apologiesqueen ([info]apologiesqueen) wrote in [info]thefridayfive,
@ 2008-09-25 21:15:00
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Friday Five -- September 26, 2008
This week's questions were suggested by [info]a_muggle.

1. Who is your favorite author?
2. What is your favorite book/series?
3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like?
4. Who is a book character that you envy?
5. Which book do you wished you lived in?

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[info]eonen
2008-09-26 01:39 am UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author?
That's really hard to say. It's like asking me my favorite song; they all have qualities I dig, but which has the most of my favorites? And won't that change with my mood?
I'll have to say it's a tie between Spider Robinson, Lois McMaster Bujold, and Steven Brust.

2. What is your favorite book/series?
Um...probably the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold; those books rock. Then again, I'm a bit of a fan of the Taltos series by Steven Brust. Of course, the Callahan's Crosstime Saloon series by Spider Robinson kinna rules...
...are we seeing a pattern here?

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like?
Oh, my...um...that's a toughy. There's so many to choose from, yet almost all of them have some drawback or other, too.
Like...Ellie Quinn is awesome, but I could do without the face burning off part, yanno?

4. Who is a book character that you envy?
Oh, that's easy...any and all Stardancers from the Stardance/Starseed/Starmind books by Spider Robinson.

5. Which book do you wished you lived in?
Pfft...! Just see question 4.

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[info]omfg____hxc
2008-09-26 02:12 am UTC (link)
http://omfg----hxc.livejournal.com/102312.html

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On time for once :)
[info]stubbyd.myopenid.com
2008-09-26 02:20 am UTC (link)
http://www.churchtechy.com/?p=97

1. Who is your favorite author?
JRR Tolkein

2. What is your favorite book/series?
Terry Brooks Shannara series

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like?
Thomas Covenant - but only because he exhibits human frailties throughout

4. Who is a book character that you envy?
None

5. Which book do you wished you lived in?
Terry Pratchet’s Discworld

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[info]pamoreno
2008-09-26 02:42 am UTC (link)
The books of my life


Edited at 2008-09-26 02:43 am UTC

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[info]wagrobanite
2008-09-26 02:42 am UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author?
Kathy Riechs

2. What is your favorite book/series?
Diane O'Fallon series by Beverly Connor
Lincoln Rhyme novels by Jefferey Deaver
Grant Counties Series by Karin Slaughter
The Boston Medical examiner series by Tess Gerittsen

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like?
not really

4. Who is a book character that you envy?
Jo from Little Women

5. Which book do you wished you lived in?
as Tempe's assistant in any of Kathy Reich's books

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[info]lolitabonita
2008-09-26 02:53 am UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author?
Probably Sidney Sheldon. His books are fast paced and well plotted. He was also a genuinely nice character and even took the time to respond to a personal letter I had written him asking him to explain how he comes up with his characters.

2. What is your favorite book/series?
My favorites are fast reading mystery-thrillers, preferably Patterson's Cross series and Evanovich's Plum series. I do also love all of the old stuff: some Twain, Fitzgerald, Bronte, Thoreau, etc.

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like?
Stephanie Plum - she is hilarious.

4. Who is a book character that you envy?
I don't really envy any because each character is made to have certain foibles that I wouldn't necessarily want...

5. Which book do you wished you lived in?

The Princess Bride, now that would be fun.

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[info]jkg_vader
2008-09-26 01:55 pm UTC (link)
Oh yes, to live in the Princess Bride world would be fun!

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[info]flyingkai
2008-09-26 02:21 pm UTC (link)
I second that!

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[info]_forluna
2008-09-26 03:12 am UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author?
F. Scott Fitzgerald

2. What is your favorite book/series?
This Side of Paradise (Fitzgerald), The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne), A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens), White Oleander (Fitch)

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like?
Amory from This Side of Paradise. I can't think of any others though. Most other protagonists live tragic and scandalous lives!

4. Who is a book character that you envy?
Mia from The Princess Diaries. She's got everything, man. :\

5. Which book do you wished you lived in?
The Princess Diaries :)

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[info]flyingkai
2008-09-26 02:21 pm UTC (link)
including a cat who eats socks and lucky Queen Amidala undies! :^p

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[info]tabular_rasa
2008-09-26 03:35 am UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author? It changes, based on what I've read recently and what kind of mindset I find myself in. Some favorites that stick around for years across multiple readings include Hermann Hesse, Victor Hugo, William Shakespeare, and Natsume Soseki (yea Japanese lit . . . ) and I have a soft spot for childhood authors I loved like Beatrix Potter, Roald Dahl, Lois Lowry, and Madeleine L'Engle.

2. What is your favorite book/series? That's even harder! Come on! The list I have on my Favorite Books on Facebook includes: 1984, A Separate Peace, Atonement, Brave New World, Demien: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth, The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter series, Kokoro, Les Miserables, Lolita, Memoirs of a Geisha, Romeo and Juliet, Siddhartha, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Summer of My German Soldier, and Welcome to the World Baby Girl!

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like? Hmm . . . my favorite book heroes are my favorites because of their realistic and sometimes overwhelming flaws, but I personally would prefer to not have those flaws. I actually empathize/desire to be non-hero characters, usually of a teacher/guru nature-- the Dumbledore/Gandalf/Yoda types, you know, lol.

4. Who is a book character that you envy? I don't think there's ever been a character I've totally wanted to be. If I admire a character, I think about what I admire in them and try to bring it out myself-- but most of the time only pieces of characters are useful, because we're either too different or they, too, are flawed. However, I do envy characters' circumstances-- any character with supportive friends and family, a fulfilling love life and all dreams achieved by the end of the novel, for instance, lol.

5. Which book do you wished you lived in? Once again, I tend to read about books full of misery and strife but by no means desire my life to be this way. (It looks so much better in comparison!). I guess it would be fun to live in, say, the Harry Potter universe post-series-end, where things are like halfway-normal but also magical, but and there's not the threat of a dictator with plans for genetic cleansing . . . I suppose I would hope for any happy-ending novel's happy ending, but, honestly, I don't read a lot of those. Once again with the "I read this to make my life look better" theory, lol . . .

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[info]rachaelhubbard
2008-09-26 06:09 am UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author?
I never thought I'd be one of those girls.... but I really do think it's Jane Austen. Before I know it, I'll be buying Thomas Kincaide crap too.

2. What is your favorite book/series?
Jane Eyre is my favorite standalone book I think, with P&P a close second. As for series.... I would say Twilight but book 4 killed that one. I guess Harry Potter. Possibly Dune, but I've only read the first one so far. Oooh The Dark Tower. Yeah. So 3 way tie!

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like?
Jane Eyre, totally. She's wicked rad! Also Hermione Granger, cuz she's super smart and awesome.

4. Who is a book character that you envy?
Hmmm good one. Bridget Jones. (Note: the BOOK Bridge, not the movie one) Because her life is so exciting and zany and fun, but yet totally real and realistic. And her "weight problem" is that she weighs 124 pounds.

5. Which book do you wished you lived in?
Hmm, yeah. Go ahead and put me out to pasture. Pretty soon I will be officially intellectually dead. But... Pride and Prejudice. I know Darcy would be insufferable and stuffy and bigoted and misogynistic.... but man. Give me Pemberly ANY DAY.

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[info]flyingmouse
2008-09-26 09:29 am UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author?
Hmmm, I'm going to procrastinate and say Dean Koonts, Terry Pratchet, J K Rowling and Stephen King

2. What is your favorite book/series?
I know it's trashy goodness, but definitelly the Harry Potter series

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like?
I'd probably go for James Bond because, I mean, who wouldn't want to be that cool, succesfull saves the world and gets the girl? top bloke :)

4. Who is a book character that you envy?
Isn't this the same as the last question? I mean would I want to be someone if didn't envy them?

5. Which book do you wished you lived in?
Harry potter books. I love the escape and romanticism of magic and adventure. And the strong bond the characters have with each other.

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[info]x_disturbed_x
2008-09-26 12:19 pm UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author?
Sarah Waters. She writes the best lesbian novels.

2. What is your favorite book/series?
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Cirque Du Freak.

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like?
Violet from A Series of Unfortunate Events!

4. Who is a book character that you envy?
Uh I dunno.

5. Which book do you wished you lived in?
Cirque Du Freak even with all the problems.

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[info]arnie1967
2008-09-26 12:46 pm UTC (link)
http://arnie1967.livejournal.com/389231.html

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fantastic questions!
[info]jkg_vader
2008-09-26 01:54 pm UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author? Living: Orson Scott Card, Living Impaired: Jane Austen

2. What is your favorite book/series? My favorite book of all time is Pride and Prejudice. I read it about once a year. My favorite series is easily the Chronicles of Narnia, though Harry Potter has given it a run for its money!

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like? Elizabeth Bennett. :)

4. Who is a book character that you envy? BELLA SWAN!

5. Which book do you wished you lived in? I'd love to live in Narnia. I really think that in heaven a place like that must exist!

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[info]dragonflii_echo
2008-09-26 02:07 pm UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author?
Frank Herbert

2. What is your favorite book/series?
Dune

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like?
Melanie Hamilton in Gone With the Wind. I would love to have her genteelness and quiet courage. Plus, she always thought the best of people and brought out the good in them.

4. Who is a book character that you envy?
I envy Jessica from Dune for her mental prowess.

5. Which book do you wished you lived in?
Vampire the Masquerade. Dorky, I know. But, it would be awesome...

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[info]noye
2008-09-26 02:22 pm UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author?
John Irving. A close second is Neil Gaiman.

2. What is your favorite book/series?
the Harry Potter books

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like?
Spider :) He's so carefree (and a bit of a fool sometimes) Though I'd hope to always have better morals than he.

4. Who is a book character that you envy?
no one comes to mind

5. Which book do you wished you lived in?
any of the Harry Potter books. I want to go to Hogwarts!!!!!

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[info]rename_love
2008-09-26 03:39 pm UTC (link)
http://rename-love.livejournal.com/32783.html

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[info]eternalhearts
2008-09-26 04:26 pm UTC (link)
http://eternalhearts.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/friday-fivefriday-five/

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Pinaymama
(Anonymous)
2008-09-26 05:03 pm UTC (link)
mine is up check it out here http://www.masipagwapa.net/2008/09/book-i-wished-i-lived-in.html

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[info]slfcllednowhere
2008-09-26 10:21 pm UTC (link)
http://slfcllednowhere.livejournal.com/443724.html

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[info]marlfox24
2008-09-26 11:59 pm UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author? I don't really have a singular favorite, but there are authors who, when they put out a new book, I will read, such as Alison Weir.

2. What is your favorite book/series? Star Wars!!!

3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like? Martin the Warrior

4. Who is a book character that you envy? Harry Potter. I wanna learn magic!!!

5. Which book do you wished you lived in? Either the Redwall universe or the Harry Potter universe.

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[info]fennel_fox
2008-09-27 01:08 am UTC (link)
1. Does it only have to be one favorite author? Can we squeeze in Terry Prachett, Patricia A. McKillip, and Robin Mckinley?

2. Favorite series has to be the Discworld series, of course. It has so much depth, is horribly snarky, and all around glorious in all ways.

3. I'd like to be like the sorceress Nyx Ro from Patricia A. McKillip's books: The Cygnet and the Firebird, and The Sorceress and the Cygnet.

4. I envy China Bayles, character of Susan Witting Albert, her freedom and her ability to choose and succeed in her chosen goals. And her contentment, her cooking and gardening abilities...

5. Living in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, by Patricia C. Wrede, seems like it'd be awfully interesting. A place filled with fairy tale logic? How logical!
Alternately, living in Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynn Truss, could be a hoot. Imagine: a snarky world of perfect punctuation.

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[info]ganeshotaku
2008-09-27 04:52 am UTC (link)
1. Who is your favorite author? I think Ian Pears.
2. What is your favorite book/series? The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn
3. Who is a book hero you most wish to be like? I wouldn't mind being like the main male character (I am blanking on the name) in Chasing Shakespeares.
4. Who is a book character that you envy? I think Robbie in Atonement, which is a bit weird...
5. Which book do you wished you lived in? The Shadow of the Lion

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Fun One!
[info]clionona
2008-09-28 03:18 am UTC (link)
http://clionona.livejournal.com/58983.html

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Up
[info]yoggie
2008-09-29 02:07 pm UTC (link)
www.yogblog.com

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FRIDAY 5
(Anonymous)
2008-10-03 12:52 pm UTC (link)
hI, www.dogwithnobrain.blogspot.com

I ususally use Friday5.org, but they aren't there today,and I found you. I'm liking these questions......

See You next Time.

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[info]ceindreadh
2008-10-04 09:39 pm UTC (link)
finally got around to answering this.
In my defence, I read so much that it was difficult to narrow the choices down to just one.
answers this away

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(Anonymous)
2008-10-15 09:37 pm UTC (link)
1. My favorite authorS (haha sorry, I can't pick just one), are JK Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Cathy Cassidy.

2. My favorite book series is tied between Harry Potter and Twilight.

3. The book hero I wish I was most like would probably be either Elizabeth Swan, Bella Swan, or Ginny Weasley.

4. The book character I envy most would be Bella. She gets Edward!!! Ugh.

5. I wish I lived in either Harry Potter or Pirates of the Carribbean (you may not think it's a book, but it is!!!) I want to do spells and kill evil wizards, then chill back on the beach w/ Captain Sparrow. =)

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