I met Kate Inglis when I went to Blogher this past July and immendiately came home and began stalking her blog. She’s an amazing writer and has this ability to observe the world like no other. I love getting lost in her words and stories.
Not long after learning of her blog and becoming a dedicated fan I discovered that she was publishing a book! This is always a big deal in the blog world. We rally and cheer and shout from the rooftops when one of our fellow bloggers gets a book deal. But, her book is a little different.
I can’t even explain the premise, but I do know that I’ve been aching to get my hands on her book so that I can snuggle down with my children and read aloud the adventures of The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods. When I read that she was offering a chance for me to get my hands on an advanced copy of the book and participate in a first review of the book I wanted to jump at the chance. So, here it is: My chance to win and a meme about stories…
2) You can escape to the insides of any book. Where do you go, and why? The Great Gatsby – the setting and parties and costumes are so breath-taking! Plus, some of those characters could use a swift kick in the behind!
3) You can bring one literary character into your current life. Who do you choose, and why? Anne Shirley – I think we would be kindred spirits!
4) The Garden of Eden is my go-to book. I could read that book fifty-seven times in a row without a break for food or a pee and not be remotely bored. In fact I’ve already done that but it wasn’t fifty-seven times. It was sixty-four.
5) Of all the literary or film characters that made an impression on you as a kid, who was the most enviable? No specific character comes to mind, but Judy Blume sure made a mark.
6) Of all the literary or film characters that made an impression on you as a kid, who was the most frightening? That pig-nosed character from the Star Wars movies. He gave me the most horrible and vivid nightmares!
7) Every time I read Flannery O’Connor, I see something in it that I haven’t seen before.
It is imperative that The Garden of Eden be made into a movie. Now. I am already picketing Hollywood for this—but if they cast Tom Cruise as the main character, I will not be happy. I will, however, be appeased if they cast Durmot Mulroney.
9) A Thousand Country Road (Epilogue to The Bridges of Madison County) is a book that should never be made (or should have never been made) into a film.
10) After all these years, the slaughter scene in the book/movie A Day No Pigs Would Die still manages to give me the queebs.
11) After all these years, the scene where Bastian and the Luck Dragon fly over Fantasia after it’s been saved in the book/movie The Neverending Story still manages to give me a thrill.
12) If I could corner the author Charles Bukowski, here’s what I’d say to them one minute or less about their book, I may only have a minute, but I’ve just got to see if you’re really so crass in person.
13) The coolest non-fiction book I’ve ever read is Art As Experience by John Dewey. Every time I flip through it, it makes me want to help the world have a true love of art and literature and music.
Ooh a new book to check out – Art as Experience sounds great. I remember loving that scene in Neverending Story too…. and anyone who would not consider themselves kindred spirits to Anne Shirley needs a swift kick in the behind.
Thanks for doing this!
I need to read more.