11 April 2020 @ 03:08 pm
Reading meme  
A little meme to pass time between two reads!


1. What was the last book you read completely?
2. How often do you read?
3. What is your favorite genre to read?
4. What is your favorite book of all time?
5. What is your least favorite book of all time?
6. Who is your favorite author?
7. What author is overhyped?
8. Do you prefer audio, physical, or an e-reader?
9. Hardback or paperback?
10. Bookmarks or dogears?
11. Where is your favorite place to read?
11. Do you wish you were an author?
12. How do you arrange your books on your shelves?
13. What is the longest book you ever read?
14. How many books do you want to read in 2020?
15. How many books have you read so far in 2020?
 
 
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JustJo2u[personal profile] justjo2u on April 11th, 2020 06:22 pm (UTC)
1. What was the last book you read completely?
A Midwinter Promise by Lulu Taylor

2. How often do you read?
I aim for daily but maybe 5 daya a week is more accurate

3. What is your favorite genre to read?
Depends on my mood. I like a good thriller though. Or detective stories.

4. What is your favorite book of all time?
Oh that's impossible to answer. But probably Lord of the Rings.

5. What is your least favorite book of all time?
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.

6. Who is your favorite author?
Depends on the day of the week.

7. What author is overhyped?
I don't know. I don't pay a lot of attention to hype. I read what i like.

8. Do you prefer audio, physical, or an e-reader?
In order... physical and E-reader first then audio.

9. Hardback or paperback?
Both

10. Bookmarks or dogears?
Bookmarks

11. Where is your favorite place to read?
In bed

11. Do you wish you were an author?
Sometimes

12. How do you arrange your books on your shelves?
They are all currently boxed up. I need new shelves.

13. What is the longest book you ever read?
Lord of the Rings if you count all three as one book.

14. How many books do you want to read in 2020?
At least 12

15. How many books have you read so far in 2020?
5
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[identity profile] asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com on April 11th, 2020 08:59 pm (UTC)
1. What was the last book you read completely?
The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne

2. How often do you read?
Daily.

3. What is your favorite genre to read?
Pretty much anything, but I’m a serious mood reader.

4. What is your favorite book of all time?
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

5. What is your least favorite book of all time?
God, I have no idea because I’ve read some real stinkers in my time.

6. Who is your favorite author?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

7. What author is overhyped?
No clue.

8. Do you prefer audio, physical, or an e-reader?
E-reader because it’s easier on my hands, but I’ll read in any format I can get.

9. Hardback or paperback?
Trade paperback is the easiest for me to hold, but if it’s a book, I like it.

10. Bookmarks or dogears?
Bookmarks.

11. Where is your favorite place to read?
In my chair.

11. Do you wish you were an author?
I write, but being published is too much work.

12. How do you arrange your books on your shelves?
By size mostly, but try to group series together.

13. What is the longest book you ever read?
Not sure because I read a lot of fantasy. Maybe one of the Otherworld books by Tad Williams?

14. How many books do you want to read in 2020?
50 is my Goodreads goal, but I’d like to hit 75 maybe.

15. How many books have you read so far in 2020?
21
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cordeliadelayne: [stock] book collector[personal profile] cordeliadelayne on April 15th, 2020 12:01 am (UTC)
1. What was the last book you read completely?
The Essential Guide to Drawing Animals by Barrington Barber (learning some new skills during lockdown)

2. How often do you read?
Every day.

3. What is your favorite genre to read?
I read a lot of crime stuff and a lot of biographies, mostly of women.

4. What is your favorite book of all time?
So hard to choose just one, I'll go with Sense and Sensibility.

5. What is your least favorite book of all time?
There have been a few contenders recently but I really disliked Labyrinth by Kate Mosse.

6. Who is your favorite author?
Hard to pick just one, I'll go with Agatha Christie.

7. What author is overhyped?
Hemingway.

8. Do you prefer audio, physical, or an e-reader?
Depends where I am/what I'm doing but I use all three.

9. Hardback or paperback?
Paperback.

10. Bookmarks or dogears?
Bookmarks.

11. Where is your favorite place to read?
On my bed.

11. Do you wish you were an author?
Yes - working on it.

12. How do you arrange your books on your shelves?
Non-fiction and fiction separated, then arranged alphabetically by author.

13. What is the longest book you ever read?
Hmm, War and Peace maybe? Or Lord of the Rings.

14. How many books do you want to read in 2020?
100

15. How many books have you read so far in 2020?
25.
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stellar_raven: SB_Trio[personal profile] stellar_raven on May 2nd, 2020 04:18 am (UTC)
1. What was the last book you read completely?
Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb

2. How often do you read?
I try for daily, but I'm not always successful.

3. What is your favorite genre to read?
Mystery/Suspense

4. What is your favorite book of all time?
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

5. What is your least favorite book of all time?
There's several, but off the top of my head a book called Steamed by Kate MacAlister

6. Who is your favorite author?
I have several. Nora Roberts (aka J.D. Robb) and Jayne Ann Krentz (aka Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle) are two I've been reading since I was a teenager, so I'll go with them. Oh, and Agatha Christie and C.S. Harris, too!

7. What author is overhyped?
*shrugs*

8. Do you prefer audio, physical, or an e-reader?
I love them all.

9. Hardback or paperback?
Both.

10. Bookmarks or dogears?
BOOKMARKS

11. Where is your favorite place to read?
My bed.

11. Do you wish you were an author?
Yes. I also wish I could sing and act.

12. How do you arrange your books on your shelves?
By author. Also grouped by series, too.

13. What is the longest book you ever read?
You know, I'm not really sure. *runs to check* Goodreads says it's The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. It contains Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, and The Queen of the Damned in one edition.

14. How many books do you want to read in 2020?
If I can meet my goal of 50, I'll be happy.

15. How many books have you read so far in 2020?
Fourteen

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kelsrealm: Tom Ellis[personal profile] keli on May 5th, 2020 02:32 pm (UTC)
The Outsiders is mine too. *high fives*
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stellar_raven: SB_Trio[personal profile] stellar_raven on May 5th, 2020 11:25 pm (UTC)
*high fives back*
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