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1. What’s your favorite time of day to read?
Mornings. I've always been a morning person.
2. Do you read during breakfast? (Assuming you eat breakfast.)
I used to. I rarely eat breakfast any more
3. What’s your favorite breakfast food?
A bowl of oat flakes and a glass of tomato juice.
4. How many hours a day would you say you read?
It depends. Counting the morning paper and the Internet maybe three hours.
5. Do you read more or less now than you did, say, 10 years ago?
Definitely less. My eyes get very tired.
6. Do you consider yourself a speed reader?
No, 300 or 400 words a minute is all I've ever been able to muster. Oddly if something is very interesting or very dull, I slow to a crawl. In high school I had one English teacher who thought I didn't read very well. Actually the problem was the reading samples were putting me to sleep. ;o)
7. If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
How about squeezing 50 or 60 hours into every day?
8. Do you carry a book with you everywhere you go?
No, I've tried at times and found I much prefer reading at home.
9. What KIND of book?
(Answering about what I used to carry) Something in Russian, so people wouldn't read over my shoulder.
10. How old were you when you got your first library card?
Seven I think. They paraded all the second-graders through the bookmobile
11. What’s the oldest book you have in your collection?
The oldest book, I think, is a religious book in Finnish printed in 1919. No I can't read it
The book I've had the longest is probably my beat-up paperback Spanish-English Dictionary which I think I bought in junior high
12. Do you read in bed?
I used to study in bed constantly. Now I sort of browse in bed. Not much serious reading anymore
13. Do you write in your books?
Absolutely. It used to be about things that struck me as profound. Now it's more likely when the author has made a blunder. ;o)
14. If you had one piece of advice to a new reader, what would it be?
Browse first, buy later. Much easier to avoid absolute rubbish if you've glanced at the text.
15. If someone asked you for a book recommendation, what is the FIRST book you’d think to recommend (without extra thought)?
Duh... I think I'd have to give some extra thought at least about the potential reader. Scattergun recommendations tend to bounce off without leaving an impression.
shadowkat671. What’s your favorite time of day to read?
Mornings. I've always been a morning person.
2. Do you read during breakfast? (Assuming you eat breakfast.)
I used to. I rarely eat breakfast any more
3. What’s your favorite breakfast food?
A bowl of oat flakes and a glass of tomato juice.
4. How many hours a day would you say you read?
It depends. Counting the morning paper and the Internet maybe three hours.
5. Do you read more or less now than you did, say, 10 years ago?
Definitely less. My eyes get very tired.
6. Do you consider yourself a speed reader?
No, 300 or 400 words a minute is all I've ever been able to muster. Oddly if something is very interesting or very dull, I slow to a crawl. In high school I had one English teacher who thought I didn't read very well. Actually the problem was the reading samples were putting me to sleep. ;o)
7. If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
How about squeezing 50 or 60 hours into every day?
8. Do you carry a book with you everywhere you go?
No, I've tried at times and found I much prefer reading at home.
9. What KIND of book?
(Answering about what I used to carry) Something in Russian, so people wouldn't read over my shoulder.
10. How old were you when you got your first library card?
Seven I think. They paraded all the second-graders through the bookmobile
11. What’s the oldest book you have in your collection?
The oldest book, I think, is a religious book in Finnish printed in 1919. No I can't read it
The book I've had the longest is probably my beat-up paperback Spanish-English Dictionary which I think I bought in junior high
12. Do you read in bed?
I used to study in bed constantly. Now I sort of browse in bed. Not much serious reading anymore
13. Do you write in your books?
Absolutely. It used to be about things that struck me as profound. Now it's more likely when the author has made a blunder. ;o)
14. If you had one piece of advice to a new reader, what would it be?
Browse first, buy later. Much easier to avoid absolute rubbish if you've glanced at the text.
15. If someone asked you for a book recommendation, what is the FIRST book you’d think to recommend (without extra thought)?
Duh... I think I'd have to give some extra thought at least about the potential reader. Scattergun recommendations tend to bounce off without leaving an impression.