Friday Fiver

[ringsandcoffee]

1. Most everyone will recommend a book or two to read, but are there any you would tell people to avoid?
As a young kid, I remember HATING Pippi Longstocking, and struggling through The Secret Garden. Daniel Deronda started ok but I only finished it for the sake of finishing it (and the miniseries was even more painful).

2. If you take a book

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[ragnarok_08]

Here are my answers:

1) I haven't read It Ends With Us, but I've heard it leaves a LOT to be desired.

2) I'd take a book I haven't read yet.

3) I do like to read mysteries and horror around Halloween.

4) I usually prefer to read stand-alone stories.

5) So many books, especially one I read recently, Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo.

[ringsandcoffee]

Not only do I not read a lot of fiction, but I am a little snobbish in that I actively avoid popular authors who have a new book out every few months. There is really no good reason for this.

[meathiel]

Do you really read in the order you bought them?

[ringsandcoffee]

Not 100%, but for the most part. Either that or in the order that I found them. I usually will take a picture of a book that looks interesting, and then when I'm at the store, I try to buy ones from that list instead of ones I saw that day. It's totally chance what I'm able to find at the stores. Sometimes I'll order from Amazon if I cannot find it otherwise. However, now I have the library, where I checked out the oldest 2 books on my list that were impossible to find in the store. So, those are next.