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[silver]

Name: Travis
Age: 23
Occupation: Cashier/Student
Passions: Books, sports, programming
Favorite book: Constantly changing. Right now it is probably Catcher in the Rye
Favorite author: Clive Cussler has never let me down
Live as character: Dirk Pitt
Entertainment read: Clive Cussler
Movie adaptation: Interview with the Vampire
How many books: 4-8 less recently. Stupid school work
Library/bookstore: Both
Hardcover/Paperback: Paperback

[Woodland Nymph]

Name: Kari

Age: 19

Occupation: Writer

Passions: Books, writing, cinema, music, history, travel, and art.

Favorite book(s): The Vampire Lestat, The Heather Moon, Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland, Pride and Prejudice, Tithe, The Silence of the Lambs, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Frankenstein, Demon in my View...just to name a few.

Favorite author(s): Anne Rice, Holly Black, Jane Austen, Thomas Harris, Philippa Gregory, CN and AM Williamson, Washington Irving, Hunter S. Thompson, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Shakespeare...just to name a few.

If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Clarice Starling from Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal.

Best entertainment read: Going Bovine by Libba Bray.

Favorite genre: Classic romance.

Favorite series: The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice.

Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Sleepy Hollow.

How many books do you read, on avg. per month? Anywhere between four - ten.

Library or bookstore? Bookstore, if I have money.

Hardcover or paperback? Hardcover.

[laci_baby]

name- Laci

Age- 21 in 6 days

Occupation- DT manager

Passions- Books, Music, film, writing, painting, and sketching.

Favorite book(s)- Wuthering Heights, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Pride & Prejudice, Frankenstein, The Haunting of Hill House, The Lovely Bones To Kill A Mockingbird, Demon in My View..just to name a few.

Favorite author(s)- Favorite is the amazing Oscar Wilde. Emily Bronte, Augusten Burroughs, Jane Austen, brother Grimms, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes..just to name a few.

If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Dorian Gray..i know everyone just boo'd but what can i say..i'm curious.

Best entertainment read- anything Augusten Burroughs

Favorite genre- i like to think im well rounded in my genre but gothic classics are always a topper for me.

What draws you to a book?- i normally google the book first for recommendations

Favorite series- Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings

Favorite movie adaptation of a book- Sleepy Hollow and A Clockwork Orange (i think i was the only one that liked it though.)

How many books do you read, on avg. per month?- sadly between 5 and 7

Library or bookstore? -Bookstore

Hardcover or paperback? -Hardcover.

[goldah]

Nombre (name): marigold, (but call me gold )
Age: 22
Occupation: nurse, call center agent
Passions: books, history, music
Favorite book(s): there are lots of books that i really really like but to mention some, the alchemist of paulo coelho.
Favorite author(s): daniel steel, john grisham, anne rice, dan brown
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? cheesy as it seems, but i love to be BELLA of Twilight.
Best entertainment read: JK Rowling's Harry Potter
Favorite genre: Romance, Suspense
What draws you to a book? Critics, Title, Author
Favorite series: Harry Potter, Twilight
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Harry Potter, Pride and Prejudice
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? usually 5 to 10 a month but recently since i have been busy worth work, i guess 1 book/ month.
Library or bookstore? Bookstore. Libraries are not much here in my place.
Hardcover or paperback? Hardcover of course. But paperback if i have no money

[standard8]

Name: James
Age: 39 ( Am I the oldest person on here )
Passions: Books, beer, bang sticks.
Favorite books: Boys own stuff i.e. Fleming, Rider Haggard, Buchan, Verne. Fantasy Tolkien, Prachett, Moers. And I do occationally try to read real books i.e. George Orwell, Homer, Dickens and more modern authors. Non fiction, popular science and history again anything a bit boys own I guess.
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Possibly Alan Quartermaine with a much more enlightened view of the world.
Best entertainment read: Terry Prachett, the man's a god.
Favorite genre: Action adventure, old school not Mr. McNabb style and fantasy.
What draws you to a book? Dust. (See below)
Favorite series: Discworld and James Bond
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: V for Vendetta
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 1-2 these days (Small boy does for a lot of it)
Library or bookstore? Book store, preferably a dusty secondhand one where you can find an old copy of something you've never heard of that is fabulous
Hardcover or paperback? Hard cover for preference,looks better on the many many shelves I have, but paperback is fine, it's really the story that matter (can beat an old cliché)

[Stinkin' Fascist]

Nombre (name): Emmanuella
Age: 16, psh, nothing to shudder at. I'm older up top in my bowling ball.
Occupation: Mechanic, magazine reporter, writer, Sr. Editor
Passions: books, music, photography, writing, design, outdoors activities, well, anything active, eating cheese and drinking mt. dew...
Favorite book(s): Way too many (think it applies to all of us) but again, I love The Hollows
Favorite author(s): Kim Harrison, John Grisham, Anne Rice, Jonathan Kellerman, Michael Critchon, Terry Pratchett, Jonathan Kellerman, Mercedes Lackey
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Ivy from the Hollows, Guido in Cry to Heaven, Aloysius Pendergast, Alex Delaware there's so many...
Best entertainment read: The Hollows, cheesy romance books, haha.
Favorite genre: Horror, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, historical fiction, a lot...
What draws you to a book? Title, back cover, genre, recommendations...
Favorite series: The Hollows
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Chronicles of Narnia and i'm blanking...
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 10-15
Library or bookstore? Bookstore, money providing (seems to be a common account)

[NoLeftTurn]

Nombre (name): Steve
Age: 28
Occupation: I'm a doorman and a student
Passions: Reading/history/video games/sleeping/chasing women (retired)
Favorite book(s): Far too many to mention! Gun to my head though......Star of The Sea.
Favorite author(s): Tom Holland/ Raymond E. Feist, but load more too.
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Dunno, one of the rich ones.
Best entertainment read: David Gemmell
Favorite genre: Yeah, pretty much anything. Though I do try and read one factual, one fictional and so on.
Favorite series: The Rift War Saga
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Dunno, LoTR. I guess.
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 1
Library or bookstore? Bookstore
Hardcover or paperback? Paperback

[tonya10057]

Nombre (name): Tonya

Age: 29

Occupation: working at the library

Passions: Reading,taking pics,going to eat at chillis spending time with family and friends.traveling.

Favorite book(s): Far too many to mention! Honest illusions anything by nora roberts

Favorite author(s): nora roberts,lisa jackson,l,j, smith,lisa gardner

If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Dunno, one of the rich ones.

Best entertainment read: nora roberts

Favorite genre: Yeah, pretty much anything. Though I do try and read one factual, one fictional and so on.

Favorite series: The Rift War Saga

Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Dunno, LoTR. I guess.

How many books do you read, on avg. per month? 1

Library or bookstore? Bookstore

Hardcover or paperback? Paperback

[Bighuey]

Occupation-Retired

Passions-Reading, music, taking care of my dogs, going to the beach, went today got a bunch of clams

Favorite books-House On The Borderland, Christine, War Of The Worlds, H.P. Lovecraft works

Favorite Author-H.P. Lovecraft, Sabine Baring-Gould, Arthur C. Clarke and many more

Charcter I would live as in a book-Id have to say a rich one too

Best entertainment read-Sherlock Holmes

Favorite genre-Fantastic Fiction, history, biographies

Favorite series-Not much into series, the only one I can think of is the Shell Scott books by Richard S. Prather

Favorite movie adaptation-LOTR

How many books per month-10 to 15

Library or bookstore-Bookstore

Hardcover or paperback-Both

[El_greco]

Name: El_greco
Age: 24
Occupation: Student
Passions: Books, sports, politics, social topics
Favorite book: Constantly changing. Right now it is probably Aleph by Borges
Favorite author: Borges has never let me down
Live as character: Holden Caulfield
Entertainment read: Nothing since Crichton or Agatha Christie 10 yrs ago.
Movie adaptation: Let's say Into the Wild?
How many books: cca 4 novels.
Library/bookstore: Both
Hardcover/Paperback: Hardcover, or those editions between hardcover and paperback

[Cracker]

I've covered some of these in other posts, but to put it together here is a good idea

Name: Greg Carrick (Cracker)
Age: 53 (old enuf to know better...)
Occupation: Printer, Photographer, Designer, Image Architect, Youth Worker, Editor, Gentleman.
Passions: photography, good design (marriage of form & function).
Favorite book(s): Moby Dick, The Phantom Tollbooth, Neuromancer, Ringworld.
Favorite author(s): Mark Twain, Adam Hall, William Gibson, Robert B Parker, Peter Corris, Terry Pratchett.
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Jesse Stone (Police Chief of Paradise)
Best entertainment read: Any Discworld novel.
Favorite genre: Crime/Mystery (also Sci-Fi)
What draws you to a book? A good strong main character. I like male characters who are 'good men' despite their own inner battles. (e.g. noir detective types)
Favorite series: Discworld.
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Blade Runner.
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? It used to be 20, now I'm down to 5 or so
Library or bookstore? Library.
Hardcover or paperback? Either

[Tralala]

Name: Tralala, Gitzy, Baby Girl, Mom....depends who you ask
Age: 39
Occupation: copy/line editor, OCR proofreader. Preoccupation: trying to invent chocolate air
Passions: sleep, coffee, non-work-related reading, guitars, guitar players (well, one)
Favorite book(s): Last Exit to Brooklyn, The Bag, Middlesex, Hubert's Freaks, Wisconsin Death Trip
Favorite author(s): Hubert Selby Jr., Sol Yurick, Jeffrey Eugenides, Alice Walker, Jon Longhi, Maya Angelou, Janet Fitch
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? definitely NOT Tralala....hmmm... one of Fitzgerald's sleepy southern gals.
Best entertainment read: I Am America and So Can You!
Favorite genre: horror, feel-like-I'm-fixin'-to-die (depressing)
What draws you to a book? the author, usually.
Favorite series: hmmm.... does Evil Eye count?
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? depends on how busy I am that month
Library or bookstore? both!!
Hardcover or paperback? hardcover. you can whack people with 'em.

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

Name: Carla

Age: 52

Occupation: Writer/Photographer/Staff for the Cat/Activist

Passions: Travel, Gardening, Photography, Recipes and Cooking, Classic Cars, Rocks and fossils (collecting the world one stone at a time)...Chocolate!!!

Favorite book: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Favorite author(s): Prizig, Vonnegut, HST, Stephen King, Helen Hanff (and a cast of thousands)

Best entertainment read: PJ O'Roarke Holidays in Heck (latest offering)

Favorite genre: Travel

What draws you to a book? : Usually a review.

Favorite series: The Green Mile

Favorite movie adaptation of a book: The Help

How many books do you read, on avg. per month?: Usually about 16-18 a month.

Library or bookstore?: Both.

Hardcover or paperback?: Hardcover.

What a great bookclub this is And 2 pubs!!!!

[Lita]

Ooh I love these things!

Nombre (name): Eli (pronounced like 'Ellie')
Age: 23
Occupation: Artist, baker
Passions: Art, books, baking, any type of craft
Favorite book(s): Foxmask
Favorite author(s): Juliet Marillier
If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? Hermione hehe
Best entertainment read: Hmmm, I don't really know.
Favorite genre: I love every kind of book as long as it's fiction.
What draws you to a book? Cover art, story line, book name.. in that order lol
Favorite series: Harry Potter and The Bridei Chronicles
Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Err..
How many books do you read, on avg. per month? Maybe 5-6
Library or bookstore? Bookstore
Hardcover or paperback? Paperback

[asmaahsan]

Name: Asma Ahsan

Age: turning 39 in March(wink - planning a going naughty party for my fortieth birthday )

Occupation: housewife, editor, struggling ( and I mean seriously struggling and not getting anywhere) writer.

Passions: Eating cooking eating but I prefer it if someone else cooks it for me. Bless you!

Favorite book(s): Lord! don't get me started on that.

Favorite author(s): georgette heyer was my old time favorite. I have read and liked too many authors to list them here. Anyone I can understand and doesn't bore me to death is good for me.

If you could live as a character in any book, which would you choose? female version of Sherlock Holmes I guess. Always wanted to wear a bowlers hat!

Best entertainment read: Any well written book.

Favorite genre: Classics

What draws you to a book? The author. (please don't print your picture at the back to discourage me. )

Favorite series: The only series I used to follow were the young adult ones, nancy drew and stuff. I don't read series anymore but sometimes if I like a movie, I read the book it was based on. My daughter made me read Twilight.

Favorite movie adaptation of a book: Pride and Prejudice. Also Harry Potter(don't laugh. My son used to dig that series. I just love that writers imagination!)

How many books do you read, on avg. per month? These days I take months to finish one but when I had more time I used to read one to two books per week.

Library or bookstore? Bookstore.

Hardcover or paperback? I love hardcovers but they are a bother to collect and keep so I have shifted to e book now. Hassle free.

Note: i think I am the oldest member here. compliment to you all that you are all such good writers that I didn't realize I am among the new generation. Call me "Aunty A". :p

it's lovely to read you all.

Cheers.