Book Meme

Hardback or Paperback: From the library–either, one I have to buy–paperback
Highlight or Underline: No,but in college I highlighted.
Lewis or Tolkien: Oh, Lewis–loved Shadowland and his autobiography
E.B. White or A.A. Milne: That’s tough–Charlotte’s Web and Winnie the Pooh are my favorites!
T.S. Eliot or e.e. cummings: cummings is cute, don’t remember much about Eliot(college years)
Stephen King or Dean Koontz: Koontz, I’ve read more by him–Watchers and Lightning rock!
Barnes & Noble or Borders: Borders is close–so is Costco but I never go there. Too crowded.
Waldenbooks or B. Dalton: Waldenbooks–it’s closer and I know where everything is.
Fantasy or Science Fiction: Sci-Fi
Horror or Suspense: Both
Bookmark or Dogear: Bookmark if I can find one, scrap of paper if I can’t.
Large Print or Fine Print: Large or Regular
Hemingway or Faulkner: Hemingway!
Fitzgerald or Steinbeck: Steinbeck
Homer or Plato: I may have been forced to read them, but I have blocked it from memory.
Geoffrey Chaucer or Edmund Spenser: Chaucer
Pen or Pencil: Usually pen. Usually black.
Looseleaf or Notepad: Looseleaf.
Alphabetize: No
Shelve: Several disorganized shelves, a drawer and a big sack.
Dustjacket: Leave it On or Take it Off: On
Novella or Epic: Either one, as long as it’s well-written
John Grisham or Scott Turrow: Scott Turow
J.K. Rowling or Lemony Snicket: neither right now. I’m not familiar with either.
John Irving or John Updike: Love the movie Cider House Rules so Irving I guess
Salman Rushdie or Don Delillo: I don’t know!
Fiction or Non-fiction: Fiction, but sometimes I’m in the mood for non-fiction
Historical Biography or Historical Romance: Definitely Historical Regencies by Mary Balogh or Joan Wolf
Reading Pace: A Few Pages per Sitting or Finish at Least a Chapter: Finish at least a chapter — and prefer to read entire book! Yep, I’m with you T!
Short Story or Creative Non-fiction Essay: Depends, but I don’t generally like short stories
Blah Blah Blah or Yada Yada Yada: Huh??
“It was a dark and stormy night…” or “Once upon a time…”: Dark and stormy night
Book Reviews or Word of Mouth: Book reviews definitely, word of mouth if I trust the person’s taste to match mine. I AM THE WEIRDO WHO THOUGHT THE DAVINCI CODE WAS POORLY WRITTEN AND NOT THAT GREAT A BOOK. (It’s almost as unpopular a stand as being against the Iraq war) One of my many shameful secrets…