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newnumber6) wrote2007-04-12 11:31 pm
newnumber6) wrote2007-04-12 11:31 pm
Book Survey Meme
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soleta_nf...
Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Mass market paperback, generally. I'll get a hardcover if it's a book I _really_ want.
Amazon or brick and mortar?
Bricks and mortar. I like feeling the book in my hands when I buy it.
Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Neither. World's Biggest Bookstore if I'm actually going to a chain (or Indigo, but they're the same company anyway), or used bookstores more commonly.
Bookmark or dog-ear?
For keeping my place when reading, I'll bookmark or just remember. I will occasionally dog-ear if there's some part of it I want to remember.
Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
Pretty well random. I try to keep series together, but my brother and I are both readers and we generally don't return things to the exact place we left them.
Keep, throw away, or sell?
Keep. I'm big on rereading.
Keep dust jacket or toss it?
Keep, cause they're pretty.
Read with dust jacket or remove it?
Remove it, usually. Usually I read on the go, so bringing them along risks damaging them. If I'm reading them at home, I'll use the dust jacket as a bookmark though.
Short story or novel?
I like both. It's like a meal.. sometimes you like a big meal, and sometimes you like a quick snack.
Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Never read Lemony Snicket, so I guess Harry Potter.
Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
Usually I stop reading when I'm interrupted - either when the thing I'm waiting for shows up, or when I've finished walking home (yes, I read while walking. But that's nothing, my brother used to read while riding a bike)
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?
"The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a lock on the door."
Buy or borrow?
Buy, always buy. I need to own my books.
New or used?
Used, if possible, although if it's an author I really like I'll be much more likely to go new.
Buying choice: book reviews, recommendations, or browse?
Browsing I guess covers it best. Mostly I learn the plot and decide then. Though I suppose, since I'm trying to read every Hugo or Nebula award winning novel, that counts as 'recommendations'.
Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Generally tidy endings, but not _too_ tidy. I don't mind a cliffhanger if I know the next book is coming though.
Morning reading, afternoon reading, or nighttime reading?
Afternoon reading, mostly.
Stand-alone or series?
I like both, but there's nothing like a good series sometimes.
Favorite series?
I dunno, ask me to choose a favorite child (if I had children), why don't you, probably a much easier decision. Especially since I'd be able to remember all the children I had that I liked. At least, hopefully.
Uhm... Ender series, maybe?
Favorite children's book?
Don't really read much in the way of children's books. Maybe the Narnia books. Maybe Harry Potter.
Favorite YA book?
I guess it's Jumper, by Steven Gould. Technically it's classified as YA, I think. It's about a teenager in an abusive home who discovers that he, apparently alone in the world, has the ability to teleport, and uses it to run away from home, make money, and build a new life, but finds he can't escape all his problems as easily as teleporting away.
High on my reread list.
Favorite book of which nobody else has heard?
Swan Songs, the Complete Hooded Swan Stories, by Brian Stableford.
Favorite books read last year?
I'm going to interpret this as 'in the last year' since I have trouble remembering specifics. And I'm eliminating rereads. So... uhm... Ilium, I think, by Dan Simmons.
Favorite books of all time?
Most of the ones already listed. 1984. Ender's Game.
Least favorite book you finished last year?
Appleseed, I think. Just a pain to get through.
What are you reading right now?
The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons, and the Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
What are you reading next?
The other books in the Reality Dysfunction series and Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge.
Favorite book to recommend to an eleven-year-old?
I don't really recommend books to eleven year olds enough to have a 'favorite'. But, outside of Harry Potter (just because it's liable to get them reading), I'd recommend Ender's Game if they're exceptionally bright, or a collection of Runaways (when it's collected, it counts as a book! Even if it is comics), for any of them, bright or not.
Favorite book to reread?
Hmmm... Lots. Jumper. Ender's Game. Swan Songs. The Nick Seafort stories. Battle Royale.
Although not all on the above list are in the category, one of the things that makes me want to reread a book is when it facilitates 'what would you do'... if it's a book about normal people thrust into an extraordinary situation, and I can iamgine what I'd do with, say, those abilities, or if forced to fight my friends, etc.
Do you ever smell books?
Not intentionally, buy yes..
Do you ever read Primary source documents?
Not generally.
soleta_nf...Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Mass market paperback, generally. I'll get a hardcover if it's a book I _really_ want.
Amazon or brick and mortar?
Bricks and mortar. I like feeling the book in my hands when I buy it.
Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Neither. World's Biggest Bookstore if I'm actually going to a chain (or Indigo, but they're the same company anyway), or used bookstores more commonly.
Bookmark or dog-ear?
For keeping my place when reading, I'll bookmark or just remember. I will occasionally dog-ear if there's some part of it I want to remember.
Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
Pretty well random. I try to keep series together, but my brother and I are both readers and we generally don't return things to the exact place we left them.
Keep, throw away, or sell?
Keep. I'm big on rereading.
Keep dust jacket or toss it?
Keep, cause they're pretty.
Read with dust jacket or remove it?
Remove it, usually. Usually I read on the go, so bringing them along risks damaging them. If I'm reading them at home, I'll use the dust jacket as a bookmark though.
Short story or novel?
I like both. It's like a meal.. sometimes you like a big meal, and sometimes you like a quick snack.
Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Never read Lemony Snicket, so I guess Harry Potter.
Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
Usually I stop reading when I'm interrupted - either when the thing I'm waiting for shows up, or when I've finished walking home (yes, I read while walking. But that's nothing, my brother used to read while riding a bike)
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?
"The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a lock on the door."
Buy or borrow?
Buy, always buy. I need to own my books.
New or used?
Used, if possible, although if it's an author I really like I'll be much more likely to go new.
Buying choice: book reviews, recommendations, or browse?
Browsing I guess covers it best. Mostly I learn the plot and decide then. Though I suppose, since I'm trying to read every Hugo or Nebula award winning novel, that counts as 'recommendations'.
Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Generally tidy endings, but not _too_ tidy. I don't mind a cliffhanger if I know the next book is coming though.
Morning reading, afternoon reading, or nighttime reading?
Afternoon reading, mostly.
Stand-alone or series?
I like both, but there's nothing like a good series sometimes.
Favorite series?
I dunno, ask me to choose a favorite child (if I had children), why don't you, probably a much easier decision. Especially since I'd be able to remember all the children I had that I liked. At least, hopefully.
Uhm... Ender series, maybe?
Favorite children's book?
Don't really read much in the way of children's books. Maybe the Narnia books. Maybe Harry Potter.
Favorite YA book?
I guess it's Jumper, by Steven Gould. Technically it's classified as YA, I think. It's about a teenager in an abusive home who discovers that he, apparently alone in the world, has the ability to teleport, and uses it to run away from home, make money, and build a new life, but finds he can't escape all his problems as easily as teleporting away.
High on my reread list.
Favorite book of which nobody else has heard?
Swan Songs, the Complete Hooded Swan Stories, by Brian Stableford.
Favorite books read last year?
I'm going to interpret this as 'in the last year' since I have trouble remembering specifics. And I'm eliminating rereads. So... uhm... Ilium, I think, by Dan Simmons.
Favorite books of all time?
Most of the ones already listed. 1984. Ender's Game.
Least favorite book you finished last year?
Appleseed, I think. Just a pain to get through.
What are you reading right now?
The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons, and the Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
What are you reading next?
The other books in the Reality Dysfunction series and Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge.
Favorite book to recommend to an eleven-year-old?
I don't really recommend books to eleven year olds enough to have a 'favorite'. But, outside of Harry Potter (just because it's liable to get them reading), I'd recommend Ender's Game if they're exceptionally bright, or a collection of Runaways (when it's collected, it counts as a book! Even if it is comics), for any of them, bright or not.
Favorite book to reread?
Hmmm... Lots. Jumper. Ender's Game. Swan Songs. The Nick Seafort stories. Battle Royale.
Although not all on the above list are in the category, one of the things that makes me want to reread a book is when it facilitates 'what would you do'... if it's a book about normal people thrust into an extraordinary situation, and I can iamgine what I'd do with, say, those abilities, or if forced to fight my friends, etc.
Do you ever smell books?
Not intentionally, buy yes..
Do you ever read Primary source documents?
Not generally.