SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady
Just another GR refugee. Other than that, I had a stroke in 2004, and read almost anything I can get my hands on, though I have a particular weakness for history, mystery, and historical fiction.
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My Reading Habits
1. Do you have a certain place in your home for reading?
Yes, mostly I read either in bed, or in my recliner in the den.
2. Bookmark or a random piece of paper?
I collect bookmarks, so mostly those. Though if desperate I will use anything. (My ereader, of course, doesn't need one.)
3. Can you just stop reading, or do you have to stop after a chapter or a certain number of pages?
I try to stop at natural breaks, which are often chapter endings, but sometimes not (some chapters are really long, and have text breaks). And sometimes I fall asleep while still reading, like I did one night last week! I woke up at 4 AM, with my cheek on the page.
4. Do you eat or drink while reading?
Not while reading in bed (no practical place to put anything), but if in the recliner, I usually have a drink at least. (Diet Coke or iced tea, probably.)
5. Do you multitask while reading?
No. I have horrible retention if I try it.
6. One book at a time, or several?
I am the hippie free love type when it comes to books at a time. I always have at least two, and it might be a lot more. I try not to start a new one in the same genre as an old one I have going, though!
7. Where do you read, at home or everywhere?
Everywhere. At home, and in cars, planes, trains, and waiting rooms.
8. Do you read out loud, or silently in your head?
Mostly silently in my head, but I find poetry is sometimes very nice read out loud, and some things make more sense that way. (Some Henry Kissenger I read in college I could only get through by reading it out loud. In a Henry Kissenger accent.) My Shakespeare professor recommended reading the plays out loud, and that helps, too.
9. Do you read ahead or skip pages?
I don't skip pages (unless it's a reread, perhaps), but I sometimes read ahead. Instead of skip pages, I will probably just skim very lightly. (Sometimes very lightly indeed.)
10. Do you break the spine?
Depends on the book. I treat used secondhand mass market paperbacks a lot more casually than a hardback I got for Christmas.
11. Do you write in your books?
Not in paper ones. I occasionally leave notes in ebooks.
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