Book Tag.

I found this originally over at Maria Shiphrah Dalton Publications and thought I'd give it a go. *grins*

1. Favorite childhood book/s?
The Chronicles of Narnia, Little Women, Jo's Boys, The Mother West Wind Series, Pilgrim's Progress.

2. What are you reading right now? 
The Hardest Thing To Do by Penelope Wilcock, Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters, and Ranger's Apprentice: The Lost Stories by John Flanagan. Oh and The Better Part by somebody-or-other.

3. What books do you have on request at the library?
At the moment, some computer books for my man. *winks*

4. What do you currently have checked out at the library? 
Seeing a Large Cat, The Curse of The Pharaohs, Children of the Storm - all by Elizabeth Peters, and a computer book.

5. Do you have an e-reader? 
No but I'm thinking I might have to reluctantly get myself a Kindle after all.

6. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once? 
Well, I'm currently reading three {the one by Wilcock is almost finished} and that is about my limit as to how many I can read at one time.

7. Can you read on the bus? 
Never tried before.

8. Favorite place to read? 
In the winter by the fireplace, in the summer out in the shade somewhere, in the spring and autumn curled up in the greenhouse or some other cozy outta-the-way place. I'll read most anywhere actually.

9. Do you ever dog-ear books? 
Good grief no!

10. Do you ever write in the margins of your books? 
No. The only book that has notes in the margin {and everywhere else} is my Bible.

11. What makes you love a book? 
A well written and well thought out plot that makes sense and flows well without giving everything away at once or boring me, strong often sarcastic and humorous characters, a fair number of random occasionally-unconnected-to-the-plot scenes and/or conversations, action and adventure!

12. What will inspire you to recommend a book? 
If I think it appropriate for my siblings to read and I liked it then I'll probably recommend it. 

13. Favorite genre? 
Historical Fiction hands down. Enough said.

14. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews? 
Heck, if I don't like a book I'll say so but in a polite usually non-confrontational manner - unless it was really bad. 

15. Favorite Poet? 
Emily Dickinson. 

16. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time?

 Five or six. Why do you ask?

17. How often have you returned books to the library unread?

 *sigh* More often than I care to say. And it's usually because I get the books and then life gets super busy and then people put holds on the books and then - well, never mind.

18. Favorite fictional character?
King Tirian, Meg March, Dan {from Little Men}, Reepicheep, Susan {from Chronicles of Narnia - there's hope for her yet!}, Mr. Knightly, Mr. Darcy, Jane Bennett, Elinor Dashwood, Halt and Gilan {from Ranger's Apprentice}, Ramses {from Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody Mysteries Series}, and a great many others that I've forgotten.

19. Favorite fictional villain?

 Umm, I don't recall any favored villains.

20. Books I’m most likely to bring on vacation? 
I don't take vacations. 

21. The longest I’ve gone without reading. 
Oh, probably three weeks. About as long as I can go without having chocolate. *grins*

22. Name a book that you could/would not finish. 

Well, there have been a few I would not finish because they were awful, and I keep trying to finish Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence and a book on the Sahara desert but since I keep getting them from the library, I'm just gonna buy them so I can read at my own pace.

23. What distracts you easily when you’re reading? 
Nothing unless there's an earthquake, someone screaming "Fire!" or a certain someone being obnoxious in order to get my attention. *glares* You know who you are.

24. Favorite film adaptation of a novel? 
The epic A&E six-hour long version of Pride and Prejudice. That movie is so grand!

25. Most disappointing film adaptation? 
The wimpy 2005 Keira Knightly version of Pride and Prejudice. So lame. And probably a few others I haven't seen in awhile.

26. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through? 
A new book or that obnoxious person mentioned above. *grins*

27. Do you like to keep your books organized? 
Umm, well most of them are currently in a box right now so they're not exactly very organized but yes, I tend to keep them organized in my own fashion.
 
28. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you’ve read them? 
I collect books {except library books - I wish I could collect some of those} so I keep most of my books save the ones I didn't like or well, didn't like. *grins*


Well, that was fun! Now it's your turn! Have at it folks.