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Originally Posted by Alex's Trip

1. Harry Potter series. I'm proud to be a nerdy wizard! Really though, I think Harry Potter was very significant for me because it was the first real book that I wanted to pick up and read. I think it was Harry Potter that really got me into reading.

Fight the good fight.

1. One book that changed your life
Probably A Clockwork Orange, simply because it made me challenge what I had been taught up until that point. It's not my favorite book, but it was significant. If I were reading it today, I don't know what effect (if any) it would have on me. But it was very much appreciated, at that particular point in time.

2. One book you have read more than once
When I was in the 2nd grade, I read Treasure Island eight times. Eventually the librarian just let me keep the book.

3. One book you would want on a desert island
I really have no idea. I can't single out any one book. On my bed I keep a few books and movies that I basically sleep next to, because I like to have them near me at all times throughout the night in case I wake up and it's still dark outside...and these books/movies are constantly being switched out for different ones. The only one that I keep there all the time is The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara. But I don't know if that counts, or if that is even my answer.

4. One book that made you laugh
A Confederacy of Dunces

5. One book that made you cry
Most of the good ones do, to be honest. It it's good, I'm crying. Sadness has very little to do with it.

6. One book you wish had been written
A better 7th Harry Potter book. Hahaha. Seriously.

7. One book you wish had never had been written
On The Road? I don't know. Something underwhelming.

8. One book you are currently reading
Switching among a few different things, but honestly I am working on a project right now involving Hamlet, not for any particular school-related purpose though. But perhaps it will come to that.

9. One book you have been meaning to read
I can't really think of anything at the moment. Usually when I need a new book I just go to the bookstore and surprise myself.

Also, it was unusually difficult to exclude plays from most of these answers. I almost succeeded.