
I saw some book questions on an Instagram account called PensandPoison (I like SOME of her stuff, she’s a bit too clickbait-y for me) recently and have been having a lot of fun thinking about my answers. I think she answered them using all fiction, but I’m using everything to answer! I adapted these questions for me. It is a lot of questions and as usual, I can’t have just one answer 🤣, so I’ll be breaking this up into parts! I’d love to hear your answers and I hope you may find a new favorite if you try any of these!
Book Questions 📚✨♥️
•favorite book ~ I think besides The Holy Bible, currently my favorite books are A City of Bells by Elizabeth Goudge, The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery, Wives & Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, and Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Thinking about this question made me want to reread all of these! 😂
•2nd favorite set of books ~ Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery and The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge.
•3rd favorite set of books, currently ~ Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery and Anne’s House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery. Pat of Silverbush and Mistress Pat by LM Montgomery.
•favorite book that’s not Montgomery or Goudge 😁~ Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
•least favorite books ~ usually contemporary rom coms that I keep trying 🙃😫, most recent I really disliked/low-key hated,🤣 Love in Tandem by Becca Kinzer and Date with Danger by Jenessa Fayeth. These didn’t work for me.
•second least favorite set of books ~ I really disliked both Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier. So creepy and bleak. Not for me!
•book(s) that made me cry the most ~ I don’t cry a ton while reading, but I remember being disturbed and shaking to the point of tears by The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder and The Labors of Hercules Beale by Gary D. Schmidt had me choked up.
•books that made me laugh the most ~ I can’t remember! 😂 Maybe I don’t read funny books? I think Jerome K. Jerome‘s Three Men in a Boat may have made me laugh and Lady Susan by Jane Austen?
•most underrated novel ~ there are SO many, but Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro comes to mind. That book stunned me and really made me think.
•most overrated novel ~ don’t come for me! 🤣 I actually like this novel for its disturbing look at twisted desires, obsession, and family dynamics, but I think Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is a bit overrated. It’s pretty depressing. 😫

How about you? What are your answers to these? Have you read any of my choices? Agree or (kindly) disagree? 😁♥️📚 I’d love to hear! Happy Reading! 📖
Finally found someone who doesn’t love Rebecca either! 😄 I could barely finish that novel and wondered why so many people raved about it. 🤷🏻♀️🤔 Definitely not for me. I still need to try those Rosemary Sutcliff books – you found some beautiful editions! 🤩
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Faves: Holes, Because of Winn-Dixie, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Pablo and Birdy, Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, Charlotte’s Web, Wonder, A Long Walk to Water
Overrated: Island of the Blue Dolphins – I hate that book and everyone else loves it
Made me cry: Because of Winn-Dixie, Stone Fox, Christmas Day in the Morning, Silver Packages (and a host of other Christmas picture books that we refer to as “criers”)
Made me laugh: How to Train Your Dragon, most books by Andrew Clements
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I have Holes on my piles due to your recommendation! I need to prioritize it!!!! Loved reading your list!
I didn’t love The Island of Blue Dolphins, either. It was so repetitive. Just the nature of her days made it slow and a bit sloggy. And then it seemed sad for no reason. Kinda depressing. Her brother and the dog. 🥲
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I love split time stories. I hope you enjoy “Holes”. PS the movie adaptation is one of the best movie adaptations I’ve ever seen.
And yeah, I found “Island of the Blue Dolphins” to be just really sad and depressing without much redeeming value.
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Wuthering Heights is one of my favorites. I’m fascinated by the contrast between the author’s rather staid life and the passions she unleashed in her novel.
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That’s a fascinating thought! Those Bronte sisters were A-MAZING!!! 😱I’ve read it twice and I do like the character studies, for sure!
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I agree with your love for The Holy Bible, Bleakhouse, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and the Anne of Green Gables books. 😊 But I have to strongly disagree with your dislike of Rebecca and Wuthering Heights! 😱
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Hahaha! It’s ok! I know I’m in the minority on Rebecca and Wuthering Heights.
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