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When you travel, how many books do you bring with you?
Has this changed since the arrival of ebooks?

I take a book for every 4 days of travel :) Not that I ever get time to read, but you never know :P

Nope hasn't changed since the arrival of e-books.

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If you read series, do you ever find a series “jumping the shark?” How do you feel about that?

And, do you keep reading anyway?

It has only happened to one series for me. I stopped on book 2 (loved book 1) and I'm still debating reading number 3. I doubt i will anytime soon though. So for now i have abandoned this series.

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What are you reading right now? What made you choose it? Are you enjoying it? Would you recommend it? (And, by all means, discuss everything, if you’re reading more than one thing!)?

I am currently reading:

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Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1) by Gail Carriger

 

I chose it because i have heard wonderful things about it. I am enjoying it :)

So far i would recommended it, but only 1/3 in.

 

What about you?

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" “I couldn’t sleep a wink, so I just read and read, day and night … it was there I began to divide books into day books and night books,” she went on. “Really, there are books meant for daytime reading and books that can be read only at night.” - ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera, p. 103.

Do you divide your books into day and night reads? How do you decide?

I don't read during the day as i'm at work, and when i get home i make food etc. I only start reading around 8. So i don't have day or night books.

But i do have bath and bed books :)

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"You’ve just dropped your favorite, out-of-print book into a bathtub, ruining it completely … What do you do now?"

0_O Oh no let me just say that it will never happen and never has!! (Touch wood) I read everyday for at least 1 hour in the bath and its never happened (Touch wood again). The only thing that has gotten wet is my bookmark.

Now lets say it did happen, i would probably cry lol and then be mad at myself for not putting such a book in the safe and leaving it there!

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"Even though it’s usually a mistake (grin) … do movies made out of books make you want to read the original?"

Definitely! It has happened numerous times that i watch a movie and find out later that it was originally a book. I then pick up the book as soon as i can. Other times i watch a movie that was based on a book i have already read, and then reread the book after the movie!

And you?

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"If you’re not enjoying a book, will you stop mid-way? Or do you push through to the end? What makes you decide to stop?"

I don't stop reading a book. I push through. Although there was Cry the Beloved Country which i hated, i would have given up, but i had to read it for English class (so i sort of read it :P). So except for that one book, i don't give up on a book, I am the eternal optimist!

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1. Favorite childhood book?

Journey to the lost temple (Usborne puzzle adventures)

Leigh, Susannah

2. What are you reading right now?

5

Sugar Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #6)

Fluke, Joanne

3. What books do you have on request at the library?

None :(

4. Bad book habit?

I constantly read in the bath!

5. What do you currently have checked out at the library?

None :(

6. Do you have an e-reader?

Nope but I read on my Laptop

7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?

Several!

8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?

Definitly

9. Least favorite book you read this year (so far?)

Breakfast in Bed (Loveswept, #22)

Brown, Sandra*

10. Favorite book you’ve read this year?

Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, #5)

Mead, Richelle

11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone?

Mmm about 10% of the time

12. What is your reading comfort zone?

Paranormal / Mystery / Fantasy

13. Can you read on the bus?

Nope, get car sick

14. Favorite place to read?

Bath

15. What is your policy on book lending?

As long as you don't hurt it!

16. Do you ever dog-ear books?

I try not to

17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books?

Nope

18.  Not even with text books?

Ok well yes then :P

19. What is your favorite language to read in?

English

20. What makes you love a book?

A good plot

21. What will inspire you to recommend a book?

Well if i loved it!

22. Favorite genre?

Don't have one..

23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did?)

Non-Fiction

24. Favorite biography?

Don't have one

25. Have you ever read a self-help book?

Yip....

26. Favorite cookbook?

Don't have one

27. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)?

[Refuge]e (Paperback)

Mahmutovic, Adnan*

28. Favorite reading snack?

Chips :)

29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience.

None

30. How often do you agree with critics about a book?

Don't really listen to critics

31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews?

If a book deserves it, you should tell the truth!

32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose?

Italian

33. Most intimidating book you’ve ever read?

The Pillars of the Earth (Paperback)

Follett, Ken

34. Most intimidating book you’re too nervous to begin?


A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

35. Favorite Poet?

Robert Frost

36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time?

None

37. How often have you returned book to the library unread?

N/A

38. Favorite fictional character?

Harry Potter

39. Favorite fictional villain?

Does Dimitri from VA count? :P

40. Books I’m most likely to bring on vacation?

Any James Patterson

41. The longest I’ve gone without reading.

3 weeks

42. Name a book that you could/would not finish.

I finish them all

43. What distracts you easily when you’re reading?

Music

44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel?

Lord of the Rings

45. Most disappointing film adaptation?

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1)

Adams, Douglas

46. The most money I’ve ever spent in the bookstore at one time?

About $40

47. How often do you skim a book before reading it?

Don't skim

48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through?

I read them all lol

49. Do you like to keep your books organized?

Sort off

50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you’ve read them?

I keep 90% the rest I giveaway

51. Are there any books you’ve been avoiding?

Nope

52. Name a book that made you angry.

The Pillars of the Earth (Paperback)

Follett, Ken

53. A book you didn’t expect to like but did?

Twilight (Twilight, #1)

Meyer, Stephenie

54. A book that you expected to like but didn’t?

Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely, #2)

Marr, Melissa*

55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading?

Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3)

Ward, J.R.

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"Have your reading choices changed over the years? Or pretty much stayed the same?"

I have always been a multi-genre reader and i still am. I do find that i loved mysteries more as a child and that i don't read as many now (the occasional James Patterson etc). Maybe i should pick up some more and see if i still love it as much!

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"Which fictional character (or group of characters) would you like to spend a day at the beach with? Why would he/she/they make good beach buddies?"

Definitely the Cullens! I know i know....
But imagine! They would sparkle all day, no shark would come near you and they would sure be entertaining :)

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"Do you ever listen to book-related podcasts?
If so, which ones and why? (Include the URLs for people who aren’t familiar with them.)
Or, of course, there’s the flip side … did you even know that such a thing existed? (I ask because I know a lot of people who have no idea what a podcast is.)"

Nope i never do. I don't think i have even listened to any Podcasts before, to be honest. Hell i didn't even know there were book related Podcasts! Maybe i should give it a shot?

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"Well, folks, I don’t know about where you are, but right here, it’s HOT.

So … when you think about “hot reading,” what does that make you think of? Beach reading? Steamy romances? Books that take place in hot climates? Or cold ones?"

Well where I am its cold!

But when I think about hot reading I definitely think about steamy romances in front of fires on rugs, on the beach or in a hot tub. So I guess all three!

My Hot Read Reccomendation would be:

Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter, #3)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon