What Book Are You?

10 May 2015

What Book Are You?

I am drawn to determinant quizzes. You know the ones–you answer all sorts of questions that lead to some revealing aspect of your personality or your secret career or dream vacation spot or other stuff that thought we knew about ourselves but obviously don’t.
One of my countless book-related web subscriptions, The Reading Room, dropped an irresistible quiz into my mailbox: what book am I? Obviously any matters of import ceased until I discovered my book type.
I was lead through a gamut of questions starting with the obsequious “What kind of book do you most think you are like?”
Their choices weren’t really working for me: Mystery, Quirky, Romantic, Escape. Where is the classic option?
I was hoping to nudge my answers towards the announcement I was indeed a Jane Eyre kind of book–a heroine who triumphs over injustices and is remembered for her unwavering principles that finally show the world that intelligence wins over beauty. That is Jane Eyre, right?
Well, with “classic” unavailable I went for “quirky” figuring Thursday Next is pretty quirky and she got to know Rochester as well.
Be careful if quirky, as it leads to surprising results.
Other questions involved preferred people types, job and vacation choices, a couple of introspective questions that lead to my supposed book type.
A drumroll would be appreciated
Then again, which do you think is the result?
1. Da Vinci Code
2. Sherlock Holmes
3. Harry Potter
4. Tom Sawyer

I wasn’t wasn’t terribly disappointed but grew a bit miffed when I read what choices other commenters were bestowed. I retook the quiz three times and never did get Pride and Prejudice or even Alice in Wonderland.
So–
What’s your guess? What book type dost thou thinkest the Cricket be?

Posted in Blogging, Writing and tagged blogs, books, creativity, Douglas Adams, quizzes personality types book types

9 thoughts on “What Book Are You?”

Adrienne Morris on May 10, 2015 at 12:36 pm said:

I don’t know about you but I think I’d be Tom Sawyer. Even as a child I fantasized about being him or Huck Finn. Quirky . . . Harry Potter for you? I wouldn’t know because I couldn’t get into those books.

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- cricketmuse on May 10, 2015 at 12:45 pm said:
  
  Nope, not Harry. I never did the series, and doubt I will. I was bestowed Sherlock. Not terribly disappointed as I do appreciate solving mysteries and tend to do so logically. Quirky? Okay, a bit.
  
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  - Adrienne Morris on May 10, 2015 at 10:06 pm said:
    
    Those tests are funny. they remind me of when you have beautiful straight hair, yet you always wanted curls 🙂
  - cricketmuse on May 11, 2015 at 3:04 am said:
    
    So true because that’s exactly me and hair wishes!
Penny Parker Klostermann on May 11, 2015 at 1:05 am said:

I’m guessing Sherlock Holmes.

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- cricketmuse on May 11, 2015 at 3:05 am said:
  
  Exactumundo! You can collect your prize at the front desk.
  
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  - Penny Parker Klostermann on May 11, 2015 at 12:28 pm said:
    
    Yay 🙂
heylookawriterfellow on May 11, 2015 at 5:30 pm said:

I woulda had you pegged as a “1,001 Bovine Riddles” kinda gal.

You should post a link so we can find out what books we are!

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- cricketmuse on May 11, 2015 at 8:59 pm said:
  
  I know…that means I have to remember where I found the link. Fine. Sigh. I’ll look for it.
  
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