I always think it’s nice when we can learn a little about other bloggers and get to know each other a bit. It makes the community that much more of a, well, community. So I’m delighted that Pop Culture Nerd has continued the My Life as a Book meme tradition. Here’s my contribution for the 2012 edition:
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Every Monday I look/feel like: The End of Everything (Megan Abbott)
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Last time I went to a doctor/therapist was because: The Blood Spilt (Åsa Larsson)
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Last meal I ate was: Tapas on the Ramblas (Anthony Bidulka)
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My savings account is: Gone, Baby, Gone (Dennis Lehane)
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When a creepy guy/girl asks for my number, I: Black List (Sara Paretsky)
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Ignorant politicians make me: Pray For Silence (Linda Castillo)
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Some people need to spend more time: Behind the Night Bazaar (Angela Savage)
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My memoir could be titled: Enter a Murderer (Ngaio Marsh) – Oh, come on now, I write crime fiction after all
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If I could have, I would’ve told my teenage self: Never Apologise, Never Explain (James Craig)
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In five years I hope I am: Mistress of the Art of Death (Ariana Franklin) – Hey, one can always make one’s writing better…
So there you have it. Do play along yourself. Check out the meme and offer your own answers. Ya know ya want to – it’s lots of fun!
Thanks Bernadette for putting this on my radar.
*NOTE: The title of this post is a line from the Rolling Stones’ Sympathy For the Devil.
Oh that’s hilarious, what a great idea!
Moira – Thank you
– I can’t take credit for it, but I always have fun with this meme.
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Love it, especially “savings account” and “teenage self.”
Peter – Why, thank you
– I must admit I had fun doing this.
Margot: Well done.
Bill – Thank you –
– I’m glad you enjoyed these.
This is great. Since I don’t have a blog, I’m going to reply with my answers. Yours are great, hilarious.
Every Monday I look/feel like The Accident (Linwood Barclay)
Last time I went to a doctor/therapist was because (I have) Breakdown (Sara Paretsky)
Last meal I ate was Beastly Things (Donna Leon)
My savings account is: The Precipice (Virginia Duigan)
When a creepy guy/girl asks for my number, I (am) The Invisible Ones (Stef Penney)
Ignorant politicians make me (dream of) Hour of the Wolf (Hakan Nesser)
Some people need to spend more time in A Room Full of Bones (Elly Griffiths)
My Memoir could be titled: All Cry Chaos (Leonard Rosen)
If I could have, I would’ve told my teenage self: Plot It Yourself (Rex Stout)
In five years I hope I am: Learning to Swim (Sara Henry)
Kathy – Thank you
– That’s very kind. And your contributions are wonderful. I especially like your answer to the one about the memoir and the one about Mondays. Really inspired! This is fun, isn’t it?
These are great Kathy! Well done.
I love these!! Very clever answers, Margot, and a nice way to tell us a little more about yourself.
Elizabeth – Thank you
– I’m so glad you liked these. I had a lot of fun doing this.
Fun answers. I had some I could have entered five titles for but other were a real stretch.
Patti – Thanks for the kind words
– I know what you mean about having to work for some of these. They weren’t all easy, but I have to say I had fun doing this.
Well done Margot – I fear I’m not as imaginative as you. I’d struggle past question 1.
Sarah – Thank you
– I’ll bet you’d be able to come up with some very good choices.
I love coming up with my own answers, but it’s always great wandering around reading everyone else’s!
Cathy – Oh, I like to do that, too
Tricky, but very funny. Some of the below feel a bit forced.
Every Monday I look/feel like The Abominable Man (Sjowall & Wahloo)
Last time I went to a doctor/therapist was because of Writing Crime Fiction (Janet Laurence)
Last meal I ate was Blood of the Wicked (Leighton Gage)
My savings account is: My Name is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
When a creepy guy/girl asks for my number, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Elizabeth Smart)
Ignorant politicians make me Look Back in Anger (John Osborne)
Some people need to spend more time in The Locked Room (Sjowall & Wahloo again)
My Memoir could be titled: In Search of Lost Time (Proust) – well, what else, come on?
If I could have, I would’ve told my teenage self: No Turning Back (K.M.Peyton)
In five years I hope I will Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel) – well, at least in books…
Marina Sofia – Oh, these are inspired! Thank you so much for sharing. I laughed out loud at your response to the one about the savings account, and of course, there was no other response to the memoir question.
I love your answer to the question about what you’ll be doing in five years too. Yes, these are terrific!
Oh, lovely, Margot! Great answers. Here’s My Life in Books.
Bev – Thank you
– I really did enjoy doing this.