Are you a typical book reader?
I saw it in scholarwill's journal and found it interesting, so I decided to do it too. By the way, I don't think that I actually am a typical book reader. I like reading very much and have always liked it since I learned it at the age of 4. Now I'm enjoying the ability to read in 3 different languages (Russian, German, English) which enlargens my choice of books. But I'm afraid, I'm relatively slow at it (I need to read every word and don't like reading diagonally, finishing a page in some seconds, like some people I know do, and I have to stop reading at some points of the book to think over what I have read and to remember it well), and, since I've got so much other hobbies (and work for my studies... ^^;), I don't have too much time for it.
But let's see what the test says. ^_^
1. Readers love cats
Yes, yes, yes! The first question is already my favorite one - I love cats and can't imagine a life without them! =^.^= At the moment, we (my parents, my brother and me) have 3 of them at home. ^___^
2. Readers are light-shunning
I don't think so. Well, a sunny day is not my favorite weather and not my favorite time of the day. I love the rain. And I like this time of the day before it gets dark - the sky is still white, but the cars and the houses already need their lights, it's beautiful, especially when it's raining. And I like the night, the stars, the moon and the lights of the cars and houses in the night.
But when it's raining for a too long period, I start feeling tired and annoyed. The same happens when I have to write a term paper for the university and start working at night and sleeping at daytime (which I tend to when I have too much work) - then I realize that I need the sun, at least sometimes.
3. Readers are persons who make decisions on a gut level
No! O_O Making a decision is a terrible thing to me.
4. Readers are romantic
I think so. :)
5. Readers love kids... as long as they don't paint in their favorite books
To be honest, I don't know. I used to get along well with kids in the past. Well, perhaps I was a kid myself back then, but I was getting along well with kids who were way younger than me. Perhaps because I have a younger brother and a very much younger cousin, and we used to play together a lot. But in the last years (since my brother isn't really a kid anymore) I didn't know many kids, so I can't tell.
6. Readers are collectors, not only of books
Yes. I don't have an expensive "collection" of something. But there are some things I continue buying. Mangas, hello kitty phone charms, everything about the shinsengumi... Do I collect books? I was collecting mangas, which I don't do anymore... at the moment, I'm collecting shinsengumi books because I need them for my final paper at the university. But since other people don't buy books for it, and since I really like the topic, I guess it is collecting.
7. Readers love cake and coffee klatsch
I love cake and coffee, especially the coffee at a bakery or in a café - somehow it just won't get as good at home. But I mostly buy it in the morning before the university courses, to better wake up. When meeting my friends, there are plenty of other things we do.
8. Readers have jobs where there are in contact with other people
I don't have a job yet. And I haven't decided yet, what kind of job I want to have. Being in contact with other people or not is one of the most important questions in that decision, and I haven't answered it for myself yet. We'll see.
9. Readers eat bio food
Bio lemons, yes. Because I can put them into my tea (or cola, or water... etc.) without being afraid of the harmful chemicals on the peel. As for all the other food, I don't care, to be honest. Perhaps it'll change one day when I'll be earning my own money, I don't know.
10. Readers also like to write
To write what? I don't write books, but I use to write mails and letters which are too long. I also have a problem with mobile phone messages, because mine often are too long for the one message limit. I do enjoy the process of writing, but I don't have enough ideas for a book or something alike.
11. Readers were loners and stay-at-homes as a child
That's true about me.
12. Readers have good friends, but not many of them
That's true, too. And since I'm now - thanks to the university - living in a share-house with my two best friends (visiting my parents on weekends), I'm perhaps even more a stay-at-home now. ^^;;
13. Readers like to play
Yes, playing is great! Video games, card games, parlor games... I just don't understand why some people think they have to stop playing and generally stop being childish from time to time when they grow up. Playing is fun and education, not only for kids!
14. Readers are helpful and good
Perhaps, no. I don't think I'm a bad person, but I'm afraid, I'm not very helfpful... I'm not the kind of person who goes to Afrika to help the poor people there, although I wouldn't say that it's a bad thing to do, but it just isn't for me. I have my own life, and I'd like to live it for myself. Is it a selfish way of thinking? Or is it because I'm young? I don't know.
15. Readers like to dream (also daydreaming)
Yes, unfortunately. ^^;;; I really am the kind of person who gets lost in daydreaming and doesn't see or hear anything happening around. ^^;;;;;
16. Readers drive small cars
That's true. ^.^
Well, the car I'm driving now isn't my own, it actually is my mother's. And I don't know if I will have a bigger car one day, when I have my own family and kids. But generally, small cars are great! I can park diagonally, and I still don't leave the border of the parking slot, isn't it awesome?
17. Readers loved to read under their blankets as a child
Did I ever read under the blanket? I don't remember, maybe. But anyway, I often stayed up longer then allowed, to be able to read. ^^;
18. Readers prefer books to movies etc. on TV
No. Books are great, and books are definitely not the same, and if you have seen a movie on a book, it doesn't mean you know the book, I know. But books are not always better. Movies and TV are... easier and take less time, and there are some movies which couldn't be put in words in a book, like for example "August Rush".
It's just a different art. Some stories are told better in a book, some in a movie.
19. Readers always carry a book with them
When I'm reading an especially interesting one, yes. But it doesn't happen all too often these last years.
20. Readers also love to read other things
Yes, I think so. And I'm not sure if there is a difference. There are books made of blogs or of magazine articles, because text is text, and there isn't THAT much difference - you can write the same thing anywhere. Well, comics perhaps are another thing, and I like reading comics and mangas, too.
21. Readers have problems with their eyes
Yes, I do. :( And have to wear glasses because I just somehow can't get along with contact lenses.
22. Readers can spend hours in a book store
Sometimes. In a really big book store, where I find a whole section interesting. For example a full shelf of English books. But it's most likely to happen in a library - in the section of books on handwork or on history, or in the Japanese Studies library at the university. I like to look at what they have there, even knowing that I will most likely never find the time to read everything of it.
23. Readers have at least two books with a signature
No, I don't have any.
But I know someone, who's likely to become a writer. ^-^
24. Readers have fallen in love with a fictional character at least once
Yes. ^//^
25. Readers have traveled to places of their favorite books
Yes, I have. For example, the Sherlock Holmes museum in London. And I'd love to go to the house which inspired the author to write the "Hound of the Baskervilles". *_*
It's the first example that comes to my mind, but there are perhaps more of them. Besides, I just love travelling, so it's just connecting two of my hobbies. ^^
26. Readers have their favorite writers, and they stick to them
There is one writer I like very much at the moment, and I'd like to read everything he writes - Boris Akunin aka A. Brusnikin. But I also like reading other, new kinds of books.
27. Readers love to visit events connected with books (conventions, book-singings, readings...)
I don't think so. I love the events connected with manga, anime, cosplay and Japan (AnimagiC and the like), but I don't remember going to a book event.
28. Readers don’t like to lend their favorite books to others
Why not? If I can trust a person enough to lend them anything, I'd be glad to lend them my favorite books, so that we can talk about it. ^^
29. Readers are night persons
Yes, that's true about me, and I guess, I have written enough about it above. ^-^;
30. Readers would never give away their favorite books
I have given away my favorite book. It was "The Endless Story" by Michael Ende. I have read it, and read it again and again and again. And when I knew, there's nothing more to read about it, I gave it away to a friend, so that someone else can read it.
But perhaps, it's the craziest thing I've ever done about reading, because mostly, I don't even read a book for a second time. But I like to be able to look into the book again, to look up something I forgot, so I wouldn't give it away that easy again without getting a new one. Then again, it's not only books. If I bought a thing, why should I want to give it away? There is a reason why I bought it, isnt there? For example, I can't give away my old stuffed animals - in contrast to a book, even if I got a new one. Because in the book, I'd get the text anyway, but the stuffed animal is like a friend, and you can't just give away a friend, even if you'd get a new one. So, I guess, books aren't the most important thing for me.
Conclusion: If counting some of the anwers as 1/2 yes, 1/2 no, then I have something like 15-16 x yes. It makes me to half a typical book reader. ^-^
Sorry if my English isn't that good. ^^;; If you have read it and want to do it too, feel free to do so, I'd be glad about a notice on it, so that I can read the answers too. ^^
But let's see what the test says. ^_^
1. Readers love cats
Yes, yes, yes! The first question is already my favorite one - I love cats and can't imagine a life without them! =^.^= At the moment, we (my parents, my brother and me) have 3 of them at home. ^___^
2. Readers are light-shunning
I don't think so. Well, a sunny day is not my favorite weather and not my favorite time of the day. I love the rain. And I like this time of the day before it gets dark - the sky is still white, but the cars and the houses already need their lights, it's beautiful, especially when it's raining. And I like the night, the stars, the moon and the lights of the cars and houses in the night.
But when it's raining for a too long period, I start feeling tired and annoyed. The same happens when I have to write a term paper for the university and start working at night and sleeping at daytime (which I tend to when I have too much work) - then I realize that I need the sun, at least sometimes.
3. Readers are persons who make decisions on a gut level
No! O_O Making a decision is a terrible thing to me.
4. Readers are romantic
I think so. :)
5. Readers love kids... as long as they don't paint in their favorite books
To be honest, I don't know. I used to get along well with kids in the past. Well, perhaps I was a kid myself back then, but I was getting along well with kids who were way younger than me. Perhaps because I have a younger brother and a very much younger cousin, and we used to play together a lot. But in the last years (since my brother isn't really a kid anymore) I didn't know many kids, so I can't tell.
6. Readers are collectors, not only of books
Yes. I don't have an expensive "collection" of something. But there are some things I continue buying. Mangas, hello kitty phone charms, everything about the shinsengumi... Do I collect books? I was collecting mangas, which I don't do anymore... at the moment, I'm collecting shinsengumi books because I need them for my final paper at the university. But since other people don't buy books for it, and since I really like the topic, I guess it is collecting.
7. Readers love cake and coffee klatsch
I love cake and coffee, especially the coffee at a bakery or in a café - somehow it just won't get as good at home. But I mostly buy it in the morning before the university courses, to better wake up. When meeting my friends, there are plenty of other things we do.
8. Readers have jobs where there are in contact with other people
I don't have a job yet. And I haven't decided yet, what kind of job I want to have. Being in contact with other people or not is one of the most important questions in that decision, and I haven't answered it for myself yet. We'll see.
9. Readers eat bio food
Bio lemons, yes. Because I can put them into my tea (or cola, or water... etc.) without being afraid of the harmful chemicals on the peel. As for all the other food, I don't care, to be honest. Perhaps it'll change one day when I'll be earning my own money, I don't know.
10. Readers also like to write
To write what? I don't write books, but I use to write mails and letters which are too long. I also have a problem with mobile phone messages, because mine often are too long for the one message limit. I do enjoy the process of writing, but I don't have enough ideas for a book or something alike.
11. Readers were loners and stay-at-homes as a child
That's true about me.
12. Readers have good friends, but not many of them
That's true, too. And since I'm now - thanks to the university - living in a share-house with my two best friends (visiting my parents on weekends), I'm perhaps even more a stay-at-home now. ^^;;
13. Readers like to play
Yes, playing is great! Video games, card games, parlor games... I just don't understand why some people think they have to stop playing and generally stop being childish from time to time when they grow up. Playing is fun and education, not only for kids!
14. Readers are helpful and good
Perhaps, no. I don't think I'm a bad person, but I'm afraid, I'm not very helfpful... I'm not the kind of person who goes to Afrika to help the poor people there, although I wouldn't say that it's a bad thing to do, but it just isn't for me. I have my own life, and I'd like to live it for myself. Is it a selfish way of thinking? Or is it because I'm young? I don't know.
15. Readers like to dream (also daydreaming)
Yes, unfortunately. ^^;;; I really am the kind of person who gets lost in daydreaming and doesn't see or hear anything happening around. ^^;;;;;
16. Readers drive small cars
That's true. ^.^
Well, the car I'm driving now isn't my own, it actually is my mother's. And I don't know if I will have a bigger car one day, when I have my own family and kids. But generally, small cars are great! I can park diagonally, and I still don't leave the border of the parking slot, isn't it awesome?
17. Readers loved to read under their blankets as a child
Did I ever read under the blanket? I don't remember, maybe. But anyway, I often stayed up longer then allowed, to be able to read. ^^;
18. Readers prefer books to movies etc. on TV
No. Books are great, and books are definitely not the same, and if you have seen a movie on a book, it doesn't mean you know the book, I know. But books are not always better. Movies and TV are... easier and take less time, and there are some movies which couldn't be put in words in a book, like for example "August Rush".
It's just a different art. Some stories are told better in a book, some in a movie.
19. Readers always carry a book with them
When I'm reading an especially interesting one, yes. But it doesn't happen all too often these last years.
20. Readers also love to read other things
Yes, I think so. And I'm not sure if there is a difference. There are books made of blogs or of magazine articles, because text is text, and there isn't THAT much difference - you can write the same thing anywhere. Well, comics perhaps are another thing, and I like reading comics and mangas, too.
21. Readers have problems with their eyes
Yes, I do. :( And have to wear glasses because I just somehow can't get along with contact lenses.
22. Readers can spend hours in a book store
Sometimes. In a really big book store, where I find a whole section interesting. For example a full shelf of English books. But it's most likely to happen in a library - in the section of books on handwork or on history, or in the Japanese Studies library at the university. I like to look at what they have there, even knowing that I will most likely never find the time to read everything of it.
23. Readers have at least two books with a signature
No, I don't have any.
But I know someone, who's likely to become a writer. ^-^
24. Readers have fallen in love with a fictional character at least once
Yes. ^//^
25. Readers have traveled to places of their favorite books
Yes, I have. For example, the Sherlock Holmes museum in London. And I'd love to go to the house which inspired the author to write the "Hound of the Baskervilles". *_*
It's the first example that comes to my mind, but there are perhaps more of them. Besides, I just love travelling, so it's just connecting two of my hobbies. ^^
26. Readers have their favorite writers, and they stick to them
There is one writer I like very much at the moment, and I'd like to read everything he writes - Boris Akunin aka A. Brusnikin. But I also like reading other, new kinds of books.
27. Readers love to visit events connected with books (conventions, book-singings, readings...)
I don't think so. I love the events connected with manga, anime, cosplay and Japan (AnimagiC and the like), but I don't remember going to a book event.
28. Readers don’t like to lend their favorite books to others
Why not? If I can trust a person enough to lend them anything, I'd be glad to lend them my favorite books, so that we can talk about it. ^^
29. Readers are night persons
Yes, that's true about me, and I guess, I have written enough about it above. ^-^;
30. Readers would never give away their favorite books
I have given away my favorite book. It was "The Endless Story" by Michael Ende. I have read it, and read it again and again and again. And when I knew, there's nothing more to read about it, I gave it away to a friend, so that someone else can read it.
But perhaps, it's the craziest thing I've ever done about reading, because mostly, I don't even read a book for a second time. But I like to be able to look into the book again, to look up something I forgot, so I wouldn't give it away that easy again without getting a new one. Then again, it's not only books. If I bought a thing, why should I want to give it away? There is a reason why I bought it, isnt there? For example, I can't give away my old stuffed animals - in contrast to a book, even if I got a new one. Because in the book, I'd get the text anyway, but the stuffed animal is like a friend, and you can't just give away a friend, even if you'd get a new one. So, I guess, books aren't the most important thing for me.
Conclusion: If counting some of the anwers as 1/2 yes, 1/2 no, then I have something like 15-16 x yes. It makes me to half a typical book reader. ^-^
Sorry if my English isn't that good. ^^;; If you have read it and want to do it too, feel free to do so, I'd be glad about a notice on it, so that I can read the answers too. ^^