The Ultimate Booklover's Survey

When most adults find out I'm a teacher they usually share their most memorable teacher or school memory.  When I also add that I'm a librarian the reaction is different.  Either they love or hate reading and they feel compelled to tell me. Children, on the other hand, are quite different.  The most common reaction I get from children when they find out I'm a teacher-librarian is an inquisitive one:  what is your favorite  book?  I think they are just trying to stump me, which they do, but over the years I have developed my list of faves to share when asked. 

On a librarian list-serv I came across an interesting post by  Teresa Schauer.  She had gotten this book survey from one of her students and I found it just fascinating.  I am a book lover, no doubt, but this questionnaire made me reach far beyond my comfort-zone (ahem, number 29) when discussing books.

Here are the questions:  

1-Your favorite Book:

2-Least Favorite Book:

3-A Book that completely surprised you: (bad/good)

4. - A Book that made you laugh out loud:

5- A Non-fiction book that you actually enjoyed:

6- A Book that makes you cry:

7- A Book that’s hard to read:

8- A Book you want to read, but never have:

9- A Book you’ve read more than once:

10- The first novel you remember reading:

11- The Book that made you fall in love with reading:

12- A book so emotionally draining you couldn’t complete it or had to set aside for a bit:

13- Favorite childhood Book:

14- Book that should be on hs/college required reading list:

15- Favorite book dealing with foreign culture:

16- Favorite book turned movie:

17- Book turned movie and completely desecrated:

18- A Book You can’t find on shelves anymore that you love:

19- A Book that changed your mind about a particular subject:

20-A Book you would recommend to an ignorant/racist/closed minded person:

21-A guilty pleasure book:

22-Favorite Series:

23- Favorite Romance Novel:

24 - A Book you later found out the Author lied about:

25-Favorite Autobiographical/Biographical Book:

26-A Book you wish would be written:

27- A Book you would write if you had all the resources:

28- A Book you wish you never read:

29- An Author that you completely avoid/hate won’t read:

30 - An Author that you will read whatever they put out: 

I will put my answers up as soon as I have sufficiently thought about them...

If you want to read Teresa's answers they are on her blog.