{"id":2628,"date":"2005-03-13T15:55:23","date_gmt":"2005-03-13T20:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2022-10-09T16:18:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T20:18:42","slug":"books-and-shite-like-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=2628","title":{"rendered":"Another Book Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got this from Tommy <\/a>as well.<\/p>\n

A Book Meme<\/b><\/p>\n

You\u0092re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be? <\/b><\/p>\n

I believe that all of the books are burned in Farenheit 451<\/i> so I guess I don’t want to be any of them.<\/p>\n

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?<\/b><\/p>\n

Oh God, yeah.<\/p>\n

Mr. Darcy. I love Mr. Darcy. I also maintain my position – sort of on a side note – that alpha male does NOT equal “bad boy”. This comes from the comments section of that post … this is not to say that Mr. Darcy is not an arrogant son-of-a-bitch. He is. I still would love to spar with him any day.<\/p>\n

John, from The Pigman<\/a><\/i>. I think I STILL have a crush on him.<\/p>\n

Mercutio. From Romeo and Juliet<\/i>. Don’t laugh. I really did have kind of a swooning crush on Mercutio in high school. I liked him much better than the love-lorn Romeo.<\/p>\n

The last book you bought is:<\/b><\/p>\n

Bobby Fischer Goes to War<\/i> – discussed ad nauseum below.<\/p>\n

The last book you read:<\/b><\/p>\n

Elias Canetti’s Crowds and Power<\/i>. An awesome accomplishment, it’s still seeping in. I finished it a couple of days ago and it has very much stayed with me.<\/p>\n

What are you currently reading<\/b>?<\/p>\n

JM Synge: The Aran Islands<\/a>
\nLincoln<\/a>, by David Herbert Donald<\/p>\n

Five books you would take to a deserted island.<\/b><\/p>\n

Well, I could be practical and say: A book about First Aid, and a book about How To Build Your Own Boat.<\/p>\n

But I’m not practical. I like to look at memes like this more in a what-does-this-reveal-about-your-personality way, as opposed to anything literal.<\/p>\n

So. Let’s see.<\/p>\n

Crime and Punishment<\/a>.<\/i>, by Dostoevsky
\nWrinkle in Time<\/a><\/i>, by Madeleine L’Engle
\nMating<\/a><\/i>, by Norman Rush
\nHopeful Monsters<\/a><\/i>, by Nicholas Mosley
\nJane Eyre<\/a><\/i>, by Charlotte Bronte<\/p>\n

Hm. The first thing that came to mind is all fiction – even though I am primarily a non-fiction type of girl. Interesting. These are books I have read countless times, and will never get tired of them. Ever. I have read them literally into dog-eared states, each and every one of them.<\/p>\n

Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why<\/b><\/p>\n

EVERYONE DO IT!! :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got this from Tommy as well. A Book Meme You\u0092re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be? I believe that all of the books are burned in Farenheit 451 so I guess I don’t want … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178312,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628\/revisions\/178312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}