Jami and the Fake Interview

So I haven't blogged for awhile (again) and was thinking I should, when I read an interview with an author in EW magazine. I liked the questions and have to admit that at this point in my life, it seems very unlikely I will be interviewed by EW. Therefore, I decided to blog my answers. Which classic have you never read, but pretended you did? Ah, I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I have never actually read Little Women. I've read bits of it, I know the story, and I started in once, but I think at the time, I was too young for it. After that, when I would go to pick it up, I'd think I know the story already and then get something else. I need to read it, for real. What book would you use to swat a fly? Hmm, there aren't too many. I think even silly Harlequin romances have their place. I will admit that I hated Ellison's Invisible Man when I read it in 9th grade, but I might not have really "gotten" it. Or I might still hate it. I'll never know because I hated it enough to not give it a second chance. Tell us what your favorite childhood books were. If you want to go waaaay back, the Amelia Bedelia books were probably the first series I was into. I loved the Beezus and Ramona books, Judy Blume, the Hardy Boys (but not Nancy Drew) and sadly, in fifth grade I started sneaking some Stephen King, who is most certainly NOT appropriate reading for an 11-year-old. Are there books you have gone back and read over and over. Short answer: TONS! Long answer: I have loved "The Blue and the Gray" by John Leekly enough to have read 2 copies to pieces. I think it's out of print now, but I might have to find another copy. "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" causes me to laugh out loud and tear up every time I read it. The Fletch series and Flynn series by Gregory MacDonald are ridiculously clever and funny. Anne Rule's "Small Sacrifices" is one I can't put down even though it horrifies me. I think I read it over and over trying to make the (true) story make sense. I have a few other favorite authors, but no one standout book among their collections. Is there a book that scared the pants off of you? As I mentioned before, I started reading Stephen King way too young. I read "Christine" in one night too scared to sleep from reading it, but too into it to put it down. I finished at about 4 am and it was one of the first times I remember seeing a sunrise. I think it was the summer after 7th grade. Is there a book you always meant to pick up but never did? I'd like to read some more of the "classics" that I haven't gotten to, "Great Expectations", some of Jane Austen's lesser known books (the ones that haven't been movies yet) and those cat mysteries people seem to love. What do you want to read next? I'd like to get "The Self Sufficient-ish Bible" out of the library, because it sounds like the sort of thing I'd like. Feel free to answer these questions on your blog, unless you expect EW to be calling.