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Hardback or Paperback? - paperback. hardcover is too heavy for me to read comfortably in bed, where i do most of my serious recreational reading. paperbacks also allow for more books per shelf of storage.
Highlight or Underline? - neither. *shudder*.
Lewis or Tolkien - lewis. tolkien is hard to read for me.
E.B. White or A.A. Milne? - no preference since i don't think i read either.
T.S. Eliot or e.e. cummings? - eliot. though naturally, i like the lack of caps, *grin*.
Stephen King or Dean Koontz? - hm. probably king, though i like watchers better than anything by king. i think king writes more complex stories.
Barnes & Noble or Borders? - powells. if the choice really limits me to one of those two, i'll flip a coin because i am not really sure there is a difference (but i lack experience with these stores).
Waldenbooks or B. Dalton? - powells. if the choice forces itself, b. dalton used to have a much better selection in the last US town i lived. in canadian towns i'd go for the chapters. generally i'll hit used bookstores first.
Fantasy or Science Fiction? - speculative fiction; social issues more than scientific ones. though i like unusual fantasy. sword and sorcery doesn't interest me, nor does space opera.
Horror or Suspense? - suspense. don't like horror at all.
Bookmark or Dogear? - bookmark (though not necessarily a dedicated one; i use any piece of paper or string or somesuch item). unfortunately i also break the spine on books that i own when there is no somesuch around. i don't really care, but i know this is a horror to everyone else i know. IMO books should be made so they open flat, or the inner margin should be much wider than it is for most paperbacks. kudos to o'reilly for recognizing how nice it is to have books lie flat.
Hemingway or Faulkner? - faulkner. i am not into terse and emotionally distant.
Fitzgerald or Steinbeck? - steinbeck.
John Irving or John Updike? - irving.
Le Guin or Emshwiller? - le guin, since i've only read one of emshwiller's.
Russ or Cherryh? cherryh. from a feminist's PoV, russ is more important, but i enjoy reading cherryh a heck of a lot more.
Rice or Hamilton? hamilton. not even a close race. rice tends to squick me, and i actively avoid reading her.
Brontë or Brontë? *heh*. i can't ever remember which brontë sister wrote what.
Homer or Plato? - homer. i can't read either in the original, which makes me always wonder.
Geoffrey Chaucer or Edmund Spenser? - not read either with enough knowledge to choose; the language is too foreign to me to read comfortably.
Pen or Pencil? - very soft pencil.
Looseleaf or Notebook? - looseleaf.
Alphabetize: By Author or By Title? - nonfiction by subject, fiction by author.
Dustjacket - off. hate the bloody things. luckily paperbacks don't often have them. except japanese manga, where i keep it on because it doesn't tend to slip.
Novella or Epic? - epic. though really prefer regular novels to either. sometimes prefer long series so i can stay longer in the world.
John Grisham or Scott Turow? - turow, i think. but not sure. read a lot more grisham.
J.K. Rowling or Lemony Snicket? - haven't read snicket yet.
Fiction or Non-fiction? - what a question. either, for different purposes and different moods. generally much more fiction these days.
Historical Biography or Historical Romance? - neither is very high on my list. except for dorothy dunnett.
A Few Pages per Sitting or Finish at Least a Chapter? - chapter, at least. but when i am tired, i just read a few pages which i am likely to have to reread the next time anyway.
Short Story or Creative Non-fiction Essay? - essay. that's a reverse from how it used to be. i don't read a lot of stories these days.
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"? - "dark and stormy" feels to me like the option denoting more personal style, but maybe that's not what the questioner was after?
Buy or Borrow? - fiction i buy more often than i borrow. nonfiction i buy if i can afford it, but i borrow lots of OoP books.
Book Reviews or Word of Mouth? neither, really. i pick most of the books i buy by myself. i do consider reviews if i know enough about the reviewer to assess whether our taste converge enough, and this isn't limited to BigName reviewers by any means. i read more "regular folk" reviews since lots of bookworms i know write reviews in their journals.
the paramour is making a turkey. i am in awe.
firecat who made sensible additions.Hardback or Paperback? - paperback. hardcover is too heavy for me to read comfortably in bed, where i do most of my serious recreational reading. paperbacks also allow for more books per shelf of storage.
Highlight or Underline? - neither. *shudder*.
Lewis or Tolkien - lewis. tolkien is hard to read for me.
E.B. White or A.A. Milne? - no preference since i don't think i read either.
T.S. Eliot or e.e. cummings? - eliot. though naturally, i like the lack of caps, *grin*.
Stephen King or Dean Koontz? - hm. probably king, though i like watchers better than anything by king. i think king writes more complex stories.
Barnes & Noble or Borders? - powells. if the choice really limits me to one of those two, i'll flip a coin because i am not really sure there is a difference (but i lack experience with these stores).
Waldenbooks or B. Dalton? - powells. if the choice forces itself, b. dalton used to have a much better selection in the last US town i lived. in canadian towns i'd go for the chapters. generally i'll hit used bookstores first.
Fantasy or Science Fiction? - speculative fiction; social issues more than scientific ones. though i like unusual fantasy. sword and sorcery doesn't interest me, nor does space opera.
Horror or Suspense? - suspense. don't like horror at all.
Bookmark or Dogear? - bookmark (though not necessarily a dedicated one; i use any piece of paper or string or somesuch item). unfortunately i also break the spine on books that i own when there is no somesuch around. i don't really care, but i know this is a horror to everyone else i know. IMO books should be made so they open flat, or the inner margin should be much wider than it is for most paperbacks. kudos to o'reilly for recognizing how nice it is to have books lie flat.
Hemingway or Faulkner? - faulkner. i am not into terse and emotionally distant.
Fitzgerald or Steinbeck? - steinbeck.
John Irving or John Updike? - irving.
Le Guin or Emshwiller? - le guin, since i've only read one of emshwiller's.
Russ or Cherryh? cherryh. from a feminist's PoV, russ is more important, but i enjoy reading cherryh a heck of a lot more.
Rice or Hamilton? hamilton. not even a close race. rice tends to squick me, and i actively avoid reading her.
Brontë or Brontë? *heh*. i can't ever remember which brontë sister wrote what.
Homer or Plato? - homer. i can't read either in the original, which makes me always wonder.
Geoffrey Chaucer or Edmund Spenser? - not read either with enough knowledge to choose; the language is too foreign to me to read comfortably.
Pen or Pencil? - very soft pencil.
Looseleaf or Notebook? - looseleaf.
Alphabetize: By Author or By Title? - nonfiction by subject, fiction by author.
Dustjacket - off. hate the bloody things. luckily paperbacks don't often have them. except japanese manga, where i keep it on because it doesn't tend to slip.
Novella or Epic? - epic. though really prefer regular novels to either. sometimes prefer long series so i can stay longer in the world.
John Grisham or Scott Turow? - turow, i think. but not sure. read a lot more grisham.
J.K. Rowling or Lemony Snicket? - haven't read snicket yet.
Fiction or Non-fiction? - what a question. either, for different purposes and different moods. generally much more fiction these days.
Historical Biography or Historical Romance? - neither is very high on my list. except for dorothy dunnett.
A Few Pages per Sitting or Finish at Least a Chapter? - chapter, at least. but when i am tired, i just read a few pages which i am likely to have to reread the next time anyway.
Short Story or Creative Non-fiction Essay? - essay. that's a reverse from how it used to be. i don't read a lot of stories these days.
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"? - "dark and stormy" feels to me like the option denoting more personal style, but maybe that's not what the questioner was after?
Buy or Borrow? - fiction i buy more often than i borrow. nonfiction i buy if i can afford it, but i borrow lots of OoP books.
Book Reviews or Word of Mouth? neither, really. i pick most of the books i buy by myself. i do consider reviews if i know enough about the reviewer to assess whether our taste converge enough, and this isn't limited to BigName reviewers by any means. i read more "regular folk" reviews since lots of bookworms i know write reviews in their journals.
the paramour is making a turkey. i am in awe.
