The Bookish Tag
I simply couldn't help myself. I just had to copy the questions from Heidi's blog and post my own answers. Please don't dislike me for it!
The "game" is a bunch of questions about books that you fill in with your own answers...simple enough, right? Not so much for a book-lover like myself. :p
1. What was the last book you read, and would you recommend it? Believe it or not, but the last books I read where actually children's books! They were by Max Lucado and the names were With You All the Way, and Because I Love You. I was helping my sister-law with a few things (one was my precious niece) and when I had a free moment, I picked up both books and read them - they are simply wonderful! The messages are powerful; the adventures griping, and even though they're written for children, I was convicted and caught up in every word and every page! So yes, I would most definitely recommend them! :)
2. Describe the perfect reading spot. I (unfortunately) allow myself get distracted quite easily. I have a hard time "zoning" in on my book if there is a lot of noise - sounds snobbish, I know and apologize. When I read, I like a quiet, peaceful place to "hear" my characters speak, argue, or cry and that usually is on my bed late in the evening or outside in the sunshine.
3. Favorite book beverage? Tea? Coffee? Hot chocolate? Tears of your readers? Tea for one, please. Lavender tea, coming right up!
"While she sought for this paper, her very heart-pulse was arrested by the tone in which Mr Thornton spoke. His voice was hoarse, and trembling with tender passion, as he said:-
'Margaret!'
For an instant she looked up; and then sought to the veil her luminous eyes by dropping her forehead on her hands. Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name.
'Margaret!'
Still lower went the head; more closely hidden was the face, almost resting on the table before her. He came close to her. He knelt by her side, to bring his face to a level with her ear, and whispered - panted out the words:-
'Take care. - If you do not speak - I shall claim you as my own in strange presumptuous way. - Send me away at once, if I must go; - Margaret!-'
At the third call she turned her face, still covered with her small white hands, towards him, and laid it on his shoulder, hiding it even there; and it was so delicious to feel her soft cheek against his, for him to wish to either deep blushes or loving eyes. He clasped her close. But they both kept silent. At length she murmured in a broken voice:
'Oh, Mr Thornton, I am not good enough!'
'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.'
After a minute or two, he gently disengaged hers hands from her face, and laid her arms as they had once before been placed to protect him from the rioters.
'Do you remember, love?' he murmured. 'And how I required you with my insolence the next day?'
'I remember how wrongly I spoke to you - that is all.'
'Look here! Lift up up your head. I have something to show you!' She slowly faced him, glowing with beautiful shame.
'Do you know these roses?' he said, drawing out his pocket-book, in which were treasured up some dead flowers.
'No!' she replied, with innocent curiosity. 'Did I give them to you?'
'No! Vanity; you did not. You have worn sister roses very probably.'
She looked at them, wondering for a minute, then she smiled a little as she said -
'They are from Helstone, are they not? I know the deep indentations round the leaves. Oh! have you been there? When were you there?'
'I wanted to see the place were Margaret grew to what she is, even at the worst time of all, when I had no hope of ever calling her mine..."
6. List three authors you’ve collected the most books from. C.S. Lewis, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Elisabeth Elliot.
7. What are your thoughts on magic in literature? I thought long and hard on this question and I believe I have an answer. I like magic in small amounts in certain literature. Like the Narnia books, they need magic in order to come alive before your eyes. Even in Middle Earth (which I've never read), one needs the magic to bring a certain life to the characters; the towns, the adventure!
8. What types of book covers capture your imagination most strongly? I'm a hardcover kid of girl so anything with a hard, sturdy cover will always draw me in. But then, if there's something that has an old painting on it, that too seems to pull me into its mystery.
9. Mention the first book character that comes to mind. Oh great. Now that I have to think of one, NO ONE comes to mind. *rests chin on hand, taps fingers and tries to think*
The "game" is a bunch of questions about books that you fill in with your own answers...simple enough, right? Not so much for a book-lover like myself. :p
1. What was the last book you read, and would you recommend it? Believe it or not, but the last books I read where actually children's books! They were by Max Lucado and the names were With You All the Way, and Because I Love You. I was helping my sister-law with a few things (one was my precious niece) and when I had a free moment, I picked up both books and read them - they are simply wonderful! The messages are powerful; the adventures griping, and even though they're written for children, I was convicted and caught up in every word and every page! So yes, I would most definitely recommend them! :)
2. Describe the perfect reading spot. I (unfortunately) allow myself get distracted quite easily. I have a hard time "zoning" in on my book if there is a lot of noise - sounds snobbish, I know and apologize. When I read, I like a quiet, peaceful place to "hear" my characters speak, argue, or cry and that usually is on my bed late in the evening or outside in the sunshine.
3. Favorite book beverage? Tea? Coffee? Hot chocolate? Tears of your readers? Tea for one, please. Lavender tea, coming right up!
4. Share favorite quotes from four books.
Just so you know, this was exceptionally difficult!
The first one's a bit long...so hang in there. "While she sought for this paper, her very heart-pulse was arrested by the tone in which Mr Thornton spoke. His voice was hoarse, and trembling with tender passion, as he said:-
'Margaret!'
For an instant she looked up; and then sought to the veil her luminous eyes by dropping her forehead on her hands. Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name.
'Margaret!'
Still lower went the head; more closely hidden was the face, almost resting on the table before her. He came close to her. He knelt by her side, to bring his face to a level with her ear, and whispered - panted out the words:-
'Take care. - If you do not speak - I shall claim you as my own in strange presumptuous way. - Send me away at once, if I must go; - Margaret!-'
At the third call she turned her face, still covered with her small white hands, towards him, and laid it on his shoulder, hiding it even there; and it was so delicious to feel her soft cheek against his, for him to wish to either deep blushes or loving eyes. He clasped her close. But they both kept silent. At length she murmured in a broken voice:
'Oh, Mr Thornton, I am not good enough!'
'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.'
After a minute or two, he gently disengaged hers hands from her face, and laid her arms as they had once before been placed to protect him from the rioters.
'Do you remember, love?' he murmured. 'And how I required you with my insolence the next day?'
'I remember how wrongly I spoke to you - that is all.'
'Look here! Lift up up your head. I have something to show you!' She slowly faced him, glowing with beautiful shame.
'Do you know these roses?' he said, drawing out his pocket-book, in which were treasured up some dead flowers.
'No!' she replied, with innocent curiosity. 'Did I give them to you?'
'No! Vanity; you did not. You have worn sister roses very probably.'
She looked at them, wondering for a minute, then she smiled a little as she said -
'They are from Helstone, are they not? I know the deep indentations round the leaves. Oh! have you been there? When were you there?'
'I wanted to see the place were Margaret grew to what she is, even at the worst time of all, when I had no hope of ever calling her mine..."
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"The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning. And as He spoke He no longer looked to them like a lion; but the things that began to happen after than were so great and beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this is the end of all stories, and we can most truly say that they lived happily ever after. But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their live in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title pages, now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read. Where it goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before." - The Last Battle
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"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort." - The Hobbit
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"Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.” - Anne of Green Gables
5. What is your most loved fantasy read? Dystopia? Contemporary? Sci-fi? Classic?
I think for me I have a "healthy" balance of classics and contemporary - it does depend on the type of contemporary though.
6. List three authors you’ve collected the most books from. C.S. Lewis, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Elisabeth Elliot.
7. What are your thoughts on magic in literature? I thought long and hard on this question and I believe I have an answer. I like magic in small amounts in certain literature. Like the Narnia books, they need magic in order to come alive before your eyes. Even in Middle Earth (which I've never read), one needs the magic to bring a certain life to the characters; the towns, the adventure!
8. What types of book covers capture your imagination most strongly? I'm a hardcover kid of girl so anything with a hard, sturdy cover will always draw me in. But then, if there's something that has an old painting on it, that too seems to pull me into its mystery.
9. Mention the first book character that comes to mind. Oh great. Now that I have to think of one, NO ONE comes to mind. *rests chin on hand, taps fingers and tries to think*
Ah, I have one! Torin Oakenshield from J. R. R. Tolken's The Hobbit.
10. Do you lend out your books? Or is that the equivalent to giving away your babies? This must sound awful, but it depends on the book and the mood I'm in. There are certain books that I have and that I want others to read, like The Martyr of the Catacombs, and other spiritual books, but then there are some of my older books that I just can't seem to part with, like North and South and Greenwillow.
10. Do you lend out your books? Or is that the equivalent to giving away your babies? This must sound awful, but it depends on the book and the mood I'm in. There are certain books that I have and that I want others to read, like The Martyr of the Catacombs, and other spiritual books, but then there are some of my older books that I just can't seem to part with, like North and South and Greenwillow.
So, that's it! Thank you for sharing your answers, Heidi!
Hope you all enjoy my little bit of something. :)
Blessings,
Sarah
Hope you all enjoy my little bit of something. :)
Blessings,
Sarah
This was an interesting read! :) Your favorite reading spots sound like mine! I can't focus with noise either. :-S I like your answers to #8 as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you Paige - I'm glad you found this post interesting. :) Isn't that painting simply lovely? It's my absolute favorite of all paintings! :)
DeleteThank you Paige - I'm glad you found this post interesting. :) Isn't that painting simply lovely? It's my absolute favorite of all paintings! :)
Delete"Then there are some of my older books that I just can't seem to part with, like North and South and Greenwillow." ;)
DeleteI so enjoyed your answers, my friend! I know, this can sound really funny, but much as I love reading I get distracted SUPER easily, too. It's like I have to have absolute quiet to concentrate. And yet for some odd reason I can write with noise. It's like my brain is engaged differently?
Oh! And #8. I'm pretty sure I may have told you this before :), but I had seen that painting once years ago at someone's house, but had no idea who did it. And then after a while I just decided to Google the obvious (I think something like "The kiss painting") and lo and behold up it came! ;) It's one of my favorites.... the composition.... everything. *happy sigh* I really think it's the most romantic painting I've ever seen and it makes me want to write a story every time!
Sorry it too me two days to respond - busy weekend catching up on some things.
DeleteThere we go again, thinking alike...*winks* What are we going to do?
YES! I tend to be the same way when it comes to music, noise and reading. There's a much bigger differance than listening to music while one reads than it is to have backround noise - both tend to throw me, but the latter more so. Like if there are people talking while
I'm trying to read, forget it, because I just read the same sentance three times over!
The first time I ever saw "The Kiss" painting was on the cover of Keturah and Lord Death. Since then, I've come to find out they no longer print this copy of the book *big sad face*. Of course there are other copies, but the one with that painting is so much more romantic. :)