Crossposted at LJ and FB. Just sharing some of my reading habits.*grin*
Damn right I want to save some naked women.
1. Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack?
No. I read when I snack, not snack while I read (if you get my meaning).
2. What is your favorite drink while reading?
None. I often am too engrossed to bother.
3. Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
I love to abuse my textbooks! Colourful lines, rude comments on the margins, the lot. But my storybooks are off-limits. No pencil, no pen although you may find the odd lipstick marks when I nod off and accidentally kiss the book *blush*.
However, I would love to chop off the hands of people who write, underline etc in library books. Hello? Not your personal possession. Other people want to read it too and nobody wants to read your illiterate scribblings.
4. How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ear? Laying the book flat open?
Commonly a book mark or laying the book face down (I try not to break the spine, though). I keep cardboard pieces for this purpose; nice bookmarks often disappear when you need them the most.
5. Fiction, Non-Fiction, or Both?
Mostly fiction. I read obsessively what interests me at the time, be it Persian history, Lalique or even social issues on pornography. But I do like my non-fiction with lots of pictures; especially coffee table art books.
Used to borrow books from the library and force my Mum to read them and give me the CliffNotes condensed version of them.
6. Are you a person who tends to read to the end of a chapter, or can you stop anywhere?
I prefer to go to the end of a chapter, but can stop anywhere.
7. Are you a person to throw a book across the room or on the floor if the author irritates you?
Oh yes. On the floor; but mostly I whack my mattress with it. I do hold books dearly, even those that I loathe.
Non-fiction book that I've tossed: haematology textbook and the AABB blood banking manual (no wonder I could never get more than a C or C+ for it).
Fiction: The last book in Pullman's His Dark Materials series. I felt cheated to discover the culmination of an interesting series to be nothing but a rant against the Church. Give me back the time I wasted, dammit!
8. If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop and look it up right away?
I try to figure out what it means from the context in which it was used. If it bugs me enough, I dig for the dictionary.
9. What are you currently reading?
Unperfect Souls by Mark del Franco. Delish!
10. What is the last book you bought?
Sandman Slim - Richard Kadrey
Some orchid growing thingie for my Mum.
I usually rent or borrow what I read, since books are pricy. I have wonderful suppliers (my cousin and friends, you know who you are). I usually buy books for my Mum and my niece; I do go nuts during book warehouse sale though.
11. Are you a person that reads one book at a time, or can you read more than one?
One book at a time. I can read more than one but it leaches away my enjoyment.
12. Do you have a favorite time/place to read?
I like to read on the swing in the garden, though it means sacrificing a few microlitres of blood to the mozzies.
I read practically everywhere; while queuing, eating, stuck in a jam etc. The prefects used to scold me for reading while walking back to class from recess time. In my defense, I have never tripped or bump into anyone/anything while I do so.
13. Do you prefer series books or stand-alones?
I love both. I would follow a series by an author I love obsessively; I rec the series by Carrie Vaughn, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Mark del Franco, Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, JD Robb and Simon R Green. I find urban (and non-urban but contemporary) fantasy to make the best type of series to follow. If you like the way the 'verse is shaped, you will want more.
14. Is there a specific book or author you find yourself recommending over and over?
Contemporary romance: Linda Howard, Jayne Ann Krentz, Jennifer Crusie.
Historical romance: Lisa Kleypas, Amanda Quick, Christina Dodd, Loretta Chase
Supernatural/paranormal romance: Shana Abe, Susan Krinard, Sherrilyn Kenyon, MaryJanice Davidson
Futuristic/fantasy: JD Robb, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Emma Bull, Elizabeth Vaughn
Urban fantasy: Mark del Franco, Carrie Vaughn, Patricia Briggs, Simon R Green, Jim Butcher
Feminist theorist: Fatima Mernissi, Amina Wadud
15. How do you organize your books? By genre, title, author's last name, etc?
By size and space. I am *not* an organised person.
