Copied from ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
althea_valara.
This week I'm reading: Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World, one of the finds at the B&N outlet.
My favorite book of all time is: On the one hand, it's hard to pick out one book. On the other, my favorite fiction author is Stanisław Lem, and my favorite of his books is The Cyberiad, so maybe that.
My current favorite book (read or re-read in the last 3 months) is: Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World is a lot of fun so far. Of books I finished in the last 3 months, probably Ballet Shoes, a childhood favorite that I recently reread. My favorite part is still the book affirming that it's fine to decide you're actually not that interested in the performing arts and want to go off and be a geek instead.
The last book I bought was: The online order I just placed for Fate's Trick, the last of the Crossroads Adventures series that I didn't have a copy of yet. Eventually I want to blog about the whole series.
The first book I bought with my own money was: No idea, probably part of an armload of used books from Powell's.
The first book I received as a gift was: Too far back to remember. But the first one I do specifically remember was The Crust of Our Earth, for my 8th birthday, which helped cement my interest in geology.
The last book I received as a gift was: Usually we do gift cards around here, but I do recall the SO tracking down a copy of Fieldwork Fail for me from a source in Belgium.
The last book I borrowed from the library was: Too long ago to remember.
This or that:
Physical book, e-book, or audio: Physical
Used, new, or fell off the back of the internet: Used
Fiction or non-fiction: Some and some
Read at a coffee shop or at the park: Park, unless the weather is terrible
Paperback or hardcover: Paperback, both cost-effective and easier to fit onto shelves
Romance or Crime: Why not both?
Yes or no:
Literary fiction? No
Sci-fi/fantasy? Yes
Poetry? Yes
Memoirs? No
Philosophy? No
Thrillers? Yes
Chronicles? Yes
Travellogues? Yes
Dialogue heavy? Not unless the dialogue is very good
althea_valara.This week I'm reading: Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World, one of the finds at the B&N outlet.
My favorite book of all time is: On the one hand, it's hard to pick out one book. On the other, my favorite fiction author is Stanisław Lem, and my favorite of his books is The Cyberiad, so maybe that.
My current favorite book (read or re-read in the last 3 months) is: Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World is a lot of fun so far. Of books I finished in the last 3 months, probably Ballet Shoes, a childhood favorite that I recently reread. My favorite part is still the book affirming that it's fine to decide you're actually not that interested in the performing arts and want to go off and be a geek instead.
The last book I bought was: The online order I just placed for Fate's Trick, the last of the Crossroads Adventures series that I didn't have a copy of yet. Eventually I want to blog about the whole series.
The first book I bought with my own money was: No idea, probably part of an armload of used books from Powell's.
The first book I received as a gift was: Too far back to remember. But the first one I do specifically remember was The Crust of Our Earth, for my 8th birthday, which helped cement my interest in geology.
The last book I received as a gift was: Usually we do gift cards around here, but I do recall the SO tracking down a copy of Fieldwork Fail for me from a source in Belgium.
The last book I borrowed from the library was: Too long ago to remember.
This or that:
Physical book, e-book, or audio: Physical
Used, new, or fell off the back of the internet: Used
Fiction or non-fiction: Some and some
Read at a coffee shop or at the park: Park, unless the weather is terrible
Paperback or hardcover: Paperback, both cost-effective and easier to fit onto shelves
Romance or Crime: Why not both?
Yes or no:
Literary fiction? No
Sci-fi/fantasy? Yes
Poetry? Yes
Memoirs? No
Philosophy? No
Thrillers? Yes
Chronicles? Yes
Travellogues? Yes
Dialogue heavy? Not unless the dialogue is very good
