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1. Do you prefer to read hardcover or paperback books?
I don't have a real reference, but I end up buying paperback books. Hardcover books are too expensive, though they do have better covers than paperbacks.
2. Do you have a favorite place to read in your home?
Again, no real reference, but I prefer the couch in our front room at night. I get most of my reading done at night when nobody's awake to disturb me!
3. Do you have a favorite place to read away from, or outside of, your home?
I used to read my books in the Chinese restaurant we used to go to in Chinatown called "The Dragon King", which had the BEST food I ever had. Any outside reading I get now, it's usually at school or on the train.
4. Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack?
Not usually. Snacking distracts me from reading. If I can manage to snack and read at the same time, it can be anything from a bowl of soup to Ritz crackers.
5. Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
Usually I don't, unless it's for school, or if I come across a word I'd like to use in my own writing. I have exceptionally small handwriting, so I can get away with it.
6. How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
I always bookmark it. I use the strangest things for book marks, like receipts from McDonald's or Payless, tearing off a piece from looseleaf paper, or a capped pen. I HATE leaving my book flat open; it can break its spine. :/
7. Fiction, Non-fiction, or both?
I tend to love fiction more so than non-fiction books. I worry that a lot of non-fiction books have a lot of exaggerated details, depending on who writes it and who or what it's about. I do make exceptions, though.
8. Hardcopy or audiobooks?
Harcopy. I can't get into audiobooks. Most of the time I can't stand the way the person's reading it. (Like, the overly sappy sounding narrator for "Boy Meets Boy" by David Levithan; I wanted him to SHUT UP AND GO AWAY when I got to chapter ... three? It was cute at first, but then it started getting annoying to listen to.)
9. 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 can put a book down at any point. If I don't like it, or if I lose interest, I don't waste my time. I move on to another book. (If I hate it with a passion, I strangely enough read it up to the very end, like Stephenie Meyer's books, or Jodi Picoult's.)
10. 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?
Taking this answer from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gothayesd51708, because it's perfect for me: I can usually guess the meaning of the word from the context in which the word is used.
11. What are you currently reading?
"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman, along with "Like Water in Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel for class.
12. What is the last book you bought?
... A lot of books? In this order: "3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows" by Ann Brashares, "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman, "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" by Dai Sijie, "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, "Love Walked In" by Marisa De Los Santos, "The Nature of Monsters" by Clare Clark.
13. What is your all time favorite book?
I'll have to say, it's any Amy Tan book, or "On Writing" by Stephen King. And of course, "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger. I'm a sucker for romances, and this book always makes me cry. :'(
14. Are you the type of person that only reads one book at a time or can read more than one at a time?
I used to be able to read more than one at a time, but my attention span is shorter these days. xD; So, I tend to concentrate on one book at a time.
15. Do you like re-reading books?
I do, but I never, uh, actually do it. The only book I ever re-read thoroughly was "Lamb" by Christopher Moore. I read that book four times until I finally got to the end. I loved it so much, I couldn't quit it. >_>;
I don't have a real reference, but I end up buying paperback books. Hardcover books are too expensive, though they do have better covers than paperbacks.
2. Do you have a favorite place to read in your home?
Again, no real reference, but I prefer the couch in our front room at night. I get most of my reading done at night when nobody's awake to disturb me!
3. Do you have a favorite place to read away from, or outside of, your home?
I used to read my books in the Chinese restaurant we used to go to in Chinatown called "The Dragon King", which had the BEST food I ever had. Any outside reading I get now, it's usually at school or on the train.
4. Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack?
Not usually. Snacking distracts me from reading. If I can manage to snack and read at the same time, it can be anything from a bowl of soup to Ritz crackers.
5. Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
Usually I don't, unless it's for school, or if I come across a word I'd like to use in my own writing. I have exceptionally small handwriting, so I can get away with it.
6. How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
I always bookmark it. I use the strangest things for book marks, like receipts from McDonald's or Payless, tearing off a piece from looseleaf paper, or a capped pen. I HATE leaving my book flat open; it can break its spine. :/
7. Fiction, Non-fiction, or both?
I tend to love fiction more so than non-fiction books. I worry that a lot of non-fiction books have a lot of exaggerated details, depending on who writes it and who or what it's about. I do make exceptions, though.
8. Hardcopy or audiobooks?
Harcopy. I can't get into audiobooks. Most of the time I can't stand the way the person's reading it. (Like, the overly sappy sounding narrator for "Boy Meets Boy" by David Levithan; I wanted him to SHUT UP AND GO AWAY when I got to chapter ... three? It was cute at first, but then it started getting annoying to listen to.)
9. 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 can put a book down at any point. If I don't like it, or if I lose interest, I don't waste my time. I move on to another book. (If I hate it with a passion, I strangely enough read it up to the very end, like Stephenie Meyer's books, or Jodi Picoult's.)
10. 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?
Taking this answer from
gothayesd51708, because it's perfect for me: I can usually guess the meaning of the word from the context in which the word is used.11. What are you currently reading?
"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman, along with "Like Water in Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel for class.
12. What is the last book you bought?
... A lot of books? In this order: "3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows" by Ann Brashares, "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman, "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" by Dai Sijie, "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, "Love Walked In" by Marisa De Los Santos, "The Nature of Monsters" by Clare Clark.
13. What is your all time favorite book?
I'll have to say, it's any Amy Tan book, or "On Writing" by Stephen King. And of course, "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger. I'm a sucker for romances, and this book always makes me cry. :'(
14. Are you the type of person that only reads one book at a time or can read more than one at a time?
I used to be able to read more than one at a time, but my attention span is shorter these days. xD; So, I tend to concentrate on one book at a time.
15. Do you like re-reading books?
I do, but I never, uh, actually do it. The only book I ever re-read thoroughly was "Lamb" by Christopher Moore. I read that book four times until I finally got to the end. I loved it so much, I couldn't quit it. >_>;
