SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

Thanks Crusader :)

On a side note, if i send audio books, i will send to Niecole first, as i want to send her a bookmark too :)

Then she can pass it on and send a bookmark to someone else :)

How does that sound?

Question:
What would you morph into if you could be an animagus?

Ooooh hard question

A bird! So I can fly all day :) But maybe something bigger like a dragon :)

That sounds cool!
I love the idea, because then we dont have to assign people to one another for bookmarks, you send me and I send along, and so everyone sends to someone else, we can just say to whom we've sent it :)

Thats a very cool idea Lu

Ok, I still need to send along a bookmark to the USA, any places I should go look? Or any suggestions about making one???

Mmmm I'd morph into a cat.
Dont know why, just seems really interesting to me

I would like to be an animal that is top of the food chain, so definitely not a wildebeest, those poor buggers are on the dinner menu for everything.

Probably a Lion, or Wolf or a bird as birds always seem so free.

I'd pick a bird as well, something predatory - a falcon.

cat for sure; a big old main coon, and demand cheeseburgers all day.

Will take another bit, and when I'm ready I'll send to Niecole and then we go from there k?

Today's new question:

If you had to be turned into a paranormal creature (there is no way from avoiding this lol) which one would you rather be and why?

Does an Elf count? I like the image of Arya's home in Eragon and in a lot of other books as well that I just can't seem to remember right now. They seem to be the masters of the bow and arrow, which has always fascinated me. Immortality, beauty, funky, super human powers... what more could one ask for?

Yea I'd say they count :)

I choose wizard (ppffft it falls under the category ok :P)

Hehe then I want to be a wizard to, or a witch, or a fairy... or a pixie (I'll stop now)

Hear! Hear! Another fan of Icanhascheezburger I take it!

a dragon

What do you do when you want to read but none of the books you start hold your attention?

Watch movies and play computer games :)

Watch TV, Listen to music, pretend to study hehe

I read something fun and easy - usually Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams. Maybe study, since the urge to read shouldn't go to waste. But if I'm really too restless I'll watch movies, make jewellery, or play games.

If I dont like the book that I am reading and I know for sure thats its more than my not being in the mood for that kind of book, then I simply read something else. I dont waste my time reading crap books anymore as there are so many goods ones.

Do you remember the first book you ever read without any help from the 'growed ups'?

I don't think I can remember the exact book, but I do remember a kids' book on dinosaurs that I absolutely loved. I read it so often I eventually knew the whole thing off by heart.

I think mine was . I remember how proud I was of myself when I was done. After that I just read my way through all the books my older siblings were kind enough to give me. My favorite was the Jungle Book which I got as a present when I was about 6 and I keep hidden from my nieces and nephews :)

It was either :

or:



These are the earliest books I remember reading.

I remember something about a dragon that has Asthma

In first grade when we were taught to read, each of us were given the same book to take home and attempt on our own. It was called "Sus en Daan" or something like that. "Hier sit Sus. Hier sit Daan. Hallo Sus. Hallo Daan." I read it through in class and decided it was an insult to my intellect, went home and hid it from my mom. The day after that was a parent/teacher meeting. My teacher asked my mom how I was getting on with the book. My mom asked "What book?", and I went completely red. Don't know what happened after that, but I know later on my teacher gave me some better books to read. :P

I remember books like that. I left them behind very fast and went on to bigger and better books. Can't remember the first book I read on my own, but I was reading before I went to school so it is a very long time ago for me to remember. I still have a lot of books from those days.

I remember that it was a Sweet Vally High book, I can't remember which one exactly but I remember being so proud of myself for finishing it. I was in primary school at the time so don't judge me :P it was the in book at the time. Ironically it's the exact type of genre I wouldn't even consider now.

What is your favourite thing to drink?

Grape slush puppy :)

Coke or tea

Red wine or cola tonic with dry lemon.

Mmmmm, I love red wine too, especially a nice full bodied one.
I also love plain Tonic Water or a good gin and tonic (yes I know I sound very old right now)
I love Coke! and Oros!!!

Dr. Pepper, juice made of berries and Baileys

Niecole wrote: "Mmmmm, I love red wine too, especially a nice full bodied one.
I also love plain Tonic Water or a good gin and tonic (yes I know I sound very old right now)"

I know a few people our age who love their G&T's :) Never tried it myself.

No coffee addicts? :)

I love the bitter taste to it, the sweeter drinks make me feel "naar", too much sweet just doesnt work for me.
And I love the clear colour of the G&T too, with a little slice of lemon inside

Mmmmm I don't drink like 30 cups a day, but I like a good strong blend.
My father and I try out all the instants there is available, but we love the plunger coffee as well.

Kahlan wrote: "No coffee addicts? :)"

I like it but it's not my favourite drink. And for a caffeine boost green tea is way better (although not in terms of taste).

Niecole wrote: "I love the bitter taste to it, the sweeter drinks make me feel "naar", too much sweet just doesnt work for me.
And I love the clear colour of the G&T too, with a little slice of lemon inside"

I can't handle anything too bitter or where the taste of the alcohol is too strong. G&Ts do look refreshing though; I should try it some time.

Did someone say coffee? That's me! Of course with all my other addictions I can only afford instant, but quantity over quality seems to work.

Oooh coffee. Yes I'm a definite coffee addict.

Do you ever watch movies/TV and find that when people say the word "coffee" a lot or they drink a lot of coffee (especially when you see it poured or hear them slurping or they drink it from a take-away cup) that you end up really wanting a cup yourself?

Yes, often. There's this one coffee shop in town that roast their own coffee beans in the morning. You can smell it from blocks away. I always say you get a caffeine rush just from walking past it.

Hmm, the smell of fresh coffee is so good. I ended up making myself want some, and I opened a new bag of filter coffee - smells lovely.

Earlier this year I started buying coffee from a specialist coffee shop in Pretoria. They have ridiculously expensive coffee accessories, pots, plungers, etc. but they had a decently-priced range of blends from all over the world. It was R40 for a bag, and they also had flavoured dessert coffees - fudge, hazelnut, Kahlua, etc.

I don't like coffee and coffee doesn't like me. I get really really hyper if I drink it. So hyper it just isn't funny anymore.

What is plunger coffee?

Plunger coffee is filter coffee, although to make it in a plunger you have to buy medium or coarse grind, because the filter in a plunger isn't as fine as the paper filters you put in a coffee machine.

Liqui - Fruit Orange and Mango!!!!!

Lauren wrote: "Do you ever watch movies/TV and find that when people say the word "coffee" a lot or they drink a lot of coffee (especially when you see it poured or hear them slurping or they drink it from a take..."

I get that with food as well, when you watch the cooking channel...
And all this talk of coffee has made me want a cup right no!

New question: Your fav actress and fav actor?

Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp