Found
this on Fanda's blog, and since she invites anyone who wants to try
this to do it, I did it. Yay!
Do you snack while you
read? If so, favourite reading snack:
Yes, I do. Well,
sometimes, when there's something to eat nearby. Else I can just read
without eating, and that is okay as well. My favourite reading snack?
Potato chips perhaps, or biscuits.
What is your favourite
drink while reading?
Tea.
It has to be tea or at least coffee. I have this unhealthy addiction
to both. And I can drink more than 2 huge glasses of tea when I'm
reading or doing something that needs extra concentration.
Do you tend to mark
your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify
you?
It
depends of what kind of book I read. I usually mark non-fictions –
even my e-books – with notes scribbled all around the margin, but I
usually just highlight fictions on the parts I love the most, like
some notable quotes, for example.
How do you keep your
place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat
open?
Bookmarks.
And I have plenty of them.
Fiction, non-fiction,
or both?
Both.
I like poems (it's counted as non-fiction, right?), and essays as
well as the fiction. I also read people's thesis and dissertations on
literatures, also references books that enrich my knowledge about the
world in the past. I read history as well, and I love it. So, yup,
it's both.
Are you a person who
tends to read to the end of a chapter, or can you stop anywhere?
If
the book is good enough, I cannot stop until I reach the back cover.
I remember reading books like Lord of the Rings and Da Vinci Code in
one night (and waking up looking like a panda) because I simply
couldn't stop. But I'm reasonable enough to stop somewhere pleasant,
like at the end of a chapter, if the book is too thick to read in
such a way. Of course you cannot read the Bible in one night, can
you?
Are you the type of
person to throw a book across the room or on the floor if the author
irritates you?
Sort
of. I'd slam the book and ramble about the author – or rather the
annoying character in that book. My Mom sometimes complain about
that. For example, when I read how Raoul asked Christine whether she
would have loved him still if Phantom had been handsome, I said
aloud, “Of course she wouldn't, you silly blushing boy. She loves
Phantom, can't you see it?” or something like that.
If you come across an
unfamiliar word, do you stop and look it up right away?
Usually
no. I'd save it somewhere in my mind and guess the meaning until
clearer context makes me understand it fully later, or at least until
I have spare time to google it.
What are you currently
reading?
Treasure
Island. Of, I should have finished it long ago, but this job absorbs
my time.
What is the last book
you bought?
The
Count of Monte Cristo. I rarely buy books. First, because my room is
small, and our house is full of books already, so my father doesn't
like me adding more and more books to our little shelves. Second,
my university has this huge library full of books, so I can simply
borrow them.Third, because I love mostly classics, I can just
download them free from Project Gutenberg.
Are you the type of
person that reads one book at a time, or can you read more than one?
I
usually finish one before continue to the other. But sometimes I just
grab the nearest book when I have spare time and read it casually.
Only one at a time for serious reading though.
Do you have a favourite
time/place to read?
My
room on my bed, the university library, and a cafe library near my
campus.
Do you prefer series
books or stand alones?
Stand
alones, or series compiled in one. I don't like finishing a book
without finishing the story. But Tolkien's LotR is an exception.
Three huge books, and yet I love dearly. The details and the setting
and the hard work put into it make the series worth reading.
Is there a specific
book or author you find yourself recommending over and over?
Oh
yes! Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Dumas' Monte Cristo,
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shakespeare's writings, Phantom
of the Opera of course. I won't list all of them, it needs a
separate post to do that. Ha!
How do you organize
your books? (by genre, title, author's last name, etc.)
By
size. Haha. Remember that I don't have many physical books? But I
organise my ebooks by author's last name.
Voila!
My reading habit. Please post yours so I can read it, my fellow
bloggers.
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