Jenna Bennett’s blog post on her life in books made me want to join in. It’s fun to answer these questions based on titles you read in 2012 and try not to repeat any titles.
Describe yourself: Fortune’s Hero (Jenna Bennett)
How do you feel: Between Shades of Gray (Ruta Sepetys)
Describe where you currently live: The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The Future of Us (Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler)
Your favorite form of transportation: If Fried Chicken Could Fly (Paige Shelton)
Your best friend is: Second Sight (Cheryl Klein)
You and your friends are: Immortal Beloved (Cate Tiernan)
What’s the weather like: The Book of Lies (Brad Meltzer)
You fear: Market or Die (Jennifer Fusco)
What is the best advice you have to give: Live to Tell (Lisa Gardner)
Thought for the day: Deadline (Chris Crutcher)
How I would like to die: Nightshade (Andrea Cremer)
My soul’s present condition: Timeless (Gail Carriger)
Lots of amazing books didn’t make it on here because the titles didn’t quite work as responses. Made me realize how many books I got to in 2012 and how many more I want to read in 2013. 
If you decide to play the My Life in Books game, let me know. Or if you have one perfect title for a question, please post it below, I’d love to read it!
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January 28, 2013 at 7:22 am
kathils
Looks like fun to try. I’m afraid (and ashamed) I didn’t read that many books this year. Guess I need to up my game!
January 28, 2013 at 10:05 am
Kourtney Heintz
It really was. Lots of books just didn’t work for the questions. Some I had to play around with.
January 28, 2013 at 8:25 am
Lyra Selene
Oh, how fun! I love “your fear” and “what’s the weather like.” I think I’ll play!
January 28, 2013 at 10:06 am
Kourtney Heintz
LOL. Thanks. Cool. Love to read your responses.
January 28, 2013 at 8:54 am
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January 28, 2013 at 9:47 am
Cat Forsley
That is soooooooooo cool K heart ……………….. geesh – some of those books i don’t know …….. that’s a really cool challenge ……………. how great to find out more about a writer through their answers
xx C
January 28, 2013 at 10:11 am
Kourtney Heintz
Thanks. It was a bit of a challenge. Thank goodness I write book reviews for most of the books I read. I could look the past year’s reads up pretty fast.
It was a neat little game.
XOXOXO
Kourtney
January 28, 2013 at 1:47 pm
Cat Forsley
seriously FUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
i wanna do one on music 
xoxoxo C
January 28, 2013 at 2:15 pm
Kourtney Heintz
LOL. Maybe you could do it with Album titles? That would be fun to see.
XOXOXOXO K
January 28, 2013 at 2:34 pm
Cat Forsley
HEEEEE – how about song titles
…………… that would be soooo much fun xxxx and so hard to do 
lolololol thx again for the inspiration 
xo
i just may
January 28, 2013 at 2:45 pm
Kourtney Heintz
That would be cool too.
Adopt the game to your medium. It would be interesting to see what a painter or a sculptor would do with this game. 
LOL. I borrowed it from Jenna’s blog–she started a tidal wave of inspiration. 
January 28, 2013 at 3:14 pm
Cat Forsley
it could go on forever right
so much funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn how many art mediums are the ? a trillion ? xx lol 
will definitely check her blog 
xoxoxo
January 28, 2013 at 3:27 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Seriously.
Sounds about right. 
Enjoy! XOXOXOX
January 28, 2013 at 3:16 pm
Cat Forsley
What a site she has ….. just subscribed
wowzers …… could be there all day 
thanks K xx
January 28, 2013 at 3:28 pm
Kourtney Heintz
I really like her posts too.
Just make sure to get back to your music. 
Hug,K
January 28, 2013 at 10:01 am
roughwighting
This is so much fun! Thanks for the idea – I’ll present it to my writing group next week. I’ll play a little here – under Fear: THE RIGHT WRONG MAN (okay, yes, I just e-published it). Under You and Your Friends Are: PROOF OF HEAVEN; under How I would like to die: THE SENSE OF AN ENDING. :+)
January 28, 2013 at 10:13 am
Kourtney Heintz
It’s a fun way to talk about the books you’ve read.
Cool responses! Hope your writing group enjoys the game. 
January 28, 2013 at 10:10 am
Carrie Rubin
What a fun exercise. I may have to give this a go in the future. I’ll bookmark your page in case I need a blog post idea down the road.
January 28, 2013 at 10:15 am
Kourtney Heintz
It was a nice way to look back at 2012′s reading list and realize how much I accomplished. LOL. I keep a running list on a post-it of possible post topics. Just in case I have a lull in topics.
January 28, 2013 at 3:36 pm
jmmcdowell
Well, if Kathlis can be so honest, so can I—I didn’t read that many, either. *hangs head in shame*
Maybe this year I can be better about that.
January 28, 2013 at 3:43 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Aw it’s okay JM. It’s hard to balance everything. I’m a fast reader so that helps. But I want to read hundreds of books a year and I’m lucky if I get through 25. My crit partner sets aside time during lunch and breakfast for reading 20 pages. In a month she’s got a novel read.
January 28, 2013 at 3:52 pm
Coleen Patrick
Cool idea. How do I feel? Something Like Normal (by Trish Doller).
Oh and i thought Deadline was a great book!
January 28, 2013 at 4:20 pm
Kourtney Heintz
LOL. Great answer. I loved Deadline. I cried and cried and then I smiled through the tears because I read such a terrific book. Crutcher is someone I want to read more of. I’ve been trying to expose myself to as many different writers as I can but I really want to get back to one of his books–they are such a beautiful experience.
January 28, 2013 at 4:19 pm
char
Cool game! That was fun to read through. Did it take you forever to figure out your answers, or did you just snap those off the top of your head?
January 28, 2013 at 4:36 pm
Kourtney Heintz
It’s pretty neat.
It took me a bit of time. I write reviews for most of the books I read but not all of them. So I skimmed through my book reviews and tried to find titles to fit the answers. If I couldn’t, I went to my bookshelves for the remainder. Took maybe 20 minutes. 
January 28, 2013 at 6:39 pm
jamieayres
What a fun game . . . if I had the energy to, I’d join in the fun:-)
January 28, 2013 at 11:49 pm
Kourtney Heintz
It’s a cool way to look back on last year’s reads.
January 29, 2013 at 5:12 pm
4amWriter
Fun game. I didn’t read that many books last year, but the ones I did read are difficult to work into the list. Definitely a thinker.
January 29, 2013 at 9:22 pm
Kourtney Heintz
I had to get creative to make some titles work. I couldn’t use half the books I read. They just didn’t work.
But it was fun to try. 
January 30, 2013 at 5:37 pm
Audrey Kalman
Thanks for some good fun. A quick heads-up that I have “borrowed” your idea for my blog post today!
January 30, 2013 at 6:08 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Glad you liked it! Awesome. I love this game. Thanks for giving Jenna credit cause I “borrowed” it from her.
Loved your books–definitely want to read them. Last year I read a ton of YA because I was writing YA. 
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January 30, 2013 at 6:05 pm
philosophermouseofthehedge
How much fun. Cat’s right: music would work, too…and I like the ideas of paintings/artists. Thanks for sharing
January 30, 2013 at 6:10 pm
Kourtney Heintz
It’s cool how we can expand it to all art forms. Music is so fun especially song titles, though it would be challenging to remember all the songs I heard last year. Thank goodness iTunes keeps track of what I purchased.
January 30, 2013 at 7:23 pm
philosophermouseofthehedge
and think how cheery it would be to hum along with all those songs!
January 30, 2013 at 9:47 pm
Kourtney Heintz
So true! Though we’d be humming for weeks on end.
January 31, 2013 at 9:31 am
philosophermouseofthehedge
And so happy and cheery, too! Not such a bad thing.
January 31, 2013 at 10:19 am
Kourtney Heintz
Definitely not.
January 30, 2013 at 8:30 pm
berry
Sounds interesting but i dont have the time or where with all. Good luck!
January 30, 2013 at 9:49 pm
Kourtney Heintz
It’s not so hard if you write reviews or use Goodreads to keep track of what you read. Otherwise, it’s a bit more time consuming.
January 31, 2013 at 8:48 pm
EllaDee
How clever you are
I’d love to do this, and will tuck it away for a later time when I can devote appropriate time and thought to the exercise. In the meantime I have a whole new list of books to add to my ‘to read’ list 
February 1, 2013 at 12:21 am
Kourtney Heintz
It was a fun little activity.
LOL. Glad to help out. I look forward to reading your responses.