4, 17 +15 ( praying you didn't get these already )
4. what sections of a bookstore do you browse?
depends on which bookstore i'm at ! but generally, the front area with the popular stuff ( gotta see what the booktokers are pushing now, ) the YA section, the fiction section, the mythology/classics shelf/section, and the book related merch section ! my favorite bookstore is in downtown portland and it has like 5 stories of books so you can imagine how one could get lost there. and there’s a cafe with cheap used books for the taking.
15. recommend and review a book.
going with rebecca by daphne du muir ! i read this one at the start of last year encouraged by the release of evermore .. as taylor was nodding to it in tolerate it and no body, no crime. it’s a quick read, that follows a nameless protagonist who marries a mysterious wealthy man, maxim de winter, while on vacation in monte carlo. she returns to his home as his new wife to a mansion known as manderley, and is gradually “haunted” by the spirit of maxim’s dead socialite wife, rebecca. the book is feminist gothic, fast paced enough to be considered a thriller, and engrossing. it’s reminiscent of jane eyre but different enough to be its own thing, with some more modern twists. basically the book unhinged me for a lot of reasons and i watched the 1940 film after, which was mostly canon consistent, and it got me into a phase of feminist gothic/horror. i consider it a 5/5 star read and remember the prose being simple yet interesting, like a mystery novel. it’s also cleverly written in how one can relate to a nameless narrator character who second-handedly experiences the disinterest, secrecy, and comparison to a dead woman according to her husband, and question the reliability of her pov. i have du muir’s other book, my cousin rachel, on my shelf right now and i plan to read it this year.
17. top 5 children’s books?
in no particular order ..
the titan's curse, rick riordan.
the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe, c.s. lewis.
howl's moving castle, diana wynne jones.
the secret garden, frances hodgson burnett.
anne of green gables, l.m. montgomery.