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Ice Scream's Profile

Location: Toronto
Member Since: August 26, 2009

Nerdiest Obsession: Fantasy, horror, fairy tale literature, and art books 

Wastes too much time on: daydreaming

Favourite female nerd: me :-P … which really means I have no idea!

Favourite male nerd: Crispin Glover 

Secretly collects: none of my collections are a secret

Nerdy line that makes you swoon: “1, 2 Freddy’s coming for you; 3,4 better lock your door …” 

Top 5 sites visited daily: rue-morgue.com, librarything.com, neilgaiman.com

Books

Fave book(s): Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol, White Noise by Don DeLillo, The Dark Half by Stephen King, The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
Fave author(s): Neil Gaiman, Kurt Vonnegut, Shakespeare (I do love that bawdy bard)
Most disappointing "based on the novel" film: The Loved One
Books you'd love to see made into a film: Good Omens
Most impactful book/author: Probably White Noise by Don DeLillo. I read it in high school and it exposed me to a whole new genre of contemporary literature.
First book you ever read: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
First book that made you really like reading: Just As Long As We Are Together by Judy Blume
Currently reading: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Fave book news site: Not a news site, but my favourite book site is lastgasp.com