30, 32, and 34 for the book asks? have a beautiful day!!
Thanks! I hope you have a beautiful day too!
30. How often do you agree with critics about a book?
I don’t read critics’ reviews very often, actually. Amateur reviewers, yes. If someone I follow on Tumblr or Goodreads or a coworker says a book is great, I’ll trust them, but someone who writes for a newspaper or website? That’s way more up in the air, partly because I skim a lot of website stuff, and partly because they never seem to review the books I really like.
That said, I think I agree with book critics more than I do movie critics. It’s nearly at the point where if a critic pans a film, I know I’ll enjoy it.
32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose?
That’s hard. I’m always tempted with that question to be altruistic and pick something like Linear A or the Indus Valley script, that we have no idea what those texts say. At the same time, I’d also love to be fluent in something from medieval continental Europe—France, Germany, Scandinavia…. I love the stories from that period and I’d like to be able to read them in the original.
34. Most intimidating book you’re too nervous to begin?
You’re asking all the hard ones. >< I’m not totally sure. From my personal library, the history of musical notation is probably the scariest, as it’s 1000+ pages and highly academic. Also I really do need to finish Neal Stephenson’s Baroque trilogy.