Thanks to @the-fandom-potato, @onepage-atatime, @howlsmovinglibrary, and @twobrokegirlswithbooks for tagging me way back in the ice age. I’m finally dethawed and ready to do this!
So to make this simpler (or perhaps more complicated ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ time will tell), I’m changing up the format.
I’m going to now tag a bunch of people, and instead of me creating 11 new questions in four separate posts, you pick 11 from this list to answer. Under the cut I’ll be answering them all, so woof if you’re scrolling through my blog on mobile!
I tried to mix in some new (and new-ish) followers, so hey y’all! If you’re tagged and not interested, no worries! If you’re not tagged and are interested, have at it friends!
Actual rules: always post the rules, answer the questions given to you, write 11 questions of your own, tag 11 people
Not entirely sure why but I alphabetized these but...
A book with a beautiful cover?
When Dimple Met Rishi -that cover makes my day whenever I see it!
A book you would love to see transformed into movie?
Hmmm. So many options. The one I’m obsessed most with at the moment is Ramona Blue. It’d make the perfect summer indie flick. All you need is a cast of young unknown actors because it’s a quiet story in the way that no one is really meant to pull focus.
A book you’ve read in the past two weeks?
Mockingbird, Vol 1: My Feminist Agenda
A fantasy world you would like to live in?
Harry Potter is such an obvious choice, but I love it.
A magical animal you would love to own?
Mer-goshdarn-corgi.
A movie that you wish had a different ending?
Bend It. Like. Beckham. SHOULDA BEEN G A Y
A skill you wish you possessed?
Literally any skills. I’m a dud of a human.
Best book crushes?
n/a
Day or night?
Morning????
Do you have a favorite mythological person or creature?
I do not!
Do you have a most owned book? (lots of editions of the same book)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Someday it will probably be me owning every edition of “The Importance of Being Earnest” which yes is a play not a ~book~ but still counts
Do you have any favourite bands or songs?
Little Mix (and their entire catalogue) is a staple atm.
Do you prefer science fiction or fantasy? (Neither?)
Science fiction!
Favorite genre of music?
??? Pop?? Rock??? That Indie Sound™????? Showtunes??
Favorite reading place?
I read the most at work, oddly enough
Favorite stand-alone book?
We Are Okay
Favourite booklr platform?
I’m not actually sure what this means tbh
Favourite genre for Winter?
Science fiction
Favourite genre?
Science fiction
Favourite reading weather?
Dark sky, light rain
Hardbacks or paperbacks?
paperbacks
Hogwarts house?
hiss hiss motherfuckers
If you collect something, what is it?
Books and debt.
If you could dress up as any character from books or other fiction (not taking actual costume making skills into account), who would you choose to dress up as?
I’m torn between Furiosa and Willy Wonka. There’s no inbetween.
If you could have any magical power, what would it be?
Teleportation
If you could rewrite any book, how would you change it and why?
Oh sweet niblets, there’s so many frustrating books that I correct as I go. Though for the most part it’s never as bad as wanting to fully rewrite it. I absolutely feel that way about Stranger Than Fanfiction though. It had such potential and was a letdown at every level. It’s not plotted well, characterization is weak, there are shitty tropes. And at first it’s like maybe they’re being set up for the sole purpose of being subverted but nope. Just a bad book. IMO of course.
If you had the chance to become the ‘chosen one’/hero of an epic story, would you take it? (PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER vs. weight of the world on your shoulders/potential for extreme trauma).
Um, I mean no?? Like forced into it, ok. But would I go up and volunteer for that shit? Hell no. I’m so content to follow another’s lead on that. Like I’ll be ur sidekick character!!!
If you had to only read one author, who would it be?
Based solely on Strange the Dreamer, I’d say Laini Taylor. STrange is not nearly gay enough (is anything really??) but she’s got a great feel for character and pace.
If you play games (video, board, etc.), what’s your favorite one?
I still play the Sims when I’m in a Big Depressive Mood, and Tomb Raider is life to me. So those are my favorite two, though I don’t play a lot anyhow.
Least favourite book trope?
Young girls falling for their crusty ass male professors.
Recent favourite book/series?
When Dimple Met Rishi was a perfect summer read (though I still actually have like 50 pages to go rip me)
Tea or coffee?
#TeamHotCocoa
What character would you vote for to be president?
President of what? My fan club?? Jon Snow.
What fictional creature would you want to be your animal companion?
That little thievin’ ass platypus from Fantastic Beasts. Like we’d be villains but like. Robin Hooding it.
What is your favourite TV show/film?
Guy Ritchie at some point became my favorite director and The Man from UNCLE - tragically doomed to never get a sequel - is my fave movie. Ep for ep, Quantico is my favorite show.
What is your favourite dessert?
Fried ice cream
What is your ‘comfort food’ book, for whenever you’re ill/sad/tired etc?
Don’t quite have one. I turn to film and tv for that -usually Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
What movie is actually better than the book?
I’ve made the argument for Divergent a few times, which still stands but to change it up I’ll say Big Fish. The visual elements really capture the whimsy and wonder of that world.
Where is your favourite reading place?
As mentioned above, I like reading at work. I somehow pay more attention when I’m forced to read in intervals.
Which character/author would you make president?
This is also answered above and more seriously, I’d want Agnieszka from Uprooted in that kind of leadership role, because her concern with power is non-existent but she acts out of desire to protect all people. Plus she’s not here for your bullshit.
Which decade interests you the most?
Depends on what for really. 90s nostalgia because that’s when I grew up. 50s for fashion because what a damn look all the damn time. Um idk I like the music that came out of the 70s, but not much more than any later decade. All around, the current decade interests me the most because I have the most human rights within it. So there’s that.
Who is your favorite author?
Neil Gaiman maybe?? I’m bad at choosing one favorite thing.
Would you rather compete in The Hunger Games or The TriWizard Tournament?
Uh my pal I’m gonna go with the one where everyone is supposed* to come out alive on the other side.
*rip ceddie
You walk through a wardrobe, and you find yourself in a completely other world on the other side. Which world would you want to be in?
Wlw utopia. Nothing but wlw and smol animals. If you mean a pre-established fictional world, then let’s go with San Junipero. Like I wanna be where the immortal wlw are! I wanna see, wanna see them dancing!!!
Thanks @mariedtofiction! Sorry it’s like 8 years late!!!
1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
I still have some books from when I was a kid. The one I can pull from memory is On the Banks of Plum Creek, but I got that when I was about 8 and there’s probably some less memorable ones from when I was even younger.
2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?
Current: Motor Crush, Vol. 1 (I’m in such a Mood for comics)
Last: Mockingbird, Vol. 2: My Feminist Agenda (MERCORGIS!!)
Next: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue (v excited!)
3. Which book does everyone like and you hated?
Pretty much anything Cassandra Clare puts out. No specific reason, I just couldn’t get into her writing.
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read, but you probably won’t?
Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes by Jonathan Shaw. When I bought it, it was something that I thought I could be into. But in the few years since my whole worldview has shifted enough that it lost its appeal.
I still want to read it, but the chances of that happening are so fucking low.
5. Which book are you saving for “retirement?”
All of them lmao I’m so slow to pick up new stuff if I can’t read it in one sitting. That’s probably why I’ve moved toward comics.
6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
Depends, honestly. Like if I’m really stressed out, I’ll skip to the end or look up reviews. But if it’s intriguing but not in a way that makes me anxious, I won’t spoil myself.
7. Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
I tend to read those. I do find them interesting, but usually what happens is that I’m not ready for the book to be over. Or more specifically, I’m not ready to detach myself from this thing that’s consumed me for 400 pages even though I know it’s over. So I’ll keep reading whatever remains, which leads me through acknowledgements.
Plus they’re sweet. Like authors are the reason the book exists, but a lot of other people put work in to actually produce a hard copy (and the ebook) both on that production end and by supporting the writer in daily life. Acknowledgements are a kindness, the least I can do is be like “aww it’s v sweet that you matter to this person who’s given me a gift.”
8. Which book character would you switch places with?
anyone rich and gay lbr
9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?
The Land of Stories series (esp. the first two books) really marks that fandom period of my life. Like it’s a very specific Era of Me where I knew my interests and buried myself in them and openly shared them with people who returned my enthusiasm. It was a very positive, exciting time overall.
Now I have hangups with the writing and tone of those books, and I’ll likely never read them again, but I do associate them with fond things.
10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
I don’t think I have any interesting stories like that.
11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
Regretfully, I’ve given away books that were like limbs to people who didn’t appreciate or deserve them. I’m that person that does too much, and I’ve become closed off over it because I’m trying to learn limits. There are few people I’d do that shit for is what I’m saying.
12. Which book has been with you to the most places?
uhhh idk fanfiction
I traveled quite a bit during those fandom days, and the only stuff I was reading was fanfic for a very long time. I always had my ipad and read constantly. If I wasn’t obligated to do something else, I was reading fic.
13. Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?
I did shitty in English classes in high school (jokes on me for becoming an English major), so I skipped a lot of the required reading tbh.
14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
When I was sorting my bookshelves last week, I found annotations in a used book I bought. Hadn’t noticed them when I bought them at all whatsoever! Notes aren’t really strange, but that’s literally the only thing I’ve ever found in a book that I wasn’t expecting.
15. Used or brand new?
idc tbh
New is nice, but used is cheaper.
16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
Having read next to none of his work, I can’t fairly say. But I hope the consensus is literary genuis bc he’s a chill dude who’s honed his abilities and I know he didn’t put all that work in to better himself and his writing just to be called an opiate of the masses.
17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
Divergent. I actually saw the movie first, maybe that’s why but honestly the book is so annoying because it’s always right there on the cusp of being good and then it’s not.
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
Ughhhhh I’m mad about this because I really like the book, but The 5th Wave was a truly shit adaptation. I know people bitch about “it should’ve been in the movie” on a regular basis, but the problem I saw with this one is that they left too much in.
19. Have you ever read a book that’s made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?
Nope!
20. Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take?
My own???? I don’t have irl ~book friends~ or religiously follow any reviewers. I just kind of browse around on my own time.
Tagging: @authorrjcity @rawr-booklover @firstdove15 @superangstyreads and @booksarehereforyou
As always, if you’re tagged don’t feel obligated and if you’re not tagged you’re super welcome to play anyhow!
Thanks @mariedtofiction & @firstdove15 both for tagging me!!
Rules: Answer the 20 questions and tag 20 incredible people you would like to get to know better (this is highkey not 20 questions tho so what is the truth???)
name: Camille
nickname: Overall I don’t like nicknames but there are a couple. Millie (pronounced like meely and only my aunts call me that), Mimi (only one person does)
zodiac sign: capricorn
height: 5′10″
orientation: bisexuallllll
nationality: American
fav fruit: grapes
fav season: winter
fav flower: daisies!
fav scent: baby powder
fav book: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
fav colour: green
fav animal: koala
avg hours of sleep: hahahaha insomnia’s fun
# of blankets you sleep with: one
dream trip: a worldwide tour of libraries and bookstores
blog created: while I have others that are much older, this one is about 8 or 9 months old
