Welcome to #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books.
Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.
Today we're talking to Wendy Rake, our IT Services Business Admin. She doesn't have a Hogwarts House yet so we need to acquire a Sorting Hat, pronto! (or Pottermore offers a digital version for all you Muggles out there).
What's the first book you remember reading, or being read?
"It was 'The Rat-A-Tat Mystery by Enid Blyton - I read it so many times, and still jave the book. It led on to me reading so many more of her wonderful books."
What is your favourite book of all time?
Name one book or author that you really can't stand.
"John Fowles - The Magus. I still have nightmares."
Which character in a book do you think is most like you?
"John Fowles - The Magus. I still have nightmares."
Which character in a book do you think is most like you?
"Lucy from the Peanuts cartoons (lots of people will agree with this!)"
Which book would you love to be in or live inside its world?
"I think it would be lovely to slip into the world of Derek Tange who, along with his wife, Jeanie, gave up their jobs in London to buy a daffodil farm in Minnack, Cornwall. He wrote books about their new life and all the animals and people that came into it."
Which literary character would you want to date, and why?
"Not sure I'd want to date him, but I would love to meet Roland from the Dark Tower series - just to see if he matches up to my image of him."
"Not sure I'd want to date him, but I would love to meet Roland from the Dark Tower series - just to see if he matches up to my image of him."
What's your favourite book adaptation in film or TV?
"The Secret Garden and A Little Princess (both written by Frances Hodgson Burnett)
Would you read the book before watching an adaptation, and does it matter?
"Book first for me, or when I read the book afterwards I can only imagine the film's characters."
Who is the best villain in a novel?
Who is the best villain in a novel?
What's your favourite children's book?
"There are two that I can't separate: "Rosie's Babies", which is a book about a little girl (Rosie) acting out her thoughts with her dolls about the new baby that has come into her world; and "Christmas in Exeter Street" about a Christmas Eve when lots of people come to stay in one house, and what they all bring to share for Christmas (Bay Lilly Lou brings her smile). Both books are treasures in our house."
What book would you recommend to someone else, and why?
"All of the above, but also "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey - hard hitting, but unable to put it down. Jo Nesbo books are also a great (if gruesome) read."
Who's your favourite cartoon character?
"Snoopy."
Who would play you in a film of your life?
"Bette Midler may be loud enough!" (YC Reading would like to sing Did you ever know that you're my hero...)
"All of the above, but also "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey - hard hitting, but unable to put it down. Jo Nesbo books are also a great (if gruesome) read."
Who's your favourite cartoon character?
"Snoopy."
Who would play you in a film of your life?
"Bette Midler may be loud enough!" (YC Reading would like to sing Did you ever know that you're my hero...)
Where is your favourite place to read?
"In bed."
Thanks Wendy! If you also love Jo Nesbo's gripping thrillers,also loved Enid Blyton or you'd like to comment (nicely) below, log in with your Google account and join the conversation.
Alternatively, you can always tweet us at @YC_Reading using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of choices!
Alternatively, you can always tweet us at @YC_Reading using the hashtag #FictionFriday with what you think of choices!
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