Oct13 A Book Meme
Someone sent this to me a while back and I just had time to complete it. I’m supposed to tag five people, but I’m lame and don’t have that many friends, so I’m going to tag Linda Belle and Meli and everyone else who wants to do it.
1. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
For collecting: hardback. For reading: trade paperback. For the sake of my wallet: mass market paperback.
2. Amazon or brick-and-mortar? (buying online or in a store?)
Though I don’t typically buy from Amazon, I prefer online because it’s generally cheaper and we don’t have any large bookstores here. Also, if I’m looking for a particular book, I can never find it at the bookstore. However I do love browsing sections and finding new books at bookstores.
3. Amazon or the Co-Op Bookstore?
What?
4. Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Barnes and Noble
5. Bookmark or dog ear?
Bookmark. I’ve never even really considered dog earing. But get this: my sister doesn’t use either. She remembers what page she’s on.
6. Alphabetize by author, or alphabetize by title, or random?
None of the above! I sort by subject, and then by height and color. It’s better for your books to group ones of the same height together, and within those groups I sort by color. My bookcase is the main focal point of my bedroom. It has to look good.
7. Keep, throw away, or sell?
Generally keep. The only book I’ve ever thrown away was The Da Vinci Code, because I bought it before I knew it was a crock of absurd conspiracy theories.
8. Keep dust jacket or toss it?
Either or. It all depends on whether or not I’m too lazy to put the dust jacket on after I’m done reading. If that happens, usually it gets stepped on, and then I throw it away.
9. Read with dust jacket on or remove it?
Remove it. It just gets in my way.
10. Short story or novel?
Novel. I’m not big on short stories unless they’re really good. Then again, I’m not big on anything unless it’s really good.
11. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
Collection, as long as I like the author.
12. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Neither. I stopped reading Lemony Snicket in 6th grade—and that’s probably where I should’ve left Potter, too.
13. Stop reading when tired, or at chapter breaks?
Wherever. I don’t insist on holding out for a chapter break. I’ll stop mid-sentence if I feel like it.
14. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
Once upon a time. They’re both cliches, but the former is too dramatic for me.
15. Buy or Borrow?
I usually borrow because if I bought all of the books I read I would go broke. If I had the money, I would do it. I love owning a large amount of books.
16. New or used?
New.
17. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation, or browse?
Browse, I suppose. I’ll buy a book on a whim after reading the back if I’m in a bookstore. But most of the time I buy books by authors I know I like or because I need them for school.
18. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Cliffhangers are only permissible when there is a sequel and it’s sitting right next to me, prepared to be read the moment I finish my current volume.
19. Morning, afternoon or night-time reading?
Any time I’m awake.
20. Stand alone or series?
I don’t find myself reading many series lately, so I guess stand alone.
21. Favorite series?
Hands down: Lord of the Rings.
22. Favorite book of which nobody else has heard?
Hmm… I primarily read classics, so I don’t often read a book no one else knows about. I suppose I’ll have to go with Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.
23. Favorite books read last year?
That’s a really tough question. I read so many wonderful books last year! But I’m going to go with Hard Times by Charles Dickens. The ending of that book is so skillfully orchestrated that it probably could move most anyone to tears. It certainly did so for me.
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Kelly says...
HAHA! #18 made me laugh because it sounded just like me. I agree that dust jackets are just an annoyance. Arrgh. I could never choose one favorite book.
Oct. 17th, 2007
Brittney says...
I thought I was the only person who organized books by height. I don’t organize by color, but that’s a good idea. However, all the books by one author have to go together, regardless of size. I put the book with the earliest publication date in with others of like size, and the others follow in sequential order.
Like your sister, I don’t use bookmarks. Even if I forget what page I’m on, I can usually find it because I can feel the flexibility of the pages and figure out which ones I’ve read. Maybe I’m holding my books improperly.
Oct. 20th, 2007