So, I saw this feature in an old issue of In Style I was reading on the treadmill this morning and thought it would be fun to play along, since some of my posts have been a little heavy this week. So, in a (mostly) bookish manner:
If I could only...
...buy books by one author Ann Patchett- she publishes every few years and I've liked everything I've read by her
... read in one spot I would say my pool float, but that would eliminate most the year, so I'd have to go with the couch in my living room
... buy books from one place Amazon. I'm sorry, I am, but I have a budget. And then there's Prime. It's bad.
... drink one drink I want to say a gin and tonic, but you can't really sip on those all day long. So, Diet Coke. Shoot me. Take my kidneys. Give me cancer. I love it so.
... teach one author That's really hard! If newer, maybe TC Boyle? If older, Oscar Wilde.
... teach one literary element Theme! We talk theme do death in my classroom, but you can bring in so many other aspects of a text with it.
...subscribe to on streaming service Spotify; I can take or leave shows and movies, but I need music to work out and drive to (or entertain my kid).
... read one genre If "contemporary literary fiction" is too broad, I'd say "magical realism."
...eat at one restaurant So I sort of snub chain restaurants (but still go, since we have limited options), but I'd have to say The Cheesecake Factory because their menu is a book. There are like 3,452 options, so at least it wouldn't always be the same thing.
... recommend one book Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle. The social and political messages are so important and he's a fabulous writer (even if he does teach at USC)
... take one book while being stranded on a deserted island Maybe the Oscar Wilde anthology I have, or the Narnia books that compiled into one volume (I've been meaning to reread them for years and years).
... meet one author Salman Rushdie.
... visit one more country Switzerland (it just looks so beautiful, in summer and winter)
... rearead one book right now I've been itching to reread Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics for awhile
...have one reading superpower I'd want to remember everything I read much, much better. Not that I forget, but with how much I read combined with life in general, details slip through the cracks
... develop one better reading habit It would be to spend more time looking up unfamiliar things when reading them. For example, I read a short story by Richard Russo recently and they were talking about some gallery in Venice that I thought I had visited, but wasn't sure, but didn't take the time to investigate. I need to.
... develop one better life habit Stop over-thinking the future.
Play along!
Oooh this was fun! I may join in later in the week -- i like a lot of the questions but I'll have to come up with something else for the teaching ones :)
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