Book Meme from awritersfantasy

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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...