Anon No. 1 - You’re really sweet! No problem. Books will always be an obsession of mine. That will never change.

Anon No. 2 - That’s really sweet to say and I am happy. Good to know I deserve it.

Anonymous Hey, I love to read romance novels and have recently read "One Day" by David Nicholas. I was wondering if you could recommend me some books about love :) thanks a lot

I am the worst person to ask about romance novels, because I don’t like them at all. I’ve only read romance novels that are classics. I have answered this question before, and I’ll stick to those recommendations.

My followers also suggest:

• The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Anonymous Have you read Brideshead Revisited?

Quick PSA: I am not going to be answering any more questions like this. They’re the only questions that really irk me. I haven’t been asked if I’ve read a book that I didn’t already know about or hasn’t been on my to read list. I keep my GoodReads updated, so anyone can see what books I’ve read and what books I want to read. 

Since these questions were so related, I thought it easier to just answer together. I recently finished I Am the Messenger, so I can finally answer your questions! I read The Book Thief last year and I absolutely loved it. I would highly recommend it, bowtiesarecool4. I am going to write a full review for I Am the Messenger, but comparing it to The Book Thief I really enjoyed The Book Thief more. I love Zusak’s style of writing, but I didn’t find it as gripping in I Am the Messenger as in The Book Thief. They’re both very different stories. I didn’t connect to I Am the Messenger as I did in The Book Thief, so that might be why I didn’t enjoy it as much. If you enjoy Zusak’s writing style, then I suggest reading both to see the differences. I hope that helps, guys!

Anonymous *SPLAT* You just got snowballed! So, WELCOME TO THE SNOWBALL FIGHT OF 2012! Okay, here's how it works. You say three to five random facts about yourself, then you go Anonymous and snowball your five favorite blogs. If you get snowballed again then you CANNOT snowball any blogs you snowballed before, except if you're out of blogs to snowball. Have fun!

I’ve gotten a lot of these, so I figured I might as well finally do one.

1. I graduated high school in a class of 35.

2. I was nearly accosted at the Chicago Art institute for being too close to a Monet painting.

3. My great grandmother used to own an antique shop, so all of the furniture in my house is over 100 years old.

Anonymous How long do you think it'll take you to read those books?

The books that I recently borrowed from the library? Beside the van Gogh biography, they are all about 150 pages. Those won’t take me very long. Not to mention I have two books I’m currently reading. Unfortunately, this week is dead week and next week is finals. I doubt I’ll be any of much reading until after my finals are over and my holiday break beings.

Anonymous What are you currently reading? :)

Right now, I’m finishing up I Am The Messenger and I’m in the middle of Bridge of Scarlet Leaves.

Anonymous Do you (or your followers) happen to know any good tumblrs that focus on poetry?

Hi! The only blog that I follow that posts just about poetry would be Visual Poetry. They post beautiful, interesting pieces I haven’t heard of and I just love it. I also know of: POETS.org, Tyler Knott, and more in the Poetry Spotlight. You can also check out the featured posts and top contributors in the poetry tag. If anyone else has more suggestions, I’ll add them!

Suggested by followers: writingsforwinter & hidden-metaphors.

Anonymous I've only read a handful of Agatha Christie novels (And Then There Were None, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Towards Zero). What would be your top 5 recommendations apart from these?

This was the most difficult message I’ve ever received. 

1. The Mysterious Affair At Styles - because if you’re going to read Poirot right, then you have to start at the beginning.
2. Endless Night
3. Hallowe’en Party
4. Ordeal By Innocence
5. Cat Among Pigeons

Anonymous Hello, since I kind of rely on your opinions on books, I wanted to ask you if you've read Good Omens and if you have, what do you think about this one? (I'm sorry if you've already answered this question.)

I actually haven’t read Good Omens yet. I’ve only heard good things about it, and it’s been on my to read list for a while. I really want to purchase it next!

Anonymous Do you plan on getting your Masters?

Yes, I do. I’m going to be working my state in a low SES (socioeconomic status) area, so I can get money taken off my loans through a state grant. I plan on moving to a different state and get my masters in Education. I’m not sure if I’ll get it in Special Education or what not, but that’s the plan as of right now.

Anonymous Post a pic of your bookshelves, biscuit?

Sure, scone.

As soon as I turned to take a picture of the first portion of books this happened. This is a hazard of having my books stacked up like this.

The rest of my books aren’t so hazardously organized.

Anonymous What's your process for writing essays? (Particularly ones that you know you won't enjoy writing!)

I wanted to make a list of this, so here we go:

1. I never, ever start with the introduction. I have always thought it was absurd to start with a thesis statement when I had no real idea where my paper would be going.
2. I normally go through all my resources and find the good quotes I’d like to use. I just put them in a word document and start organizing them by where in the paper they’ll be going. It’s my version of an annotated bibliography.
3. I write the in between bits in next. Every time you use a quote you shouldn’t just leave it hanging. It needs to have some relevance to what you’re trying to say or argue. I try to do my best at that.
4. Once my paper has a proper thing it’s trying to say, I write the conclusion and then the introduction. 
5. Turn that thing in two hours later, because knowing me I’ve waited until the last minute to write it.
6. Get an A, because that’s what happens.

I actually wrote my 15 page paper the day before and the day it was due. I made an A. It was on the use of myth and legend in Ulysses and At Swim Two Birds. I actually was quite proud of myself.

Anonymous What have you read this year that has been a disappointment?

“As You Like It” is not my favorite play and I had to read that for my Shakespeare class.

Anonymous I'm not sure of your relationship status, but could you envisage being in a long term relationship with someone who doesn't read? Or would that be a deal breaker for you?

I’m single. I’ve actually never had a boyfriend. All the boys I’ve been interested in the past and present have liked to read, so I suppose it does matter. Though, I don’t think two people have to have the same interests to be in a relationship.