Reading Meme - stolen from
arielen
Jul. 8th, 2009 11:51 am01. Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack?
Only while reading newspapers or magazines... but after those watermelon accident with the 'Moviestar' I guess I would never eat something again while reading °~°
02. Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
I have to say that we (
katzenbeereand me) writ things in one of her Star Trek books (was it really one of yours? Can't remember °~°) - but I'll never do it again... ^^''''
03. How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
I have a little bookworm as a bookmark. But when I have stop reading just for a few seconds the book lies flat open.
04. Fiction, Non-fiction, or both?
Both. But mostly fiction.
05. Hard copy or audiobooks?
I have some audiobooks as well, but I prefere hard copies.
06. Are you a person who tends to read to the end of chapters, or are you able to put a book down at any point?
It depends on the book but most of the time I read to the end of a chapter.
07. If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop to look it up right away?
Whiole reading English book I have my dictionary right next to me, but sometimes words explain themselves from the context.
08. What are you currently reading?
Brave New Worl by Aldous Huxley. And I don't understand it and my brother told me yesterday that I won't understand it even in German... I hope it gets better °~°
09. What is the last book you bought?
Schmitz' Katze by Ralf Schmitz.
10. Are you the type of person that only reads one book at a time or can read more than one at a time?
One book at the time. Can you imagine how many book introductions I would have written when I'm reading more than one book at the time? ^^
11. Do you like re-reading books?
Yes. You just have to see my copy of 'Ruf! Mich! An!' by Else Buschheuer or 'Dead Poets Society' by N.H. Kleinbaum. But sometimes I have books I know I never would read them again (like 'Yes Man')....
Only while reading newspapers or magazines... but after those watermelon accident with the 'Moviestar' I guess I would never eat something again while reading °~°
02. Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
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03. How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
I have a little bookworm as a bookmark. But when I have stop reading just for a few seconds the book lies flat open.
04. Fiction, Non-fiction, or both?
Both. But mostly fiction.
05. Hard copy or audiobooks?
I have some audiobooks as well, but I prefere hard copies.
06. Are you a person who tends to read to the end of chapters, or are you able to put a book down at any point?
It depends on the book but most of the time I read to the end of a chapter.
07. If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop to look it up right away?
Whiole reading English book I have my dictionary right next to me, but sometimes words explain themselves from the context.
08. What are you currently reading?
Brave New Worl by Aldous Huxley. And I don't understand it and my brother told me yesterday that I won't understand it even in German... I hope it gets better °~°
09. What is the last book you bought?
Schmitz' Katze by Ralf Schmitz.
10. Are you the type of person that only reads one book at a time or can read more than one at a time?
One book at the time. Can you imagine how many book introductions I would have written when I'm reading more than one book at the time? ^^
11. Do you like re-reading books?
Yes. You just have to see my copy of 'Ruf! Mich! An!' by Else Buschheuer or 'Dead Poets Society' by N.H. Kleinbaum. But sometimes I have books I know I never would read them again (like 'Yes Man')....