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This is yet another thing stole from a journal not my own and not on my friends list.
BOOKS
Hardback or Paperback?
There's something to be said for a good hardback, but even so... I prefer tall, broad, thick (you know, the literature format, the $16 paperbacks) paperbacks, the kind that lay flat when you open them to the middle, just because the weight on each side holds it down.
Highlight or Underline?
I love highlighters. I recently got a set of seven (seven!) different-colored highlighters from Levenger (my all-time favorite reading materials store).
Lewis or Tolkien?
I love Tolkien. I adore Tolkien. I wish Tolkien was still alive. I wish I lived in Middle-Earth.
E.B. White or A.A. Milne?
Oh, E.B. White hands down. I loved Charlotte's Web, yeah.... But The Trumpet of the Swan is part of me in the same way my right leg is part of me. I read The Trumpet of the Swan over and over again throughout my childhood, and every once in a while I catch myself humming "Oh, Ever in the Greening Spring," or I think of Applegate Skinner when I see large birds, or I remember how Serena was tossed by that horrible storm right into the arms of the swan that she would come to realize was her true love.
T.S. Eliot or e.e. cummings?
Urgh. Well, I hate e.e. cummings on the capitalization note alone. So Eliot. Actually, can I choose Yeats? I love Yeats.
Stephen King or Dean Koontz?
I've never read anything by Dean Koontz, and I've read very little by Stephen King. But what I have read--The Green Mile, mostly (mostly meaning that's mostly all I've read, not that I read only most of it)--I've adored, so Stephen King.
Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Once again, this is a hands-down decision. Barnes & Noble. It has this homey, comfortable feeling that Borders tries in vain to imitate. B&N has those great reading chairs, that great smell, a wonderful organization system... Somehow whenever I walk into a B&N I immediately feel compelled to buy and love all books in sight. When I walk into Borders I often have a hard time convincing myself that buying a book that's on my list is worthwhile. And there's that super-connection with the comfy chairs at B&N--I still remember how Claire and I were the very first ones to sit in the green ivy armchairs in the B&N in Reno. Those chairs are gone now.
Waldenbooks or B. Dalton?
Waldenbooks. Never heard of B. Dalton.
Fantasy or Science Fiction?
Urgh! Tough choice.... Fantasy. Based solely on Juliet Marillier. Well, and a little on Lackey's Magic's Pawn subseries.
Horror or Suspense?
Neither?
Bookmark or Dogear?
Bookmark! Don't mar the book! Ahh! (That said, the more bookmarks in a book, the better. Feel free to bookmark every ten pages.)
Hemingway or Faulkner?
*shudder* Neither.
Fitzgerald or Steinbeck?
Fitzgerald! Besides loathing Steinbeck, I love Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books ever. I loved it so much that after we finished our Fitzgerald unit in high school, I went out and bought the book. In the aforementioned expensive $16 paperback form.
Homer or Plato?
I haven't read any Plato yet, though I intend to. So, for now, Homer. (Proving that people choose what they know?)
Geoffrey Chaucer or Edmund Spenser?
Once again, haven't read Spenser. I liked Chaucer, though. I even memorized my part of the prologue to Canterbury Tales in olde english, just because I wanted to. I don't remember if there was an extra-credit incentive or not.
Pen or Pencil?
Pen. Black pen. Or green for editing (although red will do in a pinch). Never, ever, ever blue ink. I loathe blue ink. (Strange, since blue is my favorite color.)
Looseleaf or Notepad?
Hrm. Notepad. Notebook is even better. Journal is best. Big, fat, lined, leather-covered journal (thank you, Levenger!).
Alphabetize: By Author or By Title?
Well.... This is very strange. I alphabetize my DVDs, my CDs, and other stuff. But I actually organize my books by favorites, by category within favorites, and then by author. At home in Reno I have a very complicated three-shelved bookshelf with ultimate favorites on the left, series on the bottom, lone books in the middle, and oversized books on the top. Authors are generally in the same range as far as left-to-right goes, but they skip shelves. Anne McCaffrey, for instance, can be found on all three shelves. Oh, nevermind. You'd have to be inside my head to get it. Just suffice it to say that I know where everything is.
Dustjacket: On or Off?
Off. They drive me nuts. And I'm always afraid I'm going to tear them.
Novella or Epic?
Epic. Moby Dick, anyone?
John Grisham or Scott Turow?
Never read either.
J.K. Rowling or Lemony Snicket?
Ooh, probably Rowling, although Snicket was excellent. The only problem I have with Snicket is the cursed alliteration! It begins to drive one nuts by the sixth book.
John Irving or John Updike?
Never read either. I don't think.
Fiction or Non-fiction?
Fiction, hands-down. ...Although Irish non-fiction is acceptable.
Historical Biography or Historical Romance?
Hmm. I'm not entirely sure what a Historical Romance is. Let's call it a toss-up.
A Few Pages per Sitting or Finish at Least a Chapter?
Oh, I'm the type to devour a book in one sitting.
Short Story or Creative Non-fiction Essay?
Short Story.
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?
I'll take either one, depending on my mood. "Once upon a time" is generally more likely to cheer me up.
Buy or Borrow?
Buy. I can't stand not owning books I've read. I want them there, on the shelves, within arm's reach, so that if I need to recall a specific passage, I can find it. Or I can loan it out. Or I can re-read the whole thing, in the middle of the night, right before a midterm, when what I should really be doing is memorizing pKas.
Book Reviews or Word of Mouth?
Word of mouth. And feel. I buy a lot of books by feel--if you walk into a Barnes & Noble and twelve books jump out at you (and a train leaves Tennessee going 60 mph), it's easy to pick one and have it end up being a good book. B&N books feel right. I never buy anything in Borders (or, if I do, I end up not liking the book).
...
Okay. That was fun. It made me miss having time to read.
I think I'm going to go read Moreta's Ride for the ten thousandth time.
BOOKS
Hardback or Paperback?
There's something to be said for a good hardback, but even so... I prefer tall, broad, thick (you know, the literature format, the $16 paperbacks) paperbacks, the kind that lay flat when you open them to the middle, just because the weight on each side holds it down.
Highlight or Underline?
I love highlighters. I recently got a set of seven (seven!) different-colored highlighters from Levenger (my all-time favorite reading materials store).
Lewis or Tolkien?
I love Tolkien. I adore Tolkien. I wish Tolkien was still alive. I wish I lived in Middle-Earth.
E.B. White or A.A. Milne?
Oh, E.B. White hands down. I loved Charlotte's Web, yeah.... But The Trumpet of the Swan is part of me in the same way my right leg is part of me. I read The Trumpet of the Swan over and over again throughout my childhood, and every once in a while I catch myself humming "Oh, Ever in the Greening Spring," or I think of Applegate Skinner when I see large birds, or I remember how Serena was tossed by that horrible storm right into the arms of the swan that she would come to realize was her true love.
T.S. Eliot or e.e. cummings?
Urgh. Well, I hate e.e. cummings on the capitalization note alone. So Eliot. Actually, can I choose Yeats? I love Yeats.
Stephen King or Dean Koontz?
I've never read anything by Dean Koontz, and I've read very little by Stephen King. But what I have read--The Green Mile, mostly (mostly meaning that's mostly all I've read, not that I read only most of it)--I've adored, so Stephen King.
Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Once again, this is a hands-down decision. Barnes & Noble. It has this homey, comfortable feeling that Borders tries in vain to imitate. B&N has those great reading chairs, that great smell, a wonderful organization system... Somehow whenever I walk into a B&N I immediately feel compelled to buy and love all books in sight. When I walk into Borders I often have a hard time convincing myself that buying a book that's on my list is worthwhile. And there's that super-connection with the comfy chairs at B&N--I still remember how Claire and I were the very first ones to sit in the green ivy armchairs in the B&N in Reno. Those chairs are gone now.
Waldenbooks or B. Dalton?
Waldenbooks. Never heard of B. Dalton.
Fantasy or Science Fiction?
Urgh! Tough choice.... Fantasy. Based solely on Juliet Marillier. Well, and a little on Lackey's Magic's Pawn subseries.
Horror or Suspense?
Neither?
Bookmark or Dogear?
Bookmark! Don't mar the book! Ahh! (That said, the more bookmarks in a book, the better. Feel free to bookmark every ten pages.)
Hemingway or Faulkner?
*shudder* Neither.
Fitzgerald or Steinbeck?
Fitzgerald! Besides loathing Steinbeck, I love Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books ever. I loved it so much that after we finished our Fitzgerald unit in high school, I went out and bought the book. In the aforementioned expensive $16 paperback form.
Homer or Plato?
I haven't read any Plato yet, though I intend to. So, for now, Homer. (Proving that people choose what they know?)
Geoffrey Chaucer or Edmund Spenser?
Once again, haven't read Spenser. I liked Chaucer, though. I even memorized my part of the prologue to Canterbury Tales in olde english, just because I wanted to. I don't remember if there was an extra-credit incentive or not.
Pen or Pencil?
Pen. Black pen. Or green for editing (although red will do in a pinch). Never, ever, ever blue ink. I loathe blue ink. (Strange, since blue is my favorite color.)
Looseleaf or Notepad?
Hrm. Notepad. Notebook is even better. Journal is best. Big, fat, lined, leather-covered journal (thank you, Levenger!).
Alphabetize: By Author or By Title?
Well.... This is very strange. I alphabetize my DVDs, my CDs, and other stuff. But I actually organize my books by favorites, by category within favorites, and then by author. At home in Reno I have a very complicated three-shelved bookshelf with ultimate favorites on the left, series on the bottom, lone books in the middle, and oversized books on the top. Authors are generally in the same range as far as left-to-right goes, but they skip shelves. Anne McCaffrey, for instance, can be found on all three shelves. Oh, nevermind. You'd have to be inside my head to get it. Just suffice it to say that I know where everything is.
Dustjacket: On or Off?
Off. They drive me nuts. And I'm always afraid I'm going to tear them.
Novella or Epic?
Epic. Moby Dick, anyone?
John Grisham or Scott Turow?
Never read either.
J.K. Rowling or Lemony Snicket?
Ooh, probably Rowling, although Snicket was excellent. The only problem I have with Snicket is the cursed alliteration! It begins to drive one nuts by the sixth book.
John Irving or John Updike?
Never read either. I don't think.
Fiction or Non-fiction?
Fiction, hands-down. ...Although Irish non-fiction is acceptable.
Historical Biography or Historical Romance?
Hmm. I'm not entirely sure what a Historical Romance is. Let's call it a toss-up.
A Few Pages per Sitting or Finish at Least a Chapter?
Oh, I'm the type to devour a book in one sitting.
Short Story or Creative Non-fiction Essay?
Short Story.
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?
I'll take either one, depending on my mood. "Once upon a time" is generally more likely to cheer me up.
Buy or Borrow?
Buy. I can't stand not owning books I've read. I want them there, on the shelves, within arm's reach, so that if I need to recall a specific passage, I can find it. Or I can loan it out. Or I can re-read the whole thing, in the middle of the night, right before a midterm, when what I should really be doing is memorizing pKas.
Book Reviews or Word of Mouth?
Word of mouth. And feel. I buy a lot of books by feel--if you walk into a Barnes & Noble and twelve books jump out at you (and a train leaves Tennessee going 60 mph), it's easy to pick one and have it end up being a good book. B&N books feel right. I never buy anything in Borders (or, if I do, I end up not liking the book).
...
Okay. That was fun. It made me miss having time to read.
I think I'm going to go read Moreta's Ride for the ten thousandth time.
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