My Life According to Books 2014

Happy Friday after Thanksgiving! If you celebrated it, I hope you had a wonderful time.

Since holidays include fun and games, this is a good time to post the annual meme in which I post a few sentence starters and you complete it with the titles of books you read earlier in the year. The books could’ve been published at anytime.

I first saw this meme in 2009 at Reactions to Reading and since then have kept it going with my own sentence starters. This year, the illustrious Jen of Jen’s Book Thoughts contributed half the sentence prompts (numbers 6-10 are hers).

My answers are below. If you want to play, either post your answers in the comments or on your own blog and then leave a link in the comments. I love seeing everyone’s answers!

1. Black Friday makes me: Beware Beware (Steph Cha)

2. If you post racist comments on Facebook, I: Want You Dead (Peter James)

3. In my ID photo, I look like: Werewolf Cop (Andrew Klavan)

4. If someone interrupts my reading, I: (give him/her) One Kick (Chelsea Cain) Without Warning (David Rosenfelt)

5. When I read/watch the news, I: (feel) The Furies (Natalie Haynes)

Love story, with murders6. The last time I visited the zoo, I: (was) Watching You (Michael Robotham)

7. If I were a Supreme Court justice, I would: (help) The Forsaken (Ace Atkins)

8. Absolutely nothing compares to: You (Caroline Kepnes)

9. Best advice my mom gave me was: (avoid) Love Story, with Murders (Harry Bingham)

10. My hope for 2015 is: (I’ll experience) The Wonder of All Things (Jason Mott)

Now it’s your turn. Have fun!

 

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    EIREGO
    November 28, 2014 at 12:04 pm

    1) Black Friday makes me: (think of) The Killing Season (Mason Cross)
    2) If you post racist comments on Facebook, I: Point and Shoot (Duane Swierczynski)
    3) In my ID photo, I look like: The Stranger You Know (Jane Casey)
    4) If someone interrupts my reading: (well…) Accidents Happen (Louise Millar)
    5) When I read/watch the news, I: Free Fall (Chris Grabenstein)
    6) The last time I visited the zoo, I: (saw) The Happiest People in the World (Brock Clarke)
    7) If I were a Supreme Court judge, I would: (be) Hounded (David Rosenfelt)
    8) Absolutely nothing compares to: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry (Gabrielle Zevin)
    9) Best advice my mother gave me was: Small Plates! (Katherine Hall Page)
    10) My hope for 2015 is: Never Look Back (Clare Donoghue)

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      Pop Culture Nerd
      November 28, 2014 at 1:39 pm

      Good ones, EIREGO! I really like your answers to 1, 2, 4, and 9, though if my mother had given me that advice, I’d have to tell her I can never follow it, especially if I’m eating chocolate cake.

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      jen forbus
      November 28, 2014 at 4:02 pm

      Good ones! I especially like #2 as well. 🙂

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    Lauren
    November 28, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    Oh, I love this time of year:

    1. Black Friday makes me: Shovel Ready (Adam Sternbergh)

    2. If you post racist comments on Facebook, I: (want to give you) Five Days At Memorial (Sheri Fink)

    3. In my ID photo, I look like: The Last Dead Girl (Harry Dolan)

    4. If someone interrupts my reading, I: (give him/her) The Psychopath Test (Jon Ronson)

    5. When I read/watch the news, I: Fear The Worst (Linwood Barclay)

    6. The last time I visited the zoo, I: (was) Learning To Play With A Lion’s Testicles (Melissa Haynes)(Knew that book would have to come in handy some day)

    7. If I were a Supreme Court justice, I would: (ask) What’s So Funny? (Tim Conway)

    8. Absolutely nothing compares to: Another Great Day At Sea (Geoffrey Dyer)

    9. Best advice my mom gave me was: (don’t end up at the) Stripper Pole At The End Of The World (Eric Beetner)

    10. My hope for 2015 is: A Better World (Marcus Sakey)

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      Pop Culture Nerd
      November 29, 2014 at 1:03 pm

      Hahahaha! Your #6 answer will be hard to beat. I’m now going to read a bunch of books with quirky titles to up my game for next year.

      I’d considered that same title for #3 but then found a more appropriate one.

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        Lauren
        November 29, 2014 at 1:53 pm

        Right? What are the odds there would be a question that title would work with? Though I probably would have forced it in somewhere, too bizarre to pass up.

        #3 was hard because there are so many that would work and be fun. Yours was great.

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    stacybuckeye
    November 28, 2014 at 5:43 pm

    Your mom gives specific advice! Here’s my take
    http://www.stacybuckeye.wordpress.com

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    jen forbus
    November 29, 2014 at 7:35 am

    O.k. here’s my contribution as part of Thankfully Reading Weekend.
    http://www.jensbookthoughts.com/2014/11/my-life-according-to-books.html

    And Lauren! Wasn’t I with you the last time you visited the zoo? I don’t recall that part of our visit 😉

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      Lauren
      November 29, 2014 at 8:40 am

      When I visited the family in KS in July we went to a place that had animals and also a ‘petting’ zoo. Little did I know…

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