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Hardback, trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Yes. Hardback out of preference if it's from the library, but I tend to buy paperbacks when I'm getting copies of something for myself, since the extra cost isn't merited by those who don't abuse their books, imo.
Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Amazon, the library, Ebay, secondhand bookshops. The only time I tend to use Barnes & Noble or Borders is if I'm in the US and want to browse for stuff I'll pick up later at home (or on one occasion, for a novel I'll stick myself in a corner with and read all the way through... heh)
Bookmark or dog-ear?
Do you need to even ask? People who dog-ear books, and those who break the spines of paperbacks, are only bested by those who underline. ;)
Amazon or brick and mortar?
Sadly, though I'd love to say otherwise, I tend to buy books from Amazon more than anywhere else.
Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
Not exactly. Grouped together by author, then by series (if relevant) - the exception to that being my shelf of Rex Stout books, where the paperbacks are alphabetical by title, with the couple of hardbacks at the end.
Keep, throw away or sell?
Keep, sell, or donate to charity shops.
Keep dust jacket or toss it?
Keep, if it's in a reasonable condition.
Read with dust jacket or remove it?
Most of the books I read that have dust jackets are library books, so it's not an option.
Short story or novel?
About 99% novels in my lifetime, I think.
Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Harry Potter, though I did see the movie of the other and wasn't impressed, so I don't feel I'm missing out.
Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
Either, though I prefer to stop at chapter breaks because they're usually a 'natural' place to do so in the story.
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?
?
Buy or borrow?
Both. I'm lucky enough to live within walking distance of my local library and the loan system is online so I'm currently trying to get more value out of my council tax. Some stuff I'll buy, though, if I want it and it's not available that way.
New or used?
Mostly new, though historically I haven't always been able to afford this and my shelves reflect that. Also in some cases I've tried to get uniform editions (my as-yet-incomplete set of Penguin Evelyn Waugh paperbacks with the Quentin Blake covers, or the trade paperback Harper Collins Patrick O'Brian books), while with others I've just wanted the complete set of books regardless of format (Rex Stout, just missing one book of his entire Nero Wolfe oeuvre).
Buying choice: book reviews, recommendations or browse?
I will get stuff from the library as a result of book reviews or browsing, but I'm more likely to buy off recommendations from people who I know like similar things to me.
Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Either.
Morning reading, afternoon reading, night-time reading?
Usually night-time. It's a real treat to sit down with a book in the middle of the day.
Stand-alone or series?
Both.
Favourite series?
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin books, the Earthsea books, the Lord Peter Wimsey books, the Nero Wolfe books, Rachel Caine's Weather Warden books, the Chrestomanci books. There's plenty more, but that'll do for now.
Favourite children's book?
See next answer.
Favourite YA book?
I'm always a bit unclear on where the line is drawn between children's, YA and adult, so we'll go for Rosemary Sutcliffe's Eagle of the Ninth, Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci books (though with an honourable mention to Howl's Moving Castle and her others) and Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus trilogy, I think.
Favourite book of which nobody else has heard?
Pilgrimage by Zenna Henderson. It's an odd sci-fi book I picked up years ago about people with strange telepathic powers who live in a community out in the middle of nowhere.
Favourite books read last year?
I'm going to take this as being 'in the last year' rather than 'last year' as in 2006:
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
The Book of Lost Things by James Connolly
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
Favourite books of all time?
That's a really cruel question to put to any bookworm, I think.
Least favourite book finished last year?
I have no compunction to finish a book if I don't like it.
What are you reading right now?
Dawnthief by James Barclay (and I'm enjoying it, although the author does keep killing characters off and it's also Book 1 of a six-book series, and I ought to know better...)
What are you reading next?
The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard.
Favourite book to recommend to an eleven-year old?
The Chrestomanci series. Or anything by Diana Wynne Jones.
Favourite book to reread?
I'm pretty predictable, so you can just go to my previous answer about favourite series, I think. ;)
Do you ever smell books?
I can't say I do.
Do you ever read Primary source documents?
I have, though often not by choice. And I'm doing genealogical research at present, so yes.
nakeishaHardback, trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Yes. Hardback out of preference if it's from the library, but I tend to buy paperbacks when I'm getting copies of something for myself, since the extra cost isn't merited by those who don't abuse their books, imo.
Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Amazon, the library, Ebay, secondhand bookshops. The only time I tend to use Barnes & Noble or Borders is if I'm in the US and want to browse for stuff I'll pick up later at home (or on one occasion, for a novel I'll stick myself in a corner with and read all the way through... heh)
Bookmark or dog-ear?
Do you need to even ask? People who dog-ear books, and those who break the spines of paperbacks, are only bested by those who underline. ;)
Amazon or brick and mortar?
Sadly, though I'd love to say otherwise, I tend to buy books from Amazon more than anywhere else.
Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
Not exactly. Grouped together by author, then by series (if relevant) - the exception to that being my shelf of Rex Stout books, where the paperbacks are alphabetical by title, with the couple of hardbacks at the end.
Keep, throw away or sell?
Keep, sell, or donate to charity shops.
Keep dust jacket or toss it?
Keep, if it's in a reasonable condition.
Read with dust jacket or remove it?
Most of the books I read that have dust jackets are library books, so it's not an option.
Short story or novel?
About 99% novels in my lifetime, I think.
Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Harry Potter, though I did see the movie of the other and wasn't impressed, so I don't feel I'm missing out.
Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
Either, though I prefer to stop at chapter breaks because they're usually a 'natural' place to do so in the story.
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?
?
Buy or borrow?
Both. I'm lucky enough to live within walking distance of my local library and the loan system is online so I'm currently trying to get more value out of my council tax. Some stuff I'll buy, though, if I want it and it's not available that way.
New or used?
Mostly new, though historically I haven't always been able to afford this and my shelves reflect that. Also in some cases I've tried to get uniform editions (my as-yet-incomplete set of Penguin Evelyn Waugh paperbacks with the Quentin Blake covers, or the trade paperback Harper Collins Patrick O'Brian books), while with others I've just wanted the complete set of books regardless of format (Rex Stout, just missing one book of his entire Nero Wolfe oeuvre).
Buying choice: book reviews, recommendations or browse?
I will get stuff from the library as a result of book reviews or browsing, but I'm more likely to buy off recommendations from people who I know like similar things to me.
Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Either.
Morning reading, afternoon reading, night-time reading?
Usually night-time. It's a real treat to sit down with a book in the middle of the day.
Stand-alone or series?
Both.
Favourite series?
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin books, the Earthsea books, the Lord Peter Wimsey books, the Nero Wolfe books, Rachel Caine's Weather Warden books, the Chrestomanci books. There's plenty more, but that'll do for now.
Favourite children's book?
See next answer.
Favourite YA book?
I'm always a bit unclear on where the line is drawn between children's, YA and adult, so we'll go for Rosemary Sutcliffe's Eagle of the Ninth, Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci books (though with an honourable mention to Howl's Moving Castle and her others) and Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus trilogy, I think.
Favourite book of which nobody else has heard?
Pilgrimage by Zenna Henderson. It's an odd sci-fi book I picked up years ago about people with strange telepathic powers who live in a community out in the middle of nowhere.
Favourite books read last year?
I'm going to take this as being 'in the last year' rather than 'last year' as in 2006:
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
The Book of Lost Things by James Connolly
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
Favourite books of all time?
That's a really cruel question to put to any bookworm, I think.
Least favourite book finished last year?
I have no compunction to finish a book if I don't like it.
What are you reading right now?
Dawnthief by James Barclay (and I'm enjoying it, although the author does keep killing characters off and it's also Book 1 of a six-book series, and I ought to know better...)
What are you reading next?
The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard.
Favourite book to recommend to an eleven-year old?
The Chrestomanci series. Or anything by Diana Wynne Jones.
Favourite book to reread?
I'm pretty predictable, so you can just go to my previous answer about favourite series, I think. ;)
Do you ever smell books?
I can't say I do.
Do you ever read Primary source documents?
I have, though often not by choice. And I'm doing genealogical research at present, so yes.
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Date: 2007-04-29 05:55 pm (UTC)She's one of those forgotten (and OOP) women science fiction writers.