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Magnificent Monday Questions

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Hi Everybody!

Since I answered some of your questions last week I thought we could switch it up and you could answer some of mine! I thought it would be a fun way for me to get to know you and you to know each other.

Questions:

1. What is your favorite book by Ally?

2. Zach or Hale?

3. Which Ally character do you identify with most?

4. Which Ally character do you wish you were more like?

5. What would be your nickname if you were in an Ally book?

6. Do you have a favorite quote from an Ally book?

7. What do you like to do other than read Ally Carter books?

 

Thanks everyone! I look forward to reading all your answers!

xoxo,

Shellie

P.S. Did you know that I often use past t-shirt contest entries for Fan Art Fridays on Ally’s Tumblr Page!!!!

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  1. Okie-dokkie…

    1. What is your favorite book by Ally?

    Probably GG2

    2. Zach or Hale?

    Zach

    3. Which Ally character do you identify with most?

    This isn’t because she is the main character or anything, but… Cammie, only cus of the hair – ish – (not when it went black! (GG5)), eyes, skin and half of her personality (cus i don’t go to a secret spy school!

    4. Which Ally character do you wish you were more like?

    Bex, I’m hardly a daredevil and I’d love to be one

    5. What would be your nickname if you were in an Ally book?

    Naty, keep it simple

    6. Do you have a favorite quote from an Ally book?

    Ummm….. honestly, the whole book is one big quote to me!

    7. What do you like to do other than read Ally Carter books?

    Draw, Act and read any other books I can find (none of them as fast as the GG’s, all 5 in 6 days!)

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  2. 1.Out of Sight, Out of Time definitely. Perfect Scoundrels is my favorite Heist Society !
    2. It’s too hard of a decision. Hale is funnier, but Zach is sweeter. And they are equally hot. I might have to say Zach leads by 0.01of a point because I’ve known him longer. I really love them both though.
    3. I’m not like any of the characters at all, but I wish I was. I guess I identify most with Cammie because she is the protagonist and I feel like I know her best.
    4. I wish I was more like Bex, she is funny, loyal, British and she kicks butt! Also she’s gorgeous 🙂
    5. Probably Bookworm if I could steal that name from Liz because I love books and am always lost in a good book.
    6. “Where did you go? When you were looking for me?” “Crazy. I went crazy.” Isn’t that just the best line ever? And “She’s cute when she’s silent.” And basically any other scene involving Cammie and Zach. And any scene with Kat and Hale when they aren’t fighting.
    7. I like to reread Ally Carter books and series like the Hunger Games, the Mortal Instruments, the Infernal Devices, Twilight, and any Sarah Dessen book!

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  3. 1. What is your favorite book by Ally?
    Idk?!? They are all so good! But I bet GG6 will be the best
    2. Zach or Hale?
    Zach… duh
    3. Which Ally character do you identify with most?
    Probably Cammie
    4. Which Ally character do you wish you were more like?
    Probably Bex and Kat because they are so good at fighting. But I also like being like Cammie. And I would want to be a spy more than a theif
    5. What would be your nickname if you were in an Ally book?
    Idk! I would have said ‘The Peacock’ but sadly thats Macey’s
    6. Do you have a favorite quote from an Ally book?
    “Crazy. I went crazy” Plus Every other word in all of the GG books. Especially what Zach says.
    7. What do you like to do other than read Ally Carter books?
    I like to draw fashion, sew, write, read, play the guitar, dance, play volleyball and squash, horseback ride, shop, and hang out with my friends.

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  4. 1. What is your favorite book by Ally?

    Don’t Judge a girl by her Cover! Favorite GG cover art, too.

    (Or maybe Uncommon Criminals…)

    2. Zach or Hale?

    Hale! I’m not exactly a fan of the bad boy, and Hale is just extremely awesome. If he were real I would marry him

    3. Which Ally character do you identify with most?

    Probably Macey. Not that I’m a rich rebellious heiress, but my friends are all super awesome and I have to keep up with them sometimes.

    4. Which Ally character do you wish you were more like?

    Bex. She’s so confident and intelligent

    5. What would be your nickname if you were in an Ally book?

    I like Princess Leia, because STAR WARS and because my name sounds like it and because princesses are awesome

    6. Do you have a favorite quote from an Ally book?

    “Oh darn! I knew I should have brought my big purse” from Heist Society. It’s a little known quote but I find it funny because it brings out Kat’s sarcastic side

    7. What do you like to do other than read Ally Carter books?

    I like to play sports and draw and read other books =)

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  5. 1. What is your favorite book by Ally?
    Out of Sight Out of Time

    2. Zach or Hale?
    This is the hardest question ever. Both?

    3. Which Ally character do you identify with most?
    Cammie, because I always feel invisible

    4. Which Ally character do you wish you were more like?
    Cammie

    5. What would be your nickname if you were in an Ally book?
    Energy

    6. Do you have a favorite quote from an Ally book?
    I do but I can’t remember it at the moment :/

    7. What do you like to do other than read Ally Carter books?
    Veronica Roth and the books on this awesome website http://www.wattpad.com I have a book/story on it!
    ~H

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  6. 1) Don’t judge a girl by her cover
    2)…..erggg….I choose both, it’s impossible to choose ❤
    3) Cammie
    4) Cammie or Kat
    5) Ginger
    6) “I’m the guy who happened to be home the night Kat came to steal a Monet.”- Hale
    7) Draw, listen to One Direction, Read, hang out with my friends, write, jump rope, and eat.

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  7. 1. Oh my gosh… Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy just because it’s when Zach was introduced, but then there’s Perfect Scoundrels which was when Hale lost his shirt or Only the Good Spy Young was when Zach lost his shirt.

    2. I think my name gives that away, BUT in case it doesn’t… ZACHARY GOODE!

    3. I think… Kat. And a little bit of Bex because I can take a punch and I’m fine if somebody insults me, but the way to really get to me is to get to my friends or the people I care most about.

    4. Gabrielle because she’s so… Confident.

    5. The Goddess. I have been using that since forever because I am thoroughly obsessed with Percy Jackson and all things mythological 😛

    6. I’ve literally marked the pages that have my favorite quotes:

    “Zach,” I said as I lay there. “Where did you go? When you were looking for me?”
    “Crazy.” His voice was a whisper against my skin. “I went crazy.”

    …Zach just leaned across me and whispered to Liz, “She’s cute when she’s silent.”

    “What Zach? Tell me what you are that I’m not.”
    “I’m someone who doesn’t have anything to lose.”

    “Oh, I always make it a point to know the names of beautiful women.”

    Or, what if the movie was gross and I got nauseous and puked Milk Duds everywhere? MILK DUDS!

    “Either we’re a team or we aren’t. Either you trust me or you don’t.”

    7. Read Rick Riordan and Nicholas Sparks books (although I get through Ally’s books in 2 days and every other book takes me a week), write One Direction FanFiction, listen to music, and currently I spend a lot of time researching Ally for my book report 🙂

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  8. 1. What is your favorite book by Ally?
    So hard to choose! “Only the Good Spy Young?”… “Cross My Heart and Hope to Die?”… GG6?…I DON’T – KNOW!!
    2. Zach or Hale?
    Zach….. Hale’s cool, too but Zach
    3. Which Ally character do you identify with most?
    Liz? Hahah. but also Cammie
    4. Which Ally character do you wish you were more like?
    A mixture of Macey, Kat, ooohhhh and Aunt Abby?
    5. What would be your nickname if you were in an Ally book?
    I don’t know….
    6. Do you have a favorite quote from an Ally book?
    YES!
    “As Hale closed the door behind him, Kat heard Angus say, ‘Ohh, Mom and Dad are going to fight now.” – (Heist Society 181)

    ” ‘What is your name?’ I asked, thinking back to that cold, sterile room beneath the mall in D.C. and the
    way a professional had gone about looking for the truth.
    ‘Zach,’ he said.
    ‘What’s your full name?’
    ‘That’s a pretty boring question, Gallagher Girl.’
    ‘Zach!’
    ‘Yes, that’s correct.’ ” (Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy 187)
    7. What do you like to do other than read Ally Carter books?
    Read other books, SING!!!!, listen to music, etc.

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  9. 1. GG2, first book I ever read and first time meeting ZACH!!!

    2. I love both boys so much but if I HAD to choose it would be……..ZACH!

    3. Cammie

    4. Kat and Cammie combined

    5. Dolphingirl

    6. I LOVE THEM ALL!! I CAN NOT CHOOSE JUST ONE!!!! I really like when Zach says something like I always finish what I started from GG2.

    7. Sing, Dance, Act, Draw, watch TV and hang out with friends.

    Keep on writing Ally! Love your books!!!

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  10. 1. GG2

    2. Both!!! (mostly Zach)

    3. Cammie

    4. Kat and Cammie combined

    5. Dolphingirl

    6. “I always finsih what I started” something like that from Zach 2 Cammie in GG2.

    7. Sing,Dance,Act,Drawing,Watching TV and more!

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  11. . What is your favorite book by Ally?
    Perfect Scoundrels. What can I say? I’m a Hale girl. That also may be that it’s just the last book I read! They’re all so good! 🙂

    2. Zach or Hale?
    Zach…no Hale…no Zach…no…UGH! TOO HARD! I guess I have to go with Hale….I guess I just love his easy confidence and just…everything really! 😀 But I love Zach too!

    3. Which Ally character do you identify with most?
    Hale…I know that may sound weird since, looking through the comments, I didn’t see many who related to one of the boys but let’s just say I know what it’s like to be the outsider in the group, the one that’s always left out. I know what it’s like to be born into one life, but crave another. I know what it’s like to never know if people are using you just for your money. I know what it’s like to have parents who are never there, and when they are, they don’t care. I know what it’s like to be the family dissapointment. But most of all, I know what it’s like for the place you call “home” to be whereever your friends are because they’re your real family, not the “family” you were born into. So yeah, I guess you could say we relate.

    4. Which Ally character do you wish you were more like?
    Kat and Bex. If I was a thief, I’d still their lives.

    5. What would be your nickname if you were in an Ally book?
    Princess…it’s the name I hate being called so of course that’s what everyone would call me.

    6. Do you have a favorite quote from an Ally book?
    Uh, yeah! A lot though!
    “So I hear we get to go to town this weekend. Want to catch a movie or something?
    –Z
    P.S. That is, if Jimmy doesn’t mind.

    Translation: This weekend might be a good chance for us to see each other outside our school in a social environment, free of competetiton. I do not view other boys as threats, and I enjoy making them seem insignificant by calling them the wrong names. (Translation by Macey McHenry)”

    “And I didn’t choose it, Kat. I chose you.”

    “Seriously”, Macey snapped. “go. Kiss. A baby”
    “can you believe her?” Preston asked, coking his head towards macey.” everytime she sees me, all she does is call me baby and talk about kissing.”
    Macey looked like she wanted to kill him. But I kind of wanted to laugh.”

    “I’m the guy who happened to be home the night Kat came to steal a Monet.”

    “Can I see you outside for a second?” Kat glared at Hale, then walked to the patio doors and out onto the veranda.
    As Hale closed the door behind him, Kat heard Angus say, “Ooh, Mom and Dad are going to fight now.”

    “I for one like chaos. Chaos looks good on me.”

    “Zach,” I said as I lay there “Where did you go? When you were looking for me?”
    I shifted in his arms, looked into his eyes.
    “Crazy.” His voice was a whisper against my skin. “I went crazy.”

    Hale propped himself against the antique headboard and squinted up at her.
    “She returns.” He crossed his arms across his bare chest. “You know, I could be naked in here.”

    “Do you understand any of this?” he said, pointing to the lines and symbols that covered the massive screens.
    “Some people understand the value of an education.”
    Hale stretched and crossed his legs, the settled his arm around Kat’s shoulders.
    “That’s sweet, Kat. Maybe later I’ll buy you a university. And an ice cream.”
    “I’d settle for the ice cream.”
    “Deal.”

    “Should alcoholics go to liquor stores?”

    (And that’s only to name a few!)

    7. What do you like to do other than read Ally Carter books?
    Sing, dance, act, explore, hang out with my friends, etc.

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  12. 1.) GG3
    2.) Zach all the way. <3
    3.) I relate the best with Cammie, who has a small family with a single mother worker hard to make her daughter happy and bring home the bacon. I also know what it's like to feel invisible, even when your friends keep telling you that you're beautiful. I've always wanted that "moment" like Cammie had in her red dress during finals, and hopefully I'll have a Zach there when it happens!
    4.) I wish I was more like Kat or Macey because they're so strong and independent. They know what they want and they know how to get it.
    5.) Little Red 😀
    6.) "I for one like chaos. Chaos looks good on me."
    7.) Sing, act, pencil drawing, physics, and political debates.

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  13. 1. Out of Sight, Out of Time. The most Zammie romance happens in this one!;)
    2. Sorry Zach;( Hale’s funnier
    3. Cammie
    4. Bex
    5. I don’t know… Maybe “Innocent”? because I’m a great liar:)
    6. “Get good ladies, or get dead.”
    7. I love to dance… a lot, read other books (that really aren’t as great as ally’s), go camping, swim for fun, wath hockey, and do yoga. Oh, and camping breakfast’s!!! They are amazing the way we make them!!!

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  14. 1.Probably “Don’t Judge a Girl by her Cover” because it has more of the girl power factor in it, but of-course “Out of Sight Out of Time” because of Zammie.

    2.Um… I dont know it really depends… This is a hard decision but…Zack!

    3.I guess I LOOK like a mix between Cammie and Macey and Gabs, but my attitude is Gabs and Macey and the Bagshaws just because their all crazy in their own ways.

    4.I wish I had more of a backbone and could stand up for myself like Macey and Bex I guess.

    5.Um… I dont know… Dusk? I would like to be some kind of like mastermind planner that be pretty awesome!

    6.I have Favorite QUOTES, but not just one too many to fit on this page sorry…

    7.Vampire Diaries, Stefan’s Diaries, Secret Circle, True Blood, I am Number Four, An Unfortunate Fairy tale, The Squad, Soul Guardians, Once a Witch and Always a Witch… I like lots of crazy fantasy and addictive books.

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  15. 1. DEFINITELY Cross My Heart and Hope To Spy!!!!

    2. Zach…….. Or Hale…… Or Zach…

    3. Hmmmm…. I would have to say a mix between Bex and the Bagshaws

    4. I wish I could be like Kat…… Just because you know, she’s Kat

    5. My code name would be Spark. Just has a certain ring to it.

    6. “Spy.” Need I say more?

    7. There’s this AMAZING author named John Green whom I love his work, I also love the Hunger Games and the Percy Jackson series.

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  16. 1. The most recent book, they seem to get better and better
    2. Hale, doesn’t have to be a thief chose it for Kat, so so romantic
    3. Cammie and Kat
    4. Cammie or Kat
    5. Calypso, Goddess of Secrets, majorly fitting for either story
    6. Spy, better to break the law and know that it won’t be held against you, it would hold me back if was a thief
    7. Well you type in authors under Google and then scroll down and add to the list

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  17. 1. What is your favorite book by Ally?
    right now between Out of Sight Out of Time and Perfect Scoundrels (that one scared me soooo bad at a few parts lol)

    2. Zach or Hale?
    Idk why probably because it was the most recent book of Ally’s that i read but Hale

    3. Which Ally character do you identify with most?
    Probably Kat, Gab, Macey and Cammie because I see things like Kat and Cammie but i also LOVE fashion and seem to understand guys like Macey and Gab and Kat mainly because I grew up with a lot of guy friends lol and then my sisters and i act like the bagshaws lol

    4. Which Ally character do you wish you were more like?
    I wish i wear cooler kind of like Hale and Zach lolbut hey we all have our strengths and weaknesses

    5. What would be your nickname if you were in an Ally book?
    Probably “Kimono Girl” since i watch a lot of anime and speak a little japanese or maybe “Little Writer” or something lol

    6. Do you have a favorite quote from an Ally book?
    I can’t think of any from GG but for Heist i think it would be
    Bobby “You owe me 2 dozen goats”
    Eddie “It’s a dozen”
    Hamish (i think) “Yeah but Kat’s worth 2”
    😀

    7. What do you like to do other than read Ally Carter books?
    I read a lot i’m into a lot or mysteries and murder novels oh! as well as the Mortal instrument and infernal devices novels can’t wait for the movie! um and i watch movies and anime online and i love to write I have an awesome idea and really just need to start writing it out lol and yeah nice talking with you! lol

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  18. 1. Heist society- the beginning is always the best
    2. Hale- I dont think this needs any explanation…..
    3. Liz, Kat and Cammie- I really don’t like school, but I do well. I am also extremly clumsy and terrible at sports like Liz. Kat because I like to explore. Cammie because I blend in.
    4. I would love to be more like Bex or Kat- Bex is confident, fearless and strong. I would like to be as resorceful, clever and adventurous as Kat.
    5. Cat- Why? Thats classifyed…
    6. “There are alot of reasons people come to Las Vegas. Some want to get rich. Some want to get married. Some want to get lost, others found. Some are running to. Some are running from. It had always seemed to Kat that Vegas was a town where almost everyone wanted to get somthing for nothing. A whole city of theives.”
    7. Read, write, travel & sculpt

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  19. 1. What is your favorite book by Ally?

    Either OSOT because of Townsend and Abby and just how mature and dark it is or CMH because of Zachs AMAZING introduction :3

    2. Zach or Hale?

    Zach. It’s my dream to fall in love with someone as Zammie did.

    3. Which Ally character do you identify with most?

    Cammie because I have been told I look peoples image of her and because I am a lot like her with the whole invisable thing… :’)

    4. Which Ally character do you wish you were more like?

    Abby because she is pure sass and has Townsend…. ;D (In my mind anyway, MAJOR Tabby shipper xD)

    5. What would be your nickname if you were in an Ally book?

    Nickel (My names Hannah Nicole which makes the second part like Nickel and I’m hard and ductile ;D)

    6. Do you have a favorite quote from an Ally book?

    Too many. Honestly. And since I am currently at school right now, I can’t think of many… But I’m not cliche and won’t go with ”Crazy” because to be honest, I like the peeping tom thing she says:

    “You know,’ I whispered, ‘some girls might think it’s creepy having a boy watch them sleep.’
    He smirked and pointed to himself. ‘Spy.’
    ‘Oh.’ I nodded. ‘Right. So you’re a trained Peeping Tom.’
    ‘Product of the best peeping academies in the country.’
    ‘Well, now I feel much better.’
    ‘You should.”

    I like it because I know it is something I would say :’) and I like the one where they tell Zach he should have left a note because even Cammie did and:
    “So you just…left?’
    Zach huffed. ‘All the cool kids are doing it.”

    But my Tabby side is telling me to say:

    “Excuse me, Abigail, but whose shift did she get away during?’ Townsend asked with a glare.
    ‘Excuse me, Townsend, but who was supposed to booby-trap the doors?’
    ‘I’m an agent of Her Majesty’s Secret Service,’ Townsend said, indignant. ‘I do not do booby traps.”

    Oooo! I just mean ahdgfsgdughf They just need to kiss (then again, theres no doubt in my mind they already have) but just how he calls her Abigail. Like all professional dfohgodfihg 😀

    Oh! and:
    “Waffles. Im craving waffles.”
    Bex rolled onto her side. “Tell your waffles hi for me.” (this one mainly because I know it would be something I would say and something my friend would respond with)

    “Don’t mind me,” I said. “I’m just the person who tried to rob the place last July.”

    “No, you diddn’t,” Abby said, appearing on the roof. She was wearing a trim suit and tall black boots. Her hair was pulled into a sleek ponytail at the nape of her neck, and either i was imagining things or Townsend wasn’t quite as good a spy as I thought, because I could have sworn I saw him drool a little.

    This final one is also classed as my favourite though because I love how these two sort of connect in a way then how Abby at the end says the ”Exactly” as if she is townsends close friend or partner or something i don’t even know xD

    ‘I suppose you should hear it from me that I have met your mother.’ He smiled a little sadly. ‘Well…when I say met, I mean one time I tried to kill her.’ ‘Do me a favour.’Zach’s voice was low and dark and dangerous. ‘Next time, don’t just try.’ Townsend smiled, and for a moment the two of them looked like long-lost friends. ‘Boys,’ Bex said, dropping into the chair at the head of the table. Abby rolled her eyes. ‘Exactly.’”

    7. What do you like to do other than read Ally Carter books?
    Role Play on Facebook with Characters…. (Townsend and Cammie xD) or write FanFics (I promise they aren’t too bad Ally and I try to stick to the books the best I can!)

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  20. 1. I would have to say one of the GG books! But I can’t pick which one!

    2. Zach! All the way

    3. Probably Bex.

    4. Macey because she is awesome and not bad looking :D.

    5. Captain

    6. It is very hard to choose, but I like, “Did you hear that? I’m special.” -Zach

    7. Read other peoples books 😀

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  21. 1.cross my heart and hope to spy because it was sooooo romantic <3 or out of sight,out of time because it had a lot of action and it left me guessing A LOT! ( i cant wait for gg6!!)
    2. TEAM ZACH!!!
    3.i have to be honest i am most like liz (elizabeth)
    4. i wish i could be tough and pretty like bex (rebecca) or cammie
    5.my nickname would probably be troll because that is what my friends call me when they joke around with me
    6. "you have your cover we have ours" by zachary goode or "hello, gallagher girl!" by zachary goode
    7.i like to swim and dance but most of all hang out with my friends!
    <3 natalie

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  22. 1. That’s too hard I think if I really had to choose it would be either don’t judge a girl by her cover or perfect scoundrels
    2. Zach
    3. Macey according to my mom
    4. I wish I was a little bit more like Cammie cuz I want to be able to hide and notice things the way she does
    5. My dad says it would blue fire my mom says it would be mother Theresa I say it would be blue peace
    6. In gg5 Bex says “oh, and Zach if your going to run away from school, leave a note. Even Cammie did that. ” my other favorite when Cammie falls into Zach and he says,” easy there. Now’s probably not the time to get handy. You might want to control yourself. ” and Cammie comes back with ” I’ ll try to keep that in mind” . Oh and in heist society when hale and kat go to argue and one of the twins says oh, mom and dad are gonna fight now.
    7. Read other book, hw, sleep, eat ….sleep

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