Book Reading Meme!
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Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack:
I try not to (it's not good for books, needless to say) but if so, something I can eat one-handed like bread or cheese or cut up fruit.
What is your favorite drink while reading?
Water or diluted fruit juice or iced green tea, favorite drinks anyway.
Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
I stopped writing in books around when I hit double digits, and by the time I was through puberty I wanted to go back in a time machine and hit my younger self's knuckles with a ruler for ever doing so.
... amusingly, though, I like the history conveyed by notes in library books and personal collection books, even though I wince for the books' sakes.
How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
Laying it flat short term, an impromptu bookmark (aka 'torn snip of notepaper') long-term.
Fiction, nonfiction, or both?
I love fiction but mostly read short stories (fan and pro) these days. I tend to read nonfiction books for the same reason I watch nonfiction TV -- something about fictional stories gets under my skin and winds me up, but nonfiction amuses and relaxes me. (Mind you, my nonfiction TV is Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, and Top Gear (FSVO 'non' fiction.)
Are you a person who tends to read to the end of a chapter, or can you stop anywhere?
I must read to the ends of chapters. I can become quite cross if interrupted and prevented.
Are you the type of person to throw a book across the room or on the floor if the author irritates you?
Occasionally. The last book I threw at the wall was Maia by Richard Adams -- if I want to read lavishly imagined idfic I'll read fanfic so I can giggle over the Id Vortex swirlings with the author -- and before then I think it was Friday by Heinlein (which retains the distinction of 'only book I flung at the wall, went over, picked up and finished') and The Bell Curve (which was for a class), both in college.
If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop and look it up right away?
In these days of the Internet, yes. When I was younger I made a note to check later, and usually did, but tried to figure it out from context rather than stop.
What is the last book you bought?
My most recent shipment: Oroonoko (because The Libertine led me to Charles II led me to Nell Gwyn led me to remind myself of Aphra Behn), Megillat Esther by J. T. Waldman (because Masquerade: The Whole Megillah, starring Adam Lambert in all the roles, led me toroga's posts about the Book of Esther), Curly Like Me: How to Grow Your Hair Healthy, Long, and Strong by Teri LaFlesh (because I'm a fan of her hair care website), How to Defeat Your Own Clone: And Other Tips for Surviving the Biotech Revolution by Kyle Kurpinski (a LJ friend and talented artist, _ming, illustrated it, and it sounds interesting) and Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson, to give a coworker for her children because my little roommates seem to like it.
Looking this over I wonder if the pile from Dover Books would be more interesting (cookbooks, a translation of the Bhagavad Gita and The Curves of Life which is all about spirals) but the above's what arrived most recently.
Are you the type of person that reads one book at a time, or can you read more than one?
I tend to be in the middle of a pile of things at any given time, and books are no exception.
Do you have a favorite time/place to read?
On the T. I love reading on the T, but I must read nonfiction -- fiction makes me miss my stop.
Do you prefer series books or stand alones?
Stand alones, for the same reason I write my stories as stand alones even when I write them into series.
Is there a specific book or author you find yourself recommending over and over?
Recently, Nalo Hopkinson and Mary Renault
How do you organize your books? (by genre, title, author’s last name, etc.)
Right now, roughly by subject; the speculative fiction paperbacks are together, the history resource books are together, the graphic novels are together, the large format cookbooks are together, the small format cookbooks are together with the porn...
jenny_evergreen. :DDo you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack:
I try not to (it's not good for books, needless to say) but if so, something I can eat one-handed like bread or cheese or cut up fruit.
What is your favorite drink while reading?
Water or diluted fruit juice or iced green tea, favorite drinks anyway.
Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
D:
I stopped writing in books around when I hit double digits, and by the time I was through puberty I wanted to go back in a time machine and hit my younger self's knuckles with a ruler for ever doing so.
... amusingly, though, I like the history conveyed by notes in library books and personal collection books, even though I wince for the books' sakes.
How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
Laying it flat short term, an impromptu bookmark (aka 'torn snip of notepaper') long-term.
Fiction, nonfiction, or both?
I love fiction but mostly read short stories (fan and pro) these days. I tend to read nonfiction books for the same reason I watch nonfiction TV -- something about fictional stories gets under my skin and winds me up, but nonfiction amuses and relaxes me. (Mind you, my nonfiction TV is Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, and Top Gear (FSVO 'non' fiction.)
Are you a person who tends to read to the end of a chapter, or can you stop anywhere?
I must read to the ends of chapters. I can become quite cross if interrupted and prevented.
Are you the type of person to throw a book across the room or on the floor if the author irritates you?
Occasionally. The last book I threw at the wall was Maia by Richard Adams -- if I want to read lavishly imagined idfic I'll read fanfic so I can giggle over the Id Vortex swirlings with the author -- and before then I think it was Friday by Heinlein (which retains the distinction of 'only book I flung at the wall, went over, picked up and finished') and The Bell Curve (which was for a class), both in college.
If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop and look it up right away?
In these days of the Internet, yes. When I was younger I made a note to check later, and usually did, but tried to figure it out from context rather than stop.
What is the last book you bought?
My most recent shipment: Oroonoko (because The Libertine led me to Charles II led me to Nell Gwyn led me to remind myself of Aphra Behn), Megillat Esther by J. T. Waldman (because Masquerade: The Whole Megillah, starring Adam Lambert in all the roles, led me to
roga's posts about the Book of Esther), Curly Like Me: How to Grow Your Hair Healthy, Long, and Strong by Teri LaFlesh (because I'm a fan of her hair care website), How to Defeat Your Own Clone: And Other Tips for Surviving the Biotech Revolution by Kyle Kurpinski (a LJ friend and talented artist, _ming, illustrated it, and it sounds interesting) and Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson, to give a coworker for her children because my little roommates seem to like it. Looking this over I wonder if the pile from Dover Books would be more interesting (cookbooks, a translation of the Bhagavad Gita and The Curves of Life which is all about spirals) but the above's what arrived most recently.
Are you the type of person that reads one book at a time, or can you read more than one?
I tend to be in the middle of a pile of things at any given time, and books are no exception.
Do you have a favorite time/place to read?
On the T. I love reading on the T, but I must read nonfiction -- fiction makes me miss my stop.
Do you prefer series books or stand alones?
Stand alones, for the same reason I write my stories as stand alones even when I write them into series.
Is there a specific book or author you find yourself recommending over and over?
Recently, Nalo Hopkinson and Mary Renault
How do you organize your books? (by genre, title, author’s last name, etc.)
Right now, roughly by subject; the speculative fiction paperbacks are together, the history resource books are together, the graphic novels are together, the large format cookbooks are together, the small format cookbooks are together with the porn...
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The questions
Date: 2010-05-18 01:40 pm (UTC)What is your favorite drink while reading?
Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
Fiction, nonfiction, or both?
Are you a person who tends to read to the end of a chapter, or can you stop anywhere?
Are you the type of person to throw a book across the room or on the floor if the author irritates you?
If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop and look it up right away?
What is the last book you bought?
Are you the type of person that reads one book at a time, or can you read more than one?
Do you have a favorite time/place to read?
Do you prefer series books or stand alones?
Is there a specific book or author you find yourself recommending over and over?
How do you organize your books? (by genre, title, author’s last name, etc.)
no subject
Date: 2010-05-18 02:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-18 02:33 pm (UTC)I may do this. Just have to find braincells...
no subject
Date: 2010-05-18 05:32 pm (UTC)Something about this juxtaposition put me in my happy place.