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Question of the Week

Question of the Week #11: Your Questions

For the last Question of the Week for January, I want to turn things around and ask you what kinds of Questions of the Week you'd like to answer. What would you like to see asked? Let me know what you're wondering about and you may well see your suggestion as a future Question of the Week.

I'll say that I have two questions in mind that tie into the holidays that are coming up in February (Presidents' Day and Valentine's Day). I don't want to give them away just yet, though!

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MaggieH

Posted by MaggieH (admin)
Jan 26, 2009 10:32 am

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  • What book, no matter how hard you tried, could you not finish? (Mine was Wuthering Heights...)

    What's the book you've reread most often? And why?

    tristiseyeJan 26, 2009 11:22 am
    by tristiseye

  • What book do you randomly quote most often (not intentionally, but it just comes to mind all the time)?

    starshy926Jan 27, 2009 9:42 am
    by starshy926

  • tristiseye took my question! I had been hoping you would ask that one too.

    I have tried and failed to read both Don Quixote and Sound and the Fury twice.

    The only other question I can think of is which book have you not read that you wish you had? (Aside from the 2 I have failed to finish mine is Ulysses by James Joyce)

    cresswgaJan 27, 2009 10:36 am
    by cresswga

  • What book (by an author that you love) did you hate?

    EDITHJWHARTONJan 27, 2009 12:34 pm
    by EDITHJWHARTON

  • The best book and the worst book you've read in the past year
    The character that you believe you are the most like
    Your favorite villain
    Favorite non-fiction book
    A book you have that you have no intention of reading, ever

    emilyyoungJan 27, 2009 1:49 pm
    by emilyyoung

  • What ending would you rewrite - how, why?

    karen.giangrecoJan 27, 2009 4:29 pm
    by karen.giangreco

  • though then again my suggestion might give rise to a bunch of spoilers...

    karen.giangrecoJan 27, 2009 4:31 pm
    by karen.giangreco

  • @cresswga: Sorry about stealing your question! It's been a fav question among my friends.

    How about another question then:

    What's a book you've loved but seems to be hated by everyone else (i.e. friends or general population)?

    tristiseyeJan 27, 2009 5:46 pm
    by tristiseye

  • Wow, there are some really amazing questions...

    Which book/author (does not) seem(s) to get better as time goes along?

    Which author do you feel doesn't have enough readers? (Likewise, there is the opposite.)

    booksJan 27, 2009 8:04 pm
    by books

  • These are great! Keep them coming folks. And don't worry, credit (and thanks!) will be given when your questions are featured in upcoming weeks.

    MaggieHJan 28, 2009 10:43 am
    by MaggieH (admin)

  • Alone the lines of art imitating life, what book(s) seem to resemble your life?

    femmebotJan 28, 2009 4:25 pm
    by femmebot

  • Oh, and I already have an answer to starshy926's question :) (Good question BTW)

    femmebotJan 28, 2009 4:26 pm
    by femmebot

  • Running out of good questions, eh? Um, let's see. I would like to be asked, out of all the books I've ever read, who is my favorite character?

    AndreaNo1Jan 29, 2009 2:56 pm
    by AndreaNo1

  • One question that I don't see answered in the FAQ is how do you get new books onto the site? Is there a process? Can we help get material on more quickly?
    Is there an email address we can send requests to? I am new here; just signed up today; am still looking around trying to find answers.

    emileticFeb 2, 2009 11:37 am
    by emiletic

  • @emiletic: You can send book requests to us at support [at] dailylit [dot] com. Thanks!

    MaggieHFeb 2, 2009 11:36 pm
    by MaggieH (admin)

  • Could never finish ,The English Patient,

    All the Queens Men-Linda Howard,is the book I reread the most,because I think the hero is the next thing to perfect

    sherrilynnFeb 4, 2009 10:09 pm
    by sherrilynn

  • Thanks MaggieH!

    emileticFeb 5, 2009 3:14 pm
    by emiletic

  • The question I find cool is which author's writing reminds you of which musician's music? Example: Virginia Woolf-Jimi Hendrix they both totally broke new ground.

    dreamdustJun 7, 2009 9:05 pm
    by dreamdust

  • I would be interested in the reaction of others to the quote attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson that; " Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life". Personally, I have been fortunate to drink the full measure from both cups. Books can both relate or put a new perspective on what you have already experienced, or they can add something which transfigures reality.

    MANICHAEANJun 8, 2009 9:09 am
    by MANICHAEAN

  • Which book would you love to have a sequel for?
    (Mine: Gone with the Wind, 1984)

    saturntvJun 16, 2009 9:54 pm
    by saturntv

  • Which book is a better discussion book with a group? Which books are best enjoyed in solitude?

    dreamdustJun 22, 2009 6:21 am
    by dreamdust

  • Which Nobel prize-winner of literature is your favorite? I like John Saramago.

    dreamdustJun 22, 2009 6:39 am
    by dreamdust

  • correction Jose Saramago!

    dreamdustJun 22, 2009 10:08 pm
    by dreamdust

  • What work of literature are you?

    dreamdustJul 16, 2009 6:05 am
    by dreamdust

  • Best screenplay adaptation of an awesome book? Or maybe not so awesome book.......maybe the film was better than the book? (yeah, thats a tough one, can´t think of one myself, to be honest)

    tatianalenskyJul 20, 2009 12:44 pm
    by tatianalensky

  • What books most affected your personality as you grew up? What character did you most identify with? What book outside your favorite genres most impressed or surprised you? What book do you wish you could get yourself to read? What is your favorite animal book? (animals as characters or about animals...)Dog book? Horse book? What book do you wish you could get friends/family to read, but no one "gets" it?

    BookMuncherAug 26, 2009 4:34 pm
    by BookMuncher

  • 1. If you were invited to a dinner with all the great authors of English literature, who would you like to sit next to? (I got this idea from author Peter Leithart).

    2. Suppose it is your last day on earth and you can invite only one literary character for your last dinner. Who would it be? (I got this idea from a program I heard on BBC Radio).

    sonata58Sep 22, 2009 10:42 am
    by sonata58

  • What book can you not believe was written by the author? My answer: "Planet of the Apes" by Pierre Boulle.

    Golem100Sep 22, 2009 8:11 pm
    by Golem100

  • Once again, need to be able to edit posts to delete "book are you" from above post.

    Golem100Sep 23, 2009 8:37 am
    by Golem100

  • What was the first banned book you read? Or the first one you would like to read, we'll have to say throughout history, since at different times books have had their moments on the various lists (including sadly, school lists even now).

    dreamdustSep 25, 2009 7:32 pm
    by dreamdust

  • If you could go back in time and save a writer's life, so he could have written more and longer-who would it be? Yes, I just saw Bright Star and it definitely would be Keats for me.

    dreamdustOct 4, 2009 12:52 pm
    by dreamdust

  • Some of the best books ever written, have been written in prison, what is your favorite book written in prison? Example: 1669- No Cross, No Crown by William Penn

    dreamdustOct 11, 2009 9:06 am
    by dreamdust

  • Which holiday character are you?

    dreamdustDec 18, 2009 11:36 am
    by dreamdust

  • Which book (or author) did you go out and buy after reading on this site? For me, it was Burn This Book.

    dreamdustDec 27, 2009 5:58 am
    by dreamdust

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