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  • Category: A to Z Bookish Survey

    • A to Z Bookish Survey: Part III

      Posted at 10:30 am by Laura, on January 6, 2014

      Over the next couple weeks, if a Top Ten Tuesday isn’t posted or I feel this place has been too silent and forming cobwebs, I’ll add some more letters to The Perpetual Page-Turner‘s A to Z Bookish Survey for you to read. Here’s Part III of the alphabet! 

      Part I || Part II || Part III || Part IV

      a to z survey

      Major Book Hangover Because of:

      Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. It was so hard to do much of anything after reading that book.

      Number of Bookcases You Own:

      This shouldn’t be a difficult question. Just look around a count. But it is difficult because, by the standard definition of “bookcase,” I have three. My idea of a bookcase tends to be five shelves or more, some structure that holds books from floor to ceiling and is about an arm’s length or wider, in which case I have two, with two other “half” bookcases. I own two tall bookcases, one medium bookcase with three shelves, and another “half” bookcase with two shelves that stands on top of my desk. I need more…

      One Book You Have Read Multiple Times:

      Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.

      Preferred Place To Read:

      Usually in bed, but wherever there’s a couch near a window I gravitate towards that as a reading spot. I like to pretend I’m outside when I’m really in my own controlled environment.

      Quote that Inspires You/Gives You ALL THE FEELS from a Book You’ve Read:

      Not sure about all the feels, but these quotes definitely hit me in the gut every time I read them:

      I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions and him entirely and all together. –Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

      I cannot express it; but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is or should be an existence of yours beyond you. –Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

      I know that life isn’t life if you just float through it. I know that the whole point – the only point – is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. –Delirium by Lauren Oliver

      I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. –Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

      You know what I can’t understand? You have all these people telling you all the time how great you are, smart and funny and talented and all that, I mean endlessly, I’ve been telling you for years. So why don’t you believe it? Why do you think people say that stuff, Em? Do you think it’s a conspiracy, people secretly ganging up to be nice about you? –One Day by David Nicholls

      Reading Regret:

      I regret reading Walden and Grapes of Wrath  — sometimes I feel those were the lowest points in my English studies and I should’ve just conformed with everyone else in my class and looked at the Spark Notes instead — and I regret NOT reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I want to someday, but being friends with major LotR fans has somewhat spoiled the books for me at the moment.

      Series You Started and Need to Finish (All Books are Out in Series):

      Ooof, this is a difficult one, mostly because every series I’ve started I’ve actually finished. Maybe Allegiant and the rest of the Mortal Instruments series. The thing is, I read Mortal Instruments back when it was supposed to be a trilogy-only project. Every book that’s come out since in that particular section of the series has not appealed to me whatsoever — and it may have something to do with the fact that, in my head, the trilogy is done and there’s no need to continue. All the other portions of the series — Infernal Devices, the one set in 2015 LA, the one set in turn-of-the-century London or NYC — I’m invested in, but TMI has been a done deal for me since the mid-2000s.

      What are your answers to these second seven letters? Anything you’d recommend I read that could change these answers?

      Posted in A to Z Bookish Survey, books | 6 Comments | Tagged a to z bookish survey, books, reading
    • A to Z Bookish Survey: Part II

      Posted at 9:00 am by Laura, on November 30, 2013

      Over the next couple weeks, if a Top Ten Tuesday isn’t posted or I feel this place has been too silent and forming cobwebs, I’ll add some more letters to The Perpetual Page-Turner‘s A to Z Bookish Survey for you to read. Here’s Part II of the alphabet!

      Part I || Part II || Part III || Part IV

      a to z survey

      Glad You Gave This Book a Chance:

      There are several books I’m glad I gave a chance! The first two that popped into my mind were The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Seraphina by Rachel Hartman. As you may have noticed in my reviews, I adore fantasy. So why would I have an issue with these in the first place? Night Circus received a lot of attention, and there was something about the circus setting in the summary that put me off. But I kept hearing such wonderful things that I finally gave it a try, and fell in love. Seraphina was a recommendation, and I should have listened and picked it up faster. I’m not a dragon person, but this book is about so much more than dragons, and the world is phenomenal.

      Hidden Gem Book:

      Not sure if it’s hidden seeing as I know there are students who have to read this for class (which blows my mind), but it truly is a remarkable story: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. Just read it.

      Important Moment in Your Reading Life:

      Somewhere between reading Jane Eyre (which really did change the direction in my life), reading Harry Potter (which revealed to world that I have major obsessions), and discovering Goodreads (everything is recorded in one place AND I can set a challenge for myself AND discovering more books AND win giveaways AND…?!).

      Just Finished:

      All the Truth That’s in Me, although I am very close to finishing an unpublished manuscript. I’m exactly in the middle of everything right now, so my most recent review is the one I “just” finished.

      Kinds of books you won’t read:

      This’ll sound weird, but…books set in California or Nevada (I don’t know what it is, just an instant turn-off when I see the setting), zombies, pedophilia, memoirs/biographies, and erotica. From there it’s just based on whether it tickles my fancy.

      Longest book you’ve read:

      Hmm…toss-up between David Copperfield and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Game of Thrones might be in there, but the font was so small and tight that in terms of number of pages, it was shorter than OotP.

      What are your answers to these second six letters? Anything you’d recommend I read that could change these answers?

      Posted in A to Z Bookish Survey, books | 5 Comments | Tagged a to z bookish survey, books, goodreads
    • A to Z Bookish Survey: Part I

      Posted at 10:46 am by Laura, on November 10, 2013

      As the end of the semester looms and projects pile up, my book reviews begin to dwindle. I’m also reading several ARCs, whose reviews will be published a month prior to their book publication, and editing a few manuscripts for MFA students and friends. So my time is dedicated to work over play, which means fewer posts. So I thought…why not add in another bookish theme to split across several posts? I’ve decided I’ll incorporate The Perpetual Page-Turner‘s A to Z Bookish Survey!

      So over the next couple weeks, if a Top Ten Tuesday isn’t posted or I feel this place has been too silent and forming cobwebs, I’ll add some more letters to the survey for you to peruse. Or scan. Whichever.

      Part I || Part II || Part III || Part IV

      a to z surveyAuthor You’ve Read the Most Books from:

      At first I wanted to shout SARAH DESSEN, but that’s not the case. I’ve read more JK Rowling and Jane Austen than Sarah Dessen, but even Rowling and Austen don’t make the cut. The author I’ve read the most books from is Jodi Picoult. 

      Best Sequel Ever:

      Tough one. I want to say Prisoner of Azkaban or Deathly Hallows, but I feel like a massive series like Potter shouldn’t be counted. Since I’m being hard on myself, I’d have to say Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor. Her world-building is phenomenal. You’d think she completed it all in the first book, but oh no, there’s more. (My review)

      Currently Reading:

      I’m reading four things at the moment. An ARC by Jenny Hubbard called And We Stay, re-reading Prisoner of Azkaban (can you see this Potterhead trend here?), a manuscript about a boy who discovers a dragon’s egg, and a book for my Children’s Topics in Publishing course called SPHDZ (Spaceheads). PHEW.

      Drink of Choice while Reading:

      Usually Twinings Earl Grey (decaf if reading in the afternoon/evening), Twinings Irish Breakfast Tea if the morning is off to a rough start, or hot chocolate if the book is a particularly cheerful one.

      E-reader or Physical Book?:

      Physical book. I like to see my bookshelves, my library forming. I do have a Nook, though, that I use almost exclusively for ARCs now, but I also used it for vacations.

      Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated in High School:

      I would have wanted to date Will Herondale from Infernal Devices, but I probably would have actually dated Peeta from The Hunger Games. There’s the brooding character that no mother wants their daughter to date; and then there’s the guy whose heart and ambitions are on his sleeve. I was too worried in high school about discovering secrets and hidden agendas, and truly went after the guys who were sweet and didn’t hide anything. (Now, I also would’ve had a major major MAJORLY OUT OF CONTROL crush on a teacher. And that teacher would be Matthew Clairmont from A Discovery of Witches. Older men are better than boys.)

      What are your answers to these first six letters? Anything you’d recommend I read that could change these answers?

      Posted in A to Z Bookish Survey, books | 4 Comments | Tagged a to z bookish survey, books
    • Hello, I’m Laura!

      I'm a bookish bookworm and book hoarder. By day I'm a literary agent, and by night I'm forever rearranging my bookshelves. I could talk your ear off about Gothic literature, and in my past life people thought I'd become a professional musician. I have a fluffy black cat named Rossetti, I love to knit, tea is my drink of choice, British TV is the best, and I'm obsessed with popcorn. Welcome to Scribbles & Wanderlust! Grab your favorite hot beverage and let's chat books!
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