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I got this meme from Tempting Persephone and thought it would be a fun way to spend this Sunday Salon…

1. What author do you own the most books by?
I would say that would be Piers Anthony. I have about 25+ books in his Xanth series, which belonged to my mother long before they belonged to me. I guess you can say that they are family heirlooms being passed down? Or maybe not since they are hardly old or important to anyone other than me. After Piers Anthony would be Anne Rice, which I cherish just as much because most of them too belonged to my mother before they belonged to me.

2. What book do you own the most copies of?
Oh man. My favorite book Blood & Gold: or the Story of Marius by Anne Rice. I have:
Hardback first edition
Hardback first edition signed by Anne Rice
Paperback
Uncorrected proof signed by Anne Rice
Ebook (.pdf)
Audio Book

3. What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Secretly!? It is no secret at all that I am passionately and insupportably in love with Marius de Romanus from The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice.

4. What book have you read more than any other?
Being that this is my favorite book that also stars the character I am in love with, Blood & Gold: or the Story of Marius by Anne Rice.

5. What was your favorite book when you were 10 years old?
When I was 10 years old, I was reading all manner of young adult horror/thriller novels written by the likes of Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine. While I can’t remember what I read when I was 10 and what my favorite book was then, I can say that I very much loved Christopher Pike most of all. Especially Whisper of Death and Road to Nowhere.

6. What is the worst book you’ve ever read?
I have read a great many books that were tedious and difficult, but I can’t say that any of them were so awful that I would label them the ‘worst’ book(s).

7. If you could tell everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
Other than my favorite book? Well, maybe Geek Love by Katherine Dunn if you have a strong stomach.

8. Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
Oh Voltaire! Gustave Flaubert, The Marquis de Sade…. definitely French.

9. Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Ooooo, Milton or Chaucer? Paradise Lost or The Canterbury Tales? Such a hard choice! Both are great pieces of literature. I am going to have to go with my beloved Chaucer, though.

10. Austen or Eliot?
To be honest, neither. Though if I had to pick, I would say Austen since I favor her more.

11. What is your favorite novel?
Blood & Gold: or the Story of Marius by Anne Rice

12. What is your favorite play?
Marat/Sade.

13. What is your favorite poem?
Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost.

14. What is your favorite epic poem?
I am going to go with Odyssey by Homer. Though it’s hard to choose when I have such other greats as Paradise Lost or The Divine Comedy.

15. What is your favorite non-fiction?
History major here! I have read so much non-fiction that the head should spin at the thought. My favorite was a book called Hidden Horrors by Yuki Tanaka about Japanese war crimes during World War II.

16. Who is your favorite writer?
Anne Rice.

17. What are you reading right now?
Right now I am reading Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie and The Wonder Singer by George Rabasa.

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