TCL’s Life According to Literature Tag 2020 Version.

I recently noticed that Annabookbel did a “My Life in Books” tag for 2020, and I remembered that I did one like it in 2019 and enjoyed it, but that was called “Life According to Literature” and it had slightly different prompts. In 2019, I found it on Brona’s Books, ANZ LitLovers LitBlog, and Veronica @ The Burgeoning Book Shelf. Also, I understand that Veronica originally found it on Theresa Smith Writes and Claire’s Reads and Reviews! Well, wherever this came from, I decided I wanted to do this again for the 2020 books I’ve read and reviewed, using 2019’s questions PLUS Annabel’s (even though I recall it was harder than I thought it would be).

THE RULES: Using only books you have read during the last year (2020), answer these questions. Try not to repeat a book title. These answers don’t have to be true, but they just need to make (some kind of) sense! You’ll find links to my reviews in my answers!

Describe yourself: Charity Girl (David Blixt)
How do you feel: like The Last Blue (Isla Morley)
Describe Where you currently live: At the Stroke of Nine O’clock (Jane Davis)
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Another Time Another Place (various authors)
Your favourite form of transportation: Her Last Flight (Beatriz Williams)
Your best friend is: Adele: The Forgotten Sister of Fred Astaire (Nicola Cassidy)
You and your friends are: Stories from Suffragette City (various authors)
What’s the weather like: The Arctic Fury (Greer Macallister)
You Fear: The Boys Next Door (Dan Greenberger)
What is the best advice you have to give: To Be a Man (Nicole Krauss)
Thought for the Day: Fresh Complaint (Jeffrey Eugenides)
How would I like to die: Quicksand & Passing (Nella Larsen)
My soul’s present condition: Why I Don’t Write (Susan Minot)

Annabel’s prompts:

My life in lockdown was: All the Ways We Said Goodbye (Williams, Willig, White)
In high school I was: Clever Girl (David Blixt)
People might be surprised by: Rhododendron Pie (Margery Sharp)
I will never be: The Girl in White Gloves (Kerri Maher)
My fantasy job is: Queen of the Owls (Barbara Probst)
At the end of a long day, I need to: Take Nothing with You (Patrick Gale)
I hate being: The Redhead by the Side of the Road (Anne Tyler)
Wish I had: The Queen’s Secret (Karen Harper)
My family reunions are: A Curious Beginning (Deanna Raybourne)
At a party you’d find me with: Hamnet (Maggie O’Farrell)
I’ve never been to: A House in the Country (Ruth Adams)
A happy day includes: The Part-Time Job (P.D. James)
Motto I live by: Begin Again (Ursula Orange)
On my bucket list is: Dreamland (Nancy Bilyeau)
In my next life, I want to: Salt the Snow (Carrie Callaghan)