Another Book Meme...relatively uninteresting, but you work with what you got..

[shadowkat]

1. What is your favourite genre to read?

It keeps changing. In my 30s and late 20s? Mysteries. The I read too many. So Now? Genre combos - or sci-fi/fantasy which are also mysteries and romance. I like it when they are blended.

2. What is the first romance novel you ever read and how old were you when you read it?

Eh. I'm not sure how you define romance novels? Do Anne McCaffrey and Judy Bloom count?
I didn't read Forever though. Ponders. Probably Mary Stewart's Touch Not the Cat or Laurie McBain's The Devil's Desire. I have no idea how old I was. Or it was Madeline L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time - wait not a romance novel, had a romance in it. Stuart Little? Also not really a romance novel. I don't know what the first one was or how old I was. I read a lot of them intermittently from the age of 10 onwards. My mother had them, as did my Granny, they were easy to find. I do remember reading a lot of Anne McCaffrey in the 6th grade.

3. How many books -- paper or ebooks -- are in your existing TBR pile?

180 and counting.

4. Do you read non-fiction? If so, from which sub-genre?

Yes. Although not so much at the moment. Brain tired from reading engineering crap and business stuff at work. Plus the internet and the paper. Usually - my favorite is
memoir or survivalist stories - such as Into the Wild, Virus Hunter, or On Writing by Stephen King. Occasionally read biography - but footnotes annoy me. Not a fan of academic writing.

5. Do you own an e-reading device? If so, which one(s)?

Two. Both at Christmas. One a Kindle, the other an I-pad. Both use Kindle app.

6. Which one book have you re-read most often?

Don't generally re-read books. But...there are a few, Katherine Neville's A Calculated Risk I've read twice, Elizabeth Peter's Vicky Bliss mysteries - three times, Dorothy Dunnett's Checkmate - twice, Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan series - twice, Dune - twice,
The Hobbit - three times.

7. How many library books do you have out right now?

None.

8. How do you mark your place in a book?

Various book marks. OR bend down the page. (which is why I don't tend to do libraries, bad I know...sigh.)


9. About how many books do you typically read in a month?

Depends on the month and the book. Overwhelmed at work right now, no time. So one for two months straight. But in Oct-Jan - I was averaging 5-10 a month.

10. What was the last book that made you cry?

The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene. (It takes a great deal to make me cry in a book. I rarely do it. Never shed a tear in the Hunger Games. But this book had me sobbing uncontrollably for twenty pages...I am not exaggerating.)

11. What was the last book that made you laugh?

Oddly, the same book. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - had me laughing my head off intermittently.

Now, that's a good book. Rare find those - that can make you laugh and cry.