A quiz copied from cmwinters:

[mary_j_59]

This is rather long, so I'm going to put it behind a cut if I can. I'm practising! My responses are after the cut (I hope):

How much of a fantasy geek are YOU?
Harry Potter
Name 6 Slytherins who are students during Harry's time at Hogwarts.:	Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Pansy Parkinson, Millicent Bulstrode, Theo Nott
Give the names of four portraits on the walls of Dumbledore's office.:	Well - I can name two. Phineas Nigellus, and Everard (no last name given)
Name as many Death Eaters as you can.:	Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange, Crabbe, Goyle, Avery and Nott
Without looking, quote your favorite passage from the books.:	"Hermione, you're a girl." "Oh, well spotted!"
Lord of the Rings
Did you read the Silmarillion?:	Partly
Give me a Sindarin phrase.:	Well - I don't know the difference between Sindarin and Quenya, so I'm guessing! "O Elbereth Gilthoniel, Silivren penna miriel!"
Tell me, without looking, the first and last sentences of TTT book.:	Can't do exact sentences. It begins, Aragorn ran up the hill, and ends (after Sam runs into the doorwary,) "he knew no more" . Or words to that effect.
What book club was JRRT a part of?:	The Inklings
What does JRR stand for?:	John Ronald Reuel
Have you read...
Enchanted Forest Chronicles?:	No
Star Wars books?:	One or two - wouldn't read more. I lost interest in Star Wars after "Phantom Menace", and anyway, Star Wars is meant to be seen, not read. It's not literature.
Star TREK books?:	A few. They were mostly mediocre. See above. (the best - at least, most enjoyable "Star Trek " book I ever read was "How Much for Just the Planet, by John Ford, a joke!
The Keys to the Kingdom books?:	No
Tithe, or anything by Holly Black?:	No
Wizard of Earthsea?:	Yes, several times.
WICKED?:	No.
Neverwhere or Coraline, both by Neil Gaiman?:	Coraline. Good, but "Alice in Wonderland", which it resembles, is better.
Ella Enchanted?:	Yes.
The Wheel of Time books?:	No - don't like imitation Tolkien
The Vlad Taltos books?:	No - don't like vampires
His Dark Materials trilogy?:	Yes - it started well, but got more annoying as it went on.
Jumper, or any of its sequels?:	No. I tried, but found I wasn't that interested.
REM World?:	No
Young Wizards series?:	Yes, with pleasure.
Abhorsen series?:	No
Animorphs?:	I read one for review (I''m a librarian)
Everworld?:	No
Charlie Bone?:	Yes, the first one. It was okay.
Artemis Fowl?:	Read the first three for book groups - see "Animorphs"
A Wrinkle in Time?:	Yes, several times - I LOVE this book.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?:	Yes, several times - I love this series!
Hawksong, or other Amelia Atwater-Rhodes books?:	No
The Neverending Story?:	No
Finally, and possibly most important...THE DARK TOWER??:	No - not a Stephen King fan, at all.
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Comments

[ginamariewade.livejournal.com]

REM World?

80s college bands? Floppy hair and dirty clothes? Clove cigarettes, berets, and really pretentious lyrics?

Sounds like my kind of place!

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's actually about REM the band, though (I rather like them). I think it might be something to do with dreams? Maybe by Philbrick? If so, I might have read it for review and found it forgettable. I certainly forgot it, if I did read it!

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

Yes - just wanted to let you know it's that miserable book by Rodman Philbrick. Look at the SLJ review on amazon for a good review - this is about what I thought. A completely incoherent fantasy; worse yet, meant for kids, who need and want coherence in their fantasy. I read it because I had to, and never read anything else by Philbrick. Perhaps that's unfair of me. I hear "Freak the Mighty" is actually good.