18 October 2004 @ 08:16 pm
 
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Hardback or Paperback? depends, if it's something I really want to read then hardback, money issues usually mean paperback is more my thing though

Highlight or Underline? Neither!!!!  Why would I do that to a book? It's a book for crying out loud! If something strikes me, I'll copy it onto a notepad.

Lewis or Tolkien? Tolkein although Lewis has his place

E.B. White or A.A. Milne? A.A. Milne all the way

T.S. Eliot or e.e. cummings? um.... niether

Stephen King or Dean Koontz? Stephen King when he's good, but when he's bad Koontz is better

Barnes & Noble or Borders? We don't have B&N here so I have to default to Borders.

Waldenbooks or B. Dalton? never heard of them - are they shops? Ottakers then.

Fantasy or Science Fiction? Science Fantasy. What can I say? I'm an awkward bugger.

Horror or Suspense? Horror

Bookmark or Dogear? Bookmark, always - how can you dogear a page on a book?! It's just wrong!

Hemingway or Faulkner? Neither

Fitzgerald or Steinbeck? Again with the neither, although if I was forced to choose I'd say Fitzgerald purely because I almost failed my English Standard Grade because of Steinbeck

Homer or Plato? Homer, I guess.

Geoffrey Chaucer or Edmund Spenser? Yawn. Dante Allighieri.[Unknown site tag]

Pen or Pencil? on a book? Neither! On a notepad, pen.

Looseleaf or Notepad? Notepad, good quality all the way

Alphabetize: You know I'm a librarian, right? Does the word 'Duh' mean anything?

Dustjacket: I take it off the book when I'm reading it so it doesn't gte damaged, but I put it straight back on when I'm done.

Novella or Epic? depends. Tend to go with Epic I guess though.

John Grisham or Scott Turow? Do I have to choose? I really don't like either as authors, they have the odd good thing but.... I guess I'll go with Grisham

J.K. Rowling or Lemony Snicket? Rowling

John Irving or John Updike? Neither

Fiction or Non-fiction? Depends, most often fiction

Historical Biography or Historical Romance? Biography

A Few Pages per Sitting or Finish at Least a Chapter? A chapter at least, unless it's Pratchett 'cause then I'd have to read the whole book in one go... which I have done in the past

Short Story or Creative Non-fiction Essay? Short story.

"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"? The first one, all the way. Gimme atmosphere, not schmaltz!

Buy or Borrow? Borrow, if I really like it, buy.

Book Reviews or Word of Mouth? Word of mouth, gut instinct.
 
 
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[identity profile] ludditerobot.livejournal.com on October 18th, 2004 07:23 pm (UTC)
Love the icon, gakking the meme.

B. Dalton and Waldenbooks are book stores you might find in American malls, as opposed to Barnes and Noble and Borders, which you might find outside of American malls.
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 18th, 2004 07:28 pm (UTC)
Aha, so I was spot on with the Ottakers choice then!

Thanks!
(Anonymous) on October 18th, 2004 09:26 pm (UTC)
Barnes & Noble owns B. Dalton, and Borders owns Waldenbooks, actually. Gotta love corporate consolidation!
[identity profile] ludditerobot.livejournal.com on October 18th, 2004 09:36 pm (UTC)
Y'know, there's something about their look and feel that makes me unsurprised by that. Borders and Waldenbooks both have sans serif logos, and Barnes and Noble and B. Dalton both have serif logos. the B. is in some sort of script, isn't it?

Anyway, not surprised.