That's on my To Read list, and from what I know of it sounds like a great choice for River to want Simon to read aloud.

Yeah, great book; I read it for a Philosophy of Literature class in undergrad (obviously). I like it for Simon/River not only because of the craziness and non-linearity, but also how it explores the (sexual?) intimacy between Reader and Storyteller. You'll enjoy it, I think.

I also love rozk's first five things request.

Since Roz's requests were all the examples I had used in my version of the meme, I suppose I get to claim the credit. (One of the things I really liked about this meme is that most of my flisters edited the instructions to reflect the types of questions they expected/wanted to get.)

I think River would have to get saner before she could run the multiverse.

Possibly. Probably. On the other hand, insanity may well be a prerequisite.