BOOKS!!

I nicked this from Bryarly who nicked it from Kayley who nicked it from a friend of hers.

1.     Favorite childhood book?

As a little kid it was The Owl And The Pussycat. I still remember that book off by heart. I also really liked any book by Jacqueline Wilson when I was a bit older (young teens). My favourite JW book was probably Candyfloss.

2.     What are you reading right now?

The School Run by Sophie King

3. What books do you have on request at the library?

Nothing

4. Bad book habit?

I have to fold down the corners of the pages. I wish so badly that I could use bookmarks and I would if I had a metal one of something un-chewable. However I would find a way to chew it. I like to chew on something as I read, as I am concentrating so much.

5. What do you currently have checked out at the library?

Nothing and I haven’t done for ages. Last one would have been from my old school’s library. I haven’t got one from my local library in ages. But I do remember going there a lot when I was younger and always reading this dog book. No idea what it was called, but it was a children’s story book and it contained different types of dogs.

6. Do you have an e-reader?

No and I don’t like them. Well, I see the point of them if you are on the move a lot but I love books and having a book in my hand. I love the fact that I have a bookshelf; and not a thing which contains a lot of books. And what happens if you lose it or it breaks? If you lose a book or it breaks (would have to be very old I am thinking…) then it doesn’t cost too much to replace.

7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?

I am a one book at a time person. I just can’t have several books on the go. If I am reading a book and not getting into it that quickly and I find another book that I want to read, I will put the first book away and read the other. If when I have finished the new book I want to go back and read the first then I will do. But I normally don’t.

8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?

Not at all.

9. Least favorite book you read this year (so far?)

Probably the last books I read, Playing Away by Adele Parks. But that is just because I have only read three books this year and the other two were absolutely amazing and I this book took me a while to get into and I hated the ending of it.

10. Favorite book you’ve read this year?

Michael McIntyre’s autobiography. Even though technically I only read the last like 3 chapters this year. But it was still so so good.

11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone?

I have started to within the past couple of years more. I am a chic lit girl usually and even though I hate fairytale and the typical endings that they all contain, I have read a few (young teen – I know I was 15 but shh!) ghost/vampire books (NOT TWILIGHT. NEVER TWILIGHT.) and a few kind of ‘murder mystery’ type books which I really enjoyed. But that’s about it.

12. What is your reading comfort zone?

Chick Lit.

13. Can you read on the bus?

I never used to be able to; and I still can’t read in cars still but strangely I can do on trains now…

14. Favorite place to read?

Snuggled in bed

15. What is your policy on book lending?

I love lending people books as want them to go through the same experiences that I went through when I read the book. But I like to make a list of what books people have borrowed from me.

16. Do you ever dog-ear books?

I have heard this phrase before but wasn’t actually sure what it meant but just Googled it and yes, this is what I do :’) and now I understand why :’) Because it looks like a dog ear :’) oh dear! I do because I don’t like having bookmarks as I end up chewing them to death.

17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books?

Never. If I find a quote that I really like I jot it down or take a photo of it. I wouldn’t want to buy a book with writing down the margins, and so I would never do it either.

18. Not even with text books?

A bit more of a chance but I still most probably wont

19. What is your favorite language to read in?

English. I am not strong enough to read in another language

20. What makes you love a book?

I like books that have a great plot and don’t give away the story on the blurb. I like books that keep you guessing all the way through and have characters that you can easily relate to. I also like books that are from different peoples POV’s, as you can see how different people in the book feel and think and why they do the things they do.

21. What will inspire you to recommend a book?

As long as I really liked it then I will recommend it. I will however recommend books that I didn’t like; but warn the person that I didn’t like the book because of….(for example, ‘the ending’ or ‘a certain character’) without giving away the plot to the book.

22. Favorite genre?

Chic lit

23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did?)

Biographies. I have read quite a few but I wish I would read more. I love seeing how other people have got to where they are in their lives. I also want to read more sci-fi and fantasy books like Harry Potter. Not going to lie, I have never read Harry Potter. But unlike Twilight, I don’t refuse to read it. I have three of the books but am going to wait until I have the others until I start them.

24. Favorite biography?

Michael McIntyre

25. Have you ever read a self-help book?

Nope

26. Favorite cookbook?

Anything to do with cakes.

27. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)?

We aren’t far into this year and so I am going to say Michael McIntye’s autobiography again. It just really made me think. I also thought that John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars was inspirational too.

28. Favorite reading snack?

I don’t really like eating whilst reading for some reason. I will stop and have something to eat, but I don’t actually like picking food whilst reading.

29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience.

I don’t think there has ever been one. I refuse to read Twilight due to the hype of it. But I don’t think that I am losing out on anything. I have yet to read Harry Potter, but that wasn’t to do with the hype, that was more to do with the fact I wasn’t ever really interested.

30. How often do you agree with critics about a book?

I don’t tend to read critics much and then read a book. I read reviews rarely…and if they aren’t good about a book and I know that the person has the same book taste as me then it might put me off the book.

31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews?

As long as I am honest about my feelings of the book, I don’t mind.

32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you choose?

French. A lot of old romantic books were firstly written in French.

33. Most intimidating book you’ve ever read? 

I don’t think that I have ever been intimidated by a book that I have read.

34. Most intimidating book you’re too nervous to begin?

Maybe Shakespeare? Or maybe that is just because that is a recent thing that I want to start reading and am nervous about.

35. Favorite Poet?

I am not really a poetry person.

36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time?

Not many, probably about 3? I don’t know

37. How often have you returned book to the library unread?

Probably a few times when I was little?

38. Favorite fictional character? 

Rebecca Bloomwood – Confessions Of A Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. Or the guy in House Rules (Can't remember his name D:) by Jodi Picoult or Augustus Walters in TFIOS by John Green

39. Favorite fictional villain?

Don’t think I have one. Don’t think I’ve read a book with a villain really in.

40. Books you’re most likely to bring on vacation?

Something new, but something of which I have read something by that author before so I know that there is a chance of me liking it.

41. The longest you’ve gone without reading.

In the past few years? A couple months probably. When I was younger probably a lot longer.

42. Name a book that you could/would not finish.

Wicked. It is such an amazing theatre production but I read like the first page of the book and I didn’t like it at all.

43. What distracts you easily when you’re reading?

Nothing but errant thoughts. If I'm really into a book, I probably won't even notice if someone calls my name.

44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel?

Probably Confessions of A Shopaholic. There haven’t been many books that I have then watched as a film, apart from My Sisters Keeper that I hated.

45. Most disappointing film adaptation?

My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Compared to the book it was awful. I don’t get it. They are completely different, the other sister dies. It’s just wrong. All wrong.

46. The most money I’ve ever spent in the bookstore at one time?

Not a tonne, but a rather lot. Probably on Jacqueline Wilson books.

47. How often do you skim a book before reading it?

Quite a lot. I usually end up reading the blurb, then the first chapter, then flicking, then the last sentence :’)

48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through?

If I wasn’t enjoying it, if the grammar/spelling was awful for some reason (I have had a book like that before…) or if something happened in it that I really didn’t like.

49. Do you like to keep your books organized?

They are on my book shelf in alphabetical order of Authors first name. Then book name :’)

50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you’ve read them?

I’ve never had a tonne of books. All my kiddy books are up in my nans loft in boxes but I have recently got a load for Christmas and they are on my book shelf. If I enjoy them after I read them, they get stacked on my wardrobe to be boxed up and kept. If I don’t enjoy them then I will give them to a charity shop.

51. Are there any books you’ve been avoiding?

Twilight and I won’t ever read them.

52. Name a book that made you angry.

The Wedding Girl by Sophie Kinsella. It was awful. But that was to do with the grammar and spelling that ruined my experience of the book but I don’t know if that was just one print run of the book, or all of them.

53. A book you didn’t expect to like but did?

All of the books that Katie Price 'wrote'. Such as Angel, Crystal and Sapphire. But then again, she didn't actually write them. She just came up with the ideas.

54. A book that you expected to like but didn’t?

There are quite a few books that I have expected to like and I like most of it but the ending ruins the whole thing.

55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading?

The Shopoholic series by Sophie Kinsella. I could sit and read them over and over again.