Books, books, books

See Susanne's book bag. It's a cute book bag, don't you think? See books given as gifts to Susanne. See books purchased with gift certificates that were given as gifts. See books on sale that Susanne could not resist. See books from Costco bought as total impulse buy because they were way down on the reading list but Susanne could not resist the good buy. Peek inside and see the layer of books deep down in the bag. See Susanne's book bag overflowing. See Susanne's reading list ever growing. See Susanne not darken the door of a book store for awhile. (And if you believe that one, I've got some cheap land way, way up north perfect for raising ice worms I can sell ya.)

And just in case Susanne cannot get enough of books, see Susanne steal this book meme from Stacy at Exceedingly Mundane


Another Book Meme


Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback? I like hardback or the bigger paperbacks which I'm assuming is the trade paperback. And going with that assumption, I'm assuming the mass market paperbacks are the smaller ones. (Brandilyn, if you read this post, let us know the answer in the comments). I don't like those because when you hit a certain lovely age those get real hard to read because of the small print.

Amazon or brick and mortar? Definitely brick and mortar. I'm a hands on kind of gal. Although I have ordered a few books off Ebay because they were oh so much cheaper second hand in awesome shape. And I do order from Crossings Book club because I can get a hardback version for the same price as most paperbacks in the store.

Barnes & Noble or Borders? We don't have either of those in my city. We have a Chapters. But because I mostly read Christian fiction I go to the local Christian book store.

Bookmark or dogear? Book mark, definitely! If I don't have one readily available I'll use the flap of the dustcover if it's a hardback.

Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random? Series together and then I try to do by author, but I don't really have a nice book shelf (yet) to display them.

Keep, throw away, or sell? Mostly keep. If I know I probably won't read again, if it's a Christian book I give it to my church library if they don't yet have it.

Keep dustjacket or toss it? Definitely keep.

Read with dustjacket or remove it? With. See bookmark question above.

Short story or novel? Novel.

Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors) Don't read short stories

Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket? Neither. Blech.

Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks? Tired.

“It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”? Both

Buy or Borrow? Both. But I try to borrow from library. Rarely do I borrow a book from a friend 'cause I'm so paranoid something will happen to it or I'll forget to return it, which in my eyes is like one of the unforgiveable sins of bookdom.

New or used? Both. Used if in excellent condition.

Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse? I use all three.

Tidy ending or cliffhanger? Mostly tidy ending. I don't mind a cliffhanger if I have the next book readily available.

Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading? Well all of them of course. I take my book with me and when I can catch a minute I pick it up and read a couple more pages.

Standalone or series? Both

Favorite series? Hard Question. Let's see, it'll have to be more than one. "The Redemption Series" by Karen Kinsbury. "The Mark of the Lion Series" by Francine Rivers. "The O'Malley Series" by Dee Henderson. "The Stonewycke Trilogy & The Stonewycke Legacy Series" by Michael Phillips & Judith Pella.

Favorite book of which nobody else has heard? Well if you've been reading my blog you'll have heard of it but I'll list it anyway: "The prizewinner of Definace, Ohio" by Terry Ryan and "Ribbon of Years" by Robin Lee Hatcher (although I really hope you've heard of this one. It was a book that definitely changed the way I viewed my Christian walk) and "A Man on the Moon" by Andrew Chaikin.

Favorite books read last year? Oh boy, let's see. "The Priewinner of Defiance, Ohio" by Terry Ryan, "Dana's Valley" by Janet Oke and Laurel Oke Logan & "Armando's Treasure" by Melody Carlson. "The o'Malley Series (seven books) by Dee Henderson.

Favorite books of all time? "Ribbon of Years" by Robin Lee Hatcher. "Stonewycke Series" by Michael Phillips and Judith Pella, "A Man on the Moon" by Andrew Chaikin, "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers. "The Mark of the Lion Series" by Francine Rivers.