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Happy 2012. I got this meme from Katherine , who, she tells us, is always walking into things, well into bookstores anyway. 1. What did ...

Four things, courtesy of Thomas , his changes in red. Four Jobs I Have Had in My Life Seller of typewriter ribbons and office supplies on th...

Now a tradition (although I had to be reminded by Pete ), the first lines of the first post of each month in 2010... January Typically, the ...

Well, folks, I don’t know about where you are, but right here, it’s HOT. So … when you think about “hot reading,” what does that make yo...

Do you read book reviews? Do you let them change your mind about reading/not reading a particular book? Do I read reviews? Are you kiddin...

Do you prefer reading current books? Or older ones? Or outright old ones? I read them all. There is nothing about the time in which the b...

Do signed copies excite you? Tempt you? Delight you? Or does it not matter to you? Signed copies don't affect the content of a book, s...

Which do you prefer? Short stories? Or full-length novels? I enjoy a good short story, have been moved by them, interested by them, and adm...

So … you’re halfway through a book and you’re hating it. It’s boring. It’s trite. It’s badly written. But … you’ve invested all this time...

From this day forward, you may only read ONE type of book–one genre–period, but you get to choose what it is. Classics, Science-Fiction, ...

I still remember the distinct moment that the concept of reading clicked, with a meglomaniacal realization that, all I needed to do was l...

Do you take breaks while reading a book? Or read it straight through? (And, by breaks, I don’t mean sleeping, eating and going to work; I ...

Which do you prefer? Lurid, fruity prose, awash in imagery and sensuous textures and colors? Or straight-forward, clean, simple prose? For...

Suggested by Janet : I’ve seen this quotation in several places lately. It’s from Sven Birkerts’ ‘The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Readin...

You may have noticed–the Winter Olympics are going on. Is that affecting your reading time? Have you read any Olympics-themed books? What d...

Who’s your favorite author that other people are NOT reading? The one you want to evangelize for, the one you would run popularity campaign...

Suggested by Prairie Progressive : Do you read the inside flaps that describe a book before or while reading it? Am I a flapper, you ask? ...

Barbara wants to know:What books did you get for Christmas (or whichever holiday you may have celebrated last month)? Do you usually ask...

It’s the last day of the year, and you know what that means … nostalgia and looking back. What were your favorite books of the year? (Boo...

I had forgotten about this end-of-the-year meme which I enjoyed last year, but thankfully Pete reminded me of it! I've been concentrat...