I still don’t really feel like writing anything, but here’s some pointless information about me + books!
It’s in the form of a quiz that I stole from my friend Kate @ Page of Cups. She, in turn, nabbed it from Wine in the Afternoon.
★ Do you snack while you read? If so, favourite reading snack?
Sometimes! I like things that won’t get messy and leave fingerprints (ie: chocolate), because I generally get so into the book that I completely forget what I’m doing. Things like peanuts, crackers and cheese, liquorice.
☆ Do you tend to mark your books as you read them, or does the idea of writing on your books horrify you?
I love finding notes pencilled into second-hand books. I don’t do it to every book myself, but when I have something important to add it goes in the margins. It’s nice to find because it shows how passionate the person before you was about the book. They’re meant to be loved, not put up on a shelf and kept pristine.
★ How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog ears?
I’m horrible for propping the book open on a table (and ruining the spine) or sticking an old ticket or receipt inside. Sometimes I’ll fold a page down evenly, or more often I’ll tuck it into the spine without creasing it (I really can’t explain better than that, sorry).
☆ Fiction, Non-Fiction or both?
Ohh both! I love reading about true crime and biographies, but I also love Harry Potter and etc.
★ Are you a person who tends to read to the end of chapters, or are you able to put a book down at any point?
I prefer to read until the end of a chapter, but really I’m the sort of person who reads until she literally passes out and rolls all over the book in her sleep. Sometimes I prop it open beside me, but a lot of times it gets trampled. Unless it’s a borrowed book, and then I’m extra careful.
☆ If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop to look it up right away?
I can normally guess from the context, but yes, if there’s something I don’t understand I immediately look it up.
★ What are you currently reading?
Helter Skelter, by Vincent Bugliosi & Curt Gentry, Jane Eyre, and I’m working my way through the Little House series because I wiki’d Laura Ingalls Wilder the other day, and decided I didn’t remember the books well enough. All are rereads, but still nice.
☆ What is the last book you bought?
A nice hard-covered copy of Jane Eyre, because it’s my favourite/most reread book, and my paperback finally bit the dust. Or, more accurately, it went up in flames when my apartment burned down. Probably for the best though, since it was being held together with packing tape.
★ Are you the type of person who can only read one book at a time or can you read more than one at a time?
I usually have three or four going at once.
☆ Do you prefer series or stand alone books?
I like both. Stand-alones can be sad when you’re still curious at the end, but that beats them dragging it out forever.
★ Is there a specific book or author that you find yourself recommending over and over?
Hmm, definitely. My favourites are The Handmaid’s Tale and The Edible Woman, both by Margaret Atwood; The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath; and Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov.
☆ How do you organize your books (by genre, title, author’s last name, etc.)?
By size, normally. Right now they’re all piled onto a shelf that runs around the top of my living room. Big books on bottom, tiny on top. I also take into consideration how frequently they get reread.
