Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Australian novels: a quiz
The multi-talented Ampersand Duck has put together a quiz about favorite Australian novels. I was surprised by how hard I had to think about some of these. It's a magnificent bit of procrastination for those struggling to get back into a work groove, especially seeing that most of the people who read this would probably be able to justify it as work. Sort of. More or less. The quiz is here.
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Hmm, an interesting quiz, but I was handicapped in some cases by having read only one title by the author and not liking it enough to vote for it. I feel a bit guilty about that now because one of these has been deprived of a much needed vote.
ReplyDeleteSuch a small sample (12 when I did the quiz on the 4th of January in the afternoon) makes it pointless to draw conclusions but in the spirit of magnificent procrastination I will anyway.
High scores (more than 50%) for 'haven't read any' were for Nicholas Jose, David Ireland, Marjorie Barnard, Rodney Hall, Dymphnia Cusack, and Roger McDonald. I was delighted to see that Patrick White put in a respectable performance, we Aussies are not so disdainful about him as his reputation suggests!
However since I haven't joined up with Quibblo, I think my answers will be lost in cyberspace forever anyway.
Cheers
Lisa Hill, ANZ LitLovers, Melbourne
PS It would be a mistable to assume that those of us who read your blog can justify it for work purposes - I read it for pleasure!
Thank you, Lisa!
ReplyDeleteI think there are more responses to the quiz arriving -- I reckon it was up to 18 when I had a look late last night.
Ye Gods! I scored about 28 "haven't read any"s.
ReplyDeleteI think I have found a new retirement project.