You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
Hmm... tough one. If I remember the movie correctly, all the books are basically being burned... so is the object of this question to be a less controversial book so you won't be burned? Or to be the most scandalous book out there? I don't get it... but I think I'm overanalyzing... as usual..
So - I'll just say my favorite book of all time which is - She's come Undone by Wally Lamb. Could be my autobiography... seriously... except for the institutionalized part... Never been committed...
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Yes!! Mr. Darcy... enough said.
The last book you bought was:
Middlesex by Jeffrey Euginedes
The last book you read was?
Atonement by Ian McEwan
What are you currently reading?
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon thanks to Lori-lyn!
Five books you'd take to a deserted island?
Okay I'm going to take the books that I have not read yet but want to finish up.
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
The Intelligencer by Leslie Silbert
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon by Kate Gibbons
The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin
Who will you pass this stick (3 persons) on to, and why?
Why? Because I want to see what they have on their bookshelves and I know that they read me... and will probably respond!
Since the Wad is crashing the bookshelf party, Wad will proffer some of his own choices:
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Because anyone stuck in a hopeless situation needs humour.
Programming Perl - 'cuz no matter how many times Wad reads it, he learns something new each time.
Unix Power Tools - Ditto.
SAS Survival Guide To Jungle Environments - Duh.
Computer Networking - Andrew Tannenbaum - Duh. THe best damn networking book. Period.
Kingdom Of Fear - H.S.T - Reminders of why Wad would wanna stay on that desert island
Click Clack Moo - Because it would remind me of The Boy
Someone sent me the same thing. In Farenheit 451 you became a book that could not be burned. It was about the only affecting scene in Truffaut's adaptation: A 9 year old sits next to his dying grandfather while his grandfather, who is Treasure Island, recites himself so that his grandson can become the book.
I'll do it in the morning, and can you believe I've never read Fahrenheit 451? Couldn't even tell you what it's supposed to be about.
She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True ... two of the best books I've read in the past ten years. Very good stuff. I hope Wally Lamb writes another one soon.