30 Days of Books - A Late Day 13
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I keep getting behind on this...
Day 13 – Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
My absolute, all-time favorite childhood book is... The Velveteen Rabbit, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, Where the Wild Things Are and Quetico Wolf. I cannot choose between them. All of them sit on my bookshelf today, although they are not the same books from when I was a kid. Quetico Wolf was in my third grade classroom, & the rest were in the library.
It took me a Helluva long time and considerable effort to get ahold of Quetico. I had to find the publishing house & write to them to have them forward my request to the author's agent to locate a copy that was still available for sale via special order. Holy crap. At least they just charged me the cover price + shipping/handling. They could have been dicks & charged a finder's fee. It's simply illustrated with line drawings in blue, black and white, very stark. It's a big contrast against the lavish illustrations in The Girl Who Loved... & Wild Things. WtWTA is so lush and has so much depth, and TGWLWH just makes me want to get all the pictures tattooed on me, line drawings full of rich earthy colors. And the stories... oh, the words.
As far as the 'YA' section, there were a few books I read - all pure fantasy. Meredith Pierce's Firebringer series, Clare Bell's Ratha books and this other book about a boy who lived with otter-like creatures & fought some kind of wyrm. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of that book & can't find any references to it online anywhere. One of the best things about YA books was the vast array of sexual scenarios couched in these rich fantasy worlds. Cat sex, unicorn sex, otter sex, wyrm sex - but no one ever questioned it because hey, they were marked 'YA', not Playboy. No wonder I've got this thing for dogs & horses & bears oh my - all I ever watched as a kid was nature programs on PBS & got all my sex ed from unicorns & talking cats.
Day 14 – Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Day 15 – Your “comfort” book
Day 16 – Favorite poem or collection of poetry
Day 17 – Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
Day 18 – Favorite beginning scene in a book
Day 19 – Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 – Favorite kiss
Day 21 – Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 – Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 – Most annoying character ever
Day 24 – Best quote from a novel
Day 25 – Any five books from your “to be read” stack
Day 26 – OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 – If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 – First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 – Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 – What book are you reading right now?
Day 13 – Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
My absolute, all-time favorite childhood book is... The Velveteen Rabbit, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, Where the Wild Things Are and Quetico Wolf. I cannot choose between them. All of them sit on my bookshelf today, although they are not the same books from when I was a kid. Quetico Wolf was in my third grade classroom, & the rest were in the library.
It took me a Helluva long time and considerable effort to get ahold of Quetico. I had to find the publishing house & write to them to have them forward my request to the author's agent to locate a copy that was still available for sale via special order. Holy crap. At least they just charged me the cover price + shipping/handling. They could have been dicks & charged a finder's fee. It's simply illustrated with line drawings in blue, black and white, very stark. It's a big contrast against the lavish illustrations in The Girl Who Loved... & Wild Things. WtWTA is so lush and has so much depth, and TGWLWH just makes me want to get all the pictures tattooed on me, line drawings full of rich earthy colors. And the stories... oh, the words.
As far as the 'YA' section, there were a few books I read - all pure fantasy. Meredith Pierce's Firebringer series, Clare Bell's Ratha books and this other book about a boy who lived with otter-like creatures & fought some kind of wyrm. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of that book & can't find any references to it online anywhere. One of the best things about YA books was the vast array of sexual scenarios couched in these rich fantasy worlds. Cat sex, unicorn sex, otter sex, wyrm sex - but no one ever questioned it because hey, they were marked 'YA', not Playboy. No wonder I've got this thing for dogs & horses & bears oh my - all I ever watched as a kid was nature programs on PBS & got all my sex ed from unicorns & talking cats.
Day 14 – Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Day 15 – Your “comfort” book
Day 16 – Favorite poem or collection of poetry
Day 17 – Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
Day 18 – Favorite beginning scene in a book
Day 19 – Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 – Favorite kiss
Day 21 – Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 – Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 – Most annoying character ever
Day 24 – Best quote from a novel
Day 25 – Any five books from your “to be read” stack
Day 26 – OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 – If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 – First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 – Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 – What book are you reading right now?
