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Reading meme, shamelessly stolen from stardust83
01. Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack?
Sometimes. If I'm on the train then I'll have a book and a snack (usually a packet of fruit gums), if I'm in my room then I won't usually snack whilst reading.
02. Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
If it's a book that I'm reading for pleasure/borrowed book then I wouldn't mark it. If it was a text book that I owned then I may underline things, but only in pencil. My GCSE English Lit books had lots of notes in the margins, which my sister and brother found very useful when they did the subject.
03. How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
If I'm only putting it down for a couple of minutes then I'll lay it flat. Otherwise I either try to remember my place, or book mark. I don't like dog-earing books.
04. Fiction, Non-fiction, or both?
Generally fiction, although I do enjoy biographies, and recently read a human osteology book (Beyond the Body Farm).
05. Hard copy or audiobooks?
Hard copy. I have a couple of audio books that I got free in the Radio Times, but I get distracted from audio easily. Also, I don't think anything can beat the feel of a good paper book.
06. 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 usually try to get to the end of a chapter, but if not, then I have to read to the end of the paragraph at least. I can't stop in the middle of scene.
07. If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop to look it up right away? Write it down to look it up later? Just try to infer what it means from the rest of the sentence, and keep going?
Try to infer from the rest of the sentence, unless it's a text book, in which case I'll look it up straight away.
08. What are you currently reading?
The Last Gospel - David Gibbins
09. What is the last book you bought?
The Girl Who Played With Fire - Steig Larsson. I bought it for my Dad on Father's Day. The last book I bought for myself was The Devil in Amber - Mark Gatiss, the second Lucifer Box novel.
10. Are you the type of person that only reads one book at a time or can read more than one at a time?
I can read more that one at a time, although usually what happens is I'll start one thing, borrow something of somebody/buy something new and read that all the way through, before going back to the first book.
11. Do you like re-reading books?
Depends on the book and the author. I'll re-read books by people like Terry Pratchett or Neil Gaiman many times (my copy of Good Omens is held together by sticky tape). Often I'll pick up something I didn't notice first time around.
But there are many books on my shelf I've only read once.
Sometimes. If I'm on the train then I'll have a book and a snack (usually a packet of fruit gums), if I'm in my room then I won't usually snack whilst reading.
02. Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
If it's a book that I'm reading for pleasure/borrowed book then I wouldn't mark it. If it was a text book that I owned then I may underline things, but only in pencil. My GCSE English Lit books had lots of notes in the margins, which my sister and brother found very useful when they did the subject.
03. How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
If I'm only putting it down for a couple of minutes then I'll lay it flat. Otherwise I either try to remember my place, or book mark. I don't like dog-earing books.
04. Fiction, Non-fiction, or both?
Generally fiction, although I do enjoy biographies, and recently read a human osteology book (Beyond the Body Farm).
05. Hard copy or audiobooks?
Hard copy. I have a couple of audio books that I got free in the Radio Times, but I get distracted from audio easily. Also, I don't think anything can beat the feel of a good paper book.
06. 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 usually try to get to the end of a chapter, but if not, then I have to read to the end of the paragraph at least. I can't stop in the middle of scene.
07. If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop to look it up right away? Write it down to look it up later? Just try to infer what it means from the rest of the sentence, and keep going?
Try to infer from the rest of the sentence, unless it's a text book, in which case I'll look it up straight away.
08. What are you currently reading?
The Last Gospel - David Gibbins
09. What is the last book you bought?
The Girl Who Played With Fire - Steig Larsson. I bought it for my Dad on Father's Day. The last book I bought for myself was The Devil in Amber - Mark Gatiss, the second Lucifer Box novel.
10. Are you the type of person that only reads one book at a time or can read more than one at a time?
I can read more that one at a time, although usually what happens is I'll start one thing, borrow something of somebody/buy something new and read that all the way through, before going back to the first book.
11. Do you like re-reading books?
Depends on the book and the author. I'll re-read books by people like Terry Pratchett or Neil Gaiman many times (my copy of Good Omens is held together by sticky tape). Often I'll pick up something I didn't notice first time around.
But there are many books on my shelf I've only read once.
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