This came courtesy of Lady Tess:
Contemporary, Historical, or Paranormal? Pretty much in that order.
Hardback or Trade Paperback or Mass Market Paperback? The bulk of what I own is mass market paperback--lighter, cheaper, easier to store. Very few books/writers pass the "hard cover/paperback test".
Heyer or Austen? Heyer, only because I've been reading her since my teens. Many of my favorite, sigh-worthy moments in books are in Heyer books.
Amazon or Brick and Mortar? Brick and mortar, because you can't pick up the book, hold it and open it at random at Amazon.com. You can't wander amid all those books.
Barnes & Noble or Borders? Borders, because they carry Harlequin/Silhouette titles and B&N doesn't.
Woodiwiss or Lindsay? Neither.
First romance novel you ever remember reading? If you count gothic romances, one about a nurse in a house in turn-of-the-last century New York, written by (I think) Dorothy Daniels.
Alphabetize by author Alphabetize by title or random? Neither. I have a log, which tells me where everything is.
Keep, Throw Away or Sell? Depends on the book. If I'll read it again, keep it. If I won't, give it away.
Read with dustjacket or remove it? Remove it.
Sookie Stackhouse or Anita Blake? Neither.
Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks? Depends on the day, the book, how tired. More often than not, at the chapter break.
It was a dark and stormy night or Once upon a time? Once upon a time.
Crusie or SEP? Crusie, though I enjoy SEP very much. Crusie, though...
Buy or Borrow? Both. New to me author: borrow, borrow, borrow. Something I might not get to right away (frex, The River King by Alice Hoffman), buy.
Tidy ending or Cliffhanger? Tidy ending. Not a huge fan of cliffhangers.
Morning reading, Afternoon reading or Nighttime reading? Anytime, all the time. I'm an addict. But absolutely, positively nighttime.
Series or standalone? No preference.
Favorite book of which nobody else has heard? The closest thing I can think of is In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden.
3 comments:
Nice! I did mine over here:
http://cherryredd.livejournal.com
Very cool - loved your answers :-)
What do you use to log your book collection?
I use a very basic Excel spreadsheet. Columns for author's first name, last name, book title, cover price, genre, room the book is in and what bookshelf/under-the-bed box it's in. I probably need to do an inventory--I think what I've got is out of date because I'm not as good as I could be about keeping it up to day...
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