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Book Blogger Hop & Follow Friday! [9]

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Today is Captain Italian's birthday so I may be a little invisible this weekend.  
But don't worry, I will catch up with you guys later!

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FFQ: ACK! Your favorite book/movie character (example Hermione Granger played by the Emma chick) just walked into the room! Who is it and what would be your first reaction? You get extra points if you include visual stimulation.

WQA:  Ack!  I don't know!  Let me think...oh yes.  It would be  
Captain Jack Sparrow 
and my first reaction would be to squint at him to make sure he is real.  Especially if I am seeing multiple Jacks.

BBHQ:  What keeps you reading beyond the first few pages of a book, and what makes you want to stop reading a book and put it back on the shelf?

WQA:  What keeps me reading is a unique/distinct voice, a bit of mystery, good storytelling and atmosphere, and an outside-the-box quality when it comes to premise, settings, and situations.  
Great writing, wit, humor, and snark also help.

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As for what makes me want to stop reading: flat/irritating/stupid characters, lack of forward motion, overkill of agenda, and supreme unbelievability.  The writing would have to be ridiculously bad for me to give up on it due to that (I did get through Twilght after all). 
*dodges tomatoes*

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FFQ: What is your favorite fairy tale or story that revolves around the fae?

WQA:  As for fairy tales (which typically lack actual fairies) I love Beauty and the Beast - the Disney version.  I also love the story of the Twelve Dancing Princesses.  As for fae stories - I've not had much luck there.  Even though I didn't have a chance to finish it, I liked Julie Kagawa's The Iron King best of all the ones I've read.

BBHQ:  When did you realize reading was your passion and a truly important part of your life?

WQA:  Probably in the first grade. I had no trouble reading ahead in our story books at school and reading every book we had at home and bringing stacks back from the library. I was so into reading that growing up, my parents would get worried I'd disappeared because I would be so quiet due to sitting in a corner reading for hours on end.

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FFQ: Genre wars!  What's your favorite genre and what book in that genre made it your favorite?

WQA:  That is actually kind of tough!  My initial response would by YA Paranormal, but that isn't the whole story.  I like paranormal in general, but I like some things (magic) more than other things (creatures). And I like for there to be some kind of mystery involved, too. I guess Harry Potter would be one that really typifies my interests (though I believe it is considered fantasy, which would be my second favorite.  Go figure).

BBHQ:  How many books are currently in your To-Be-Read (TBR) Pile?

WQA:  I have a very small physical TBR pile (like 3) but I have a long list of to-reads that get added to the TBR when they come into my possession. I get most of my books from the library so that is why my physical list is so short, unless you consider the entire YA section at my library to be (sort of) within my possession! Then my list would be HUGE! ^_^

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FFQ: The magic book fairy pops out of your cereal box and says "you and your favorite character (from a book of course) can switch places!" Who are you going to switch with?

WQA:  My first instinct is to say no one, because I want to keep Captain Italian for myself! But if only for a day or something, probably Ginny Weasley so I could meet all my favorite HP characters and spend some time in the wizarding world.

BBHQ:  Who is the one author that you are dying to meet?

WQA:  Ally Carter is at the top of my list because she is simply amazing and I've been following her for a while. J.K. Rowling would be next for obvious reasons and then Myra McEntire because she just seems so cool and fun and she's from Tennessee!

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FFQ: What are you doing to prepare for an upcoming zombie apocalypse and/or the return of Mel Gibson to the silver screen? (Both of which could be terrifying.)

WQA:  I have been working on my cardio and losing weight so I am more able now to get away from the walking dead. I also am learning to listen when Captain Italian tells me to do something during stressful situations. See, I'm the ponder-before-acting type, which would not serve me well in a zombie filled world, and he is an act-now-think-later kind of guy. Not to mention he is extremely handy with a bat (his weapon of choice) as well as with most other weapons. So, yeah, I'm not leaving his side if the world is over-run by zombies. And Mel? Meh.

BBHQ:  Share your favorite post from the last month and tell us why it’s close to your heart!

WQA:  I would say my favorite post of mine from the last month is my Living with AWS (Annoying Writer Syndrome). The idea just came to me and it was fun to write. What do you guys think? Should I do more posts like that?

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Sorry I've been MIA this week, but a lot has been going on!
I will be back on track this weekend!

 

Welcome blog hoppers!
I haven't been answering the questions but so many of my new followers mentioned it 
I figured I better this time!  
(I also will go back and revise my first two BBH and FF posts 
to answer the questions from those weeks!)

FFQ: How many books do you read in a week? And in what format do you read them, or listen to them?

WQA:  I probably listen to 2-3 audiobooks a week, and maybe read one hard copy.  I listen to books way more than I physically read.

BBHQ:  Which book-to-movie adaptation have you most liked?
Which have you disliked?

WQA:  I generally don't have many qualms with book-to-movie adaptations and try to enjoy them separately from the books.
I thought the Lord of the Rings trilogy was the best adaptation ever (because even where things were changed, they still made sense within the scope of the fantasy world and Tolkien's style).  
The one b-to-m adaptation I remember absolutely hating was The DiVinci Code.  Neither of those examples are YA, but I generally enjoy YA b-to-m adaptations despite all the details that get left out.

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FFQ: Can you tell us five quirky habits or things about you?

WQA:  I didn't choose the name Writer Quirk for no reason!
1.  I really, really dislike the number 2.  Just typing it is icky.
2.  I've had my knee go out of place four times.
3.  I did 1,001 burpees this past March.  If you've never heard of a burpee, look it up.
4.  If/When I have children, the names Ireland, Sicily, Poet, and Writer will be on birth certificates.
5.  I tried to nickname myself once.  Captain Italian (aka my fiancé) still makes fun of me for it.
 

BBHQ:  If you were given the chance to spend one day in a fictional world from a book, which book would it be from and what place would it be?

WQA:  That's super easy.  It would be the magical world of Harry Potter.  I would love to spend the day exploring Hogwarts and all the magical shops mentioned in the books and meeting all the witches and wizards and fantastical creatures.

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