30 Day Book Meme (2014 version) - Day 6
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desertvixenDay 06 – A book that makes you sad
2010 Answer: The First Four Years
So, as I said the first time, lots of books have parts that make me sad, and I try to avoid deliberately seeking out depressing stuff, because that's what we have reality for.
There are two major things that make me cry/make me sad.
The first is animal books where the animal dies - yes, Old Yeller. I've actually avoided reading any number of animal books, including Cleveland Amory's The Best Cat Ever, because I dread reading about the animal dying. Don't need it.
The second is when authors kill off characters I'm attached to. The most recent and wrenching is Lois McMaster Bujold's Cryoburn, in which she kills off Aral Vorkosigan, a character that I have loved for most all of my adult life. (Seriously, I picked an LMB book up in 1999 in Monterey, so I was 20.) Granted, we knew it was coming, but it was still wrenching. It left me quite down for a few days. I think probably the runner up in this category (it used to be first) was in David Weber's Honor Harrington novel At All Costs, where he killed off a character who'd been with us - and who I'd been a huge fangirl of since he first pulled himself out of the ship console he was working on and went to go meet his ridiculously young and perfect commanding officer. Not just that he killed him off, but that he toyed with us, let us believe he hadn't done it, then slammed us with it. Weber killed off some more characters that we've been close to in Mission of Honor, but it didn't hit me as hard.
Yes, I'm a geek, space opera makes me cry.
2010 Answer: The First Four Years
So, as I said the first time, lots of books have parts that make me sad, and I try to avoid deliberately seeking out depressing stuff, because that's what we have reality for.
There are two major things that make me cry/make me sad.
The first is animal books where the animal dies - yes, Old Yeller. I've actually avoided reading any number of animal books, including Cleveland Amory's The Best Cat Ever, because I dread reading about the animal dying. Don't need it.
The second is when authors kill off characters I'm attached to. The most recent and wrenching is Lois McMaster Bujold's Cryoburn, in which she kills off Aral Vorkosigan, a character that I have loved for most all of my adult life. (Seriously, I picked an LMB book up in 1999 in Monterey, so I was 20.) Granted, we knew it was coming, but it was still wrenching. It left me quite down for a few days. I think probably the runner up in this category (it used to be first) was in David Weber's Honor Harrington novel At All Costs, where he killed off a character who'd been with us - and who I'd been a huge fangirl of since he first pulled himself out of the ship console he was working on and went to go meet his ridiculously young and perfect commanding officer. Not just that he killed him off, but that he toyed with us, let us believe he hadn't done it, then slammed us with it. Weber killed off some more characters that we've been close to in Mission of Honor, but it didn't hit me as hard.
Yes, I'm a geek, space opera makes me cry.
Day 07 – Most underrated book
Day 08 – Most overrated book
Day 09 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 10 – Favorite classic book
Day 11 – A book you hated
Day 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore
Day 13 – Your favorite writer
Day 14 – Favorite book of your favorite writer
Day 15 – Favorite male character
Day 16 – Favorite female character
Day 17 – Favorite quote from your favorite book
Day 18 – A book that disappointed you
Day 19 – Favorite book turned into a movie
Day 20 – Favorite romance book
Day 21 – Favorite book from your childhood
Day 22 – Favorite book you own
Day 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
Day 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read
Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 – Favorite title
Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 – Your favorite book of all time
