Two thoughts at once this morning, so instead of 2 posts I'll do one and include them both. First, this is for Rebecca:
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Now that we know I'm Aislin Murphy, this next one's for Kim, at Bookworm Bookmarks who has a great bookworm meme. Since I'm an easy target for all things... well... book, I'm playing along:
Bookworm Meme
Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
I'm pretty flexible on this. I actually prefer hardback, but if it's not available I'm okay with other forms, as long as the binding & typeset is done well. Bad binding & printing makes it annoying to really enjoy the book (and I've run across only a few in all the years of reading, but they were bad enough to remember).
Online purchase or brick and mortar?
These days, brick and mortar bookstores only cause me grief. Far too much liberal garbage in every category.
Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Neither, I shop almost exclusively at CBD
Bookmark or dog-ear?
It doesn't really matter to me, if I have one I use it, if not I turn the corner of the page back.
Mark or not mark?
Yes, I write in books! So there.
Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
Well... our shelves are primarily set up by subject. However, I'm the worst librarian in the world, Kev is the second worst, and we have 900 kids that take books off shelves and never (and I do mean never) put them back where they got them. Therefore, it's mostly categorized by "not quite so disorganized" through "stop what you're doing and straighten this up".
Keep, throw away, or sell?
It depends. Books we know or hope will be helpful to the kids as they get older, we keep. Books we read and went "there is just no way" we toss into the burn bin (yes, we live in the country and burn stuff). Books that fell into the middle category we sell.
Keep dustjacket or toss it?
I toss them, Kev keeps them.
Read with dustjacket or remove it?
We both remove them.
Short story or novel?
Both, depends on what I'm interested in at the time.
Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
I prefer the short stories by the same author, there's a continuity there in writer style that I get comfortable with. Like a good pair of jeans, you know?
Lord of the Rings or Narnia
I like both, and appreciate both for different reasons.
Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
Well let's see if this sounds familiar to anyone: 12:30 am, make a note to read until the next chapter. 1:15 am, make a note to only keep reading until 1:30. 1:55 am, determine to read only until the end of this chapter. 2:25 am, decide at 2:30 I'm going to bed no matter where I am, and turn the corner of the page back & stumble up the stairs.
“It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
Both. One places you into the setting immediately, the other slowly takes you to a time frame.
Buy or Borrow?
I prefer to buy since I turn pages back, make notes in the margins and if coffee gets spilled on it, I don't have to replace it.
New or used?
Doesn't matter, as long as it's in decent shape by the time I get ahold of it.
Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
The biggest part of the time I buy books based on recommendations from friends who've read them already, and were enriched in some way by what they read.
Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Tidy ending. I like my books to end in a nice wrapped package with a pretty bow on top.
Morning reading, afternoon reading or night time reading?
Afternoon if it's pouring down rain, but otherwise evening after kids are in bed.
Standalone or series?
Both are good.
Favorite series?
I don't have a favorite.
Favorite book of which nobody else has heard?
I'm not really sure this falls into the category of my personal favorite, or if it falls into the category of book no one else has heard - although - it was a very moving book and very few people I've ever known have ever heard of it. A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy - One Child's Courage to Survive
Favorite books read last year?
How about we do "within" the last year?
Favorite book of all time?
Outside of the Scriptures, hands down, no questions asked, that would have to be Arthur Pink's The Sovereignty of God. This is the book that opened my eyes to the doctrines of grace. Need I say more?
So there you have it.
In the time it took me to compose this post, my 9 yr old threw something out the window, the downstairs toilet flooded, I had a brief coughing fit, and everyone began demanding that I make breakfast. For some reason, these people in my house think they are supposed to eat, on Saturday morning.
Sigh...
