2009: Booking Thru Thursday – Preferences
It’s been a while since I participated in BTT! Well, here goes… This week’s topic is:
Which do you prefer? (Quick answers–we’ll do more detail at some later date)
- Reading something frivolous? Or something serious?
- Paperbacks? Or hardcovers?
- Fiction? Or Nonfiction?
- Poetry? Or Prose?
- Biographies? Or Autobiographies?
- History? Or Historical Fiction?
- Series? Or Stand-alones?
- Classics? Or best-sellers?
- Lurid, fruity prose? Or straight-forward, basic prose?
- Plots? Or Stream-of-Consciousness?
- Long books? Or Short?
- Illustrated? Or Non-illustrated?
- Borrowed? Or Owned?
- New? Or Used?
(Yes, I know, some of these we’ve touched on before, and some of these we might address in-depth in the future, but for today–just quick answers!)
- Reading something frivolous? Or something serious? frivolous
- Paperbacks? Or hardcovers? paperbacks
- Fiction? Or Nonfiction? fiction
- Poetry? Or Prose? prose
- Biographies? Or Autobiographies? ergh, neither?
- History? Or Historical Fiction? historical fiction
- Series? Or Stand-alones? no preference!
- Classics? Or best-sellers? best-sellers
- Lurid, fruity prose? Or straight-forward, basic prose? straight-forward, basic prose
- Plots? Or Stream-of-Consciousness? PLOTS
- Long books? Or Short? medium! I find myself pulled more towards shorter stuff nowadays, but I’m not afraid of long.
- Illustrated? Or Non-illustrated? non-illustrated
- Borrowed? Or Owned? owned
- New? Or Used? Given my druthers, new. But I mostly buy (or swap) used.
Check out other answers at http://btt2.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/preferences/!
Reading about someone’s life is a case by case basis for me. I want substance like in Anthony Rapp’s Without You or Meat Loaf’s to Hell and Back.
I like giving used books homes, which happens frequently enough I need another bookshelf. Get rid of books? That’s crazy talk!
.-= Mish´s last blog ..A Bookworm’s Preferences =-.
It was really hard to decide between the choices given.