Philosophette's comments
(member since Aug 02, 2008)
Philosophette's comments from the Guilty Pleasures group.
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1. Do you remember how you developed a love for reading? I remember magical trips to the library as a child. I felt the way other kids probably did in a toy store or candy store. My dad would read stories to my brother and I at bedtime and I was really proud of my ability to entertain myself "like an adult" by reading on my own.
2. What are some books you read as a child?
The Amelia Bedelia series, Julie of the Wolves, The Westing Game, the Boxcar Children series, the "Shoes" series, Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing, The Girl with the Silver Eyes, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Nothing's Fair in 5th Grade, Halfway Down Paddy Lane, the Phantom Tollbooth, the Miss Switch series, the Hawkins Series, The Pink Motel, The Spaceship Under the Apple Tree, The Little Princess, the Anne of Green Gables series, an absurd amount of the Sweet Valley High series, and a book about a girl named Jennifer feeding her cat tuna fish in 1st grade--if anyone knows this book please tell me the title! :-)
3. What is your favorite genre?
At the moment, I'm enjoying memoirs by not traditionally famous people and travel writing quite a bit.
4. Do you have a favorite novel?
Nope.
5. Where do you usually read?
In bed or stretched out on the sofa.
6. When do you usually read?
Just before bed, while waiting (in line, at an office, in the car, etc.), and on lazy weekend afternoons.
7. Do you usually have more than one book you are reading at a time?
I'm usually reading at least two categories. I'm reading a non-fiction book for work or something someone's recommended to me and also a work of fiction as an indulgence/escape just for me.
8. Do you read nonfiction in a different way or place than you read fiction?
Absolutely. I tend to sit up straighter and read non-fiction at a coffee shop or in lines and save fiction for the weekends.
9. Do you buy most of the books you read, or borrow them, or check them out of the library?
Mostly the library. I tend to only purchase books I've already read and want to have on hand to pass down to future generations or re-read in the future.
10. Do you keep most of the books you buy?
Yes. If I do purchase a book I hadn't previously read--at an airport, for instance--and don't love it, I'll donate it to a library or book drive.
11. What are you reading now?
All travel memoirs and non-fiction actually
13. Do you keep a TBR (to be read) list?
Yes...and GoodReads has been great with helping me to keep track.
14. What's next?
I have a few books waiting for me at the library...inter-library loan is such a blessing!
15. What books would you like to reread?
The books that I identified with so mightily and found profoundly impactful as a young adult and adolescent.
16. Who are your favorite authors?
Of GLBTQ authors: Carol Guess, Audre Lorde, Lillian Faderman, Leslea Newman, Diane Ayres, Marilyn French, Marge Piercy and classic books like "Patience and Sarah", Oscar Wilde
