1. What is your favorite type of literature to read (magazine, newspaper, novels, nonfiction, poetry, etc.)?
novels! I read a few magazines and the newspaper too - but mainly novels for me.
2. What is your favorite novel?
Hmmm, that’s a toughie. I don’t have just one favorite…I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith or The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif are the two that come to mind.
3. Do you have a favorite poem? (Share it!)
Wow, I have so many. The first one that came to mind….
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
4. What is one thing you’ve always wanted to read, or wish you had more time to read?
I have a huge huge list of books I’d like to read - I’m adding to the list daily, pretty much. I’d love to be able to read every single thing on the list right now.
5. What are you currently reading?
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy and Last Chance Saloon by Mirian Keyes.