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Fact or Fiction?
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Another giveaway. Can you stand it? Are you sick of free stuff yet? Can you ever be sick of free stuff?
I was debating about whether or not to do this, but after reading this wonderful news I decided that I needed to do something to celebrate. You will need to do two things to be eligible to win.
(You know my giveaways can never be easy. I always make you work for your entry and I can already hear you cussing me out under your breath. At least I’m giving you fair warning.)
- First, I thought it would be fun to play a little game of Fact or Fiction. Below you will find 10 statements that may or may not describe me. All of them are lies except for one. It is your job to try to figure out which one is the truth.
- In addition to giving your answer to the game, please leave me the title of the best book you’ve ever read (Fiction or Non-Fiction). I’m always looking for some good recommendations so I thought why not ask you all for some good picks.
I will do a random drawing and if the person is correct with their guesses to the game, they will win the prize.
Oh, did I forget to mention the prize? I guess that is kind of an important little piece of information.
It is a $10 gift card from Barnes and Nobles.
Here is an example of what your comment should look like:
I think #1 is true. (This is not necessarily the right answer, just an example.)
The Lovely Bones is my favorite book.
This contest will be open until Monday, August 4th at 10pm EST. You do not need a blog to enter, but I am disqualifying all of my family and real-life friends from this contest. You all know me too well, so it won’t be fair. Sorry.
FACT OR FICTION?
1. One of my favorite fruits is the cantaloupe and one of my least favorites is the pear.
2. My favorite show is General Hospital. I tivo it and watch it almost every night before going to bed.
3. If I was given the choice to live in the middle of the city or the middle of the country, I would choose the country.
4. My least favorite household chore is unloading the dishwasher.
5. If I were to win the lottery, the first place I would go would be England.
6. I had open heart surgery as a child.
7. I have seen every Ryan Gosling movie ever made.
8. I got pregnant with my son on a trip to Vegas.
9. Jack Johnson is my favorite singer.
10. I wake up everyday around 6:30am. Mornings are my favorite time of the day.
Remember there is only 1 true statement in the bunch. If you think you know what it is, leave me a comment with the number and also the title of the best book you’ve ever read (Fiction or Non-Fiction). Come back next Monday night to find out the truth and who our winner is. Good luck!
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I think #7 is true.
The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt is a fabulous book.
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that #7 is true - wild guess, mind you.
My favorite book is always a toss up between Lamb by Christopher Moore and Gone With the Wind. But I like sooooooooooooo many books, that lately I wonder if I aught to spice things up a bit and name a new book as my favorite just to keep people guessing - like maybe tomorrow my favorite book will be Crime and Punishment (which would be a long shot as I’ve never read it), and then the day after that, The Scarlett Letter (nevermind I hated the book with every fiber of my being) and then the day after THAT it’d be Twilight by Stephenie Meyer tied with Uglies by Scott Westerfeld tied to A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray because honestly, my point is that I hate making decisions - but those three books are all actually ones I like, so yeah. There you go.
Yeah, I’m gonna have to go with #7. It almost seems to easy, like maybe it’s a trick question but I’m going to go ahead and guess it anyway!
And my favorite book is My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Actually almost anything by Jodi Picoult but since your making me pick one, I’m going w/ that one.
Ok, I’m thinking (hoping?!) that # 7 is a trick answer, so I’m going to go with # 3. I’m a rebel, I know.
I have two book recommendations - I couldn’t decide which was better:
The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley - fabulous female-centered version of the King Arthur legend - the characters are amazing, the story is familiar but new, and you’ll really get drawn into the plotting
The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver - her writing is magnificent - the story is told from 5 points of view and each has a very distinct voice - everyone I’ve recommended this book to has loved it, including all 14 members of my book club
Ummmm….#7 and Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (with the sequel….World Without End is a close second).
I think #7 is true. I don’t know if you’re into Jane Austen books, but Mansfield Park is one of my favorites!
Thanks for the giveaway!
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I’m going to go with #2.
I’m not much into books to be perfectly honest. I am probably the worst person in the world to give you advice in this category. However, the last book I read and really enjoyed was Love and Meatballs by Susan Volland. I picked it up off the 25 cent rack at Half Price Books and was pleasantly surprised to find that I liked it a lot!!
#10 is true.
The Elevator by Angela Hunt is a GREAT read.
I THINK #7 is true
I love The Thorn Birds, I could read it again and again, and I have.
Going with number 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Book… Redeeming Love!
I’m guessing #7 is true… and my favorite book (fiction) is Deadline by Randy Alcorn
I’m cheating and looking at the other people’s answers. #7 seems to be the most popular so I’ll go with that too.
My favorite book is Anne of Green Gables.
i think fhe truth is the open heart surgery as a child, and the best book is The God of Small Things
I think #3 is true.
One of my favorite books is Foundation by Isaac Asimov.
Well, after reading your 100 Things About Me post, which helped me eliminate a few options,using my deductive reasoning skills and the fact that you have Ryan Gosling stuff posted all over, I will have to go with #7 being True.
One of my favourite books is The Hawk and the Dove by Penelope Wilcock.
This could be a trick but I am going with #7….I have seen a lot of him on your blog.
I thought I could do research to find out the correct answer so I actually read your 100 things about you. My research did not help so I am going with the obvious, #7. My book choice is Redemption by Karen Kingsbury.
I am going to say #4..
My ALL Time favorite book right now is called “Divored, Desperate, and Delicious” by Christie Craig. I laughed through the whole thing and I even laughed on the last page of the book. It was a great read!
I am currently reading “Women On The End Of A Nervous Break Through” And that is really good too.
I think #3 is true and right now I really like the Twilight books by Stephanie Meyers
I think #4 is true, mostly because it’s true for me!
My favorite book is A Wrinkle in Time. I read it over and over again!
I think #6 is true.
I love “Shy Boy” by Monte Roberts and anything by Beverly Lewis
Because I followed your links I believe #7 is true.
And the best book ever is a series and it is Abram’s Daughters by Beverly Lewis. You will not be able to put them down! Buy the whole set before you start, not kidding!
I have no idea who Ryan and Rachel are, but I will celebrate your joy in their maybe togetherness by entering your giveaway, lol.
I’ll go w/ 7 as well.
One of my fav books is The Eyre Affair and if you’d read any classics then this is the book for you as it’s full of inside jokes on Jane Eyre, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen to name a few:)
I think 4 is true: My least favorite household chore is unloading the dishwasher. Probably because it’s one of my least favorite chores.
I LOVE to read… I CAN’T pick a favorite, but Mary Higgins Clark always keeps me awake at night. I also enjoy Amish stories - Beverly Lewis, Wanda Brustrater, Cindy Woodsmall
I think #10 is true. One of the best books I ever read is “Guns, Germs, and Steel” by Jared Diamond. I also want to second Anissa’s suggestion of “The Eyre Affair” by Jasper Fforde - it’s marvelous.
Judging by the poll on your blog, I have to go with #7. And ONE of my favorite books is “The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver.
Uhh, I think
2. My favorite show is General Hospital. I tivo it and watch it almost every night before going to bed.
is true…? I doubt it but whatever. xD
I would have to say number 7 as well. As for a favorite book…that is very hard as I haven’t had much time to read in recent years…I liked reading the Left Behind series as it was quick and easy and yet entertaining and suspenseful.
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I’m sure no.7 is true!
I loved The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale!
#7 is true. LOL
I’m guessing #7 too!
“Hinds Feet on High Places” by Hannah Hunard was a really good book!
I’ll have to say number seven is the true statement! LOL
When you ask me to list my FAVORITE book of all time… well, its just impossible. Even stretching it to ‘favorite series’ of books is difficult. So here, try these:
Hyperion - by Dan Simmons
Storm Front - by Jim Butcher (all all the other Dresden Files books)
Hyperion is science fiction at its best, and Storm Front is the most entertaining noir-ish contemporary fantasy mystery fiction ever written. I’m pretty sure that’s what its classified as. And noir-ish is a word. Honest.
#4 true. I hate unloading the dishwasher and most people I know do too. I dont’ even have one, but that’s what I always do when I go to my parents cause Mom hates doing it. One of my favorite books was Summer Sisters by Judy Blume.
#6 is true
The best book I ever read was “The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver.
I’m going to say number 3 is true.
My favorite book is The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Simply a wonderful book.
Just by the above “poll” of comments already above and figuring some of them might actually know you, I am going with #7. and your pic of Ryan over there. and I saw a girl talking on TMZ last night about how hot he is, and I will just take that as a sign.
The Kite Runner is great. So is the Memory Keeper’s Daughter and Running with Scissors. ANd if you want an Old Classic my fave is Where the Redfern Grows. MY all time FAVE! I can cry just thinking about it.
Has to be 7, or it wouldn’t be a true obsession. Fav book is “Life of Pi”
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I’d say number 7 based on your sidebar thing on Ryan, but that could be a red herring…so I’ll go with number 4.
And my favorite book is The Joy Luck Club. I reread it every year!
I also would choose #7 based on your photo collection. My favorite book ever was a collection of short stories called Dragon Fantastic. It was all about dragons and I still have the book and have reread many of the stories over and over again.
I think #4 is true. It’s hard to pick one, but at this very exact moment, my favorite book is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer.
I think #7 is true based on your poll questions. Although you may just be trying to throw us off! lol
The last book to really affect me was Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. Great read!
I think #10 is true. I love the books by Jasper Fforde
I’m going with #7 based on your sidebar poll.
My favorite book is Mitten Strings for God. Read it every summer.
Looking at your poll I’d say 7, but too keep it interesting, I’m putting my money in for #8!
I love all Gaberiel Garcia Marquez.
I’m truly horrible at discerning truth from fiction, but given what you’re celebrating, I will guess that #7 is true.
A recent favorite read is Tamera Alexander’s Fountain Creek trilogy–she does an amazing job of incorporating faith into her stories in a very natural way and her characters are incredibly real and memorable. Thanks for the fun!
I would have to go with #7. Although not my favorite, some really good fun reads that i have really enjoyed lately have been The Spellman Files and curse of the spellmans. They are really entertaining books.
I think #7 is true. I loved reading everyone’s favorite books. One of my favorites is She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb.
I’d guess the true one is #7. Call me crazy. Three favorites: Little Women, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Outlander.
I think #7 is true. My all time favorite series is the O’Malley series by Dee Henderson.
I’m going to go with #6, just because it seems so far-fetched.
I have quite a few favorite books, so I’ll tell you a few I think YOU would like. Cider House Rules by John Irving (totally different from the film, the film left out the whole point of the book), The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Nefeneger, and Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck. I’m reading this last one right now and it is AMAZING. Also totally different from the film. The film is always different, but in this case especially, the film should be put in maximum security prison for it’s heinous rape of this wonderful book. And I used to think the movie was good.
Man!! #7 seems so obvious. I’m a huge Gosling fan, but I couldn’t watch some of those movies. So I’m going with #2! I TiVo Y&R and watch it every night. I think we’re alike, so that’s my choice! lol
I have so many fave books! My faves are:
A confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
Ask the Dust, John Fante
Blindness, Jose Saramago
I’m going with #5 because it’s true for me! Well, I’d go to Ireland first with a jaunt into England.
It’s difficult for me to pick one favorite book because I have so many that I read and re-read. I never tire of Gone With the Wind. I read it at least once a year.
I pick #7. I really liked the Dark Tower series
I’ve been here maybe twice so far, but it’s enough to be able to guess 7. Heath Ledger was my Ryan Gosling. *sniff* Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz is my fav. For enjoyable chick lit I like Kristen Billerbeck.
I am going to take hunch and say ….#7??? (As if we didn’t already know this one!)
My fav. book is The Notebook!!!
Lovely,,,
Thanks,Angie
I’m going with #7 as true, since you have some RG photos posted and a poll on the right… ??
Also, one of my favorite books is Pillars of the Earth. The author just came out with a new book too, which is supposed to be good. So read the first, then head to B&N for a new bestseller!
#7 on a guess..ok cheating..and the best book lately is one my daughter personally wrote to me
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I’ll go with #4.
My favorite book, well i’ll have to do my fav magazine, People. My favorite childrens book is itsy bitsy spider.
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I’m going to take a stab at this and say #7, it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact you have a Ryan Gosling poll up, nope, not at all
One of my favorite books is The China Garden by Liz Berry (YA Fiction with a touch or paranormal), I checked it out by chance at my local library years ago and after buying my own copy it has remained high on my list of favorite re-read books. It was also the book that first got me interested in owning my own motorcycle as a teenager, which still remains near the top of my Bucket List =) Thanks for the chance!
I think it’s #3.
My favorite book was Redeeming Love… and I totally just blanked on who wrote it…
I think that #7 is the only truth!
I love the book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran-Foer! You will cry though!
i have to say #7. my favorite book is eva luna by isabel allende
I’m gonna say # 6 is true.
Books, we’ve got ‘em!: Angela’s Ashes, Summer Sisters, Nanny Diaries, I Don’t Know How She Does It, Boy Still Missing, Midwives, My Sister’s Keeper, and the early Patricia Cornwell, almost anything from Ridley Pearson, alot of David Baldacci orGreg Iles.
I think #7 is true
My favorite book (besides the Bible) is The Novelist by Angela Hunt
My guess is that #10 is true. *Fingers crossed*
As for one of the best books I’ve read, one of my many favorites would be “TIger Eye” by Marjorie M Liu.
I’m going with #6. I love too many books….Gone With the Wind is an all-time favorite.
I’m going to guess 7 is true!
My Sister’s Keeper is a wonderful book! If you havn’t read it yet, YOU HAVE TO!
I am going to say #7 and my fave book is Loves music Love to dance by Mary Higgins Clark or matter fact anything my Mary Higgins Clark. Thanks for the giveaway
I think #7 is a truth and I love any book by Jane Austen, preferably Pride and Prejudice! Thanks!
I think #7 is true
My favorite book is Beloved by Toni Morrison.
Thanks for the giveaway.
I am going to guess that #6 is true. I hope not, but that seems like a wild thing to make up and I have a friend who had dozens of surgeries on her eyes when she was a child, so I know it is not that unusual for a child to have something dramatic in their childhood. She says it made her tough. Now she is an ICU nurse and she is tough and her eyes are just fine.
No favorite. I read all the time and could never pick just one book. No way.
Sometimes one sifts up to the top for awhile, but it never stays there for long.
Right now I am reading The Celestine Sibley Sampler, a nonfiction collection of her best columns.
If you are not from the south, Atlanta in particular, you may not know her. She is/was an awesome writer.
Thanks for having the Giveaway!
No doubt No. 7 is true.
My all-time favorite book is a toughie, because I have many. However, I’m going to say Beach Music.
I think 6 is true.
My favorite book … hmm… I’ll say Truman (fascinating history!)
I think #5 is true… One of my favorite books is Ender’s Game!
#7 is true. My current favorite book is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle!
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I think #7 is true.
I don’t love just one book but could narrow it down to the Harry Potter series and the Xanth series by Piers Anthony
I think #4 is true
My Favorite Book is Janet Evanovich’s number series all of them even the between the numbers novels(those are so fun)…I REALLY wanna buy fearless fourteen but that’s half a tank gas right now…grrrr priorities
I’m going to say #1 is true just because Iit is for me!
My favorite books are by Karen Kingbury, if I had to pick one I’d say…Tuesday Morning.
Thanks for hosting!
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I think #7 is TRUE def from viewing your bloggy!
Best book-no comparison-the Bible!
I’ll bet your least favorite household chore is NOT unloading the dishwasher-come on, cleaning the bathrooms is so much worse! Here’s a good book suggestion: “I capture the castle” by Dodie Smith. Love it! Thanks for the giveaway.
I think #7 is true. My favorite book is the Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Read it!
well I would guess if you’re a mom #10 is partially true ( i doubt that mornings are your favorite part of day) everyone else is saying #7… so I guess I’ll go with that one. I have way too many good books to recommend, my latest favorites are The Host by Stephanie Meyer (her Twilight series is good too) Also I really like the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull. Someone else mentioned a Shannon Hale book, I’ve really enjoyed all of hers as well.
#7 has to be true.
My favorite book this summer has been The Kite Runner.
Thanks for offering a great giveaway. I love to read!
#7 maybe? lol
right now I’m reading In the Hall of the Dragon King by Stephen Lawhead - while it’s written for the tween crowd, it is very good none the less! thanks for the chance.
I pick #7.
My favorite book always changes so my latest one is Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.
Thanks!
I will pick #7
I love………….Zombie Survival Guide
I read through all of your 100 things about you and your “Mish Mash” defined post, and I’d have to say #7 is probably the only one that is true… Since you mention hamburgers, #1 is probably false; since you don’t mention General Hospital at all, #2 is probably false; since you mention the beach is your favorite place to live (if you could), #3 must be false since a beach isn’t like the country or the city; since you don’t like any chores, #4 would be false; since you would pick Hawaii or Disney World, #5 would be false; since you mention nothing about open heart surgery, #6 would be false… even though you were a clutz; since you adore Ryan Gosling, I imagine #7 is true; since you mention you don’t like Hooters & bikini-clad women, #8 is probably false; since you don’t mention a favorite singer but you do mention you don’t watch MTV because of tongue rings, #9 is probably false; #10 is definitely false because you specifically say, “I’m not a morning person. Never have been. Probably never will be.”
In summary,
I think #7 is the right answer.
Best book I’ve ever read: ‘The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’ by C.S. Lewis.
Thanks for the fun giveaway!
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I’m guessing number 7 is the correct answer.
My favorite current book is ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy. It’s kind of dark, but uber-brilliant. Plus, it’s being made into a movie that is supposed to be just as brilliant coming out this December staring Viggo Mortensen.
I think #7 is true.
Tough to pick a favorite book. I read all the time, and have many favorites. One of my top picks is The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood.
Is it #7 based on the poll you have on your sidebar, that would be my guess. And, my favorite book is “Eleni” a true story about a mother in Greece during the civil war there in the 1930-1940s, written by her only son. Very moving and inspiring. Kathy
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I think #9 is true - because he is a good singer and I love his songs!
One of my favorite books is A Chance to Die by Amy Charmichael. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I think number two is true… my favorite books right now are the Harry Potter series. Thanks for the giveaway!
I think #7 is totally true!
It’s really hard to choose a favorite book, but, I’ll go with what I’m reading right now, because I am totally obsessed with it, LOL! It’s the ‘Twilight Sage’ books. I’m on the third one, ‘Eclipse’ and so far it is just as awesome as the first two in the series. Another favorite author is Tracy Chevalier (Girl With a Pearl Earring, The Virgin Blue, etc.)
Thanks for the giveaway!
#4. And I just read Patty Jane’ house of curl. Great book!
8. I got pregnant with my son on a trip to Vegas.
My favorite book is She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb.
I say #10 is true.
How to Win Friends and Influence People. Not only is it good advice, the stories are fascinating.
I’ll be different. I think #5 is true. And I like the Secret of the Rose series by Michael Phillips.
#7 and Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (at the moment anyways)
I’d have to go with #7 (the poll on the right is either a great little false clue or a dead giveaway
and my favorite book is still The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub.
I think #8 is true. I loved “To Kill a Mockingbird”.
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I think #7 is true. And the best book? Well, I love books but the best one lately is the twilight series…. Excellent!
Cute game! I’m going to have to try this on my blog sometime as well.
I think #2 is true (I picked it because I record all my favorite shows on TiVo and watch them before bed myself). My favorite book Napalm & Silly Putty by George Carlin.
I’ve also linked back to you on my blog here:
http://robynsonlineworld.blogspot.com/2008/07/great-blog-found-from-giveaways.html
10. I wake up everyday around 6:30am. Mornings are my favorite time of the day. would be my guess of what’s true or at least it iis for me lol
My fav book is Steven King The Stand. Scared me silly when I was about 13.
I’m choosing #3, largely because it is true for me.
The best book I’ve ever read is the Bible.
Since I’m fairly sure that’s not what you had in mind, I guess Lord of the Rings comes in second.
I’ll go with #7 being true.
I can’t pick one absolute favorite book, but I recently really enjoyed The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted by Elizabeth Berg.
I think I’m going to have to go with #4 being true. Who likes unloading the dishwasher?!?!
One of my favorite books is “These Is My Words”. It’s the first of three. LOVED IT!!!
Lovely Bones was good too.
And the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer.
Sadly I could go on and on, being the book nerd that I am. ;o)
I think #3 is true! Thank you so much for a great giveaway! nw_wife(at)hotmail(dot)com
My favorite book I have read recently is “A woman after God’s own heart”. Sorry I hit “comment” before typing that in!
I think #7 is true
My favorite book is Mists of Avalon, if you havent read it you really should!
I believe #7 is true
Best book would be Dante’s Inferno (no idea why, just really made an impression I guess)
#8 sounds pretty fun! And my favorite book is James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.
#7
“Loyalty in Death” by J.D. Robb
I’m gonna go with #9 because Jack Johnson is MY favorite singer.
Best book: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. There is a whole series (six books so far) and it is addicting. Awesome.
I think 7 is true.
I love In this house of Brede by Rumer Godden.
#4 (that is my least fav chore!)
best book….My Sister’s Keeper by J Picoult
Since Ryan Gosling was watching me read your ten things, I’m going with #7. I’m not sure the type of books you like, so I’m giving you a few titles that are my favorites (which makes it easy for me since I can’t pick!)
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie- A completely different way of life and really captures India’s history and culture.
The Thursday Next Series/Nursery Crime Division Series by Jasper Fforde- hilarious and utterly wonderful
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time- Heartbreaking and fantastic great for anyone who knows someone living with autism!
Enjoy and thank you!
Okay… I don’t even care if I win. I’m just having too much fun guessing.
#7 is too easy. You wouldn’t make it that easy. Would you?
#8 is just fun. What happens in Vegas…pops up again nine months later.
#10 can’t be true because then I’d have to stop reading your blog because that’s just unnatural.
I’m going with #2 only because my mother has watched General Hospital since the beginning of time and it’s my one guilty pleasure when I’m on vacation.
Books…oh my, so many.
I’m going with Staircase of a Thousand Steps by Masha Hamilton. Just because it’s one many people haven’t heard of.
Number 7 would make sense, but I’m going with number 5.
I love the O’Malley series by Dee Henderson. I also love the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.
Fun giveaway.
I think # 6 is true.
One of my favorites books ( I have many) is: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.