Hardback, trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Electronic? Since I have gotten my Kindle, I haven't any actual paper books. Not a fan of hardback books.
Waterstones, Borders or Amazon?
Amazon definitely!
Bookmark or dog-ear?
Dog ear... I always lose my bookmarks.
Amazon or brick-and-mortar?
Amazon. I only go to bookstores to browse magazines.
Alphabetize by author, or alphabetize by title, or random?
By color... check out my wanna be Apartment Therapy bookcase
Keep, throw away, or sell?
Keep some donate most.
Keep dust jacket or toss it?
Keep it...
Read with dust jacket or remove it?
Usually keep it...
Short story or novel?
Novels... like to get into a story
Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Lemony Snicket? No clue who that is. Harry Potter... eh!
Buy or borrow?
Mostly buy... used to borrow from my old coworker and we passed them around the office but I no longer work there so I am out of the rotation :)
Buying choice: book reviews, recommendations, or browse?
Recommendations then book reviews and then browse. I will buy some books based on their cover. Sometimes I have been pleasantly surprised.
Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Depends on the book... if it's a series, as much as I get antsy I like a good cliffhanger.
Morning reading, afternoon reading, or nighttime reading?
Nighttime reading...
Stand-alone or series?
Either really...
Favourite series?
Twilight... hee hee I also loved the Baby Sitters Club series as a young adult
Favorite children’s book?
Sweet Valley High!
Sweet Valley High!
Favourite YA book?
Twilight
Twilight
Favorite book of which nobody else has heard?
The Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach to Igniting your Divine Spark by Sera Beak. The book focuses on igniting spirituality among women in their 20's & 30's.
Favourite books read last year?
Didn't read anything too memorable last year. in fact, I hardly read at all.
Favourite books of all time?
This is hard one... I don't think I have one.
Favourite books read last year?
Didn't read anything too memorable last year. in fact, I hardly read at all.
Favourite books of all time?
This is hard one... I don't think I have one.
Favorite book to recommend to an 11-year-old?
Anything by Judy Blume
Favorite book to re-read?
Twilight... gosh I need to branch out!
Do you ever smell books?
Ew no!
Do you ever read primary source documents like letters or diaries?
Nope
What are you reading right now?
L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad - hangs head in shame. Guilty pleasure!
What are you reading next?
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larson



LOL I read my guilty pleasure books on my iPhone so that nobody has to see the title of the book as I hold it up in the subway. :)
ReplyDeleteI organized my books by color and I love how they look! I took a photo:
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I have been wanting to read Lauren Conrad's book! I've heard it's actually quite good and she's working on a second one!
ReplyDeleteArianne - how do you think I keep rereading Twilight? hahaha
ReplyDeleteLeslie - Love your bookcase.
A little pink - it's entertaining that's for sure.