Feel free to answer those questions.


a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?

c. Bookmark or dogear?

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?

h. Short story or novel?

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?

m. Buy or borrow?

n. New or used?

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?

t. Three books for an lonely island?

u. Books you had to read for school?

v. Favorite fairy tales?

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)

x. Favorite authors?

y. Favorite series?

z. Favorite books of all time?

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
- doesn't make a difference to me if i want to read it.

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
- amazon mostly.

c. Bookmark or dogear?
- both

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
- random

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
- depends on if i like it and whether or not it's profitable to sell

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
- throw it out

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
- throw it out before reading

h. Short story or novel?
- novel or non fiction

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
- either

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
- Harry Potter

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
- when tired

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
- Once upon a time

m. Buy or borrow?
- either

n. New or used?
-either

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
- my desire to read it. i've been very disappointed with recommendations.

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
- tidy ending

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
- afternoon

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
- the da vinci code, anything palanuik, pretty much any bestseller really.

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
the davinci code, palanuik, you get the idea.

t. Three books for an lonely island?
the Heroides, Man and His Symbols, and a complete works of Shakespeare

u. Books you had to read for school?
didn't care for any of them

v. Favorite fairy tales?
All Fur, Bremen town Musicians, the girl who hated spinning, devil's three golden hairs, the seven swans.

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
- Moll Flanders, Sorrows of Young Werther, King Lear, Fahrenheit 451

x. Favorite authors?
- Goethe, Shakespeare, Ovid, Amy Tan, JK Rowling, Stephen King, Beatrix Potter, Neil Gaiman, Issac Asimov

y. Favorite series?
- Harry Potter, the Sandman, the robot series (Asimov)

z. Favorite books of all time?
- Beijing Doll, Faust, the Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, Macbeth

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
If possible mass market paperback, it's cheap.

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
Well, bookstores are nice. But I ordered lot of books at amazon.

c. Bookmark or dogear?
*coughs* Dogears, because I have this talent to lose my bookmarks. o_O

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
random

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
Keep! o_O

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
Keep!

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
Remove it while reading.

h. Short story or novel?
Novels are nice but short stories are okay.

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
Collection.

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Harry Potter

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
Chapter breaks

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
It was a dark and stormy night. Suspense is good!

m. Buy or borrow?
Buy! ^__^

n. New or used?
New. I don't want to imagine how a book was used before.

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
I read some reviews but I like to have my own choice.

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Tidy ending.

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
I can read every time.

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
Uhm... well... *thinking* ... there was no one I didn't enjoy.

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
It will be a long list...

t. Three books for an lonely island?
Haruki Murakami's, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Hermann Hesse's Under The Wheel
Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince

u. Books you had to read for school?
Gottfried Keller - The People of Seldwyla
Thomas Mann - Confessions of Felix Krull
Nevil Shute - On The Beach
Daphne Du Maurier - The Birds / The Apple Tree

v. Favorite fairy tales?
Little Red Riding Hood, The Shroud, The story of the youth who went forth to learn what fear was

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
Faust, Demian, Under The Wheel, Alice In Wonderland, The Little Prince, The Adventures Of Nils Holgersson

x. Favorite authors?
Hermann Hesse, Haruki Murakami, Terry Pratchett

y. Favorite series?
Laura Joh Rowland - Sano Ichiro Series
Terry Pratchett - Discworld Series

z. Favorite books of all time?
Konshun Takami - Battle Royale
Haruki Murakami - The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
Hermann Hesse - Demian, Under The Wheel

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
-I'd like to go for the cheapest, since hopefully the content is the same, but sadly I often have to look for certain editions and such, or get the one with a lot of information about author/period.

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
-I go to the bookstores to get the cheapest, but it all depends on how easily I can find what I went.

c. Bookmark or dogear?
-Bookmark definitely

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
-By period

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
-Keep! I think

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
-Oh god I hate dustjackets, I always toss them away

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
-I can't stand reading with dustjacket annoyance, so I throw away before reading.

h. Short story or novel?
-I prefer short stories, but rarely discriminate.

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
-Collections

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
-Harry Potter

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
-I'd suggest tired, but I always pick chapter breaks.

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
-Once upon a time

m. Buy or borrow?
-Buy, but alas I borrow too much, can't pay for as many books as I want to read.

n. New or used?
-Used works

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
-I only trust very few people with recommendations, I don't trust reviews, so...

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
-Cliffhangers

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
-Any

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
-I don't follow bestseller lists, but I think I didn't like the ones I read very much.

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
-Can't think of any

t. Three books for an lonely island?
-I'd cheat and bring collections! Authors could be Kafka, Hemingway and probably Herman Bang.

u. Books you had to read for school?
-Hærværk, Gæst hos virkeligheden, The Odyssey, Radiator, The Great Gatsby, Antigone. We read surprisingly few books in their entirety in school.

v. Favorite fairy tales?
-The Shadow (H. C. Andersen)

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
-Ulysses, The Trial

x. Favorite authors?
-Kafka, J.P. Jacobsen and Søren Kierkegaard

y. Favorite series?
-I try to avoid series I think, or at least I don't like them very much

z. Favorite books of all time?[/quote]
Same as the classics, Ulysses and The Trial

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
paperbacks, unless i really really love the book and want to keep it forever.

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
amazon all the way

c. Bookmark or dogear?
bookmark

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
i catagorize them by color, because i never remember what the title is, or who wrote it, but i know what it looks like

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
i have only thrown 1 book away in my whole life. it's like a sin. i sell mine or donate them to our little library.

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
keep it

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
remove it until i finish the book

h. Short story or novel?
novel

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
collection

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
harry potter

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
when tired at night, or at chapter breaks if in the tub, etc.

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
both!

m. Buy or borrow?
borrow if i can

n. New or used?
used if it's in good condition

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
all three

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
tidy ending. i feel robbed by cliffhanger endings.

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
usually afternoon or night.

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
dan brown. to me it feels like he wrote his books with simple english, then took out a thesaurus to "smarten it up" with some big words. i think i would have enjoyed his books more if he had kept it simple.

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
my mom gave me a book that i couldn't stand! the first few pages talked very graphically about how women aren't good for anything except sex, especially in the butt, and how they need to shut up when men are talking. i don't remember what it was called, but it was the only book i've every thrown away. i never made it past the first ten pages, i was completely disgusted.

t. Three books for an lonely island?
only three?!?! i'd kill myself with a coconut.

u. Books you had to read for school?
fahrenheit 451 is the only one i remember, still one of my favorites.

v. Favorite fairy tales?
jack and the beanstalk

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
lord of the rings

x. Favorite authors?
jrr tolken, douglas addams

y. Favorite series?
wheel of time

z. Favorite books of all time?
the complete book of far side cartoons.

a.Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Mass market paperback cause they are lighter, takes up less space (I have a LOT of books) and are cheaper.

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
I used to only use b & m, and have only recently (last few years) been active user of the net for purchases. It’s definitely easier, and gives me a chance to check out reviews.
But when I am downtown, I always pop in at the only store in town who specialises in sci-fi, fantasy and horror, and very much enjoy checking out the stock and special sales, and even in kiosks and groceries I check out their poor selection.

c. Bookmark or dogear?
Neither. I can easily see approximately how far I’ve read and quickly find the spot. I seldom think of using bookmarks and don’t like dogears.

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
Neither. I just remember where they are, and only divide them by genres (to some degree) and read and unread.

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
Keep it if it’s good, throw (in the recycling bin) if not. I’ve tried selling them and have had so little luck it’s not worth the bother.


f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
It depends on whether the book cover is smooth or rough. I keep them if it’s rough, as I don’t like to touch the surface.

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
See f.

h. Short story or novel?
The only thing that matters is that I like the story. Sometimes I want something long, at other times I only have patience or concentration span for short stories.

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
Usually anthologies on topics I like.


j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
HP.

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
When tired (or out of time).

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
Both can work if done right, but I'm likely to be more into dark and stormy, since I need the book to captivate me quickly or I might lose interest.

m. Buy or borrow?
Buy.

n. New or used?
New if available. Used can look really bad.

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
I like reading reviews so I at least have some idea, especially when books are compared to other books I know, and people are good at getting through what they liked or didn’t like. It can give me some idea, but I only use them as assistance, I never base the final decision entirely on them. I’m very sceptical of recommendations as I have never met anyone whose taste really was compatible with mine.


p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Whatever works best for the story.

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
Whenever I have the time and/or the desire.

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
Most of them don't interest me one bit.

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
Loads! If they don’t capture my interest quite quickly, I don’t have the attention span or patience to keep at it.


t. Three books for an lonely island?
Hard one! One of my favourites.
A fat photo album loaded with pictures of family and pets in different situations.
One of my turtle books (one with lots of beautiful photos).

u. Books you had to read for school?
Knut Hamsun: ”Victoria”
John Steinbeck: ”Of mice and men”
Both terrible yawns that I didn’t get through.

v. Favorite fairy tales?
The 3 little pigs.
Now I enjoy anthologies with new spins on the classic fairy tales, either moving them into a modern setting, or

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
Not too fond of classics, really, but Jules Verne is pretty good.

x. Favorite authors?
I’m usually more into particular stories than authors, but some writers I usually have a liking for: Dean Koontz, K A Applegate, Isaac Asimov, Gregory Benford, John Saul, Sylvia Engdahl, H M Hoover, Alan Dean Foster, Terry Pratchett.

y. Favorite series?
I don’t know if I have any anymore. As a kid it was Ruffen and The famous five, later it become Animorphs. Now I’m really not so sure I have any. I like Odd Thomas and Christopher Snow by Dean Koontz.

z. Favorite books of all time?
George Zebrowski: “Sunspacers” trilogy
Dean Koontz: “Watchers”, “Strangers”, ”One door away from heaven”, his books about Christopher Snow and Odd Thomas
Lois Lowry: “The giver”
Sylvia Engdahl: “The far side of evil”, “Enchantress from the stars”
Eric Knight: “Lassie come home”
Julia Ecklar: ”Regenesis”
Stephen King: ”Pet sematary”
Frank Schatzing: ”The swarm”
Isaac Asimov: ”Nemesis” (+ all his short story collections)
Larry Niven: ”The Draco Tavern”

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Hardcover

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
Neither. I like getting my books from half.com (a division of ebay).

c. Bookmark or dogear?
Bookmark. I don't like messing up the book.

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
By author, or random.

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
Keep, or sell.

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
Keep dustjacket, definitely.

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
Usually, I try to read with it, but sometimes I have to remove it.

h. Short story or novel?
Novel, I don't like short stories. Though I prefer series.

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
Collection.

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Harry Potter, but I've never read any of the Lemony Snicket books.

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
When tired.

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
"It was a dark & stormy night."

m. Buy or borrow?
Buy

n. New or used?
Used.

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
Book reviews & browse.

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Tidy ending if it's a novel, but I don't mind cliff hangers if it's a series & I know they'll be another book to clarify it.

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
Nighttime reading.

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
Back when the first Harry Potter came out, I didn't like it. I read it a few years later, though, & did. Plus, I haven't liked any of the Oprah Book Club books I've tried to read.

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
There have been a lot.

t. Three books for an lonely island?
Something by Anne Rice, something by Kim Harrison, & something by Sarah Waters.

u. Books you had to read for school?
"Of Mice & Men" (I never liked it), "Old Yeller" (I didn't like the ending & will never read it again)

v. Favorite fairy tales?
I'm not exactly dure what qualifies as a fairy tale.

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
"The Lord of the Rings trilogy," "Jane Eyre,"

x. Favorite authors?
Anne Rice, Kim Harrison, Laurell K. Hamilton, Shel Silverstein....

y. Favorite series?
Right now? Kim Harrison's "The Hallows" series.

z. Favorite books of all time?
That's too hard to answer.

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Hardcover preferably

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
Amazon

c. Bookmark or dogear?
Dogear paperbacks, bookmark hardovers

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
mostly just sorted by genre

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
KEEP

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
keep

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
with

h. Short story or novel?
both

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
whatever

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Harry Potter

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
when tired

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
?

m. Buy or borrow?
buy

n. New or used?
whatever

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
browse

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
whatever

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
afternoon or night

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
Dan Brown gets pretty old

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
A few pages can't think of any, I never finished Atlas Shrugged

t. Three books for an lonely island?
three I haven't read

u. Books you had to read for school?
To Kill A Mocking Bird, The Count of Monte Cristo, etc.

v. Favorite fairy tales?
Little Red Riding Hood(you just know it's really meant to be dirty)

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
Beowulf, LOTR, etc.

x. Favorite authors?
too tired to answer this now...

y. Favorite series?
too tired to answer this now...

z. Favorite books of all time?
too tired to answer this now...

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
old dusty paperbacks

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
my store, infact we actually are made of brick and mortar (:

c. Bookmark or dogear?
bookmark, but usually just a scrape piece of paper or reciept i find

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
author or just by size (what fits where).. it depends

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
keep

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
keep

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
with

h. Short story or novel?
novel, i like to get involved in the story

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
collection, usually of an author i really like. ..obviously i guess!

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
haven't read either of them

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
tired or if i have something to do (rarely)

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
dunno

m. Buy or borrow?
buy

n. New or used?
used.. i like books with character, especially if they are classics. i despise recent tradesize printings of classics for some reason..

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
searching the internet mostly, so browsing i guess

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
dunno

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
afternoon or night, why would i wake up early if i dont have to

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
none

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
last was the box man by kobe abe. will pick it up again sometime but i got into another book

t. Three books for an lonely island?
haruki murakami - hear the wind sing
ryu murakami - almost transparent blue
antoine de saint exupery - the little prince

u. Books you had to read for school?
never read books when i had to in skool. still aced the tests (:

v. Favorite fairy tales?
robin hood!

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
antoine de saint exupery - the little prince
jd salinger - catcher in the rye
jack kerouac - dharma bums

x. Favorite authors?
haruki murakami
jack kerouac
herman hesse

y. Favorite series?
george r.r. martin - a song of ice and fire

z. Favorite books of all time?
haruki murakami - hear the wind sing
ryu murakami - almost transparent blue
antoine de saint exupery - the little prince
tom wolfe - the electric kool-aid acid test
jack kerouac - dharma bums
ken follett - pillars of the earth
ken kesey - one flew over the cuckoo's nest
james clavell - shogun
herman hesse - steppenwolf

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Mass market paperback. Most comfortable to hold, but also the cheapest. I really dislike having to read hard cover books at all. Uncomfortable to hold, and I tend to destroy the binding on them anyways.

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
Brick and mortar because I like to browse. Amazon wins for price, though.

c. Bookmark or dogear?
Bookmark. I usually use the receipt or an index card. I used to dogear but it started to annoy me.

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
Author. Although all of my books are sorted by subject and then order of the series if it's a series, and I'll lump authors together but the authors aren't in alphabetical order.

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
Keep! I can't stand it when people say to sell old books. Fuck you! I might read them again! It's highly probable! Textbooks I'd sell, though. Even the ones relevant to my course are obsolete in a few years, so I might as well try and recuperate some of that cash.

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
Keep it. If I pay for a damn hard cover I'm damn well keeping every last bit of it. Even the price sticker.

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
Remove. Sometimes I read with it on if I don't like the color of the book, though. Or if I want to show off how intellectual I am by flaunting the title...

h. Short story or novel?
Novel. I prefer long series, so short stories always seem kind of...abrupt. I don't want it to end.

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
Collection. I like that cohesive feeling that comes with reading short stories in one author's style, instead of breaking it up and having to get used to it each time you get to a new one.

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Harry Potter! All Lemony Snicket was was something to cash in on desperate kids who were waiting for the next book in the Harry Potter series to come out.

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
Chapter breaks, if I can. Makes me feel more complete.

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
Once upon a time.

m. Buy or borrow?
Buy. I hate borrowing books.

n. New or used?
Either or. Used because it's cheaper and I can get more books for the same amount of money...

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
Book reviews. I generally go by Amazon lists for my recommendations.

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Tidy. Unless it's part of a series, then cliffhanger until the last book which should have a tidy ending.

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
Afternoon and night. Too sleepy in the morning to try and read.

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
The Road. So. Boring. I get the point, I just don't need 300 pages of walking to enforce the poignancy.

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
The Virtue of Selfishness, Naked Lunch

t. Three books for an lonely island?
Two anthologies of lesbian erotica, and Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters. If I'm gonna be lonely, I might as well be entertained.

u. Books you had to read for school?
A lot. I only read about half, though. The ones I remember: Lord of the Flies, Of Mice and Men, The Scarlet Letter, Fahrenheit 451, The Great Gatsby, Ethan Frome, Frankenstein, Hamlet, Othello, Wuthering Heights(I actually loved this. I think I'm insane...), To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Red Badge of Courage(most boring book I've ever read...), Tuesdays with Morrie, The Outsiders...There's probably a few more that I can't remember.

v. Favorite fairy tales?
Hansel and Gretel.

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
Orlando, Wuthering Heights, The Metamorphosis

x. Favorite authors?
George R.R. Martin, Sarah Waters, D. Harlan Wilson, Virginia Woolf

y. Favorite series?
A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, Harry Potter

z. Favorite books of all time?
The entire A Song of Ice and Fire series, books three and four being my favorites out of that.
Also, Orlando.

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Whatever i can get hold of second hand, its the content that counts not the cover

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
brick and mortar i want it now not in 2 weeks

c. Bookmark or dogear?
bookmark

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
none of the above organized by genre and sub genres

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
keep

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
keep

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
read with, makes a good bookmark

h. Short story or novel?
both

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
collection

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Lemony Snicket

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
when tired which is almost never i would read whole books in one go if left uninterupted

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
dark and stormy

m. Buy or borrow?
both depends how much money ive got

n. New or used?
mostly used

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
browse

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
cliffhanger

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
all of the above

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
i dont realy read bestsellers

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
poverty and progress

t. Three books for an lonely island?
crime and punishment
the anatomy of melancoly
the book of chuang tzu

u. Books you had to read for school?
great expectations
of mice and men
good night mister tom
carries war

v. Favorite fairy tales?
cinderela
snow white grimm version

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
crime and punishment
the complete works of byron
lord of the rings (thats over 50 years old right?)

x. Favorite authors?
Dostoyovsky
Anne Rice
Neiztshe
Douglas Adams

y. Favorite series?
Death Note

z. Favorite books of all time?
Crime and punishment
The anatomy of meloncoly
The gay science
The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

a. trade paperback

b. brick and mortar

c. Bookmark or dogear? neither.

d. random

e. Keep or sell

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?

g. remove it

h. Short story or novel? both at the same time

i. Collection (short stories by same author) --- this for established
anthology (short stories by different authors) --- this for new

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket? wtf is Lemony Snicket / neither

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” MOSTDEF

m. Buy or borrow? lately, buy

n. used

o. i reads what i likes

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages? lord jim

t. Three books for an lonely island? finnegan's wake, swann's way, leaves of grass

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Depends. If it's a series, I try to match up the rest of the books in the series with the version I ended up getting the first book in. (Example: since I got the MMPB of GRRM's first work, I'm going to wait to get Dance of Dragons until it's in MMPB too.) Other than that, I tend to go for cheapest edition, unless I find a beautiful edition of something I really like and splurge.

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
I like to support my brick and mortar, because I believe bookstores are important places, but a lot of the things I want are sort of obscure, so it's off to Amazon! Or paperbackswap.

c. Bookmark or dogear?
Neither? Usually I just turn the book upside-down at where I left off.

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
In my ideal library, I'd have enough room to organize all my books by Library of Congress numbers. At the moment, it's roughly divided into sections and then alphabetized by author within those sections. Except for manga, which is alphabetical by title, and larger volumes are kept in a separate section for better storage regularity.

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
...KEEEEEEEEP! Or swap on paperback swap if it's really horrendous.

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
Keep the dustjackets for manga, toss the ones for novels and such.

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
Remove.

h. Short story or novel?
Novel.

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
Collection.

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Snickett--wasn't amazing, but I hate Harry Potter with a bright white fury.

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
Chapter breaks.

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
Dark and stormy nights are kinda my bag.

m. Buy or borrow?
Buy.

n. New or used?
Not important, as long as it's mine now.

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
Browse. I've been known to read whole library sections from A to Z in search of good new authors. I'm willing to read crap if it brings me some gems.

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Mindfuck cliffhanger

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
Morning or night, I'm usually too sleepy in the afternoons.

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
DaVinci Code, Harry Potter, Twilight, anything by James Patterson, The Cell was by far the worst King book I'd ever stumbled on to...

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
More like books I've thrown into the wall numerous times while forcing my way though to the end because it's blasphemy to not finish something:
The Great Gatsby
Things Fall Apart
Every history textbook from freshman year onwards
Any book by Kate Chopin
First Twilight volume came worryingly close to breaking through the screen window and making it out into the gutter
Fifth volume of Harry Potter series
Sixth volume
Seventh volume hit the wall so hard it left a hole in the drywall (which I covered with a poster and got away with...mostly) and it stayed under my bed for a week

...I'm serious, I have a really bad habit of getting pissed and throwing around books that disappoint me.

t. Three books for an lonely island?
A compilation of numerous Jeeves and Wooster novels, Howl's Moving Castle, The Tragic Sense of Life

u. Books you had to read for school?
The Joy Luck Club
Things Fall Apart
The Awakening
Macbeth
Encounters with the Archdruid
The Solace of Open Spaces
Oedipus Rex
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
All Quiet on the Western Front
A Rumor of War
The History of the Pelopponesian War

...I could go on forever.

v. Favorite fairy tales?
Foolish Emilyan and the Talking Fish, and other "lolwhut"grade Russian fairytales

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradburry (okay, so it's 49 years old, cut me some slack)
Asimov's original Foundation trilogy
The Lord of the Rings
MacBeth
The Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep
...man, even my "classics" are sort of trashy, .

x. Favorite authors?
Terry Pratchett, Bill Bryson, PG Wodehouse, Neal Stephenson, Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Douglas Adams, Mark Z. Danielewski...I guess I could stop there...

y. Favorite series?
Pratchett's Discworld, Asimov's Foundation, Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently series, the Johannes Cabal series...I...read a lot of series.

z. Favorite books of all time?
Howl's Moving Castle
House of Leaves
Something Wicked This Way Comes

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
The first one.

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
Hmm. I don't know what is brick and mortar. I use the library.

c. Bookmark or dogear?
Bookmark.

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
In my own bookshelf? I order by book size.

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
Sell.

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
Keep.

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
I always remove them if possible (on books that I own, impossible to remove from library books). They would get damaged while reading, and they are unconventional.

h. Short story or novel?
Novel. Sometimes I get fond of short stories but generally I like novels more.

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
Probably collection. It's less likely that something unlikeable comes across if it's a collection from an author that I like.

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
I don't know the other so I have to say Harry Potter.

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
When tired.

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
The first one.

m. Buy or borrow?
Borrow.

n. New or used?
Used, if in good condition.

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
Browsing.

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Cliff-hanger.

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
Afternoon.

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
Hmm... Veronika Decides to Die (Paulo Coelho), Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)... those are two most recent ones I guess. Also, everything from Elfriede Jelinek.

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
Lord of the Rings. The Idiot.

t. Three books for an lonely island?
Some book about Buddhism. Any book from Yukio Mishima. A picture book about animals.

u. Books you had to read for school?
Some young adult books, Lord of the Flies (William Golding), The Unkown Soldier (Väinö Linna), Perfume (Patrick Süskind), Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek). Other books as well but they weren't novels.

v. Favorite fairy tales?
The Happy Prince, The Ugly Duckling.

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka), The Temple of the Golden Pavillion (Yukio Mishima), Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol), The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (H. P. Lovecraf), A Passage to India (E. M. Forster) those come to mind first...

x. Favorite authors?
Yukio Mishima, Nikolai Gogol, H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Imre Kertész, Andreï Makine.

y. Favorite series?
I must say... the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. I've never read that many books of any series (read close to 100 of them).

z. Favorite books of all time?
Same answer goes as for the classics question.

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
No preference

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
physical books

c. Bookmark or dogear?
bookmark

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
Alphabetized by author's last name, then title

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
keep keep keep!

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
keep dust jacket to the side

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
see above answer

h. Short story or novel?
reference books, or novel (not much into fiction)

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
no preference

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
neither

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
when tired

l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
neither

m. Buy or borrow?
buy

n. New or used?
no preference

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
browse

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
cliffhanger

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
no preference

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
I avoid best sellers

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
books with titles that caught my attention, only to be let down by the content

t. Three books for an lonely island?
a survivalist manual, a dictionary and a thesaurus

u. Books you had to read for school?
ugh...Lord of the Flies

v. Favorite fairy tales?
none

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
Brave New World

x. Favorite authors?
Aldous Huxley

y. Favorite series?
none

z. Favorite books of all time?
Brave New World, BNW revisited, a dictionary, a thesaurus

a. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback?
Any is fine, I don't really care.

b. Amazon or brick and mortar?
Amazon

c. Bookmark or dogear?
Bookmark

d. Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?
Alphabetize by author, then alphabetize each author's work

e. Keep, throw away, or sell?
Keep, always

f. Keep dustjacket or toss it?
Keep

g. Read with dustjacket or remove it?
Remove it, the buggers get annoying after awhile

h. Short story or novel?
Novel

i. Collection (short stories by same author) or anthology (short stories by different authors)?
Collection

j. Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Lemony Snicket

k. Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
I usually finish books in one sitting
l. “It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
They're both awful

m. Buy or borrow?
Borrow if I can, buy if I must.

n. New or used?
Used

o. Buying choice: book reviews, recommendation or browse?
All three

p. Tidy ending or cliffhanger?
Either is fine.

q. Morning reading, afternoon reading or nighttime reading?
All day reading

r. Successful bestsellers you didn't enjoy?
Twilight

s. Books you've stopped reading after a few pages?
None, I usually read the whole book even if I dislike it

t. Three books for an lonely island?
None, reading a book more than 4 times gets a bit boring.

u. Books you had to read for school?
Too lazy to list


v. Favorite fairy tales?
None

w. Favorite classics? (at least published 50 years ago)
Lord of the Rings
The Time Machine
I, Robot


x. Favorite authors?
Isaac Asimov
Arthur Clarke
Tolkien

y. Favorite series?
The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov

z. Favorite books of all time?
Brave New World, Prelude to Foundation, The Return of the King, The Hobbit