M is for Meme
Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
I have no preference.
Amazon or brick and mortar?
none of the above, eh
Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Borders, hands down. When I go to hockey practice in the morning, between that, and the pcuk drop at 7pm, I kill time at Borders on Dale Mabry. :)
Bookmark or dog-ear?
Bookmark, usually. If it's a used book, or one that's already been dogeared that i don't worry too much.
Alphabetize by author, alphabetize by title, or random?
As obsessive as I am about organization of my cd's, you'd think I would be about my books. I don't have a bookcase in my room anymore, so they are in a safe box as of now, but I usually group them by author.
Keep, throw away, or sell?
I love keeping books. I love seeing them on the shelf, and knowing anytime I want to revisit them, I can.
Keep dust jacket or toss it?
I keep them. I like them.
Read with dust jacket or remove it?
Usually, I use the flap for a bookmark.
Short story or novel?
novels.
Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
POTTER!!!
Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
I try my best to make it to chapter breaks.
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?
Doesn't matter too much.
Buy or borrow?
Normally, I buy them. Sometimes, I am regretful. Usually not though. Lately I have been a library girl.
New or used?
New. I love the smell of new things.
Buying choice: book reviews, recommendations, or browse?
I just wander until I find something.
Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
I hate being left hanging, it makes me MENTAL!
Morning reading, afternoon reading, or nighttime reading?
All the time.
Stand-alone or series?
Both.
Favorite series?
Um. The Green Mile.
Favorite children's book?
Charlotte's Web. I read it a million times. I need to read it again. And Where The Wild Things Are!
For older children?
I started reading adult books young. Anne Rice.
Favorite YA book?
I skipped that whole thing.
Favorite book of which nobody else has heard?
A Dirty Job, by Christopher Moore. HE IS AMAZING!!!
Favorite books read last year?
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore.<---and now I am proven wrong, haha. Someone else does know who he is. And I agree.
Favorite books of all time?
Violin- Anne Rice. Intensity & The Funhouse by Dean Koontz. I forgot the name, but it's a vampire book by Christopher Moore. Thunder & Lightning by PHIL ESPOSITO!!!
Least favorite book you finished last year?
There were a few I never finished, but I forgot them.
What are you reading right now?
The Face by Dean Koontz.
What are you reading next?
Hopefully Harry Potter!!
Favorite book to recommend to an eleven-year-old?
I don't even know what eleven year old will read anymore.<---I go with that
Favorite book to reread?
Queen of The Damned!!
Do you ever smell books?
YES!!!
Do you ever read primary source documents?
It really depends on what it is and what it's for.<--yeah
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