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Hope springs eternal, as do book memes. Found this one here, and as always, feel free to play along at home.
1. When/how did you become an avid reader?
Second grade. The school library. The astounding revelation that I could get any book about any topic I chose. So I read Guadalcanal Diary about a million times. Yeah, I was a strange kid.
2. What is your favorite genre for adult/young adult books?
I like genre in general, and read in all of them, excepting romance. Doesn’t matter if it’s an adult or YA book – it’s all about the story for me.
3. What was the most recent book purchased/given to you?
Thanks to the afore-mentioned Barnes and Noble gift card, this past Sunday I picked up a copy of Some Golden Harbor by David Drake, and A Fighter’s Heart by Sam Sheridan.
4. Which book would you like to have that you don’t own?
I’d like to find a copy of the second volume of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, to go along with the copy of the first volume I found at the Harvard Bookstore.
5. What book did you think you would never read, but found yourself reading it after all?
This question has rather stumped me. I’m pretty wed to my literary prejudices.
6. Which do you prefer, libraries or bookstores?
This is a trick question, right?
7. What’s the longest you’ve never picked up a book (to read for pleasure, excluding all school material – unless that’s really what you enjoy reading)?
I pick up a book daily – even it’s only for five or ten minutes in the early morning or late in the evening. I get all antsy-in-the-pantsy otherwise.