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ugh, monday
it was a stressful wkend at the House of Boys, so let's turn to books, my one true love, 'k? I forget where I snagged this from (I copied it to Evernote, but the link didn't follow, sigh) but many thanks to whomever that might be.
Leave me a letter & I will hold forth...
A. Author You’ve Read The Most Books From
B. Best Sequel Ever
C. Currently Reading
D. Drink of Choice While Reading
E. E-Reader or Physical Books
F. Fictional Character You Would Have Dated In High School
G. Glad You Gave This Book A Chance
H. Hidden Gem Book
I. Important Moments of Your Reading Life
J. Just Finished
K. Kinds of Books You Won’t Read
L. Longest Book You’ve Read
M. Major Book Hangover Because Of
N. Number of Bookcases You Own
O. One Book That You Have Read Multiple Times
P. Preferred Place to Read
Q. Quote From A Book That Inspires You/Gives You Feels
R. Reading Regret
S. Series You Started and Need to Finish
T. Three Of Your All-Time Favorite Books
U. Unapologetic Fangirl For
W. Worst Bookish Habit
V. Very Excited For This Release More Than Any Other
X. Marks The Spot (Start On Your Bookshelf And Count to the 27th Book)
Y. Your Latest Book Purchase
Z. ZZZ-Snatcher (last book that kept you up WAY late)
Leave me a letter & I will hold forth...
A. Author You’ve Read The Most Books From
B. Best Sequel Ever
C. Currently Reading
D. Drink of Choice While Reading
E. E-Reader or Physical Books
F. Fictional Character You Would Have Dated In High School
G. Glad You Gave This Book A Chance
H. Hidden Gem Book
I. Important Moments of Your Reading Life
J. Just Finished
K. Kinds of Books You Won’t Read
L. Longest Book You’ve Read
M. Major Book Hangover Because Of
N. Number of Bookcases You Own
O. One Book That You Have Read Multiple Times
P. Preferred Place to Read
Q. Quote From A Book That Inspires You/Gives You Feels
R. Reading Regret
S. Series You Started and Need to Finish
T. Three Of Your All-Time Favorite Books
U. Unapologetic Fangirl For
W. Worst Bookish Habit
V. Very Excited For This Release More Than Any Other
X. Marks The Spot (Start On Your Bookshelf And Count to the 27th Book)
Y. Your Latest Book Purchase
Z. ZZZ-Snatcher (last book that kept you up WAY late)
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K. Kinds of Books You Won’t Read
Oh, many kinds! I tend to lose interest in 'literary' fiction, and I finally had to stop with most book clubs because I never enjoyed the books they picked out. I don't like true-crime or gory mysteries (I love my cozy mysteries, but that's about it.) The spy genre is hit-or-miss for me--I don't really care about the tech, so I skim heavily. The same goes for steampunk--while I adore the idea of the genre and can really get into cosplay and the visuals, I usually get bored a 100 pages in because the characters get lost in the tech.
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I. Important Moments of Your Reading Life
I still remember being in 2nd grade (so, maybe 7?ish) and lying in bed reading The Wizard of Oz one Saturday morning and just loving it.
N. Number of Bookcases You Own
ahahaha, oh god... I have floor-to-ceiling bookshelves the entire length of the family room, so, about 22 ft/7m long. And then there's a 2m high set of shelves in my office, 2 narrow-but-tall Ikea shelves in the boys' playroom, a lower set in each of their bedrooms (so, 3 more) and over-the-desk shelves in the corner of the kitchen.
P. Preferred Place to Read
In a bath, but I will read anywhere.
R. Reading Regret
I regret nothing. :D Or, maybe not ever buying all those Uncanny X-Men comics back when I was in high school, just so I could give them to my kids now.
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J. Just Finished
I just finished Heirs and Graces (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15808340-heirs-and-graces), which is the most recent of a cozy mystery series. Plus, I just finished listening to Stormfront (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47212.Storm_Front), the first Dresden book, and I am tearing through comic arcs on Marvel Unlimited (the Phoenix / Dark Phoenix and Days of Future Past arcs of Uncanny X-Men and the Reunion arc with Hawkeye and Mockingbird.)
H. Hidden Gem Book
The Thirteenth Tale (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40440.The_Thirteenth_Tale), which is a modern gothic and something I couldn't put down.
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Also I read Hawkeye #19 too. :D
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That being said, I probably wouldn't have counted a single issue but I have been waiting for that issue for so long and it hit all my buttons and I read it over and over and over last Wednesday, so it certainly felt like I'd gotten the emotional payoff from a book.
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B. Best Sequel Ever
Oh, I have to go with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, because I was reading it out loud to the boys (they were too young to be able to read it on their own) and we were doing the one-chapter-a-night thing, until we got to where [spoiler redacted] got taken by [other spoiler redacted] and we all three turned to each other and said WE HAVE TO FINISH IT TONIGHT and my voice was shredded by the time everyone was safe again. :D
W. Worst Bookish Habit
I KEEP BUYING THEM, OMG. My tag of books-i-own-but-havent-read on goodreads is ridiculous and yet, there I was today, picking up another Julia Chase from amazon. sigh.
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Is your purchasing addiction for paper books, or e-books? I'm finding the e-book addiction to be seriously dangerous, because I don't have a physical reminder (as in teetering piles of books) to remind me of how many I have.
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During a bout of boring meetings earlier this year, I sat with my kindle/ibooks/comixology accounts open on my phone and added everything that was there to my goodreads and tagged it so I could keep track of what I had. It's sort of a virtual teetering pile now--mostly, I think I'm trying to keep that number under triple digits, ack!
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U. Unapologetic Fangirl For
Romance! and YA. But mostly romance! Jennifer Crusie makes me choke with laughter sometimes and Julia Chase makes me feeeeeel and everything I know about medieval England & Wales I learned from Roberta Gellis. I ♥ it (which is probably why it's almost all I write, too.)
V. Very Excited For This Release More Than Any Other
v. v. impatient for Hawkeye #20 and then the third book of Maureen Johnson's Shades of London series is out next March.
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F. Fictional Character You Would Have Dated In High School
Oh, when I was in high school, I was allllll about Scottish history--I wallowed in it. So, the youngest brother of Clan MacHugh would have done nicely (Bride of the MacHugh (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1593126.Bride_of_the_MacHugh).) In a less obscure choice, Jamie Fraser from Outlander, :D
Of course, I really didn't date in high school (between the Scottish obsession, the comic books and all the AP math and sciences, can you wonder?) so Nancy Drew's mostly absent, but always supportive boyfriend Ned probably would have been a much better fit!
O. One Book That You Have Read Multiple Times
ONE? ahahahahaha... I reread constantly, especially when I'm too tired for something new and just need to slide into a comfortable old world. Anything by Rosamunde Pilcher or Roberta Gellis is fair game there, and I have select Maeve Binchy's and Mary Stewart's that are falling apart from being read so much over the years. I'll go with September (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116053.September), because it's getting on toward that time. (Oh, look, Scotland again.)
T. Three Of Your All-Time Favorite Books
oy. hmmm. This is going to be so random, but here's what popped into my head: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3980.From_the_Mixed_Up_Files_of_Mrs_Basil_E_Frankweiler), because I *still* want to run away and live at the Met; The Grand Sophy (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6271225-the-grand-sophy), because I love how everyone finds someone who makes them happy (though I am contemplating literally cutting out the egregiously anti-Semitic section and burning it and I'll never pay for another copy again); and I'll finish with The Lord of the Rings, because I can still lose myself in Middle Earth even after all these years (and movies!)