It’s that time of year again when I suddenly wish I’d read books with titles containing verbs. There are still a few weeks left in 2011, but I shall be devoting those to my much-neglected thesis. Anyway, here’s the idea:

Using only books you have read this year (2011), answer these questions. Try not to repeat a book title.

Describe yourself: The Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)

How do you feel: At Home (Bill Bryson)

Describe where you currently live: The White House by the Sea (Matilda Betham-Edwards)

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)

Your favourite form of transportation: Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)

Your best friend is: The Perfect Man (David Waller)

You and your friends are: The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists (Robert Tressell)

What’s the weather like: Monochromes (Ella D’Arcy)

You fear: A World on Fire (Amanda Foreman)

What is the best advice you have to give: Bury the Chains (Adam Hochschild)

Thought for the day: Howards End is on the Landing (Susan Hill)

How I would like to die: Chocolate Wars (Deborah Cadbury)

My soul’s present condition: A Thing in Disguise (Kate Colquhoun)