Katie Cullen Reads

Which book do you irrationally cringe away from reading, despite seeing only positive reviews? Honestly?
Oh my god… everyone else seems to freaking LOVE this one series, Private by Kate Brian… but having read many other books in the same sort of setting, an upper class school (Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, etc.) I’m not sure how much I should expect from this.  Plus I read her book Lucky T, and it was just sort of lame.

If you could bring three characters to life for a social event (afternoon tea, a night of clubbing, perhaps a world cruise), who would they be and what would the event be?
Um… that’s hard… I would really like to meet Hatter from The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor; Aya Fuse from Extras by Scott Westerfeld; and Neef from Changeling by Delia Sherman.  And we’d all go to a library.  🙂

(Borrowing shamelessly from the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde): you are told you can’t die until you read the most boring novel on the planet. While this immortality is great for awhile, eventually you realize it’s past time to die. Which book would you expect to get you a nice grave?
The encyclopedia.  xD

Come on, we’ve all been there. Which book have you pretended, or at least hinted, that you’ve read, when in fact you’ve been nowhere near it?
I don’t know.  I did lie to my friend about the Gossip Girl books– I told her I’d never touch one and then I read like 3.  What can I say, they’re addictiveee!
As an addition to the last question, has there been a book that you really thought you had read, only to realize when you read a review about it/go to ‘reread’ it that you haven’t? Which book?
I don’t think that’s happened.

You’re interviewing for the post of Official Book Advisor to some VIP (who’s not a big reader). What’s the first book you’d recommend and why? (If you feel like you’d have to know the person, go ahead and personalize the VIP.)
Um…. that’s a hard one.  Probably a really good collection of short stories, because if they don’t like to read, they could start off with something they could read a bit at a time.  Maybe Firebirds Rising? 
A good fairy comes and grants you one wish: you will have perfect reading comprehension in the foreign language of your choice. Which language do you go with?
Italian, yo.

A mischievous fairy comes and says that you must choose one book that you will reread once a year for the rest of your life (you can read other books as well). Which book would you pick?
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment.  Good, flying fun. I know that the book blogging community, and its various challenges, have pushed my reading borders. What’s one bookish thing you ‘discovered’ from book blogging (maybe a new genre, or author, or new appreciation for cover art—anything)?
I’m not the only one who thinks that “chick lit” has redeaming value!
That good fairy is back for one final visit. Now, she’s granting you your dream library! Describe it. Is everything leather bound? Is it full of first edition handovers? Pristine trade paperbacks? Perhaps a few favorite authors have inscribed their works? Go ahead—let your imagination run free.
Tons and tons of paperbacksssss.