RuthieG wrote:Something most people don’t know about me is: I Play the Drums in a Band Called Okay [Toby Litt]
I read this one I even wrote a mini-review on my language-exchange blog. Also, it's "OKAY" (all capital letters, as the protagonist explains at some point) .
I'm unable to write my own version of this. I don't recall the names of my last year's reads that well.
Want to hear some PREPARATION TIPS before you press "record"? Listen to THIS and THIS
All in all, I would describe last year as being:A Wrinkle in Time (by Madeleine L'Engle) I could have cried when:Things Fall Apart (by Chinua Achebe) I would love to have some respite from:The Iron Heel (by Jack London) The most unexpected thing that happened last year involved: The Martian (by Andy Weir) A recurring dream I had last year featured:Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror (by Chris Priestly) My non-bookish friends would say I:Reading the World (by Ann Morgan) If you looked under my couch you would see:Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (by P.G. Wodehouse) If I could no longer LibriVox, I would probably be:The Learned Women (by Molière) Something most people don’t know about me is:The Big Bow Mystery (by Israel Zangwill) My motto for 2016 will be:All You Need is Kill (by Hiroshi Sakurazaka) I am most looking forward to:Utopia (by Thomas More) I'm tipping that the next big thing in Reality TV shows will be:The Woman who Cooked her Husband (by Debbie Isitt)
The New Year approaches! Try and answer the prompts below with the titles of books you've read in 2018 -- if possible, don't repeat any titles. Short stories and poems can count. It's fine to skip a few or edit them for grammar/any other reason.
2018 was a year I'd sum up as:
The only thing better than chocolate is:
If I had a yacht, I'd name it:
To fight zombies, I'd arm myself with:
My wardrobe style can only be described as:
My super power is:
I'd love to have dinner with:
When I rains, I like to:
The most expensive thing I bought this year was:
My best subject in school was:
I wish I'd invented:
A hope for 2019 is:
There's honestly no such thing as a stupid question -- but I'm afraid I can't rule out giving a stupid answer : : To Posterity and Beyond!
This game is always fun! And look! -- We even have fresh new prompts this time around!
2018 was a year I'd sum up as: Season of the Second Thought by Lynn Powell
The only thing better than chocolate is: The Migration of Birds by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
If I had a yacht, I'd name it: White Squall by Victoria Brehm
To fight zombies, I'd arm myself with: Megafire by Michael Kodas
My wardrobe style can only be described as: Very, Very Very Dreadful by Albert Marrin
My super power is: My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I'd love to have dinner with: Rosa Parks by Douglas Brinkley
When it rains, I know: Why Do We Need a Public Library? by Various
The most expensive thing I bought this year was: Blue Horses by Mary Oliver
My best subject in school was: How to Make Moving Pictures in the 1910's by Darren Nemeth
I wish I'd invented: Copies in Seconds by David Owen
A hope for 2019 is being: Shoulder to Shoulder by Kathleen Urbanic
Happy New Year! May 2020 be truly wonderful for you.
So, here's our annual review of our reading in 2019. Try and answer the prompts below with the titles of books/stories/plays/poems you read/listened to in 2019 -- if possible, don't repeat any titles. It's fine to skip the ones you don't like (or borrow ones from previous years) and to edit them for grammar/any other reason.
2019 can be summed up as:
If you looked under my couch you would see:
At a party you’d find me (with/in etc.):
I currently live in:
At the end of a long day I need:
The weather at the moment is:
My fantasy job is (to be a):
To fight zombies, I'd arm myself with:
The best advice I can give is:
A happy day includes:
On my bucket list is/are:
If I was competing in the 2020 Japan Olympics/Paralympics, my chosen sport would be:
There's honestly no such thing as a stupid question -- but I'm afraid I can't rule out giving a stupid answer : : To Posterity and Beyond!
HA! These are all from books I've read or listened to; not books I've recorded.
2019 can be summed up as: Somehow Goodby William de Morgan
If you looked under my couch you would see: The Land That Time Forgotby Edgar Rice Burroughs
At a party you’d find me: The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangereby José Rizal
I currently live: In the Bishop's Carriageby Miriam Michelson
At the end of a long day I need: The Giant's Robeby F. Anstey
The weather at the moment is: Fire Road: The Napalm Girl's Journey Through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peaceby Kim Phuc Phan Thi (Well, I guess in Australia, anyway.)
My fantasy job is (to be a): I Am a Catby Natsume Sōseki
To fight zombies, I'd arm myself with: The Strength of Gideonand Other Storiesby Paul Laurence Dunbar
The best advice I can give is: No Surrenderby Constance Elizabeth Maud
A happy day includes: Chop SueyNation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada’s Chinese Restaurantsby Ann Hui
On my bucket list is/are: The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamenby Howard Carter
If I was competing in the 2020 Japan Olympics/Paralympics, my chosen sport would be: The Masqueraderby Katherine Cecil Thurston
2019 can be summed up as: The Ball and the Cross, by G.K. Chesterton.
If you looked under my couch you would see: The Giant's Heart, by George MacDonald.
At a party you’d find me with: The Twits, by Roald Dahl.
The weather at the moment is: Dawn of the Morning, by Grace Livingston Hill.
My fantasy job is (to be a): A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula LeGuin.
To fight zombies, I'd arm myself with: A Deal With the Devil, by Eden Phillpotts.
The best advice I can give is: The Consolation of Philosophy, by Boethius.
This was even harder for me than last year. As you can see, I was unable to answer all of the questions. I didn't read nearly as much as I could/should have, and I did a terrible job of tracking the things that I did read. My goal this year is to read enough, and track enough, to be able to own this questionnaire when next January comes around.