Book Meme from awritersfantasy

[ringwraith10]

Hardback, trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Any paperbacks...

Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Well, I work for Barnes and Noble, so I'll have to say I prefer Borders. :D

Bookmark or dog-ear?
Bookmark, definitely.

Amazon or brick and mortar?
I like walking into a bookstore and looking at all the books to choose from... *bliss*

Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
I have my books somewhat sorted by genre, although I have so many books it's hard to keep them arranged that way.

Keep, throw away, or sell?
Keep, duh!

Keep dust jacket or toss it?
Uh, keep it.

Read with dust jacket or remove it?
With

Short story or novel?
Novel, but I do like to read short stories, too.

Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Harry Potter

Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
Either... usually when tired, but I try to correlate that with chapter breaks.

"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?
Both?

Buy or borrow?
Buy!!!

New or used?
Both

Buying choice: book reviews, recommendations, or browse?
Browsing... sometimes recommendation.

Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Both

Morning reading, afternoon reading, or nighttime reading?
Hmm, all of the above? Usually in the afternoon and nighttime.

Stand-alone or series?
All of the above

Favorite series?
Hmm... so many! Maybe the Belgariad Series by David and Leigh Eddings?

Favorite children's book?
The rats of NIMH series, the Julie trilogy, um... I have many favorites.

Favorite YA book?
Hmm... I dunno. I guess I'll go with the obvious and say Harry Potter?

Favorite book of which nobody else has heard?
I have many of those. Hmm... maybe... (shoot, I forgot the title of that book. how sad!)

Favorite books read last year?
All of them?

Favorite books of all time?
Man, that's too long of a list. Hmm, Sir Apropos of Nothing, Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Lord of the Rings, Belgariad, Polgara the Sorceress, so many others...

Least favorite book you finished last year?
Uh, I dunno.

What are you reading right now?
Eldest

What are you reading next?
Son of a Witch

Favorite book to recommend to an eleven-year-old?
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Favorite book to reread?
See all books listed above?
I've reread the Harry Potter books a bunch...

Do you ever smell books?
Yes. Yes I do.

Do you ever read Primary source documents?
I have to for Western Civ class, but sometimes I do it on my own for fun, too.

Favorite authors?
Peter David, David and Leigh Eddings, Gregory Macguire, SHAKESPEARE, uh, so many others...

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Hardback, trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Hardbacks!

Barnes & Noble or Borders?
B&N usually. But I go to both.

Bookmark or dog-ear?
Bookmark built into my leatherette cover.

Amazon or brick and mortar?
Both, of course!

Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
By author within fiction. By name of the TV show or pulp series title for tie-ins. Then LCC for non-fiction.

Keep, throw away, or sell?
Keep!

Keep dust jacket or toss it?
Dust jacket, preferably in a plastic sleeve.

Read with dust jacket or remove it?
Without. Replaced by my protective cover referenced above.

Short story or novel?
Anything. Including comics.

Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Harry Potter

Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
When sleep robs me of my vision.

"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?
It was a dark and stormy

Buy or borrow?
Buy.

New or used?
New, mostly

Buying choice: book reviews, recommendations, or browse?
Recommendations. I read some in order to WRITE book reviews.

Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Tidy ending

Morning reading, afternoon reading, or nighttime reading?
Nightime and when nature calls.

Stand-alone or series?
Any

Favorite series?
LotR -- then Foundation.

Favorite children's book?
Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers

Favorite YA book?
Have Space Suit, Will Travel, by Robert A. Heinlein.

Favorite book of which nobody else has heard?
The Hole in the Zero, by M. K. Joseph.

Favorite books read last year?
Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained, (a two-part novel) by Peter F. Hamilton


Favorite books of all time?
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert A. Heinlein

Least favorite book you finished last year?
Jack Jacobs and the Doomsday Time Machine by Albert S. Abraham

What are you reading right now?
Ink, by Hal Duncan

What are you reading next?
Cygnet, by Patricia A. McKillip

Favorite book to recommend to an eleven-year-old?
Podkayne of Mars, by Robert A. Heinlein

Favorite book to reread?
Anything by Heinlein.

Do you ever smell books?
Nope. Sinus problems.

Do you ever read Primary source documents?
Yes. Too geeky for words.


Favorite authors?
Heinlein (duh). Asimov, Rand, Vidal, Poul Anderson, Tolkein, Lewis, Hugo (Victor), Alan Moore, Smith [Cordwainer, Thorne, E.E., and Neil]

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I have a handy-dandy cover bor my books, too. :D

And I need to read Mary Poppins again. I remember I didn't like it when I was little, but I might like it now that I'm older. :)

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