Hi there! It's book nerd time again. Argyle is sort of bookish, right? Right! Here are the questions for this month:
What are you currently reading? Tell us about it!
The Shepherd of the Hills - set in the Ozarks around 1900, it starts with the arrival of a mysterious stranger form the city, and then the story starts to build from there, and we learn more about the folks who live in the mountains. So far, I really like it.
Let's learn about each others Reading Habits!! Answer the following questions either with a simple answer or with lots of details!
- Amazon or brick and mortar? library
- Locally owned bookshop or big name chain store? library
- Bookmark or dog-ear? usually bookmark, unless I can't find one, and then I dog-ear. A friend recently got me in trouble for this and said I should have learned not to fold corners in elementary school. Oops!
- Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random? by author mostly
- Keep, throw away, or sell? keep favorites, sell or donate others. I really try not to buy books, because I rarely re-read them, and they just take up space and are difficult to move!
- Keep dust jacket or toss it? keep it
- Read with dust jacket or remove it? remove to read
- Short story or novel? novel
- Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)? no preference. I don't read a lot of short stories, so I guess it would depend. If it was a favorite author, I'd pick a collection. If it was a favorite topic, I'd pick an anthology.
- Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks? I have to get to a stopping point!
- “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”? Well, I'm not a big fan of scary stuff, so I guess "once upon a time"
- Buy or borrow? borrow
- New or used? either is fine
- Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse? combination. I get a lot of recommendations from friends, but sometimes I just wander around the library.
- Tidy ending or cliffhanger? I prefer closure
- Morning, afternoon or nighttime reading? If possible, all of the above. With my current life schedule, I mostly read at night. My favorite thing is reading outside on a nice day.
- Single volume or series? I like both. I usually try to be patient until the series is complete to start the first book, because I don't like having gaps between each one.
- Favorite series? This is a tough decision. The first ones that popped into my mind were The Hunger Games, Lord of the Rings, and the Chronicles of Narnia.
- Favorite book of which nobody else has heard? probably the book I am currently reading - The Shepherd of the Hills
Have you read any good books lately?
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