Book meme, day 10
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litlover1228. Some firsts: First book you remember loving/being obsessed with. First book that made you cry. First book you gave to someone else as a gift.
First book I remember loving/being obsessed with: Hard to say. Maybe Cinderella?
First book that made me cry: I rarely cry over books, even the ones that move me deeply. The first one I remember crying over was A Tangled Web by L. M. Montgomery. It was the scene with little Brian at his mother's grave, near the end, that did it.
First book I gave to someone else as a gift: Again, I'm not sure. The first book I remember giving was Montgomery's Anne of Ingleside, to a friend who lived next door. But that was when I was in fifth grade or thereabouts. Probably I gave some books to people before that!
29. Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
SPOILERS AHEAD (obviously!) . . .
The title character in Willa Cather's short story "Neighbour Rosicky." He reminded me of my Grandpa Albert -- a tough old farmer with a loving and gentle heart. He even had the same color eyes. I know I said I rarely cry over books, but when Rosicky died in the same way that my grandpa had died, I literally burst into tears.
But I was comforted by the way it ends: "Rosicky's life seemed to him complete and beautiful."
30. The End: do you prefer everything tied up or to be able to 'make up your own mind'? What is the worst ending to a book you have read? And the best? (careful, spoiler tags!)
Oh, I like things tied up. I read "The Lady or the Tiger?" when I was about seven or so, and it nearly drove me out of my mind!
Worst ending: Endless Night by Agatha Christie. I'm not always good at seeing twists coming, and the awful, sickening twist in that story caught me completely off-guard. Looking back now, I can see that it was cleverly done, but at the time it was a truly horrifying experience. One of my college roommates had lent me the book, and I returned it to her with an anguished "AUGGHH! How could you let me go into that unprepared!?"
Best ending: The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis. No author outside the Bible has ever written better or more tantalizing descriptions of heaven.
(After I wrote that, I thought of Dante. So let's say "few other authors outside the Bible.")
. . . And that's all she wrote! This has been fun. And speaking of books, if any of you are on Goodreads, please send me a friend request -- I haven't been on there very long and am always looking for more friends. Here's my page.
First book I remember loving/being obsessed with: Hard to say. Maybe Cinderella?
First book that made me cry: I rarely cry over books, even the ones that move me deeply. The first one I remember crying over was A Tangled Web by L. M. Montgomery. It was the scene with little Brian at his mother's grave, near the end, that did it.
First book I gave to someone else as a gift: Again, I'm not sure. The first book I remember giving was Montgomery's Anne of Ingleside, to a friend who lived next door. But that was when I was in fifth grade or thereabouts. Probably I gave some books to people before that!
29. Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
SPOILERS AHEAD (obviously!) . . .
The title character in Willa Cather's short story "Neighbour Rosicky." He reminded me of my Grandpa Albert -- a tough old farmer with a loving and gentle heart. He even had the same color eyes. I know I said I rarely cry over books, but when Rosicky died in the same way that my grandpa had died, I literally burst into tears.
But I was comforted by the way it ends: "Rosicky's life seemed to him complete and beautiful."
30. The End: do you prefer everything tied up or to be able to 'make up your own mind'? What is the worst ending to a book you have read? And the best? (careful, spoiler tags!)
Oh, I like things tied up. I read "The Lady or the Tiger?" when I was about seven or so, and it nearly drove me out of my mind!
Worst ending: Endless Night by Agatha Christie. I'm not always good at seeing twists coming, and the awful, sickening twist in that story caught me completely off-guard. Looking back now, I can see that it was cleverly done, but at the time it was a truly horrifying experience. One of my college roommates had lent me the book, and I returned it to her with an anguished "AUGGHH! How could you let me go into that unprepared!?"
Best ending: The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis. No author outside the Bible has ever written better or more tantalizing descriptions of heaven.
(After I wrote that, I thought of Dante. So let's say "few other authors outside the Bible.")
. . . And that's all she wrote! This has been fun. And speaking of books, if any of you are on Goodreads, please send me a friend request -- I haven't been on there very long and am always looking for more friends. Here's my page.
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