Road Trip Wednesday #10: Getting to Know YOU!
The writers over at YA Highway want to get to know ME! Okay, they opened it up to everyone who visits their site, but I’m sure they’d love me if they knew me. Unless Kate tells them otherwise. Here are the questions they asked everyone ME:
(1) What are the three best books you’ve read this year?
- Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher – my love letter review with Author Q&A can be read here.
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman – My first foray into Gaiman’s world, and it couldn’t have been more entertaining. He has a Dickensian way of creating memorable characters. Richard Mayhew’s adventure through London Below was magical, colorful
- Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund – I loved these characters and their futuristic world. Aerin, a fugitive slave, is forced to lie about her background to fit in at Academy 7. Dane, the apparent privileged son of a political leader, has secrets of his own. These two meet and a lot of heartache happens. Because I am cynical I kept expecting Osterlund to fall into the cliché path of boy and girl meet and their wounds are magically healed. She proved me wrong. Very smart novel and great writing.
(2) 
If you could meet one author (living or dead), who would it be? This is a three-parter since I have living and dead authors I would love to meet and can’t possibly narrow it down to one.
- First, I have a reciprocal girl crush* on Kate. Every time we chat, we find another obscure detail that we have in common. She’s an amazing beta reader, owns more smileys than anyone I know, and regularly makes me LOL. The real kind of LOL where I actually do laugh out loud. I have yet to see her writing, but I know she will be amazing, if only she gets past the editing stage.
- Next, I want to go back in time and meet Jane Austen. Her cutting wit is off the scales and her observations about society strike at the heart of hypocrisy. I bet she was a lot of fun in private when she let her hair down.
- Last, but not least, J.M. Barrie. I read Peter Pan and fell in love. He created this magical world with fantastically original images I’ve never read before or since. Like kisses hidden in the corner of mouths. I’d like to live in his imagination for a day. Seriously, pick up the original sometime and read it. Not the Disney movie, but the actual book. Or read for free here. This book also has a place in copyright law history. Barrie donated all the profits to a children’s hospital so England extended the copyright when it should have gone into public domain.
*as defined by Urban Dictionary – “”Feelings of admiration and adoration which a girl has for another girl, without wanting to shag said girl. A nonsexual attraction, usually based on veneration at some level.”
(3) What book are you most looking forward to in 2010?
- Kate’s novel. If she ever gives it to me to beta.
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3 Responses to "Road Trip Wednesday #10: Getting to Know YOU!"
on December 9, 2009 | to this post
I heart you. I really, really heart you.
I’ve never read your #2 and #3 pics– I’ll have to add them to my list. And maybe even Jane Austen.
on December 9, 2009 | to this post
I had never heard of that third book on your list, and it sounds awesome! Another one for my list
on December 9, 2009 | to this post
And it doesn’t hurt that Barrie was played by Depp, either. . . Thanks for playing along this week! Really, all we wanted was to get to know YOU, but we had to open it up. You understand . . .