Shakespeare or the Bible: No contest, sorry God, but Shakespeare, hands down.
Most romantic quote in fiction: I can't remember the quote--okay, I'm on my lunch hour here at home, and don't especially feel like wandering over to the book case to look it up--but, it's from Wuthering Heights, the final kiss at the end--or, if you you haven't read it, the last kiss in the film--the old B&W one, with Lawwrence Oliver as Heathcliff. And, they didn't need any disgustingly loud snogging noises, to make their point, either, back then.
Favourtie word: Don't have one, that I know of--I like 'em all--except certain cuss words, and the word "debt," don't like that one, not in the least--oh, or the word, "fired," and "eviction," that's a nasty word, as well.
Most underated writer(s): No clue. I absolutely don't follow--or honestly care-- who's overrated or underrated, I just read whatever grabs me at the moment, so I have no idea who's popular and who is underated. I suppose, if I were a librarian, I'd have to know, but I'm not.
Best Meal in fiction: In The Walking Drum, the main character went to a lavish MiddleEastern dinner party in Medieval Spain: Carra bige--chopped nuts mixed with sugar and melted butter, rolled in a pastry and baked and served with Natif--a fluffy mix of sugar, egg white and orange flower water, rice with sour lemon sauce, Egyptian pilaf, Egyptian fritters called shebach, two kinds of olives, artichoke hearts fried in batter, kebaeba--made w/ beef, pine nuts and crushed wheat, smoking hot skewers of lamb, veal and beef kebabs--served with a wide variety of sauces, a Syrian dessert made from quince, cardamon seeds and and ground almonds, rose jam, wine from Greece, Italy and Portugal, coffee with sugar. Now THAT'S a meal!
Favourite novel in translation: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Favourite Children's Book: (two-way tie): Afraid to Ride, C.W. Anderson, King of the Wind, M. Henry.
Current bedside book(s): Shakespeare as Dramatic Artist, and Players, by Terrence Dicks (Dr Who).
Sexiest book(s): Don't have one. Not important to me...tho' I did read one rather erotic romance novel, back in the 80's that got me a little hot and bothered, about this 18th Century woman who's kidnapped off a sailing ship to become a Sultan's love slave, but in turn gets kidnapped from the sultan by a rival nomad prince--and what ensues...whew! Made "Casenova" look tame, by comparison, ha-ha. Hey, I may be an old maid, but I ain't dead!
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