The Dread Crew meme: stories that stick
Here we have it—a baker’s dozen meme all about storytelling and the stories of any genre that have impacted you. Post your answers in the comments here or on your own blog (link to the Dread Crew site and this post, and then share the link to your answers in the comments here).
On Halloween Night, a random selection of five meme participants will win a copy of The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods signed by the author, and a spot in the reviewer’s circle on the author’s blog at kateinglis.com. Now—go!
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1) You are facing an epic journey. You may choose one companion, one tool and one vehicle from any book or film to accompany you. Or just one of the three. It's up to you. What do you choose?
2) You can escape to the insides of any book. Where do you go, and why?
3) You can bring one literary character into your current life. Who do you choose, and why?
4) _________________ is my go-to book. I could read that book fifty-seven times in a row without a break for food or a pee and not be remotely bored. In fact I’ve already done that but it wasn’t fifty-seven times. It was sixty-four.
5) Of all the literary or film characters that made an impression on you as a kid, who was the most enviable?
6) Of all the literary or film characters that made an impression on you as a kid, who was the most frightening?
7) Every time I read _________________, I see something in it that I haven’t seen before.
8) It is imperative that _________________ be made into a movie. Now. I am already picketing Hollywood for this—but if they cast _________________ as _________________, I will not be happy. I will, however, be appeased if they cast _________________.
9) _________________ is a book that should never be made (or should have never been made) into a film.
10) After all these years, the _________________ scene in the book/movie _________________ still manages to give me the queebs.
11) After all these years, the _________________ scene in the book/movie _________________ still manages to give me a thrill.
12) If I could corner the author _________________, here’s what I’d say to them one minute or less about their book, _________________:
13) The coolest non-fiction book I’ve ever read is _________________. Every time I flip through it, it makes me want to _________________.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Reader Comments (61)
Difficult questions, but thought-provoking and fun.
http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2009/10/30/the-dread-crew-meme/
Here's a link to my meme -- this was a fun one, thank you! And congrats on The Dead Crew!
http://1000dogearedpages.blogspot.com/2009/10/sorry-guys.html
Ok, here goes! I've been meaning to do this meme for ages but kept telling myself I needed more time to think of good answers. And now, I'm almost out of time, so I'm just going to sit here and make myself do it right now! Sorry for the cut & paste (glad to see I wasn't the only one who needed to).
Thanks Kate, this was fun! I wanted to answer five different times for each question (I tried to refrain though). I can't wait to read YOUR book!! :D
1) You are facing an epic journey. You may choose one companion, one tool and one vehicle from any book or film to accompany you. Or just one of the three. It's up to you. What do you choose?
Well as a vehicle I'd take Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, cause a car that can look after itself (and fly!) sounds pretty cool to me. As a tool, I'd love to have Lyra's alethiometer (aka "Golden Compass"), and I better bring Lyra too so she can interpret it for me. Plus she's pretty spunky. (There's a lot of people I'd love to bring along though).
2) You can escape to the insides of any book. Where do you go, and why?
Tricky, tricky. Like Maria, I'd love to go to Pern and impress a dragon (although not when Threads are falling please!). But I'd also love to escape to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory...and then there's Narnia where the animals talk...plus there are fauns and tree spirits and such. and I could dress up and go to balls with Lucy and Peter and all...(I'll skip the battles though, thanks). Yeah ok, I'll pick Narnia. But can I grab a chocolate bar first?
3) You can bring one literary character into your current life. Who do you choose, and why?
Oh dear. Choices, choices again. Part of me wants to bring an awesome girl/woman for friendship and laughs and partner in crime activities, but part of me wants to bring a hunky guy, for, ahem, more than friendship activities. ;) Since I'm pretty happy with my current boyfriend, let's go ahead and bring Anne of Green Gables. She seems like she'd be a very loyal friend, and good for a lot of laughs. But she needs to worry less about what people think and just enjoy her mishaps, so that I can revel in/laugh at them too! (there's also Laura Ingalls Wilder (see below) and Meg Murray and Taylor Greer and on and on)
4) _A Time Traveler's Wife_ is my go-to book. I could read that book fifty-seven times in a row without a break for food or a pee and not be remotely bored. In fact I’ve already done that but it wasn’t fifty-seven times. It was sixty-four.
(Truthfully I've read many, many, many books over and over and over. I love re-reading books! Oh and a new book? Yeah pretty guaranteed to be reading until I finish it, pee breaks, food, and sleep be damned. :))
5) Of all the literary or film characters that made an impression on you as a kid, who was the most enviable?
I wished I was Laura Ingalls Wilder a lot when I was a kid. It sounded so cool to live on the wild plains like that! And she was such a character. I was Laura for Halloween twice, even if I did have blonde hair (Mary was boring!).
6) Of all the literary or film characters that made an impression on you as a kid, who was the most frightening?
I was actually too frightened(/confused?) to keep listening to Tolkien the first time my Dad tried to read it to me & my brother. In my defense, I was only five.
7) Every time I read _Prodigal Summer (and actually Kingsolver's other books too)_, I see something in it that I haven’t seen before.
8) It is imperative that _________________ be made into a movie. Now. I am already picketing Hollywood for this—but if they cast _________________ as _________________, I will not be happy. I will, however, be appeased if they cast _________________.
Sorry Kate. I'm with Ali C. Movies never live up to the books. Two books I like came out as movies this summer, and I purposefully didn't go see them. The characters and scenes from books I love are so vivid in my mind that movies just don't do it for me. And then I get mad that they cut such-and-such clearly important scene out or made so-and-so wear a blue dress, when clearly it should be red...it's just a mess. (I do want to see Where the Wild Things Are though.)
9) _Almost all books_ should never be made (or should have never been made) into a film.
But if I have to pick one, I'll say Harry Potter. The movies are cool in their own right, but it's just so hard to fit all the events of the books into a movie. Plus I didn't like the way they did Lupin as a werewolf...
10) After all these years, the _last dinosaur chase_ scene in the book/movie __Jurrasic Park__ still manages to give me the queebs. (I'm sure there are others too, less childish, but man, that freaked me out when I was little. Plus I'm a big startler, so I don't like when things jump around corners etc. Also, why I almost never touched my seat during I Am Legend--zombies that come out of nowhere= not cool.)
11) After all these years, the scene _where Calvin tells Meg she has "dreamboat eyes"_ in the book/movie _A Wrinkle in Time_ still manages to give me a thrill.
12) If I could corner the author _Barbara Kingsolver_, here’s what I’d say to them one minute or less about their book, _Prodigal Summer_:
Thank you so, so much for writing this book. I loved, loved, loved it. I found the nature facts so interesting and I love the way all the characters lives are intertwined. And how the characters seemed so real-I feel like I knew them all. And that they're all pretty awesome (except the ones who aren't supposed to be). And, wow, just wow. Thank you, thank you, thank you. (Basically I'd trip over all my words trying to eloquently say "dude, it was awesome! you rock!", hence why I'm not an author. ha.)
13) The coolest non-fiction book I’ve ever read is _A Perfect Storm_. Every time I flip through it, it makes me want to _tackle obstacles, and um avoid big storms?_. (This was a hard one...I should read more non-fiction.)
I am mortified. I'm so sorry for getting your book's title wrong on my earlier post. Congrats on The DREAD Crew!
http://moonsnails.blogspot.com/2009/10/dread-crew-shall-be-mine.html
So hard to decide on lots of these questions! And after I read yours I totally wanted to add Indiana Jones, and that creepy face melting scene. Yes, GROSS. : )
1. Frances from Ann Marie MacDoanld's Fall on Your Knees b/c she had guts and I'd really like to know her. Pullman's aliethometer would come in handy if I knew how to read one. As for vehicle, I'd take one of the airships in Kenneth Oppel's Airborn books.
2. I wouldn't mind haning out with the old dames in Polly Horvath's The Canning Season. I'd be afraid of the bears though.
3. Despereaux.
4. Goodnight Gorilla or The Day the Babies Crawled Away or any Peggy Rathmann picture book.
...back later
Finally had a chance to read through all the linked memes. Such fun. I see I wasn't the only one with some of my answers though. :) And I missed some good ones too. I've also got several books added to my "to read" list now. Thanks Kate-it really was such fun answering this and reading everyone else's responses!
Now, who won?? ;)
I thought I had left my email - perhaps wicked spirits stole it? Anyhoo, included it this time...
http://cdnbaconbit.blogspot.com/2009/10/kate-ingliss-meme.html
Thank you for making me use my brain for something other than Blue's Clues and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. MWAH!
5. Harriet the Spy
6. I dunno but my family watched the film Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte on TV when I was 4. I saw part of it and was traumatized for decades.
7) Every time I read Charlotte Bronte's Villette, I see something in it that I haven’t seen before.
8) It is imperative that Kenneth Oppel's Airborn be made into a movie. Now. I am already picketing Hollywood for this—but if they cast Jim Carrey or Nicole Kidman in any role, I will not be happy. I will, however, be appeased if they cast I dunno.
9) Where the Wild Things Are and Tuck Everlasting are books that should never be made (or should have never been made) into films.
10) See answer re Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte above. Also when the ear worm enters Chekov's ear in The Wrath of Kahn.
11) After all these years, the breakfast scene at the end of Moonstruck still manages to give me a thrill. So does the slow reveal of fate in Louis Sacchar's children's lit novel, Holes. The movie's pretty good too but it doesn't manage the ah-ha moment very well.
12) If I could corner the author Nancy Farmer, here’s what I’d say to her one minute or less about their book, The House of the Scorpion: "You were so totallly robbed on the Newbery back in 2003. Totally."
13) I am not a non-fiction girl whatsoever.
Ta-da! Now off to catch The Rocky Horror Picture Show on TV.
Thanks for the chance to spend some time thinking about my favorite books from childhood and beyond. Here are my answers:
http://lisforlatte.squarespace.com/my-craft-journal/2009/11/29/stories-that-stick.html