I found these post with these seven questions in my drafts folder. I don’t know where it came from or why I saved it. But here it is.
1. What propelled your love affair with books — any particular title or a moment?
I know it’s trite, but my mom read to me—and took me to the library.
2. Which fictional character would you like to be friends with and why?
Sam Gamgee and Rosie? Anne of Green Gables? Frances the badger?
3. Do you write your name on your books or use bookplates?
Neither. Well, some of my books have my name stamped in them, particularly those books that I loan out frequently to other homeschoolers.
4. What was your favourite book read this year?
So far, of the 117 books I have read this year, my favorite book has been The Dean’s Watch by Elizabeth Goudge.
5. If you could read in another language, which language would you choose?
Hebrew or Greek, to read the Bible in the original languages.
6. Name a book that made you both laugh and cry.
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. I always laugh at Sam Gamgee’s folksiness, his taters and his oliphaunts, and I almost cry at the end when things are made right, but a price must be paid.
7. Share with us your favourite poem?
My favorite poem used to be Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe. Then, this happened.
My favorite now? Maybe Very Like a Whale by Ogden Nash. Or Renascence by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Or The Prodigal Son by James Weldon Johnson. Yes, I think The Prodigal Son is my favorite (today).
Young man—
Young man—
Your arm’s too short to box with God.
But Jesus spake in a parable, and he said:
A certain man had two sons.
Jesus didn’t give this man a name,
But his name is God Almighty.
And Jesus didn’t call these sons by name,
But ev’ry young man,
Ev’rywhere,
Is one of these two sons.
I was the only child of my parent’s marriage. They both had older kids from previous marriages. So I was a typical only child who turned to books as friends. -:)
But my kids had a mother who read to them…
I played along: http://hopeisthewordblog.com/2015/09/08/and-some-more-bookish-questions/
Love the poem!
I do so enjoy these little questionnaires. 🙂
Your post and Amy’s response inspired me.
http://alivingpencil.com/2015/09/09/and-some-more-bookish-questions/
And there’s so much to interact with here. The Dean’s Watch. (I need to re-read it…again.) My husband memorized Annabel Lee in Jr. High. He had to recite it in class which was a torture worse than Guantanamo Bay. Yet, a few years ago, while recounting the dread, his brother goaded him into reciting it again. And he did, word perfect!! We howled with laughter.
The Prodigal Son. Wow.
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I’ve been looking for an opportunity to “borrow” these and finally found it today: https://barbarah.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/some-bookish-questions/
I like reading about Anne, but I think she would exhaust me in real life. We have similar answers to 3 and 5, and LOTR would be one of many I could answer 6 with. Love what you shared of The Prodigal Son.