Author you’ve read the most books from (the grammar nerd in me has to say: from whom you have read the most books): It’s close between Amy Tan or Louise Erdrich.
Best Sequel Ever: None are coming to mind.
Currently Reading: Sense and Sensibility one more time, Glass Castle again, Half Broke Horses for the first time, and A Wrinkle in Time with my daughter.
Drink of Choice While Reading: Coffee.
E-reader or Physical Book? I need a book in hand to be able to dog ear the pages.
Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School: I dated Romeo only he turned out to be more Heathcliff...more wounded and destructive than star crossed and romantic.
Glad You Gave This Book A Chance: Crossing to Safety and Angle of Repose. Stegner can be wordy and a little elusive at first, but his prose is always so beautiful, and the characters heartfelt and real.
Hidden Gem Book: Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Such wisdom.
Important Moment in your Reading Life: A multicultural lit class I took my sophomore year at Madison. Rafael Perrez-Torres walked into the first class in ripped jeans and a crisp white button down full of energy and ideas. It was intoxicating. Eye opening. Liberating too.
Just Finished: The Kitchen House (Loved! Loved!), and The Light Between Oceans (liked very much).
Kinds of Books You Won’t Read: Most sci-fi and any Stephanie Meyer. I tried Twilight, and found it painful.
Longest Book You’ve Read: Steinbeck’s East of Eden. It took me a year, but I loved it like a good friend.
Major book hangover because of: The Kitchen House. I’ve never been big on antebellum novels, but this one was hauntingly beautiful and still lingering.
Number of Bookcases You Own: 6 and counting.
One Book You Have Read Multiple Times: I don’t often reread, but when I do, it’s usually a classic.such as Pride and Prejudice, To Kill a Mockingbird or Great Gatsby.
Preferred Place To Read: In bed, but I seem to find the most time in my car while I’m waiting in pick up lines.
Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you’ve read: “We read to know we are not alone.” – C.S. Lewis
Reading Regret: Too many books, too little time.
Series You Started And Need To Finish (all books are out in series): Harry Potter.
Three of your All-Time Favorite Books: Wild by Cheryl Strayed, The Collected Poems, Mary Oliver, and Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible. That was hard and is very incomplete.
Unapologetic Fangirl For: The memoir.
Very Excited For This Release More Than All The Others: A Valley of Amazement, Amy Tan; We are Water, Wally Lamb; The Death of Santini, Pat Conroy; Provence 1970, Luke Barr; The First Phone Call From Heaven, Mitch Albom; and Stitches, Anne Lamott.
Worst Bookish Habit: Reading too many books at once, and always adding to my stacks instead of depleting them.
X Marks The Spot: Start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book: Walking on Alligators A Book of Meditations for Writers by Susan Shaughnessy. A thoughtful gift from my brother in law.
Your latest book purchase: Still Writing by Dani Shapiro.
ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late): A good book is more likely to get me up early than keep me up late. The Other Bolelyn Girl was the last that lured me out bed before the birds.
