Avoiding My Letter Meme Again

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snagged from dragonydreams



1. What do you read? Mainstream, genre, Young Adult?

I used to be strictly fantasy/science fiction/Young Adult, but I feel I've expanded myself in the last few years by adding memoirs, mysteries, and Chick Lit.

2. What do you never read?

For the most part, I can't stand Harlequin romance novels. Also, I don't read a lot of non-fiction.

3. Morning reading, Afternoon reading or Nighttime reading?

Nighttime.

4. Bed, Bath or Bus?

I read in bed or on the sofa.

5. Hardback or Trade Paperback or Mass Market Paperback or eBook?

Paperbacks mostly. They tend to be cheaper and a lot easier to carry in a purse than a hardcover. I do have quite a few hardcovers though. As for the eBooks, well, I don't feel like I've really found an e-reader I'm ready to spend a bunch of money on yet.

6. Bookmark or Dogear?

Bookmark.

7. Alphabetize by author, title, or random?

Alphabetized by author. Series are organized by number.

8. Keep, Throw Away, or Sell?

I love my books so they stick around for a long time.

9. Short story or novel?

Unless it's fanfic, I prefer novels. (I'm going with dragonydreams's answer for this one.)

10. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?

I always try to read until a chapter ends, unless it's one of those books where the chapter break happens in the middle of the page. That's when I frown and try to find a page that ends with a period.

Buy or Borrow?

I buy most of my books, but during my 6 year stint working at the library, I certainly borrowed plenty.

11. Buying choice: Book Reviews, Recommendation, or Browse?

Recommendations and browsing.

12. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?

Tidy endings are preferred, unless it's a series and I already own the next book.

13. Standalone or Series?

Most of the time, I find myself reading more standalone books.

14. Favourite book of which nobody else has heard?

"The Seventh Princess" by Nick Sullivan

15. Top 3 favourite books read within the last few years?

The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, and American Gods by Neil Gaiman

16. Top 5 favourite books of all time?

1) Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska
2) The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling
3) The Seventh Princess by Nick Sullivan
4) Nickel and Dimed (On Not Getting By in America) by Barbara Ehrenreich
5) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Comments

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

I never get rid of my books either. I have scads.


Gabrielle

[snogged.livejournal.com]

YAY!

[deadlynight27.livejournal.com]

One of my lifetime goals is to have a library in my house. So I never get rid of my books, even if they were awful and I refuse to ever read them again. I also don't like to borrow my books. Owning them makes me way too happy. xD

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I want to have a library as well. :D

[promethia_tenk]

Oh, yay. I love to hear about other people's reading habits!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Hopefully I'll get to hear about yours sometime soon.

[secondmezzanine.livejournal.com]

Four out of five of your favorite books are also my favorite books. I haven't read The Seventh Princess or it might be on there too. :)

[snogged.livejournal.com]

YAY!

[magpieinthesky.livejournal.com]

I'm the same way on a lot of these! Plus 3 out of 5 of your favorites are definitely on my favorites list. When I worked at the deli a few years back, I liked to pretend I was Barbara Ehrenreich. ;)

I totally need to check out The Seventh Princess now! I'm such a sucker for fairy tales. :D

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's adorable.

And yes! You totally should. That book got me through the 4th grade.

[idioticonion.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely stealing this meme!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

YAY!

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

Hee! You used one of my answers. Although many others were similar.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

We seem to have a lot of similarities. Lucky for us that we're friends, huh? :D