Spectacular Book Tag

     Jonathan over at Fishing for Ideas tagged me in the 'Spectacular Book Tag', so here I am. 

     The Rules

1. Tag three to five people.

2. Answer the questions.

     1. What are your favorite book covers?

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (Also the illustrations inside are amazing.)

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Lunch Money by Andrew Clements

 

The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan

     2. What are your favorite book titles?

The Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan

The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgeson Burnett

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

     3. Have you read a book and didn't know why they named it that and what was the title?

Lord of the Flies by William Golding, I don’t think the title ever made sense to me. (There's probably some connection that it has to the story, left there for the really clever people to figure out.)

     4. Have you read a book with a character that made you mad?

Orpheus from Cornelia Funke's Inkheart series and Lavinia in Francis Hodgeson Burnett's A Little Princess were by far the worst, and Amy in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women ignited my vexation a few times in that book.

     5. Is there someone or something from a book you would never want to come across?

A book character who I most likely wouldn't get along with at all in real life is chase from The Unlikely Debut of Ellie Sweet by Stephanie Morrill. The flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum are pretty creepy. Also the werewolf and the hag from Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis. Actually there are evil things in almost every book that I would probably rather not cross paths with. 

      6. If you could meet a character in person from a book who would it be?

That is like not a broad question at all… Perhaps Jo from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott; as she was my very favorite book character for quite a long time, or maybe Michal from Claervont Captive by Bryce Roberts, because the dude just really needs a hug and a pat on the back.

     7. What book are you currently reading?

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Emma by Jane Austen, various works of Shakespeare, and I’m rereading several books.

     8. Have you read a book that made you cry?

Yes and no. I've never actually had tears rolling down my cheeks while reading, but my eyes have definitely misted over before. The closest I've come to actually crying was probably in a book that isn't published yet.

     9. What is the weirdest book you’ve read?

The Marvelous Land of Oz by Frank L. Baum, and also Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was pretty weird.

     10. What is the worst book/series you ever read?

I probably either didn’t finish it or forgot about it. I try not to dwell on negative things. But there's also a difference between least favorite and worst, the latter being harder to judge.

     11. If you could only read one more book the entire year what would it be?

Oh gracious. Perhaps The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis or a very long book like War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy or Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.

     I'm tagging:

Emma at Lilac Ampersand

Avrie at Musings and Stories

Caleb at Being INFP and Thoughts A Lot

Also, feel free to do the Spectacular Book Tag even if I didn't tag you, and leave a comment with the link!