each as different as the next. So I’ve gone with two.

Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser from Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. She’s a woman after my own heart. She’s tough, yet isn’t scared to be vulnerable around those she truly cares about and that makes her one of the best in my book. She’s a bleeding heart in some ways, and captured my attention from page one.

The other character I would choose is Thursday Next as written by Jasper Fforde. She’s clever, inventive and oh so hilarious and I can’t help but love her. She’s tenacious and just so wonderful.

Day 17 – Favourite quote from your favourite book

“For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.” -C.S Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew

Day 18 – A book that disappointed you

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness.

I’m actually re-reading this book, because my sister swears to me that the second book is better, and the third book was even better.

So I’ve decided to re-read it, but I’m finding that certain parts of it lag just like they did before, and I’m beginning to think that the descriptive nature of this book is just not my cup of tea. Though I’m still going to finish this book, as well as the second book because I paid for it, and sometimes that’s all it takes for me.

Day 19 – Favourite book turned into a movie

It’s not a book, or at least not a full length novel but my favourite book turned into a movie might surprise you. It is The Body by Stephen King, which was later turned into the movie Stand by Me starring River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman and Jerry O’Connell.

It was one of those movies I watched over and over again, and one of those books where I did exactly the same. I just loved both, as they were a wonderful tribute to adolescence and the friendships you have in those times.

Day 20 – Favorite romance book

Not really a romance novel, but the book that had me squirming happily, squeeing and oh so happy was Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. I’m no stranger to fandom, and to wishing that things were different when I’m reading, or watching a TV show or movie.

This book felt to me, like I’m sure it does to a lot of people, like it was a reflection of who I had once been and in a way who I still am. It was gorgeously written, and captivating.

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Book Challenge Day 14 and 15

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Day 14 – Favorite book of your favorite writer

My favourite book by Jane Austen is, as I said before Pride and Prejudice. There’s just something about Lizzie I have always responded to, for reasons I can’t truly explain. She is who she is, and she isn’t going to apologize for that. Not to her mother, or her father or Darcy who doesn’t seem to understand how great she is.

My favourite book by C.S Lewis, is as I said before The Magician’s Nephew. It is such a magical world. It’s so beautifully descriptive. It’s just so freaking good. I can’t even form my thoughts into words about how amazing this work is.
Day 15 – Favorite male character

Mr. Darcy. He’s completely and utterly flawed. He’s arrogant, he’s stubborn, he’s pigheaded. He can’t see what’s right in front of him until it’s almost too late.

He’s also loyal, honourable and steadfast. He’s a good big brother. Those are all qualities I quite admire in a person.

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Day 13 – Your favorite writer

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Day 13 – Your favorite writer

I don’t have just one. I really don’t.

In terms of the classics, C.S Lewis, Jane Austen, J.R.R Tolkien and LM Montgomery reign supreme. I just love the detail and nuances of each of these authors. C.S. Lewis turned me onto fantasy fiction, Jane Austen wrote one of my favourite classic novels and LM Montgomery is probably my favourite Canadian author.

Current literature would be Diana Gabaldon, Kevin Hearne and too many others to name including J.K Rowling. My genres tend to switch quite frequently as you can see here and I love each for different reasons.

And in young adult I would say my main author in that is Scott Westerfeld.

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Book Challenge Day 10

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Day 10 – Favorite classic book

Favourite classic book?! That would demand that I am actually one who can figure out what makes classical literature classic and that is a true problem. Just like I was once told that I didn’t read literature because Stephen King was not literature. And really, what the hell does that mean in the first place?

So I didn’t pick just one.

Favourite Classic Featuring Female Characters

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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Favourite Canadian Classic

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

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Favourite Classic Monster Novel

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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Favourite Classic Fantasy

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien

The Magicians Nephew by C.S. Lewis

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Favourite Classic Non-Fiction Novel

Night by Elie Wiesel

Lists

Five Books That Have Changed Me

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I wasn’t always a reader. In fact, as a child there were so many more things I would have preferred to do then sit down and read a book.

My sister, and my mum were both so concerned about this. And so, one of my most vivid bookish memories is my sister, nine years older than me reading a book by my bedside while I was suffering from some sort of sickness. Knowing me, it was probably pneumonia. That book? The Magicians Nephew. Definitely one of the books that changed me.

So without further adieu, my list. (In no particular order to be honest, how can I put one beloved work of fiction above another?)

509797 5. The Magicians Nephew by C.S Lewis

The second last book published in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew is the first chronologically and the first book I read (or was read to me). At the peak of my sickness, my sister sat down next to my bed, and began verbally weaving a tale so magical that I wouldn’t be able to recall if the memory was real in later years. Or at least not until, in my haste to read more Lewis, I happened to pick up this very book.

This book was the gateway to fantasy for me, and it was so very wonderfully detailed that I would practically clutch it to myself as I savoured every single word on the page. It changed the thought I had in mind, that books had to be boring, and were all based in reality.

Favourite Quote:

“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.”

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