Thursday, February 22, 2007

Writing in Books, Part Two

Booking Through Thursday
  1. A couple weeks ago, we asked about how you take care of your books, with one of the questions asking whether you write in your books. Well, what about books that are meant to be written in? Like, say, a journal or diary? Do you keep one? Obviously, if you're answering this, you have a blog--do you just let your blog be your journal? Or do you also keep one for private stuff also?

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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Romance

Booking Through Thursday

So, in honor of Valentine's Day . . .

  1. Love stories? Yes or No?
  2. If yes, "romances" as a genre? Or just, well, stories that have love stories? (Nobody's going to call "Pride & Prejudice" a "romance," right?)

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Thursday, February 08, 2007

TLC

Booking Through Thursday

What kind of care do you take of your books? Let's review, shall we?

  1. Are you careful with the spines? Or do you crack your books open to make them lay flat?
  2. Do you use bookmarks? Or do you dog-ear the corners? If you do use bookmarks, do you use those fashionable metal ones? Or paper?
  3. Do you write in your books? Ever? If you do, do you make small marks, or write in as much blank space as you can find? Pen or pencil? Highlighter? Your name on the front page?
  4. Do you toss your books on the floor? Into bookbags? Or do you treat them tenderly, with respect?
  5. Do you ever lay your book face-down, to save your place?
  6. Um--water? Do you bathe with your books? Hold them with wet hands? Read out in the rain? Anything of that sort?
  7. Are your books lined up on a bookshelf? Or crammed in any which way? Stacked on the floor?
  8. Do you make a distinction--as regards book care--between hardcovers and paperbacks?
  9. And, to recap? Naturally, you love all of your books, but how, exactly? Are your books loved in the battered way of a well-loved teddy bear, or like a cherished photo album or item of clothing that's used, appreciated, but carefully cared for?
  10. Any additional comments?
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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Habit-Forming

Booking Through Thursday

  1. What are your reading habits? Do you tend to read at specific times during the day, or does it vary from day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute?

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