"Names of Authors and the Books They Wrote"
That was the title of one of my early reading lists. Heh.
So here is the book meme I mentioned in my last post. I'm filling it in just prior to midnight, so it's going to be as loose and informal as I ever get online... Expect grammar failings.
What is your favorite drink while reading?
Coffee with a lot of milk.
Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
Ah, it does, actually. And I don't really feel the need to make notes all that often, sadly. Embarrassingly.
How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
For the most part, I just remember my place. Occasionally I'll grab whatever paper item is handy and stick it in before closing.
Fiction, non-fiction, or both?
Mostly fiction, but a lot of it is historical fiction, so that's kinda non-fiction, right?
Are you a person who tends to read to the end of a chapter, or can you stop anywhere?
Stop? I'm sorry, why would I do that?
Are you the type of person to throw a book across the room or on the floor if the author irritates you?
Mh... No, but I do slam the book shut and make huffing noises.
If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop and look it up right away?
Not usually. I try to remember it and find it later. Sometimes that doesn't work and I resolve to make better habits.
What are you currently reading?
TimeLife's The Resistance. Intense, interesting non-fiction.
What is the last book you bought?
The above and the other four in the series - babbled about in this post.
Do you have a favorite time/place to read?
Time: any spare time. Place: up on my bunk - above the ebb and flow.
Is there a specific book or author you find yourself recommending over and over?
Birthmarked, by Caragh M. O'Brien, and the Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner.
How do you organize your books? (by genre, title, author’s last name, etc.)
By age-range, then author, and then by highly complex algorithms - e.g. if it's next to the Sutcliffs, then it's really good historical fiction. If it's a really nice hardback (collector grade) it goes on the high shelf away from small siblings. And all the horse books are together. And then a lot of my recent aquisitions are in a stack waiting for me to make room somewhere.
Annnd what little I did get done of the intended second 2011 Reading Review; these have been sitting for a while:
The first book you read in 2011:
The Silver Branch (Rosemary Sutcliff). Not one of my favorites, but still better than almost anything not by Sutcliff. : P I found it interesting and refreshing that Justin, the MC, is more of a sidekick to his cousin Flavius, as opposed to Sutcliff's usual pattern of the MC being a leader (Frontier Wolves, Eagle of the Ninth).
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The last book you finished in 2011:
Legend (Marie Lu). This book has been touted as The Next Hunger Games, just like many new YA novels. While certainly not that good, it does get close once or twice.
The first book you will finish (did finish!) in 2012:
Empire of the Summer Sun (S.C. Gwynne). A non-fiction book about Comanche Indian wars in the Southwest. Intense and occasionally hair-raising (no pun intended).
Book I had already read and forgotten:
Well, I can't seem to recall the plots of half the Agatha Christie mysteries I read last year...
Favorite couple:
Lucy and Kit in The Twin's Daughter (Lauren Baratz-Logsted). The chemistry as their childhood camaraderie developed into love is very sweet. I also really appreciate the author's inclusion of the little moment when they intentionally wait till marriage. So rare in recent novels...
Author you read the most in 2011:
Agatha Christie - seven volumes of mysteries. Short and [metaphorically speaking] sweet. Second place goes to Dorothy Sayers, of whose works I read five longer stories, finding them twice as enjoyable.
So here is the book meme I mentioned in my last post. I'm filling it in just prior to midnight, so it's going to be as loose and informal as I ever get online... Expect grammar failings.
What is your favorite drink while reading?
Coffee with a lot of milk.
Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
Ah, it does, actually. And I don't really feel the need to make notes all that often, sadly. Embarrassingly.
How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
For the most part, I just remember my place. Occasionally I'll grab whatever paper item is handy and stick it in before closing.
Fiction, non-fiction, or both?
Mostly fiction, but a lot of it is historical fiction, so that's kinda non-fiction, right?
Are you a person who tends to read to the end of a chapter, or can you stop anywhere?
Stop? I'm sorry, why would I do that?
Are you the type of person to throw a book across the room or on the floor if the author irritates you?
Mh... No, but I do slam the book shut and make huffing noises.
If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop and look it up right away?
Not usually. I try to remember it and find it later. Sometimes that doesn't work and I resolve to make better habits.
What are you currently reading?
TimeLife's The Resistance. Intense, interesting non-fiction.
What is the last book you bought?
The above and the other four in the series - babbled about in this post.
Do you have a favorite time/place to read?
Time: any spare time. Place: up on my bunk - above the ebb and flow.
Is there a specific book or author you find yourself recommending over and over?
Birthmarked, by Caragh M. O'Brien, and the Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner.
How do you organize your books? (by genre, title, author’s last name, etc.)
By age-range, then author, and then by highly complex algorithms - e.g. if it's next to the Sutcliffs, then it's really good historical fiction. If it's a really nice hardback (collector grade) it goes on the high shelf away from small siblings. And all the horse books are together. And then a lot of my recent aquisitions are in a stack waiting for me to make room somewhere.
Annnd what little I did get done of the intended second 2011 Reading Review; these have been sitting for a while:
The first book you read in 2011:
The Silver Branch (Rosemary Sutcliff). Not one of my favorites, but still better than almost anything not by Sutcliff. : P I found it interesting and refreshing that Justin, the MC, is more of a sidekick to his cousin Flavius, as opposed to Sutcliff's usual pattern of the MC being a leader (Frontier Wolves, Eagle of the Ninth).
.
The last book you finished in 2011:
Legend (Marie Lu). This book has been touted as The Next Hunger Games, just like many new YA novels. While certainly not that good, it does get close once or twice.
The first book you will finish (did finish!) in 2012:
Empire of the Summer Sun (S.C. Gwynne). A non-fiction book about Comanche Indian wars in the Southwest. Intense and occasionally hair-raising (no pun intended).
Book I had already read and forgotten:
Well, I can't seem to recall the plots of half the Agatha Christie mysteries I read last year...
Favorite couple:
Lucy and Kit in The Twin's Daughter (Lauren Baratz-Logsted). The chemistry as their childhood camaraderie developed into love is very sweet. I also really appreciate the author's inclusion of the little moment when they intentionally wait till marriage. So rare in recent novels...
Author you read the most in 2011:
Agatha Christie - seven volumes of mysteries. Short and [metaphorically speaking] sweet. Second place goes to Dorothy Sayers, of whose works I read five longer stories, finding them twice as enjoyable.