19.Apr.2009 Read-a-thon: Hour 11 & 2 Mini Challenges

I just woke up at 7am, which is hour 10 of the read-a-thon. I read for 2 hours last night before I went to sleep for 6 hours, so I think it’s not bad. Then I spent the rest of the hour catching up of what’s been happening, visiting all the sites that host the mini challenges, commenting on some participants’ sites. It bummed me out that I missed some of the challenges, but hey, we still have quite a lot more hours to go, so I can participate later :).

I’m going to read again pretty soon. I’m sorry if I haven’t visited or left comment on your sites. I will do more later, I promise!

Meanwhile, since there are 2 mini challenges still running, I’m gonna try to do them.

The Curious Reader’s Love Your Local Library Mini Challenge

What is the name of your local library? What city is it located in?

I have 2 local libraries that I frequently go to: Bankstown and Lakemba (Canterbury) Library. They’re at the suburbs of Sydney, NSW.

How often do you go to the library? If you’re a regular, do the staff know you?

Since my hubby and I are not working at the moment, we go to the library at least once a week. We know the faces of lots of the staff, but I think they don’t know us yet because it’s a big library. Well except for one staff.

Do you browse while you’re there or just pick up items you have placed on reserve?

Both. At Bankstown library we have to pay $1 a book to reserve, so I don’t reserve there. But I do reserve at the other library.

What is your favorite thing about your local library?

Oh I grew up with library. I frequent library every where I live. I even go to library when I visit a new city. So any library is just a familiar place for me. For my current local library, I just love the whole atmosphere. It’s very convenient to browse around and you can always find a place to sit for a while. When I was in Singapore, I had to fight for seats all the time, it was crazy! There were just so many people!

Secret Dreamworld of a Bookaholic’s Books to TV Cross-over

Now, what I want you to do for the mini-challenge is to search your memory for books and book series that might also work as a TV series. Which are they, and do you already have some actors in mind for them? (If so, you might even post links to a photo of the actor!)

I always think that Harry Potter series would be great as TV series, since the movies have omitted so much of the detail. With TV series they will have more time to show everything that is in the books. For the actors, well, the current Harry Potter actors would be great.  But I always imagine that Harry would be skinnier, so they could perhaps use another actor for Harry if Daniel Radcliffe is too busy :P.

Now think about the movies or TV series you’ve watched. Which of them would you read as a book as well? What are they about and what genre would they be?

I can’t really imagine reading books out of TV series. Most TV series I watch are the funny type. Nothing much to write about that isn’t already in the show. With movies too, I don’t think I’d be interested reading a book out of a movie (the movie comes out first). I don’t think there has been a good one yet.

And finally, think about the books that have already been made into a movie or a TV series. And what about those movies and TV series that were made into a book?

I don’t even know if there’s any movie or TV series that has been made into a book. I like to watch a movie based on book because I can be sure that the story line is solid and strong enough to be made into a movie. But I don’t ever do it the other way around. Let me know if you have recommendation!

Total

Reading hours: 2
Blogging hours: 2.5 hours
Mini Challenges: 3