Bookish Questions

1. Book next to your bed right now: There are at least 10. They include a couple of Roger Ebert movie companions and The Girl Who Played With Fire

2. Favorite series: Harry Potter, The Little House books

3. Favorite book: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

4. The one book you would have with you if stranded on a desert island: Again with this question? War and Peace

5. Book/series you would take with you on a long flight: Jennifer Weiner's books are perfect airplane books. I'm glad she has a new one coming out soon.

6. Worst book you were made to read in school: The Light in the Forrest by Conrad Richter. I think I was too young. Or maybe it just wasn't very good.

7. Book that everyone should be made to read in school: To Kill a Mockingbird even if it is a little anvil-licious

8. Book that everyone should read, period: To Kill a Mockingbird and Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

9. Favorite character: Gus McCrea from Lonesome Dove

10. Best villain: Draco Malfoy. or Nellie Oleson

11. Favorite concept book/series: I liked the Ian Banks "Culture" book Player of Games

12. Favorite invented world: Lake Wobegone, Minnesota

13. Most beautifully written book: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

14. Funniest book/series: Dave Barry's Greatest Hits.

Thanks to Bloggin' About Books!

The Cosmo Girl's Guide to the New Etiquette

Time travel with me back in time to 1971, when this sadly out of print book was published. It's a time when women needed advice on matters like how to keep your wig on when you go water skiing or what countries will allow an unmarried couple to rent a room (USA is a no). Some of the advice is still quite useful, like pronunciations and explanations of various foreign food, and of course you can never go wrong with a warning against rhinestones and satin pumps in the office (whoops!) An entertaining book full of vintage advice. PS Unlit candles at a party? Tacky.