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glacier_kittyAuthor you’ve read the most books from: Charles Finch, Joe Simpson, etc
Best Sequel Ever: Firestorm, etc
Currently Reading: A Man Called Ove..it's so depressing!
Drink of Choice While Reading: I don't really need one..
E-reader or Physical Book? Physical!
Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School: I had a crush on Morgan Leah from the Shannara series LOL
Glad You Gave This Book A Chance: Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson
Hidden Gem Book: Through the Eye of the Glacier by Michael Pollen
Important Moment in your Reading Life: Reading Antarctica after I had read The Worst Journey in the World..it helped start the obsession since it kept mentioning Cherry haha
Just Finished: In the Antarctic: Stories of Scott's Last Expedition by Frank Debenham. He made it sound like the expedition was a big party haha! I so wish I could have been there :D
Kinds of Books You Won’t Read: Romance, horror, etc
Longest Book You’ve Read: Game of Thrones books, Alaska, etc
Major book hangover because of: reading a book with small font in the car all day lol..ow :P
Number of Bookcases You Own: 5!
One Book You Have Read Multiple Times: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Preferred Place To Read: In bed
Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you’ve read: So many lines from The Worst Journey!
"[Wilson and Birdie] were gold, pure, shining, unalloyed. Words cannot express how good their companionship was. Through all these days, and those which to follow, the worst I suppose in their dark severity that men have ever come through alive, no single hasty or angry word passed their lips. When, later, we were sure, so far as we can be sure of anything, that we must die, they were cheerful, and so far as I can judge their songs and cheery words were quite unforced"
"We were quite intelligent people, and we must all have known that we were not going to see the penguins and that it was folly to go forward. And yet with quiet perseverance, in perfect friendship, almost with gentleness those two men led on"
"Do things slowly, always slowly, that was the burden of Wilson's leadership: and every now and then the question, Shall we go on? and the answer Yes. 'I think we are all right as long as our appetites are good,' said Bill. Always patient, self-possessed, unruffled, he was the only man on earth, as I believe, who could have led this journey"
"I wish I could take you on to the great Ice Barrier some calm evening when the sun is just dipping in the middle of the night and show you the autumn tints on Ross Island. A last look round before turning in, a good day's march behind, enough fine fat pemmican inside you to make you happy, the homely smell of tobacco from the tent, a pleasant sense of soft fur and the deep sleep to come. And all the softest colors God has made are in the snow; on Erebus to the west, where the wind can scarcely remove his cloud of smoke; and on Terror to the east, not so high, and more regular in form. How peaceful and dignified it all is" (*swoons*)
"'You've got it in the neck, stick it, you've got it in the neck'--it was always running in my head.
And we did stick it. How good the memories of those days are. With jokes about Birdie's picture hat: with songs we remembered off the gramophone: with ready words of sympathy for frost-bitten feet: with generous smiles for poor jests: with suggestions of happy beds to come. We did not forget the Please and Thank You, which means much in such circumstances, and and the little links with decent civilization which we could still keep going. I'll swear there was still a grace about us when we staggered in. And we kept our tempers--even with God"
I never get tired of reading about the Winter Journey lol
And of course:
"And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore. If you are a brave man you will do nothing: if you are fearful you may do much, for none but cowards have need to prove their bravery. Some will tell you that you are mad, and nearly all will say, 'What is the use?' For we are a nation of shopkeepers, and no shopkeeper will look at research which does not promise him a financial return within a year. And so you will sledge nearly alone, but those with whom you sledge will not be shopkeepers: that is worth a good deal. If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg"
Reading Regret: A Cat Named Darwin..he was awful to his cats :(
Series You Started And Need To Finish (all books are out in series): Hangman's Daughter mysteries, Matthew Shardlake mysteries, etc
Three of your All-Time Favorite Books:
1. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
2. Firestorm by Nevada Barr
3. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Unapologetic Fangirl For: Cherry :P
Very Excited For This Release More Than All The Others: I'm usually excited when Charles Finch's new books, for one
Worst Bookish Habit: Sometimes I'll open a book and lay it down upside down like that..
X Marks The Spot: Start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book: Ghosts of Cape Sabine
Your latest book purchase: A Man Called Ove
ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late): Maybe one of the Flavia de Luce books..
November 1: Piping Hot
November 2: Priceless
November 3: Repurpose
November 4: Orange
November 5: Circle
November 6: Geometric Patterns
November 7: Take a Break
November 8: Crunch
November 9: Keep it Simple
November 10: Currently Loving
November 11: Armistice
November 12: Nature Finds
November 13: Underneath
November 14: Find a Heart
November 15: Tradition
November 16: Diagonal
November 17: Where I Stand
November 18: A Different Perspective
November 19: The Little Details
November 20: Thankful for Who I Am
November 21: Auburn
November 22: On the Table
November 23: Thankful
November 24: Additional
November 25: Weathered
November 26: Droplets
November 27: Water Reflection
November 28: Characteristic
November 29: Warm
November 30: A Stolen Moment
Today's trivia: Human embryos develop eyelashes in the seventh and eighth weeks
Best Sequel Ever: Firestorm, etc
Currently Reading: A Man Called Ove..it's so depressing!
Drink of Choice While Reading: I don't really need one..
E-reader or Physical Book? Physical!
Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School: I had a crush on Morgan Leah from the Shannara series LOL
Glad You Gave This Book A Chance: Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson
Hidden Gem Book: Through the Eye of the Glacier by Michael Pollen
Important Moment in your Reading Life: Reading Antarctica after I had read The Worst Journey in the World..it helped start the obsession since it kept mentioning Cherry haha
Just Finished: In the Antarctic: Stories of Scott's Last Expedition by Frank Debenham. He made it sound like the expedition was a big party haha! I so wish I could have been there :D
Kinds of Books You Won’t Read: Romance, horror, etc
Longest Book You’ve Read: Game of Thrones books, Alaska, etc
Major book hangover because of: reading a book with small font in the car all day lol..ow :P
Number of Bookcases You Own: 5!
One Book You Have Read Multiple Times: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Preferred Place To Read: In bed
Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you’ve read: So many lines from The Worst Journey!
"[Wilson and Birdie] were gold, pure, shining, unalloyed. Words cannot express how good their companionship was. Through all these days, and those which to follow, the worst I suppose in their dark severity that men have ever come through alive, no single hasty or angry word passed their lips. When, later, we were sure, so far as we can be sure of anything, that we must die, they were cheerful, and so far as I can judge their songs and cheery words were quite unforced"
"We were quite intelligent people, and we must all have known that we were not going to see the penguins and that it was folly to go forward. And yet with quiet perseverance, in perfect friendship, almost with gentleness those two men led on"
"Do things slowly, always slowly, that was the burden of Wilson's leadership: and every now and then the question, Shall we go on? and the answer Yes. 'I think we are all right as long as our appetites are good,' said Bill. Always patient, self-possessed, unruffled, he was the only man on earth, as I believe, who could have led this journey"
"I wish I could take you on to the great Ice Barrier some calm evening when the sun is just dipping in the middle of the night and show you the autumn tints on Ross Island. A last look round before turning in, a good day's march behind, enough fine fat pemmican inside you to make you happy, the homely smell of tobacco from the tent, a pleasant sense of soft fur and the deep sleep to come. And all the softest colors God has made are in the snow; on Erebus to the west, where the wind can scarcely remove his cloud of smoke; and on Terror to the east, not so high, and more regular in form. How peaceful and dignified it all is" (*swoons*)
"'You've got it in the neck, stick it, you've got it in the neck'--it was always running in my head.
And we did stick it. How good the memories of those days are. With jokes about Birdie's picture hat: with songs we remembered off the gramophone: with ready words of sympathy for frost-bitten feet: with generous smiles for poor jests: with suggestions of happy beds to come. We did not forget the Please and Thank You, which means much in such circumstances, and and the little links with decent civilization which we could still keep going. I'll swear there was still a grace about us when we staggered in. And we kept our tempers--even with God"
I never get tired of reading about the Winter Journey lol
And of course:
"And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore. If you are a brave man you will do nothing: if you are fearful you may do much, for none but cowards have need to prove their bravery. Some will tell you that you are mad, and nearly all will say, 'What is the use?' For we are a nation of shopkeepers, and no shopkeeper will look at research which does not promise him a financial return within a year. And so you will sledge nearly alone, but those with whom you sledge will not be shopkeepers: that is worth a good deal. If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg"
Reading Regret: A Cat Named Darwin..he was awful to his cats :(
Series You Started And Need To Finish (all books are out in series): Hangman's Daughter mysteries, Matthew Shardlake mysteries, etc
Three of your All-Time Favorite Books:
1. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
2. Firestorm by Nevada Barr
3. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Unapologetic Fangirl For: Cherry :P
Very Excited For This Release More Than All The Others: I'm usually excited when Charles Finch's new books, for one
Worst Bookish Habit: Sometimes I'll open a book and lay it down upside down like that..
X Marks The Spot: Start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book: Ghosts of Cape Sabine
Your latest book purchase: A Man Called Ove
ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late): Maybe one of the Flavia de Luce books..
November 2: Priceless
November 3: Repurpose
November 4: Orange
November 5: Circle
November 6: Geometric Patterns
November 7: Take a Break
November 9: Keep it Simple
November 11: Armistice
November 13: Underneath
November 14: Find a Heart
November 15: Tradition
November 17: Where I Stand
November 18: A Different Perspective
November 19: The Little Details
November 20: Thankful for Who I Am
November 21: Auburn
November 22: On the Table
November 23: Thankful
November 24: Additional
November 25: Weathered
November 26: Droplets
November 27: Water Reflection
November 28: Characteristic
November 29: Warm
November 30: A Stolen Moment
Today's trivia: Human embryos develop eyelashes in the seventh and eighth weeks
