Booking Through Thursday

….on Friday!

I’m terribly late to this game but I saw it on Vasilly’s blog and thought it was too fun not to post.

• Reading something frivolous? Or something serious?
  I’m all about the frivolous!  Give me total and complete mindless entertainment almost any day.  I will read serious but it has to be paced between loads of not so much on the thinky thinkers.

• Paperbacks? Or hardcovers?
  Both actually.  I am horribly impatient so more times than not when I want a book I tend to get it right when it releases thus more times than not its hardcover.  Paperback is obviously easier to handle though so if I can get it I’d likely go there first.

• Fiction? Or Nonfiction?
  Fiction, hands down.  I am *not* a non-fiction girl at all.

• Poetry? Or Prose?
  Yikes that’s a hard one.  I’ll just say it depends on what the situation calls for.

• Biographies? Or Autobiographies?
  Biographies — I tend to think that third party perspective might bring to light aspects and autobiographer may not want focused on.

• History? Or Historical Fiction?
  A little from column A a little from column B.  Flat out dry history books that make me feel like I’m in school are a big fat no.  But if you can jazz it up like historical fiction I’d give it a whirl.

• Series? Or Stand-alones?
  I love me a series.  I like getting to know characters and then following them over time.

• Classics? Or best-sellers?
  I lean towards best-sellers but can read a classic on occasion.

• Lurid, fruity prose? Or straight-forward, basic prose?
  I’m not a fan of an over abundance of words in my prose so it’s all about the straight-forward.

• Plots? Or Stream-of-Consciousness?
  Give me plot anyday.

• Long books? Or Short?
  Depends on what the story calls for.  But….I’d likely shy away from books with thousands of pages right out of the gate.

• Illustrated? Or Non-illustrated?
  I honestly don’t care.

• Borrowed? Or Owned?
  Owned.  I’m too selfish to borrow.

• New? Or Used?
  There is nothing like a new book.  But….if there is something I want and I can’t get it new I’ll go for the old.

What are your preferences?