This week Booking Through Thursday asks:
Which do you prefer? (Quick answers–we’ll do more detail at some later date)
- Reading something frivolous? Or something serious?
- Paperbacks? Or hardcovers?
- Fiction? Or Nonfiction?
- Poetry? Or Prose?
- Biographies? Or Autobiographies?
- History? Or Historical Fiction?
- Series? Or Stand-alones?
- Classics? Or best-sellers?
- Lurid, fruity prose? Or straight-forward, basic prose?
- Plots? Or Stream-of-Consciousness?
- Long books? Or Short?
- Illustrated? Or Non-illustrated?
- Borrowed? Or Owned?
- New? Or Used?
(Yes, I know, some of these we’ve touched on before, and some of these we might address in-depth in the future, but for today–just quick answers!)
Here are my answers:
- Reading something frivolous or serious? It depends on my mood, I like both.
- Paperbacks or hardcovers? Definitely paperbacks
- Fiction or nonfiction? fiction
- Poetry or prose? prose
- Biographies or autobiographies? biographies
- History or historical fiction? historical fiction
- Series or stand-alones? both
- Classics or best-sellers? both
- Lurid, fruity prose or straight-forward, basic prose? Definitely straight forward, basic prose
- Plots or stream-of-consciousness? plots, for sure
- Long books or short? LOOOONG
- Illustrated or not? Not
- Borrowed or owned? owned
- New or used? new
25/07/2009 at 9:56 am Permalink
I’d find it difficult to choose in many of these. I’m with you on plots, though. But, while I prefer novels to novellas, I’d rather a shorter novel than a long one. Anything longer than 500 pages and I usually take forever to get around to it.