Yzabel / June 28, 2012

This was posted in one of the groups I follow on Goodreads, and I thought it was an interesting little set of questions to answer to:

1. Books or Nook/kindle?
Books, because I still favour the physical item, the scent of paper, and the overall feeling of holding a real bok in my hands. But I’ve come to realize that I like my e-reader more than I thought I would (and its leather-like covering smells nice, too).

2. Where do you like to read?
On the sofa or in bed.

3. Do you use a bookmark, piece of paper, Dog-ear, or lay book flat open?
Usually the receipt from when I bought the book. Its also useful to prove that the book in mine, for instance when I bring it in my bag and have the portal at some store’s entrance accidentally beep.

4. Do you listen to music, watch TV, or Prefer to have it nice in quiet?
It depends on the book. Music for easy novels, but plain silence for academics/complex reads.

5. Do you write little notes in your book, or are you horrified about markings in your book?
I don’t like markings/notes in my books, except in the ones I study for exams. In this specific case, I go trigger-happy on writing down notes in the margins and highlighting text with colour pencils.

6. Do you read to the end of the chapter, or can you stop anywhere?
I read to the end of the chapter, or at least to the next white line if there’s a ‘pause’ in the chapter.

7. What are you currently reading?
“The Sin Collector” by Jessica Fortunato.

8. Do you have a favorite Time/place to read?
At home, in the evening, or at meal times.

9. Do you snack while reading? If so whats your favorite reading snack?
Not really. I often read while having my meals (otherwise I’m alone and just plain bored: eating itself isn’t such a fun activity!), but other than that, I won’t grab some bone fide snack just because I’m reading.

10. Do you lend books to people or are you selfish with your books?
I seldom lend books, and it depends on the book itself (I won’t lend books printed on fragile paper to anyone).

11. How do you organized your books? By genre,title, authors last name, etc..?
Wherever there’s some free space left on a shelf. I vaguely tried to keep my books in English from the ones in French, but the English books have been spilling all over the place for quite some time now.

12. Why do you love to read?
Because I love discovering characters, plots, new worlds… as well as learning new things.