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eattheolives comes the following meme. I should add that although reading was My Primary Activity at one point in my life (like from ages four through nineteen), reading has kind of been put on the back burner since I started getting busy with jobs and school. I still love to read. I just don't seem to make the time for it anymore. I see the monthly book lists of
eattheolives or
ruthette and I'm amazed at how much they read. And I miss that in my life.
Anyway, on to the meme...
1. Do you remember how you developed a love for reading? My mommy read to me much. I learned to read when I was 3-4 and I read stacks and stacks of books.
2. What are some books you read as a child? Does fangirling over Reading Rainbow count?* I was very much into Frog and Toad,
Oh, Were They Ever Happy, the original Boxcar Children books, the
Childhood of Famous Americans series... Later, Louisa May Alcott owned me.
3. What is your favorite genre? I like biographies of people I'm interested in. I like fiction if it's well-written and (preferably) from the sixties or earlier. I like spiritual books and the Bible. I never cared much for stuff that was too fantastical or sci-fi-ish, with creatures that were made up, say. I like reading the books movies were based on, especially old movies.
4. Do you have a favorite novel? Little Women has had the most reads, no competition, although I haven't read it in ages. To Kill a Mockingbird is up there as well.
5. Where do you usually read? Usually in bed.
6. When do you usually read? When I have a moment. Before bed is often a good time.
7. Do you usually have more than one book you are reading at a time? Not usually. I like to devote my attention to one at a time.
8. Do you read nonfiction in a different way or place than you read fiction? Uh... no?
9. Do you buy most of the books you read, or borrow them, or check them out of the library? I've gotten most of my books from the library. But I've borrowed many from friends. And I own many.
10. Do you keep most of the books you buy? If not, what do you do with them? I keep them if I like them and think I will read them again. If they're something I bought like used and I don't like them, I just give them to Goodwill or something. Usually though, if I buy a book, it is because I want to keep it.
11. If you have children, what are some of the favorite books you have shared with them? Dude. I have a whole list formulating in my head. I can just see my future baby registry... it's going to be 95% books. William and His Kitten. Plenty of Lois Lenski. Old Golden books. Richard Scarry. The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup. Melisande. Catkin. Trumpet of the Swan. The Little House books. Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories. The American Girl books. (I'm missing one Molly. I want the old artwork. I don't know if that's possible. I think I have a couple with the new artwork, though... so I guess that gripe is irrelevant.)
There is always "Hi, Pizza Man!" as well. 12. What are you reading now? I'm re-reading Patriarchs and Prophets.
13. Do you keep a TBR (to be read) list? Nope.
14. What's next? Whatever strikes my fancy.
15. What books would you like to reread? Little Women. Jane Eyre.
16. Who are your favorite authors? Daphne du Maurier, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, AJ Cronin
*I find it ironic that I loved Geordi LaForge only on the basis of the fact that he was Levar Burton and brought me one of my Four Favourite Childhood TV shows... and now I'm married to a guy who favours Geordi on the basis of his sheer nerdiness.
