Questionaire, found at Ormuz’s blog
1 the book you’re reading just now
Glück und Architektur, Alain de Botton
2 the book you want to read next
Unterm Strich, Peer Steinbrück
3 your favourite book
too many for a shortlist
4 the book you hate
can’t think of one, maybe my taste of choice is ok
5 the book you want to read over and over again
med ana schwoazzn dintn, poems, hc artmann
all Calvin & Hobbes books, Bill Watterson
6 the book you can only read once (never mind whether you own it or not)
Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften, Robert Musil
7 the book that reminds you of someone
Talking it over, Julian Barnes
8 the book that reminds you of some place
Consider the lilies, Ian Crichton Smith
9 the first book you ever read
The Bible, various authors. Not in one go, but bit by bit, obviously
10 a book from your favourite writer
presently: A spot of bother, Mark Haddon
11 a book you once liked but now hate
none
12 a book recommended
My year of meat, Ruth L. Ozeki
13 a book that makes you laugh
Aus dem Leben Hödlmosers, Reinhard P. Gruber
14 a book from your childhood
Karl May, Vol. 1 – 74
15 the 4th book from top left on your shelf
Durcheinandertal, Dürrenmatt
16 the 9th book from top right in your shelf
The Schopenhauer cure, Irvin D. Yalom
17 close your eyes and just take any book from your shelf
Art & Lies, Jeanette Winterson
18 the book with the most beautiful cover from your shelf
Theodor Storm, Gesamtausgabe
19 a book you always wanted to read
The Yale Shakespeare, complete works. Only ever manage a play or a couple of sonnets. It’s such hard work…
20 the best book you had to read for school
Wunschloses Unglück, Peter Handke
21 the most stupid book you had to read for school
none. I found them all better than what I had to read at home.
22 the book in your shelf with the most pages
No idea. By weight, it might well be my treasured Webster’s Dictionary, followed closely by Mr. Shakespeare’s complete works.
23 the book in your shelf with the least pages
6 volumes of a series of Pocket Penguins with short stories from writers such as Nick Hornby, Will Self,Jonathan Safran Foer, Melissa Bank, Jorge Luis Borges etc.
24 a book no one would think you ever read
no idea, maybe the Koran?
25 a book in which the main character resembles you
I will write it, sometime
26 a book from which you would read your kids to
Der kleine Nick, Sempé/Goscinny
27 a book in which the main character is your ideal
I don’t think I do have such a thing. So no answer.
28 thank god they made a film of it!
The remains of the day, Kazuo Ishiguro
29 why the hell did they make a film of it!
can’t think of any just now.
30 why the hell haven’t they made a film of it yet!
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time, Mark Haddon
31 the book you most often gave as a gift
Der Herr Karl, Helmut Qualtinger/Carl Merz
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