If you were a book, what would you be?

I honestly have no idea what I'd be. I'll think about it later. Et vous?
(Because this forum has been pretty inactive recently.)

Do you mean which book fits your character, or which one you would like to be?
I think The Children of Hurin fits my current character pretty well.It's a tragedy where the protagonists kill themselves in the end. (I'm not emo, it's just a cool story)

I don't know what book I would be, but I can tell you what book I would want to be.

I'd want to be something leatherbound with slightly yellowed pages, a book that could stand the test of time. I'd want to be something semi-obscure, where only those who were actually intelligent and interesting would read me. I'd want to be thought provoking, yet heart wrenching. I'd want to be a book that people would read over and over again.

I like Mariah's answer. It would be tough to choose a specific book, or to add many more details to the ones Mariah gave. Hopefully my readers would use a bookmark and not dog-ear the pages. That always looked uncomfortable for the poor book, plus it makes it look terrible. Hopefully I would be a house book or a library book and not one taken to the beach. Sand between my pages...no thanks.

Paul wrote:

I like Mariah's answer. It would be tough to choose a specific book, or to add many more details to the ones Mariah gave. Hopefully my readers would use a bookmark and not dog-ear the pages. That always looked uncomfortable for the poor book, plus it makes it look terrible. Hopefully I would be a house book or a library book and not one taken to the beach. Sand between my pages...no thanks.

Would sand between your pages be like sand in your but crack?

I'll also add that I hope no one would take me into the tub. Paper and water don't mix.

I'd be.... I'd be....

Ok. So I wanted to write that I would be some really clever book that was loved by many people. But in fact, I suppose I'd be the hidden treasure, probably self-published, not sold on Amazon, and albeit short, my plot would be extremely complex.

So much for self-esteem

Gadz! Really good question, but a difficult one. I just got back today, so I'll probably answer this later. Suffice to say you've given me much to think about....

Queen Rhodantia wrote:

Paul wrote:

I like Mariah's answer. It would be tough to choose a specific book, or to add many more details to the ones Mariah gave. Hopefully my readers would use a bookmark and not dog-ear the pages. That always looked uncomfortable for the poor book, plus it makes it look terrible. Hopefully I would be a house book or a library book and not one taken to the beach. Sand between my pages...no thanks.

Would sand between your pages be like sand in your but crack?

I'll also add that I hope no one would take me into the tub. Paper and water don't mix.

...and you would not want to be one of my working copies. My Macbeth, for instance, looks sadly involved - every page written full of comments, explanations, vocab for the students (so I don't have to think of a nice circumlocution every time), possible assignments...