Bookaholc's quirks
- eliza617
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Re: Bookaholc's quirks
I almost never remember to use a bookmark; I have to just remember where I left off and find my place again. I wish I could make myself get into a bookmark habit.
I do like reading book covers but I don't think I've ever spent hours at it.
I like reading all kinds of books out loud. Especially if there are characters with foreign accents; I like to do the accents.
I am always reading 3 or 4 books at a time. At least.
I have a mess everywhere. I try to organize my bookshelves and then the people I live with (my husband, my children) unorganize them for me.
I don't think I'm capable of reading and walking at the same time.
I can't read in the car; it makes me carsick. I don't have that problem on planes so I love to travel by plane.
I don't worry about how many pages are in a chapter unless I am trying to determine the point at which I absolutely, positively, definitely MUST put the book down and go to bed.
As a kid and a teenager, I re-read books all the time. My mom used to tell people about it, as though it was something really weird about me, but I never thought it was strange at all. I don't do it very often now though.
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I use a book mark
I like to read in a quiet enviroment, though it's not always possible.
I never re- read a book, so I trade them in,
When I'm getting towards the end of a book, I have to get another,so I always have one to read.
I also read newspapers and magazines.
I like to read in the bathtub.
- Tcrawford90
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-I don't read very many series but I would like to
-I read while walking, riding in a car, taking a bath, laying out. Pretty much anywhere I can sneak in a couple minutes of reading in my day to day life
-I just can't get rid of my books but I am more than happy to let people borrow them if they would like
-I can pretty much read in any environment if the book is good enough
-I almost never re-read books
-I am very proud of my book collection and can't wait to make it even larger
-I don't buy brand new books very often. Most of my books I buy at the library or garage sales, even used off of Amazon because I love to see the little notes people made while reading
-I panic if I don't have a book nearby and usually have a backup just in case I didn't like the first one
-I have to have a book in my hand in order to read, the whole e-book thing just isn't for me
I must admit it made me feel a little bit better after reading your posts. Now I know I am not the only one who feels this way!
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I always have a book in my purse. You just never know when your going to have to wait somewhere and reading makes teh time pass so much more quickly.
I use anything I can get my hands on for bookmarks. Pieces of paper, business cards, pictures, you name it.
I have a really difficult time getting rid of my books even though I know that I rarely pick up the same book a second time.
I like having a lot of books around even if I know that it may be a long time before I read them.
I am always picking up new books at thrift stores, book sales, etc.. even though I already have a ton of books to read at home.
I can not read in the car because it makes me car sick but I wish I could.
And I almost always have several books around the house that I've started reading but put down and forgot about until I find them again and begin reading where I left off.
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I always carry a book in my purse for "wait time"...tried to go to Kindle but just not as satisfying as paper.
I like amazing bookmarks. My favorite was from my late husband. A Mikimoto silver bookmark with a single dangle pearl.
I utilize the library a lot. I also love second hand bookstores. So much character in old books.
I enjoy traveling a lot and always bring a couple of books with me.
I always have a couple of books going at a time. Usually one Fiction and one of Poetry or Non-Fiction.
I love the feel and smell of an old leather-bound book and foxed paper.
I love to buy a used book and find little notes scribbled by a previous owner in the borders
Sometimes I scribble there, too...
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I don't think I even own a bookmark, I always just use a scrap of paper or whatever I can find- I've even used a rubberband in small paperbacks and it works good!
I always have 2 books going at once- one physical book and one e-book.
I'm really bad at chewing my nails while I read so I have a really nice pair of leather gloves I try to wear while reading so I don't do that.
I just had my really nice "forever" bookshelves installed, so my books are pretty disorganized right now, but working on it!
I can read a book anywhere, and usually do.
And the thing that usually gets me the strangest looks...I've been implementing a categorization method of my books using different colored ribbons. I have a journal with a pink ribbon for a bookmark and I thought to myself "what a good idea!" so I started putting a ribbon in all my books. Then I was looking at my shelves and thinking "what if the ribbon color MEANT something?!" Sooooo... now my very favorite books have pink ribbon (my fav. color), books I hate are black ribbons, books. I'm neutral on are yellow, religious books are white, fantasy in this sparkly turquoise, non-fiction is blue, trashy romance is red...I think that's about it! Now you all know how I keep my obsessive compulsive tendencies under control!
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For pleasure: I have separate bookmarks for my graphic novels and my regular fiction. I usually can't keep track of more than one book at once unless they're monthly comic books and even then storylines get confused.
If it's sunny I feel obligated to read outside, but I get distracted easily so I don't actually get that far or as far as I'd like into the novel.
I think I did more entertaining things while reading as a child... like reading in a closet with a flashlight or upside down for no real reason.
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Haha! It's more like books on theory or history. Stuart Hall, Kathleen Stewart, Randy Duncan & Matthew J. Smith, etc.Bighuey wrote:I hope youre not the one who highlighted and put margin notes my copy of Virgil's Aeneid, if so you got some very colorful new names.
The last time I highlighted a work of fiction was in high school. I shudder every time I see my notes on A Clockwork Orange!
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Unfortunate sometimes...Bighuey wrote:I suppose for school you have to do that.
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