A reader's survey just for fun?

1) What's your favorite book?

I don't really have one favorite, just many favorites.

3) What book(s) did you read as a kid that now makes you cringe as an adult or young adult?

I read some really good books as a kid. I guess I'll go with Twilight.

4) What book do you feel was most ruined when they made it into a movie?

Eragon. I've always loved the books series, but I think the movie was just plain awful. And I'll follow that with Inkheart. It's a very good book series, but the movie was just dull.

5) What plot devices or writing styles annoy you most?

None really. I'm easy to please.

6) What subject, topic, etc would you like to see more of in new books?

I'm not sure what I'd like to see more of honestly. I know what I'd like to see less of though. In young adult fiction, I'd like to find something that isn't paranormal romance. I swear it's the only thing the bookstore here carries.

1. What's your favorite book?

We Need To Talk About Kevin -- Lionel Shriver.

That's a really hard question though, hahaha.

2. What book(s) did you read as a kid that now makes you cringe as an adult or young adult?

I can't really remember. I mean, sure I regret reading Twilight, but I wasn't exactly a kid when I read those.

3. What book do you feel was most ruined when they made it into a movie?

Where do I start? I've never been a fan of books made into movies, mainly because there's always so much they miss out. You can just never get the same experience from a movie that you can from a book. The Lovely Bones kind of annoyed me. It was a good movie in its own right, but it was just so far removed from the book.

4. What plot devices or writing styles annoy you most?

I'll probably be alone in thinking this, but I hate it when authors leave massive clues about what's going to happen in the end of the book. Like, in The Stand, Stephen King does it all the time. An example being: "Kojak would live for another sixteen years, long after Glen Bateman died."

Or something along those lines, anyway. It means that Glen doesn't have much longer to die, and now that's not going to be a surprise for me. But, like I said, I'm probably alone in being annoyed by this. I just feel it takes away a lot of the mystery.

5. What subject, topic, etc would you like to see more of in new books?

Things are are considered taboo, things that push the boundaries. That's why I love We Need To Talk About Kevin so much -- it's stark, it's confronting, and most of all, it isn't afraid to be honest. That's what I like.

1) What's your favorite book?

The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray

3) What book(s) did you read as a kid that now makes you cringe as an adult or young adult?

None that I can think of... I've always had good taste ;) haha

4) What book do you feel was most ruined when they made it into a movie?

The Lightning Thief. I about died when I watched it. My heart was broken that day :(

5) What plot devices or writing styles annoy you most?

The ones where they always set the main character as the weird one that everyone loves and adores, or who are 'the chosen ones'

6) What subject, topic, etc would you like to see more of in new books?

Though it's kind of being over done already, I really like future/dystopian novels. But it depends on where they take it... I would also like to read more teen books set in the Victorian era. I love those :)

1. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

2. ...

3. Bunnicula by James Howe, A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Helen Lester

4. Frankenstein Mary Shelley is an amazing book, however Hollywood has destroyed \peoples image of this wonderful story.

5. I cannot stand the use of random languages that have nothing to do with the story. A word or two is okay, but paragraphs of something I don't understand in a story I really enjoy drives me bonkers.

6. I would like to see more books about life. A lot of great classics are about life, however most new books are about the future it seems. We each have our own thoughts of the future, however we all must go through life.

1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

3. There aren't any in particular that come to mind actually. I certainly don't think I'd enjoy revisiting the Babysitter's Club series now though. It was great in elementary school though.

4. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan comes to mind first. I thought the movie they made of Interview with the Vampire was pretty terrible as well.

5. I hate love triangles. They always get on my nerves.

6. I'd love to see more adaptations of Greek and Celtic mythology. The Percy Jackson series is a lot of fun, and I've enjoyed Laurell K. Hamilton's Meredith Gentry series as well. I like those stories with old myths set in the modern world.

1) What's your favorite book?

<< My favorite series is Harry Potter, and my favorite book from that series is... probably book 4 "The Goblet of Fire" =D My second favorite series is The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede (my favorite was the first book, but they're all fabulous =D), and my third favorite is The Emily Windsnap Series by Liz Kessler (the first book of this series is definitely my favorite =D).

2) What book(s) did you read as a kid that now makes you cringe as an adult or young adult?

<< I honestly can't think of any! I used to LOVE the Boxcar Children series, and now the lack of contractions (such as "I'm" and "he's") kind of annoys me (that and they're for a very young reading level), but I wouldn't say they make me cringe. They're still classics in my opinion. I think the reason why I can't think of any is that when I was in 1st grade I started reading middle grade novels (for ages 7 to 12) and I still read middle grade. I never moved on to YA, and frankly I have no interest in ever moving on to YA. For that reason though, the books I read as a kid are the books I'm still reading today, so I can't really think of any examples.

3) What book do you feel was most ruined when they made it into a movie?

<< I'm not a HUGE fan of Eragon, but I feel like they severely ruined the movie. That always makes me furious, when they ruin a good book like that.

4) What plot devices or writing styles annoy you most?

<< One thing I cannot STAND is when a book uses sexual stuff or even just relationships to save an otherwise terrible novel. It infuriates me to no end, and I will not even keep reading a book that does that. That's one reason I prefer middle grade - the majority of the audience is too young to be into relationships, so the authors actually have to be _good_ to get a book published. Another thing that really bugs me is the copycat writers. For example, Twilight gets popular and suddenly everyone is writing paranormal / vampire romance novels. The Hunger Games gets popular, and suddenly everyone is writing dystopian novels. There's no originality, no passion for their own ideas. This tends to happen the most in YA as far as I can tell. So if you write YA, a word of advice: If you want people like me to buy your book, don't be a copycat. You can write about dystopia or vampires, werewolves, and other paranormal beings while still coming up with something original. Like the book "Paranormalcy" by Kiersten White for example. Now THAT is a unique YA paranormal novel! In fact, it's the only YA paranormal novel I've ever purchased. I love middle grade in this regard too because I could tell you what the current hot copycat topic is in YA, but in middle grade? I don't have a clue! It's fantastic! =D Almost every middle grade author writes unique novels with their own imaginative ideas =D

5) What subject, topic, etc would you like to see more of in new books?

<< MERMAIDS!!!!!! I have read only two mermaid novels, Ingo by Helen Dunmore and The Emily Windsnap Series by Liz Kessler. Ingo is one of my least favorite novels ever. It had no imagination, and dropped WAY too many points. Which means that The Emily Windsnap series is the only exceptionally fantastic mermaid series I've ever read (and it was indeed fantastic <3). There are not enough books out there about mermaids, and it's really sad because I LOVE LOVE LOVE mermaids! Also, I don't know if this counts as a subject or topic, but I would also love to see more imaginative world building in novels. I want to read a book whose world is so distinct it's almost as if could step right into the pages. I want to read about far off lands so real it seems as if they could exist in the real world. I want the various peoples to come to life, for the culture to leap off the page, for everything to be amazingly distinct. I'm a fantasy writer so I just LOVE this stuff, but you can do a lot of world building in other genres as well =D

1) Currently the Gone series by Michael Grant

2) the Animorphs series and Junie B. Jones (:

3) Impossible question.

4) EXCLAMATION POINTS IN THE MONOLOGUE!!! I HATE THEM!!!!

5) I don't know... More diverse characters probably.