What are your five favorite books, and why?
My five favorite books would be:
1) Watership Down by Richard Adams -- it's a whirlwind adventure. I reread it every few years to remind myself how wonderful it is.
2) 11/22/63 by Stephen King -- it's breath-taking and heart-breaking at the same time. Another book I reread often.
3) Even Cowgirls Get the Blues -- the first book I ever read with queer content. I loved it in college because it broadened my horizons. And it's a great read.
4) The Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman -- it's a grown up Harry Potter meets Chronicles of Narnia. It's three books, not one, but it's amazing.
5) Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon -- this has been a favorite of mine since childhood (I read well above my age and apparently my parents had no problems with that).
What do you read for pleasure?
I love to read off the wall nonfiction -- anything about diseases, death, odd creepypasta, true crime, murders, disappearances, stuff like that. As for fiction, I love thrillers that keep you turning the page (like "Gone Girl"). I also love speculative fiction -- sci-fi, fantasy, horror, especially dystopias, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic stories, and anything with zombies. What can I say? I have weird tastes.
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