SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

Welcome :)

I thought it would be fun to introduce yourself by answering a few questions:

S - Series/Movie. What is your favorite series/movie based on a book?
O - Oldest book you own?
U - Unread book. Which unread book is next on your to-read list?
T - Time travel, which year would you go to if you could go back/forwards in time?
H - Hero? Which fictional character do you admire?

A - Age?
F - Favorite book?
R - Random fact about yourself?
I - Interest other than reading?
C - Character, who is your favorite character of any book?
A - Author, favorite author?

Let me try this :)

S: Right now, it is True Blood (even if I haven't read the Sookie Stackhouse books yet)
O: I have a Robert Frost book published late 1800s
U: Far too many to mention
T: It is a toss-up between the 1600s and far in the future
H: He's not really a hero, but Heathcliff is my guy :)

A: 35
F: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Wuthering Heights and Norwegian Wood
R: I really hate socks
I: I work in IT, don't have time for any other interests *grin* (but when I do find some free time, I write stories and attempt growing herbs)
C: Well, Heathcliff
A: Haruki Murakami, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

S - Twilight = Movie and True Blood = Series
O - The Mystery of the 99 Steps
U - Lover Awakened
T - Around 1800 BC
H - Mmmm Taita of River God A Novel of Ancient Egypt

A - 20
F - River God A Novel of Ancient Egypt
R - I play computer games :)
I - Archaeology
C - Alice (Twilight series)
A - Mmmm a few. J.R. Ward/Charlaine Harris/J.K Rowling

Cool twist here Lu :)

S - Harry Potter
O - "French Short Stories" Harry Scheikert Ed., 1920
U - Until You Judith McNaught (most likely anyway--lol!)
T - medieval period (briefly!)
H - Royce, A Kingdom of Dreams Judith McNaught and Clint, Promises Prevail Sarah McCarty

A - Old enough to read anything :)
F - Impossible to choose, maybe Lisa Kleypas' Again The Magic
R - I love reading humorous books about grammar or sarcastic comics à la Calvin & Hobbes
I - Travelling far and wide
C - Very hard to choose, maybe Lily Lawson from Lisa Klepyas' Then Came You or Sean Courtney from Wilbur Smith's A Time to Die
A - Super hard to choose again but the current top dog seems to be Suzanne Enoch

Hi All!!!

S - Harry Potter
O - The Secret Doctrine Vol 3 by Helena Blavatsky
U - A March into Darkness - Robert Newcomb
T - The era in which Atlantis was still a triving community :)
H - hmmmm too many too choose from

A - 27
F - Great Expectations - Dickens
R - Arty and Creative
I - Knitting :)
C - Acheron!!!!!!!
A - Terry Goodkind

S - Harry Potter
O - need to get back on that one
U - She's come undone - Wally Lamb
T - The era in which Atlantis was still a triving community
H - harry

A - 25
F - The Great Gatsby
R - movie and series geek
I - sleeping and having lunch/supper with friends
C - Edward/Jacob(yip still need to get over my twilight phase)
A - not sure yet.

Hi, I'm Lynn, live in Pretoria but born in Ireland - here goes!

S - Most movies don't live up to the books but I think the best was The Da Vinci Code
O - How to Draw the Head in Light and Shade, 1st edition published in New York 1927
U - The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
T - November 22 1963 Dallas Texas to see who killed JFK
H - Eva, Kevins mother from We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

A - 43 (Too old...)
F - The Bronze Horseman by Paulina Simmons
R - Came to SA in 1989 for a year and never left
I - My family (husband, 2 kids 12 animals) and movies
C - Ram Mohammed Thomas from Q&A
A - Lots, but Vikas Swarup, RJ Ellroy and Jodi Picoult are up there

S - does dexter count?
O - not sure but i think an atlas published in 1890+
U - the life of pi
T - i'd like to do on of the star trek trips
H - the green lantern

A - 51?
F - the little prince
R - i cried in ET
I - tennis
C - frodo baggins
A - anne mcaffrey

S - The Lord of the Rings
O - hmmm....A 1961 edition of Paddington Bear
U - Rendevouz with Rama by Arthur C Clarke
T - hmmm....44 BC
H - I'd have to say Jane Eyre

A - 24
F - Lord of the Rings
R - I like taking pictures
I - Photography, music, art
C - Marvin the depressed robot from Hitchikers Guide
A - Douglas Adams

S - Stephen King's IT
O - Te - Marc Olden
U - Nation - Terry Pratchet
T - 2012 - doomsday prediction
H - Roland Deschain by far

A - 31
F - Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
R - My second toe is longer than my big toe
I - Poker
C - DEATH, from the Discworld series
A - Terry Pratchett / Stephen King

S - Twilight!!!
O - Lord of the flies
U - Pleasure Unleashed - Demonica series - Larissa Ione
T - 2004
H - wow, thats a toughy... I have no clue....

A - 27
F - Forever Amber
R - I'm a slight masochist?
I - Annoying my siblings :)
C - King Wrath from the Black dagger brotherhood
A - JR Ward (at the moment)

S - Series- Tru Blood Movie-Shaw Shank Redemption
O - A copy of Hamlet from 1960
U - I'm unpredictable
T - Renaissance Italy
H - Roland of Gilead/ The Gunslinger

A - 30
F - It dependes on my mood.
R - I drink an unusual amount of milk :D
I - Cooking, Music and MOVIES!!
C - Katniss Everdeen
A - Stephen King for Story telling, Judith McNaught for romance. Kresley Cole and J.R ward for Paranormal.

S - Lord of the Rings
O - Macbeth, Third Edition, 1897
U - Val McDermid - A place of Execution
T - 1960?
H - Fiela Komoeti

A - 45 years
F - To many: Family Frying Pan
R - I do not eat yellow sweets. No yellow smarties, jelly tots, etc.
I - Working - love my job. Hiking, people, history
C - Jack Reacher, Sean Courtney, Harry Bosch
A - Dalene Matthee, Deon Meyer, Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, Bryce Courtney, Dean Koontz, Greg Isles, many more.

Hi everyone!

I find it really hard to pick favourites, but here goes...

S - Don't read very many series, so Lord of the Rings is pretty much the only candidate.
O - Would have to check, but probably a 50's edition of a sci fi novel called City where dogs rule the Earth, haha. Got that off BookMooch to make a more cost-effective package.
U - There are two - Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut and The Past by Alan Pauls
T - Hmm, whenever and wherever Iain M. Banks's Culture exists.
H - YT from Snow Crash

A - 24
F - Either The Virgin Suicides or The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
R - I won't eat potatoes unless they're chips.
I - Beading, movies
C - Firmin, from Firmin by Sam Savage.
A - Margaret Atwood, Douglas Adams, Iain M. Banks, Terry Pratchett, Milan Kundera

Sieraaj wrote: "S - Stephen King's IT
O - Te - Marc Olden
U - Nation - Terry Pratchet
T - 2012 - doomsday prediction
H - Roland Deschain by far

A - 31
F - Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
R - ..."

I absolutely adore Roland!

S - Midsommer Murders based on the books by Caronline Graham
O - Legal Practice In Magistrates Courts - 1964
U - The secret life of Bees
T - Egypt in Cleopatra's time. Perhaps the next book in my series should be based there ... mmm good idea
H - The priest in River God series by Wilbur Smith

A - 38
F - Tough one - River God, Pillars of the Earth, Mists of Avalon, Jonathan Livingston Seagull ...
R - I love sunsets
I - Writing and painting
C - See H above
A - Wilbur Smith, Ken Follet, Dean Koonz

Hi,
these are the hard ones.
Let me see
S - I think that's between The Shawshank Redemption and The Mists of Avalon
O - I own a copy of I think it is The Merchant of Venice by Shakespear of around 1880.
U - The Other Queen by Phillipa George. I'm currently reading her Elibethan novels.
T - I would either go back to the courts of Egypt around 2000 BC or go a 1000 years ahead to see how mankind is doing.
H - Death out of the Discworld series. I love his stoicism and the fact that he just doesn't understand us humans and always manages to get things just wrong.

A - 33
F - Don't really have one, The Sword of Truth, The Hogfather, The Mists of Avalon, House of Leaves...
R - I'm a Trekkie
I - My cats
C - Harry Potter, I love the way his characters matures from a boy to a adult man.
A - Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare. I love the way these guys work with language and how they twist and turn it.

Ooh, Death from Discworld, that's a great character! I didn't think of it at the time, but I should put him under my favourites too.

Death does kick ass!

S - The Client. I'm not actually a big fan of the genre, but it somehow still managed to be a favourite.
O - Dune. It's faded price tag still shows 1984
U - Moxyland, The Postman, LOTR... etc. etc. etc.
T - Middle Ages to have a look at stuff
H - I can't really say I admire any

A - 25
F - Dune, Watchmen and The Screwtape Letters
R - I participate in Nanowrimo
I - Gaming and writing
C - Screwtape
A - David Weber (who can be a tad longwinded) and CS Lewis (whose work requires me to sit with a dictionary on my lap).

S - Am I too old to say Harry Potter?
O - Wuthering Heights, 1924 (though there could be others)
U - Ack! If you look at my "to-read" list, you'll see there are SO MANY! Middlesex maybe?
T - Austen's time, I suppose...wouldn't want to stay, tho!
H - this is a toughie!

A - 36
F - Pride & Prejudice
R - I speak Danish.
I - my two boys, the hubby, social networking, etc.
C - Mr. Darcy *swoon* hehe Okay, Lizzy (both P&P)
A - Jane Austen, Paolo Coehlo, Ken, Follet...a great variety.

S - Demons & Angels was quite good, Martina cole - The Jump

O - Oldest book you own? I have the complete works of Shakespeare its quite old, well its dusty does that count?

U - Unread book. I have to concur with everyone else, there are just so many and I change my mind which one its going to be next

T - I would like to go back to when I was 17yrs old and tell the guy I was seeing to (expletives)

H - Mr Darcy. a real gentleman, loyal to the bone.

A - 33 going on 21
F - Demons 7 Angels - Dan Brown (For now)
R - I lived on a boat for 3 yrs in Turkey
I - Friends/Family My wonderful husband
C - Anee of Green Gables-She is a red-haired, freckle-faced orphan who faces the world with absolutely nothing but the sheer force of her personality. I love her.

A - As a child (Roald Dahl) - Catherine Cookson, Lesley pearse, Martina Cole,Dan Brown.So many!!

S - True Blood and Harry Potter - even if they differ a LOT from the books
O - The Enormous Crocodile, by Roald Dahl
U - Book #4 in Sookie Stackhouse series, Dead to the world
T - 1960's. All about the love man
H - Sam Vimes. He fights (dirty sometimes), arrests the bad guys, survives against impossible odds, and still makes it home in time to read Where's my cow? to little Sam.

A - 29
F - Carpe Jugulum, and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
R - I knit, paint, and try my hand at crafts
I - computer games
C - Am a Prachett fan through and through: Death is my fav, but have a soft spot for Granny Weatherwax, and wish Tiffany Aching was around when I was growing up.
A - Terry Prachett, Stephen King, Deon Meyer

Welcome!

S - Twilight saga
O - the bible
U - Wings by Aprilynne Pike
T - to yesterday morning before our dog got run over a by an ass [who just drove on:] so I could prevent it
H - Dunno

A - 17 going on 18
F - Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
R - I want to become an illustrator and publish a graphic novel
I - art, photography, my story
C - I don't know
A - lots

S - Interview with a vampire
O - Where Eagles Dare (Peter Townsend)
U - The girl who played with fire (Stieg Larsson)
T - 3009
H - Sam Vimes

A - 29
F - Earth (David Brin), Fall of Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
R - I'm hopelessly addicted to coffee
I - Physics, astronomy, wine
C - Arthur Dent (Hitchhiker's Guide)
A - Isaac Asimov

Ok so lets beging

S- Harry Potter, cant resist it :), also loved Atonement
O- Black Beauty
U- Frostbite :)
T- 1920, I'd love to live in the flapper dress era with the dancing and the careless attitude
H- Ooh thats difficult, um there are many... I'd say all the single parents I've read of, making a success of it!

A- 24
F- The great Gatsby, Die uurwerk kantel, fav poem is Gebed van die groen perske, and i thank you god for this most amazing
R- I love crime and investigation channel :)
I- I like to cook, but try out new stuff, I love pets! I love searching for gossip, cant help it, I am way to much interested in Crime and why people do it...
C- my Fav character must be Fen in Freya Norths book Fen, she's such a bubbly person and just well someone I wouldnt mind being.
A- JK Rowling duh, Freya North, James Patterson, many many more

Welcome!

Overshare time!

S – Series: True Blood. Movies: Die Hard and Tommyknockers
O - I have no idea, never look at publishing dates
U - Terry Pratchett’s Unseen Academicals
T – To the point in time where I peed in the pool of Karma and tell myself not to do it
H - Sam Vimes, Granny Weatherwax, Tiffany Aching – all from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. Eve Dallas from JD Robb’s In Death series.

A - 29
F - Terry Pratchett’s Reaper Man
R - I'd like to be a mermaid for a few months and have undersea adventures :P
I - The list is endless: animals, outdoors, space, science/technology, sci-fi, Anime, fantasy, history, cooking, fitness, music, movies and on and on
C – The Luggage from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. I want a Trunkie! :P
A – Terry Pratchett, Janet Evanovich, JD Robb, Dean Koontz

Ok well here goes :)

S – Lord of the Rings
O - Mans search for meaning, Dr Victor Frankl (1954)
U - My people- Credo Mutwa
T – 1816 or 1940
H - The Little prince

A - 37
F - Veronica decides to die-(Thanks to an amazing person who recommended I read it)(it saved my life)
R - I hate sewing of ANY kind!!!
I - Gardening,open water swimming,horse riding and more recently, writting poetry
C – There are too many to single out one!!!
A – Paulo Coelho

Hi :)

S - Lord of the Rings
O - A book on the history of the gypsies written in the 1700s. I found it in a second hand shop in Port Elizabeth.
U - Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold - Christmas present.
T - 2012... let's see if the Mayans are right after all.
H - Frodo Baggins and Pooh Bear.

A - 46
F - Walk with a White Bushman - sir Laurens van der Post and Illusions - Richard Bach.
R - I had my first book published last year. :-)
I - Jigsaw puzzles, blogging, birds and nature
C - Ratty from Wind in the Willows.
A - Jane Austen, Ray Bradbury, Tanith Lee

s-the bourne identity
o-treasure island by robert louis stevenson
u-one that catches my interest
t-The 1970
h-superman he's cute even though he wears his underpants on top.


a-age is just a number
f-always is forever
r-i am very poetic
i-love to play scrabble
c-felix the cat
a-Van slyke

S - Series/Movie Supernatural(not sure if it is based on a book/Lord of the Rings
O - War of the Worlds - 1930
U - Faerie Wars - Herbie Brennan
T - The year 3000, where your granddaugter is pretty fine
H - Cugel from the Tales of the Dying Earth

A - 26
F - The Hobbit
R - Fantasy Novelist.
I - Quad Biking
C - isn't this the same as the hero question?
A - Terry Pratchett

S-Apocalypse Now/ the Godfather
0-Paradise Lost
U-The Origins of Totaliterianism-Hannah Arednt
T-1968
H-Satan from Paradise Lost

A-19
F- The Brother's Karamazov
I-Philosophy, poltics, music, film
C-Stephen Deadelus from Ulysses/Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man
A- Doestoevksi

Lu wrote: "Welcome :)

I thought it would be fun to introduce yourself by answering a few questions:

S - Notebook
O - Worming around my books to find one
U - Life Strategies
T - Time of the Gladiotors
H -

A - 29
F - Piercing the Darkness
R - Joking alot
I - Fishing
C - Tal
A - Frank Peretti

Hi Everyone!

S - Sense and Sensibility
O - History book printed in the 1930's
U - One from Irma Joubert
T - 1600's and 1800's
H - Saul

A - 29
F - Kringe in 'n bos
R - I hate fantasy...I have an old soul! ;-)
I - decorating cakes
C - Saul
A - Dalene Matthee

Hi

Mine are:
S - Twilight series
O - First edition Anna Karanenia by Leo Tolstoy (curretly reading)
U - i have 150 books on my book shelf waiting patiently to be read - always so hard to decide
T - 1920's - like Daisy (but with more personality) in Great Gatsby
H - winnie pooh

A - mentally - 20 something, my body has developed ahead of my mind
F - 100 years of solitude, love in the time of cholera
R - i love star gazing - what is out there?
I - dancing, painting, drawing, weeds!
C - bella swan - but only in the fourth book
A - terry pratchet, gabriel garcia marquez, neil gaiman

Hey all :)

S - Pride and Prejudice
O - Herman Melville's Moby Dick (ancient edition I picked up at a Cape Town book dealer)
U - The Waves by Virginia Woolf
T - 1601 in England, so I could go see an original production of Hamlet
H - John Galt from Atlas Shrugged

A - 25
F - Atlas Shrugged
R - I am left-handed
I - I play classical piano and am developing a taste for dark chocolate ;)
C - Saleem Sinai from Midnight's Children
A - Joseph Conrad

Rowan wrote: Saleem Sinai from Midnight's Children"

Great choice for a favourite character :)
I recently read Midnight's Children myself. It was my first Rushdie, so I was a bit overwhelmed by all the history and politics, but his writing was so incredible. It definitely deserves a good few rereads.

S - Gone with the Wind
O - The Golden Ass (obviously not going by publication date of the translation) otherwise 1924 copy of Die Tweede Grieta
U - Breaking Dawn
T - Regency era England (1811-1820)
H - Wonder Woman (I wanna be her)

A - (Soon to be) 21
F - Wuthering Heights and the Mark of the Lion Trilogy
R - I look at people's expressions during movies and I read encyclopedias for fun
I - Watch very old films and play piano (badly)
C - Heathcliff
A - Jane Austen, Francine Rivers, AP Brink, Emily and Charlotte Bronte, Anne Rice, JK Rowling, Oscar Wilde, etc. Can't really limit it sorry.

Hi everybody

S - Contact
O - "Journey to Tranquility" - 1969
U - "Pandora's Star - Peter F Hamilton"
T - 2500 - Just to see if we are still around and how far we have gone.
H - Very difficult. Probably, Joshua Calvert for living the best possible life amongst the stars.

A - 27
F - Contact
R - I read far too much
I - Astronomy
C - DEATH - Discworld novels
A - Peter F Hamilton

S - list too long
O - trying to find the oldest, but i'm sure its a book in 1970's
U - Unread book - The shark
T - Time travel - 2015
H - Still thinking which one to mention...

A - 25
F - Tuesdays with Morrie
R - I love words - i read and write a lot
I - travelling
C - list too long as i normally have a fav charactor in all books i read
A - varies on the types of books i read...

Welcome!

S - Guess Flash Forward...
O - Either a Bible my gran passed down to me - or bedtime stories...
U - Flash Forward...
T - Somewhere in the 60's...
H - No one...

A - 35
F - The Bible
R - I am very short...
I - Photography...
C - Gee... I really do not know...
A - Karen Kingsbury...

Hi there

S - It would have to be the Twilight Series right now
O - Probably the bible, but fiction-wise its When the Lion Feeds by Wilbur Smith - I thinks its from the '60's.
U - Bone By Bone by Carol O'Connell
T - I'm not sure which time period this would be, but I would like to have lived in the time of the Samurai
H - Harry Bosch

A - 32
F - Favorite book? There are just too many to mention, but the one that touched me from an early age is The Power of One
R - I watch too much TV
I - Music and Photography
C - Harry Bosch
A - Michael Connelly

S- Percy Jackson series
O- At the Zoo for 6-24 months babies!
U- The Last Olympian ,Rick Riordan
T- I would do a hip-hop between prehistoric era and 30 years from now.
H- Annabeth from Percy Jackson series

A-8 years
F-Percy Jackson series
R-I hate spinach but still have to eat because mom says so!
I-Playing with my rabbit
C-Percy Jackson
A-Rick Riordan

Hi All

S - True Blood/Vampire Diaires
O - My children's Bible
U - Dear John - Nicholas Spark
T - Victorian times
H - Bella Swan - Twilight

A - 29
F - There are many but Twilight bewithced me
R - i am a sucker for fantasy books
I - keeping fit and shopping
C - Sookie Stackhouse (in the books)
A - Stephanie Meyer

S - The French Lieutenant's Wife
O - Uncle Tom's Cabin
U - Many

S - Shawshank Redemption
O - A Bible even though I am not religious
U - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
T - There are no better or worse times than now!
H - John Galt - Atlas Shrugged.
A - 32
F - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
R - I'm single
I - Healthy living and gym
A - I think it's on the list of the books that I am supposed to read.

S - This must be the Twilight saga although all of
them are not out yet! But I'm mighty excited!
O - The Oldest book I own is a copy of To Kill a
Mocking Bird - school issue - very old!
U - Hmmm, gonna read the Sookie Stackhouse books next!
T - The Seventies of course! I love old style rock
and roll!
H - Hmmm, admire is a difficult word. Indiana Jones!!

A - 28
F - All time Favourite - Master of the Game - Sydney
Sheldon.
R - I'm a couch potato, book-reading, laze around the
house person.
I - Movies, music and theatre.
C - Of course Edward - Twilight Sage, Jace - The
Immortal Series and I love Percy Jackson's
perspective on life and his attitude.
A - This one is difficult... I'm not going to commit
to one author. I love them all.