| NAME
1. Deborah
Garvin
What book are you reading now?
2. Trying to get through Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror
3. The Tristan Chord by Brian Magee
4. Dr. Phil's The Ultimate Weight Solution
5. Who's Looking out for you? By Bill O'Reilly
6. The Story of English, Iraq War Reader, Can't Buy Me Love,
101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body, Into the Buzz Saw,
Everything You Know is Wrong,
7. The Pond Lovers
8. Atlas Shrugged
9. Messages from Water by Masaru Emotoof
10. Pattern Recognition (William Gibson).
11. Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
- Geraldine Brooks
12. The Dice Man - Luke Rhinehart
13. None. I am writing a book now.
14. Collected Stories by Pushkin, The Purpose-Driven
Life by Rick Warren
15. The Victorious Opposition, by Harry Turtledove
16. What they didn't teach you about WWII
17. The Summons by John Grisham
18. Rock Medicine
19. True Love and Homegrown Tomatoes, Self Matters, Trauma
and Recovery, Wishcraft
20. I read several concurrently. 2 are on Enron and 2 are biographies
21. The Privateersman, by Captain Frederick Marryat
22. A Hero With a Thousand Faces
23. Abnormal Psychology
24. Physician - Medicine and the Unsuspected Battle for Human
Freedom
25. The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson &
Revolution
2100 by Robert A. Heinlein (I always read 2-3 books at
once).
26. the diviners by margaret laurence
27. Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
28. Just finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, I've been
reading the entire series constantly for nearly a year now. I keep
reading them over and over.
29. Joanna Trollope, Best of Friends; Finland and the
Great Powers; a Michael Schama
30. Homosexuality in Civilization
31. The Trial - Franz Kafka , Alice in Wonderland
- Lewis Carroll
32. The Hour Before Dark and Unstoppable
33. Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix
34. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank; The Summer Book
35. Watership Down
36. Vedic Astrology, Broodje Halfom, Making Work Work for the
HSP, Chakra's
37. The tramp abroad
38. Rhapsody by Elizabeth Haydon
39. Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan
40. The Aryan Christ: The Secret Life of Carl Jung,
The Compact Guide to World Religions
41. The Last Girls
42. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
43. Love Is Letting Go of Fear
44. Elizabeth Haich - Initiation, 2nd time
45. Measuring the Difference (nonfiction about planning
health-related outreach)
46. Carl G.Jung - Man and his Symbols, Clarissa Pinkola
Estes - Women who run with the Wolves (third time)
47. All kinds. I have Astronomy books, Bibles, and Calculus. I
am busy reading all of them.
48. Beneath a Dakota Cross; by Stephen Bly
49. Just finished Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
50. The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
51. In Between
52. Plainclothes Naked and Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas and Tyrone Power's Biography
53. Don Quixote and Borges' Labyrinths
54.
Southern Ladies and Gentlemen
55.
Crime and Punishment
56. Me by Katherine Hepburn
57. The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers
58. Wealth of Nations
by Adam
Smith
59.
Nicolas Nickleby
60. Right now I'm on a "dead Italian" kick. I'm slowly working my way through a lot of different books at the same time, like Ovid's Metamorphoses and Petrarch's letters.
61.
62. Golden Foolby Robin Fobb 63. /I>
What are your favorite books?
2.
History books
3.
I Claudius by Robert Graves; the Churchill biographies by
William Manchester (fantastic!!)
4.
The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Evangeline, House Built
on Sand
5.
Political books, Legal Thrillers, Chick-drama books (like you'd
find on Oprah's list)
6.
current events, self help (Trauma and Recovery), non fiction
7.
The Bible
8.
philosophy
9.
spiritual, metaphysical
10.
That is a difficult question. The best book I've read recently is
Pynchon's Mason and Dixon. Old favourites are On the Road,
Dharma Bums, Brideshead Revisited, E.M. Forster, but if I had
to pick one I would say Heart of Darkness.
11.
Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil and... Swamplands of
the Soul - James Hollis...and...see my website "favorites";
12.
Matilda - Raul Dahl, A Confedracy of Dunces - JK Toole
13.
A General Theory of Love, by Lewis et al; Dating Tips
for Introverts that you wrote; The Good Earth, Hamlet, Macbeth,
Women Who Run with Wolves ... any book I finish is beloved.
14.
Gone With the Wind, Little Women, Christy,
The Thornbirds, Walden
15.
Voice of the Whirlwind, by Walter Jon Williams
16.
textbooks
17.
Anne of Green Gables, anything by Maeve Binchy
18.
Spiritual
19.
The Great Gatsby, The Tibetian Book of Living and Dying,
The Saving Graces, anything by Pema Chodron, The Stand
20.
Biographies and business "bios"
21.
Master and Commander, by Patrick O'Brian
22.
Lord of the Rings, manga, Anita Blake, vampire hunter series
23.
science fiction, mysteries
24.
Philosophy, nutrition and health, spirituality, different cultures,
art, nature...
25.
Hard science fiction, fantasy, horror, alternate histories. Dune,
Robert
A. Heinlein, Laurell K. Hamilton, Poppy Z. Brite, Tom Robbins, Hyperion,
Siddhartha,
The Playmasters, Necroscope Series, William Gibson, Brave
New World,
Neil
Gaiman, Greg Egan.
26.
books with introverts as main characters
27.
Jane Eyre, Swan Song, The Far Pavillons, Peace Like a River.
Tom Clancy. All the Dark Tower books by King. I usually read
thrillers, horror, science fiction and pre-1950s literature in fiction.
It's mostly science and history in nonfiction (the more technical,
the better!).
28.
The Harry Potter series and Dean Koontz books. Also love Victorian
but read a lot of non fiction as well to learn. Really in the middle
of about 5 books right now.
29.
history, romance, value systems
30.
The Naked Ape
31.
1984, Animal Farm, A Clockwork Orange, Catcher in the Rye, Lord
of the Flies, Brave New World, Crime and Punishment anything
by Roald Dahl, Iris Murdoch, F.Scott Fitzgerald
32.
Anything by Martha Beck, Self Help, Inspirational
33.
all books exept maybee fictional westerns
34.
Lake Wobegon Days, A Lantern in Her Hand, The Mill
on the Floss, also books about gardening, tea, and interior
decorating
35.
The Last Unicorn, Harry Potter, The Hobbit, Sci-Fi,
Horror, Comedy, Mystery, Non-Fiction
36.
I am a big fan of the books of Amy Tan.
37.
Fiction, essays, history, philosophy, poetry, general knowledge
38.
SciFi, Fantasy, Mystery, Young Adult...if it's imaginative, I probably
like it! :)
39.
Moby Dick; The Magic Mountain; Atlas Shrugged;
any of the Freddy the Pig series; lots of SciFi from the
fifties and sixties (Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury, and Clarke)
40.
The Vampire Chronicles, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter,
Dracula, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
41.
detective novels or books by female authors about relationships
42.
The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan; Sister of MyHeart,
Chitra BannerjeeDevakaruni , The Outsider Albert Camus,
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto; Fear and Loathing Hunter
S. Thompson; Love signs and Sun signs by Linda Goodman (&
lots more), the Narnia books; The Tin Drum, Gunter Grass;
The Outsiders by SE Hinton (& her other books too)
43.
Most anything by C. S. Lewis, The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton
Juster
44.
Novels, Myths, History, Science
45.
I love books about real life and things we all have to go through
-- two of my favorites are Dancing with White Dog and To
Kill a Mockingbird. I also love Dee Brown's fiction and nonfiction
about Native American history.
46.
religion and spirituality, metaphysics, art history, classics, original
fairy tales, mystery, biographies and specifically: Herman Hesse
- all his books; Maria Szepes: The Red Lion;
Michail
Bulgakov: The Master and Margarita; Arthur Golden: Memoirs
of Geisha (Jane Eyre in Japan environment); Peter Hoeg: Smilla´s
Sense of Snow; Joseph Heller: Something happened; Paulo
Coelho: all; John Fowles: French Lieutenant´s Woman, The
Magus; Roald Dahl: short stories; Nick Cave: And the Ass
saw the Angel (hard to read, lots of suffering but helped me
during my university studies to survive); J.G.Ballard: all; Oscar
Wilde: all; Mika Waltari: all, especially Egyptian Sinuhet
47.
My favorites are the Astronomy books and Bibles.
48.
Books on relationships mostly. Such as Christian romances, books
on family, etc.
49.
Harry Potter, Narnia Chronicles, Story of the Von Trapp Family Singers,
Anne of Green Gables Series, Heidi, The Homecoming Series
by Orson Scott Card, The Redemption of Christopher Colombus
by O>S>Card, biographiesof interesting people ( ie
William Hershel, Jonas Salk- people who achieved something, or contributed,
or learned about llife not just actors or sports stars
50.
Les Miserables , The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor
Hugo, all of Doestoevsky, Religion, History and Politics
51.
Fiction
52.
Jane Eyre, The Secret History, anything by Henry James,
Life 101, Perv: A Love Story, anything by Jane Austen
53.
Literature, Political Books, Science
54.
nonfiction/sociology/biographical
55.
Hard sciencefiction, fantasy (when done well), classic literature
56.
Memory and Dream by Charles deLint, anything by Neil Gaiman
57.
Dune, The Harry Potter Series, The fellowship of the
Ring, Shogun.
58.
Atlas Shrugged, The Lord of the Rings, Bible
59.
The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, In the Beginning
Was the Command Line, The Time Machine, The Pendragon Cycle, Dune...
basically fantasy with some sci-fi thrown in
60.
My non-fiction is mostly history and biography. My fiction is mostly sci-fi/fantasy -
anything that takes place in an imaginative, unreal world where the rules of
reality are broken. My favorite book at the moment is Dante's Divine Comedy --
which, come to think of it, has both history and fantasy!
61.
Jane Eyre, The Sevenwaters Trilogy, Jane Austen books and fantasy
Memory and Dream by Charles deLint, anything by Neil Gaiman
How did you learn to read?
2.
I don't know. Preschool maybe
3.
My aunt taught me at home before school started (now it would be
preschool) so I was really excited to get to first grade and see
the alphabet letters on the ceiling around the room and to sit in
the reading circle.
4.
in school, by the sounding method
5.
My parents taught me before first grade. My father read to my brother
and me every night from as young as I can remember.
6.
Very young, the family myth is I was 2 years old. I've always known
how to read. So has my daughter. In the genes.
7.
in school, I think
8.
dont know
9.
My mother taught me
10.
I suppose my mother taught me, because I could read before I got
to school.
11.
My mother began to teach me before I entered school...
12.
School - alphabet
13.
My aunt taught me.
14.
My mother read to me extensively, and I simply absorbed it. There
was never a need to be formally taught.
15.
I don't remember that far back
16.
Sesame Street
17.
My sister taught me when I was about 2 and she was about 7.
18.
Catholic nuns
19.
I don't remember.
20.
Self taught
21.
I don't remember exactly, although I have dim memories of sitting
on my father's lap sounding out Beatrix Potter.
22.
At school
23.
In school
24.
elementary school
25.
Mother, grandmother, pre-school
26.
school..don't remember not being able to
27.
Don't remember learning at all so I must have learned at home before
I went to school.
28.
According to my mother I made her teach me and could read and comprehend
when I was 2.
29.
school
30.
I don't remember
31.
I dunno , guess parents read to me every night when i was 2 - 3
then I gradually started picking these series books on Pirates myself.
32.
Taught by the nuns at school
33.
at home
34.
My mom read to me daily when I was little. I still remember the
sense of accomplishment I had when I read my first book by myself.
35.
From my parents, and in school
36.
at school, but my interest in reading became bigger when I went
to university
37.
parents specially mother taught me at home
38.
My mom and dad are both teachers, and from the time I was about
three, they'd listen to me sound out words while they got ready
for work.
39.
I seem to have picked it up on my own. The first word I learned
to read was "Maytag", from my Mom's wringer washer. I
went from there to canned food labels at the supermarket and billboards
along US1.
40.
Family
41.
Can't remember-can't remember not being able to read
42.
Dont know - was born reading
43.
I had a slow start. I couldn't get the hang of it in Kindergarten,
but that summer I decided that my family needed to read the Bible
through in a year. I decided to sound out entire chapters of Leviticus.
It nearly drove my parents crazy, but by the end of the summer I
could read.
44.
by myself - I was about 5 years old
45.
My sister taught me the alphabet and how to spell a few words before
I started kindergarten. My mom read to me a lot so by the time I
started school, I could read a little. By third grade, I was reading
almost constantly.
46.
I started myself at 5, then at school
47.
My mother taught me when I was four.
48.
My mom
49.
I don't remember. Phonics maybe?
50.
By myself, with help from my mom
51.
School
52.
my mother read to me and helped teach me (along with a formal education)
53.
Self-taught
54.
N/A
55.
Mother taught me at age 5 (as I was starting kindergarten)
56.
I honestly don't remember. It feels as if I have always been reading
57.
My mom read to me when I was little, and I learned that way. I was
never really 'taught' how to read, I just picked it up.
58.
In school and on my own
59.
My mom read to me a lot when I was young, though I don't really
remember learning to read...
60.
I learned by looking at the words while my parents read to me.
They claim I could read at the age of 2 -- or at least recite
"was the Night Before Christmas."
61.
My family taught me.
62. I honestly don't remember. It feels as if I have always been reading
What foreign languages do you read?
2.
None very well. Some Arabic, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Greek but
not enough to master literature.
3.
German and French, can recognize some Russian words!
4.
English and pathetic self learned, by trial and error, Spanish
5.
Nada
6.
Russian, Spanish, a very little French. Not really fluent, but I
love practicing Russian and Spanish.
7.
Spanish but not well
8.
i like french & greek(english is my 1st lang.)
9.
none
10.
French, some Latin
11.
None
12.
English, Greek
13.
Spanish, French, Latin, Greek
14.
None.
15.
German and French
16.
Spanish, snippets of french
17.
French
18.
German
19.
French
20.
French and Latin
21.
A little Japanese, and a little Latin
22.
Japanese, Russian
23.
A little German
24.
some Spanish
25.
none
26.
music
27.
Latin
28.
none very fluently
29.
French
30.
Spanish
31.
German, Mandarin
32.
none, really, just a tiny bit of Spanish and French
33.
French
34.
Russian
35.
None
36.
Dutch, English, German, some French and Spanish
37.
german
38.
A moderate amount of French and a tiny bit of Spanish.
39.
I used to read French and ancient Greek, but these days none.
40.
French
41.
none really now, but I used to be able to read in French and German
42.
only English
43.
Spanish, a little French
44.
german, english, slovak, czech
45.
None.
46.
English
47.
None.
48.
Very, very, very little German, Spanish.
49.
French, German
50.
Hindi, Malayalam French
51.
none
52.
French, un peu :)
53.
Spanish
54.
N/A
55.
German (took 5 years of it, now a little rusty)
56.
some spanish...kind of.
57.
None
58.
French
59.
Espanol (un poco).
60.
French, Italian and a little Latin.
61.
French I suppose.
62. some spanish...kind of
What's the funniest book you ever read?
2.
Tie: Catch 22 by J. Heller, Me Talk Pretty One Day by
David Sedaris
3.
Catch 22 by J. Heller, I,Claudius by Robert Graves
4.
Good Neighbor Sam
5.
Can't remember the name!!! Don't usually find books that funny though.
6.
Bobos In America; (probably not the funniest, but the most
recent!
7.
Don't remember
8.
archies
9.
don't remember
10.
I can't remember, but it was pretty damn funny.
11.
Bird by Bird
12.
Confedracy of Dunces - JK Toole
13.
I don't read funny books. The Milagro Beanfield Wars
14.
N/A
15.
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
16.
N/A
17.
N/A
18.
Ya Ya Sisterhood
19.The
GIrls Guide to Hunting and Fishing
20.
Florence King's book on misanthropes
21.
Anything by Patrick O'Brian has me chortling from page one
22.
Obsidian Butterfly
23.
Robert Ludlum The Road to Gandolfo
24.
N/A
25.
N/A
26.
N/A
27.
Any Tom Sharpe book - any of them. I have actually laughed out in
public.
28.
Probably either the ones George Carlin has written or Sein Language
by Jerry Seinfeld. I don't read many funny books I suppose. :)
29.
Max Ferguson's account of his career as a CBC host
30.
Men Are Pigs (But We Love Bacon)
31.
Ehh... Red Dwarf! despite not a being big on sci-fi. Harry
Potter's funny too
32.
Can't remember
33.
N/A
34.
I really loved Lake Wobegon Days. For laugh-out-loud funny,
I'd have to say Dave Barry Slept Here (A Sort of History of the
United States).
35.
Undecided
36.
Bridget Jones 2nd Diary
37.
sukumar ray's stories
38.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
39.A
Confederacy of Dunces; had me rolling helplessly on the floor
the first time I read it. I also nearly busted a gut reading one
of Dave Barry's books (Dave Barry turns 40, I think)
40.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
41.
Can't remember
42.
The male cross-dresser support group, Tama Janowitz
43.
Well, superlatives are difficult, but Ex Libris: Confessions
of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman would have to be near the
top.
44.
Hitchhikers Guide from Douglas Adams or Catch XXII; And
also very good funny books I forgot - by the Russian writer Bulgakow
from the 20-30ties.
45.
Probably something by Wodehouse.
46.
can´t remember one, all books by David Lodge and Malcom Bradbury
47.
Bunnicula. It's great!
48.
Hmm... The funniest that made sense would probably be Freedom's
Belle, by Dianna Crawford.
49.
I think Gordon Korman's older books - ie: the Bruno & Boots
series , I Want To Go Home , Interflux & Amp No Coins
Please are great for a good laugh even though they're kid's
books
50.
It was doestovesky! sorry but i cant remember which one.. Notes
from the dead house i think...
51.
Prayer for Owen Meany
52.
Perv: A Love Story or anything by Dave Barry
53.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
54.
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, David Foster
Wallace
55.
Catch 22
56.
Oh boy...who knows...I've read some doozies.
57.
I've never read any humorous books.
58.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
59.
I can't remember the title, but it's about a kid who always tells
jokes and one day finds himself in a crazy place where telling a
joke is bad and he has a guardian devil... yeah, I can't remember
the title.
60.
Dave Barry's novel, Big Trouble
61.
Georgia Nicholson books
62. Oh boy...who knows...I've read some doozies.
What books have changed the way you look at the world or the way you live your life?
2. The
Occult by Colin Wilson, As a Man Thinketh by J. Allen
(?), Orientalism by Edward Said, The Third Chimpanzee
by Jared Diamond
3.I,
Claudius, anything by Liz Greene, The Botany of Desire
by Pollan, The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes, As a
Man Thinketh by James T. Allen
4.
Inside
the Space Ships
by George Adamski
5.
To Kill a Mockingbird, A day no Pigs Would Die, Little
Britches -- fictional books I read while young that talked about
morals and values.
6.
Grist for The Mill; by Ram Dass, Trauma and Recovery;
7.
the Bible
8.
osho,ayn rand,vivekananda
9.
The Celestine Prophecy
10.
Same as everyone else: On The Road. (corny but true; I didn't
know there was a world outside of books before I read it). Also
a bunch of others but nothing I've read recently.
11.
The Four Agreements, Manchild in the Promised Land,
The
Real War on Crime ...and see my website
12.
Matilda - Raul Dahl
13.
General Theory of Love, Emotional Intelligence (Golrman),
Optimism (Seligman), Survival (Siebert)
14.
Please Understand Me by Kiersey/Bates. Anything focussing
on personality issues, spiritual/inspirational issues, self-help
issues.
15.
Trashing The Planet, by Dixy Lee Ray
16.
N/A
17.
N/A
18.
Spiritual healing
19.
The Big Book, anything by Pema Chodron, Starhawk and Shakti
Gawain's Creative Visualization
20.
Usually everything I read
21.
N/A
22.
White Oleander, A Child Called It
23.
Gary Zukov, Seat of the Soul
24.
Cosmos Reader
25.
Stranger in a Strange Land when I was 12 (I am polyamorous).
26.
kit's law by donna morrissey.....gave me a vital clue on
why life went the way it has for me...on the way that i "learnt"
to play with the extraverted world pointed it out to me and made
a huge impact
27.
The Bible. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainence.
28.
Oh I think nearly every book I read has some sort of an effect but
there have been a couple that it felt like my soul was just hungering
for, as if I had been starved for the knowledge. One of those books
was The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav
29.
some of Eric Berne's
30.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
31.
Everything I guess to a certain extent, opens my mind up abit more.
Maybe Lord of the Flies... it was the first book i ever read
that really made me take a closer look at society/civilisation.
32.
Books by Barbara Sher, Iyanla Vanzant
33.
??
34.
A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich
35.
The Last Unicorn
36.
The High Sensitive Person from Elaine Aron and Emotional
Intelligence: D Goleman
37.
Gita our spiritual text and upanishad
38.
Gifts Differing by Elisabeth Briggs-Myers. Can't get more
affirming than that
39.
I think they've all changed the way I look at the world, at least
while I was reading them. Some of the most lasting effects on the
way I live have come from the Bible, the works of the Greek
philosophers (Plato, Aristotle), and the works of scientists and
mathematicians (Newton, Einstein).
40.
The Interview With the Vampire, the Bible, Tao Te Ching
41.
The road less travelled - started me thinking that there might
be a way out of depression
42.
All of the books I have mentioned above have had an effect on me
in some way
43.
still blame The Phantom Tollbooth for some of my extreme
literalism. The Ragamuffin Gospel also had a profound influence
on me
44.
Catch XXII, Neverending Story, The Alchemist, Red Lion -
Books from Erich von Däniken, Johannes Fiebag, Paracelsus...,
The Bible, The Book of Hopi
45.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown; Angela's Ashes
really made me appreciate what I've got. Of course the Bible,
especially the New Testament -- I read it almost every day.
46.
Thorwald Dethlefsen: Challenge of fate (and all his other
books), M.Scott Peck: The Road less travelled, A Bed by the Window,
Green face by Gustav Meyrink (all his books), Louise Hay
: You can heal your life
47.
The Bible.
48.
The Bible. His Chosen Bride, by Jennifer J. Lamp
49.
Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins, The Charlotte
Mason Companion by Karen Andreola, Mind Seige by Tim
LaHaye
50.
Doestovesky --Crime and Punishment, Victor Hugos two tomes..
51.
Prayer for Owen Meany, Call of the Wild, Tom Sawyer
52.
Life 101, The Four Agreements, Night, Please Understand
Me, Tuesdays With Morrie
53.
Nabokov's Lolita, Stephen Jay Gould's Full House, Madame
Bovary
54.
books by Alan Watts
55.
Why They Kill, All Quiet on the Western Front, Timequake
56,
57, 58, 59. N/A 60. "Not Without My Daughter" when I was ten and it blew me away.
Reading about Iran under Ayatollah Khomenei, I remember thinking,
"Places like that really exist? Right now?"
61. n/a 62. Margot Adler's Drawing Down the Moon and Scott Cunningham's
Earth Power - I wasn't the "only one" anymore!
What books have affirmed what you believe about life or the way you look at things?
2.
The Moral Animal , The Altruistic Personality, Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt,
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, The Autobiography
of Malcolm X by Alex Haley with Malcolm, Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
3.
Anything by Carl Jung
4.
n/a
5.
Books mentioned above and political/historical books.
6.
Grist for the Mill
7.
Walden, among others
8.
osho,ayn rand
9.
Messages from Water
10.
Forster
11.
Swamplands of the Soul...and...all the Don Juan books by
Casenada...and all of Pema Chodron's books
12.
Confedracy of Dunces - JK Toole
13.
There is something in most every book.
14.
Please Understand Me - Kiersey/Bates. Party of One: The
Loner's Manifesto - Rufus
15.
The Blind Watchmaker, by Richard Dawkins
16.
N/A
17.
N/A
18.
Metaphysical
19.
The path of the heart
20.
Ayn Rand's books
21.
N/A
22.
Anita Blake
23.
James T. Allen, As a Man Thinketh
24.
Books by Edmod Szkeley, Rudolph Steiner, Carl Jung, Paul Ferrini,
and Joseph C. Pearce
25.
The Ethical Slut, Siddartha
26.
party of one by anneli rufus....never had read a non-fiction
book about people like me....
27.
The Bible. Mountain Man by Vardis Fisher. Peace
Like a River. From Paralysis to Fatigue. Cold Noses at the
Pearly Gates.
28.
Not sure
29.
O'Murchu's
30.
To Kill A Mockingbird, All Men Are Pigs (But We Love Bacon)
31.
Catcher in the Rye , Lord of the Flies haha ....
32.
The Road Less Travelled, The Highly Sensitive Person
33.
??
34.
Garrison Keillor's books are very close to my heart (and that's
one of the reasons I keep listing Lake Wobegon Days here).
35.
The Gospels, Inkling Fiction
36.
Making Work Work for the High Sensitive Person
37.
Gita our spiritual text and upanishad, life stories
of people
38.
N/A
39.
N/A
40.
The Witching Hour, Memnoch the Devil
41.
too many to remember
42.
too hard to answer
43.
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
44.
The novels of Paolo Coelho, metaphysical books
45.
Again the New Testament. A lot of the books I read as a kid
were about nature and animals and their importance in the grand
scheme of things.
46.
Paulo Coelho: Achemyst, Manfred Kyber: The three candles
of Veronica
47.
My Astronomy books.
48.
The Bible
49.
Woman at HomeBy Barbara Cardoza that being a stay-at-home
mom isn't a second class choice, but a legitimate one
50.
Stehen King
51.
Pycho Cybernetics
52.
Jane Eyre, Please Understand Me, Tuesdays With Morrie,
53.
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Jonathan Franzen's The
Corrections
54.
Didn't like The Great Gatsby in high school, now I love it
55.
conversations with god. way of the peaceful warrior
56.
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter [thank you
for reminding me of this book!!! Nancy]
57.
None
58.
Atlas Shrugged, the Bible
59.
Black (Ted Dekker)
60.
Every once in a while a great author will come along and
write books that reassure me about the way I am: Borges,
Baudelaire, Dante, Petrarch, and Jane Austen.>
61.
n/a
62. Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
What books have you changed your mind about?
2.
I often change my mind about Orientalism by Edward Said.
3.
Things Falls Apart by Chinua Achebe. My daughter kept recommending
it and I thought it was just a pity thing but it's one of the most
profound books I've ever read and moved me off the European continent
for a few moments intellectually.
4.
The 27th Wife
5.
Not sure I understand the question? Books I used to like and don't
now? Romances/fiction about wealthy people like Sidney Sheldon would
write
6.
man-hating early feminism, Andrea Dworkin, etc
7.
I used to read a lot of poetry but it bores me now for the most
part.
8.
nancy drew, hardy boys
9.
n/a
10.
This applies more to authors than books. Many of the ones I hated
in high school, especially Alice Munro and Joseph Conrad.
11.
A little about The Four Agreements....basically still wonderful,
but I have problems with "heaven on earth" concept.
12.
None have really changed just confirmed.
13.
Faulkner is just too negative.
14.
N/A
15.
Anything by Ayn Rand. (I used to be a Rand fan, now I think she's
a psycho)
16.
N/A
17.
N/A
18.
Religious
19.
none
20.
None
21.
N/A
22.
The Laughing Corpse
23,
24, 25
N/A
26.
bible
27.
Wow, a lot. Most of J.D. Salinger (self indulgent rich kids who
need jobs) . All of Hemingway (was English really his native language?).
Poe (I though he was great, got tricked into believing he was a
hack in college, now I think he's great). Edith Wharton (bored silly
in my 20s, now they seem insightful). Any Beat Poet (I thought there
was a point to it all until I reread them).[Nancy's
comments: I didn't realize how much I feel the same way about these,
especially #1]
28.
Only I think it was called the Celestine Prophecy, because
I felt very dissilusioned after reading it to find that it was fictional.
29.
N/A
30.
Can't think of any
31.
Prozac Nation i think
32,
33 and 34. ?????
35.
The Cynic's Dictionary
36.
The Book of Mormon
37.
N/A
38.
The Scarlet Letter. The first time I read it, I was bored
to tears, now it's one of my favorite classics.
39.
Magister Ludi by Hermann Hesse: Doesn't seem to mean as much
to me now as it did when I was a college student.
40,
41, 42
N/A
43.
I was afraid of The Tawny Scrawny Lion when I was little.
I'm not sure why. An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
seemed good the first time I read it, but it definately did not
carry over to the second time.
44.
some classic literature, postmodern autors, the books by my father
45.
I'm sick to death of books like the YaYa Sisterhood and the other
one that came first -- I've forgotten the title. Bastard Out
of Carolina, and so forth. All those poor me stories about childhood
and how child abusers are "victims too." Please. One exception
was "The Secret Live of Bees". I still like that book
-- it wasn't as whiny or as irritating as the others.
46.
Abd-Ru-Shin: In the light of truth- the grail message.
I refused it when I read ot for the first time, after a year I tried
to read it once more and it was pleasure. Also, Dostojevskij: I
had times I could not get enough of his books, then it suddenly
stopped and I have no need to read them or have them at home. Though
I admire him and appreciate as a writer. Honore de Balsac: When
I was younger, his books seemed too long and boring to me, then
I rediscovered him and really enjoyed all his books, especially
his novel Lilly of the Valley. N.D. Walsch: Conversations
with God I,II - I was avoiding his books because of all the
hype around, then got to them and found them quite interesting.
Patrick Suskind: the novel Perfume, the same case as Walsch.
Marcia Davenport: The Valley of Decision - I bought this
book on my holiday in Greece, thought it would be simple, easy reading
and was positively surprised, it´s great family saga
47.
None.
48.
??
49.
Some of Phyllis Whitney's: ie. the Turquoise Mask.
50.
N/A
51.
None
52.
N/A
53.
Madame Bovary, Mrs. Dalloway, Crime and Punishment, Heart of Darkness
54.
books about murders (Jack the Ripper, Manson, etc.)
55.
N/A
56.
Margot Adler's Drawing Down the Moon and Scott Cunningham's
Earth Power - I wasn't the "only one" anymore!
Gone with the Wind - the second time I read it (I was in my early
twenties), I just wanted to slap every one of the characters.
57,
None
58.
1984
59.
Ishmael
60.
Those awful Sweet Valley High books I read back in middle school.
61.
Of Two Minds. I used to love them but then went I got
older and decided to read the sequels, I grew to hate the book
62. Gone with the Wind - the second time I read it (I was in my early twenties),
just wanted to slap every one of the characters
What are some of the scariest books you've ever read?
2.
As a child I found Heidi terrifying. I could never get past
the first chapter when her parents died. I also recall feeling the
same way about the beginning of The Call of the Wild because
of the torture of the animal that opens the book. As an adult, I
can't remember anything that scarey.
3.
I don't read scary books or see scary movies. My slightly sadistic
aunt read me The Murders of the Rue Morgue for a bedtime
story at 8 years old and I was truly, truly terrified all night
long.
4.
n/a
5.
Suspense thrillers -- love that serial killer stuff
6.
Rosemary's Baby, when I was 17.
7.
Don't read scary books any more but I used to read science fiction.
Isaac Azimov
8.
nothing scares me
9.
Stephen King or Dean Koontz
10.
Ayn Rand
11.
The Stand, and most pop psychology...the really braindead
stuff
12.
Dont read scary books.
13.
I don't read scary books.
14.
N/A
15.
The Bible
16.
N/A
17.
Stephen King novels
18.
Nancy Drew
19.
The Shining
20.
Books about business frauds
21.
Stephen King scares me. I started <I>Insomnia</I> and
had to put it down...
22.
N/A
23.
Stephen King, Salem's Lot--had to turn on all the lights
in the house!
24
and 25. N/A
26.
Dean Koontz
27.
The Haunting by Shirley Jackson. Swan Song by McCammon.
A lot of horror by Derleth. Desperation by King.
28,
29 and 30. N/A
31.
Edgar Allan Poe's stories? 1984 was pretty unnerving. havent
read anything thats scared me much.
32.
Stephen King's It
33.
Intensity was the scariest
34.
When I was a kid, I used to sneak Grandma's Stephen King novels
from her bookshelf while she took her afternoon naps. I'd hide within
earshot and when I heard her stirring, would close the book and
quickly put it back on the shelf before she noticed. I read several
books this way.
35.
Stephen King's IT, and just about any thing else he writes,
discounting Tower series
36.
Terug naar Oegstgees from Jan Wolkers had disgusting passages
37.
ghost stories as a kid
38.
The Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton.
39.
Stephen King's The Shining. I'm not a big fan of his work
or the horror genre, but that one just about scared me to death.
Gives me the creeps just to think about it. The book was way scarier
than either of the movies that were made from it. I also think Bram
Stoker's Dracula was pretty creepy.
40.
N/A
41.
The Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring at first reading,
Silence of the Lambs
42.
The shining, stephen king - so scary I cannot finish it,
even though I know what happens at the end!
43.
I don't read scary books. Probably The Chronicles of Narnia
on one I just finished called The Hippopotamus Pool would
have to qualify
44.
H.P.Lovecraft, Bram Stoker - i dont know if they were really scary
for me, because i like them very much
45.
I know it's a phony but the Amityville Horror scared me when
I was a teenager. I don't read many scary books.
46.
Bram Stoker: Dracula - I read it when I was 10, under the
blanket with my flashlight, because my parents would not approve
it, then I was going to bed with garlic and had nightmares following
few months., some of E.A.Poe´s stories: Pit and the Pendulum,
The tell tale heart, Franz Kafka: Metamorphosis -
actually it is not the scarriest, but I do not like insects so it
is scary for me
47.
No books scare me, but I enjoy the science-fiction of Stephen King.
48.
Left Behind probably. And I read some mysteries too. Oh, BLINK,
by Ted Dekker is good too.
49.
N/A
50.
Stephen King
51.
One flew over the coo coo's nest
52.
don't read scary books. I have a wild enough imagination as it is.
53.
Don't read scary books
54.
N/A
55.
non fiction deviant behavior books
56.
The Aminityville Horror - that little pig critter became
just a little *too* real in my mind...
57.
I've never read any scary books.
58.
Jurassic Park (not something for a sheltered 12-year-old
to read...)
59.
N/A
60.
The scariest thing I've ever read was the last chapter of a French book called
W ou les souvenirs d'enfance -- when you suddenly realize the whole book
is a metaphor for a concentration camp.
On a lighter note, Roald Dahl has some deliciously scary stories for adults.
61.
Ahh.....Tenderness was quite the creepy book
62. The Aminityville Horror - that little pig critter became
just a little *too* real in my mind...
About how many books do you think you have read in your life?
Could
it be as much as 1000?
2.
500-1000
3.
Ditto
4.
No idea
5.
over 1,000
6.
Almost as many as drinks of water I've taken. Can't begin to geuss.
7.
500
8.
havent counted
9.
hundreds
10.
I couldn't even estimate the number.
11.
Thousands
12.
40-50
13.
100,000
14.
Thousands. Couldn't even begin to guess.
15.
Thousands
16.
tens of thousands
17.
thousands
18.
1,400
19.
ad infinitum
20.
Hard to say; usually at least two per week
21.
Oh, goodness. Too many to count, certainly!
22.
500
23.
Too many to count!
24.
1500
25.
500+
26.
hundreds
27.
Hah, hah! Many thousands.
28.
Too many to count most likely.
29.
?
30.
About 200
31.
Jesus... hahah I tried to count once but i gave up halfway.
32.
At least 200,000
33.
over 100
34.
Thousands, most likely
35.
Unknown
36.
I cannot remember......
37.
approximately 150 in addition to genral text books and subject books
in school and college
38.
At least five or six thousand, maybe more.
39.
Not a clue; I probably averaged two a week until I was forty, and
since then, maybe one a month. More than a thousand, to be sure.
40.
hundreds...maybe a thousand.
41.
12-15,000
42.
Oh my God I have no idea!
43.
Oh, I'm sure I've read at least 400. I have a list of around 300
that I've read all the way through, and I know that there are several
of those that I couldn't find or don't remember to put on the list.
44.
...i dont know...
45.
Can't even imagine.
46.
absolutely no sense
47.
Too many to guess. I read during most of my free time.
48.
Oh, I couldn't begin to figure that out, even though I'm only 15.
I've been reading since I was 5, and I love to read. I read a lot
and I read pretty fast. So I can only say that I have read A LOT
of books.
49.
Countless- esp. since I reread my favourites every so often just
to revisit or relearn things
50.
countless , maybe in thousands
51.
200
52.
I've been reading since a very young age, it's difficult to tell
exactly how many.
53.
200
54.several
hundred
55.
300
56.
Oh good god...how many grains of sand get into the average shoe
at the beach?
57.
At least several hundred.
58.
A few thousand
59.
Well into the 100s, possibly over 1000
60.
Thousands.
61.
Hmm.....I don't know, novels? Maybe 300 or so....
62. Oh good god...how many grains of sand get into the average shoe at the beach?
About how many books do you own?
2.
300-400
3.
Not all that many. I've lived in small living spaces and have to
keep it down to the prized few. Also I don't like it when a house
gets full of books that start looking really old, like time stood
still. Books I've read are all a part of me so I'm glad that I don't
need them physically. I rarely buy a hardback. I've kept about 150
at most times. Of course this includes my astrological and metaphysical
reference libraries which are invaluable to my business here at
home.
4.
More than I can count, mostly self help books and about a dozen
astrology books now
5.
300 or so. The family library was recently passed down to me. I
don't usually keep paperback/fiction when done with it.
6.
Another unanswerable. . at least 4-500.
7.
50
8.
not even one
9.
hundreds
10.
500
11.
300-400
12.
5
13.
100; I give them away regularly, to the prisoners or the homeless.
14.
In the 3000-4000 range.
15.
A few hundred
16.
several hundred
17.
Several hundred, but I recently got rid of several boxes
18.
400
19.
about 100
20.
500
21.
Not enough! There's always room for more!
22.
300
23.
500
24.
around 500
25.
About 50
26.
several hundred
27.
See above. Seriously, I have an actual detached library on my property
and 15 bookcases in the house (plus more books in storage).
28.
Maybe 200?
29.
hundreds
30.
About 100
31.
150 or so.
32.
800
33.
over 300
34.
Hundreds. More than what fit on my bookshelves.
35.
Unknown
36.
500-600
37.
50
38.
Around a thousand
39.
I'm down to about 400 volumes. I've probably given away 4 times
that number over the years.
40.
about twenty
41.
500+
42.
Again - maybe 2-300?
43.
It seems like I own about 200, but I'm in college, so my collection
is spread out in 2 cities.
44.
about 1000
45.
Hundreds
46.
about 1,000
47.
200-300
48.
Me personally?? Probably around 15. But my sisters have some too.
I so want to get more books.
49.
over 300
50.
300-400
51.
50
52.
over 100 and under 300
53.
100
54.
hundreds
55.
100 (I give many of my books away to friends when I'm done)
56.
Conservative estimate: three to five hundred
57.
Too many to count.
58.
About 900
59.
40
60.
Over 800.
61.
Probably 200
62. Conservative estimate - three to five hundred
How many books per month do you usually borrow from the library?
2.
0
3.
0
4.
Rarely go to the library
5.
0
6.
n/a
7.
4-6
8.
maybe more than 10
9.
none
10.
None, I keep forgetting to take them back on time.
11.
5-10
12.
1-2
13.
I don't borrow books from the library.
14.
Don't usually use the library, but will occasionally borrow one
that I don't think I'll care to own on a permanent basis.
15.
6 to 10
16.
0
17.
I don't use the library regularly any more, as I rarely have time
to finish a book within the three weeks allotted.
18.
4
19.
10-20
20.
I buy them
21.
Sixteen to twenty
22.
5
23.
None
24.
0
25.
4
26.
none owe them too much money
27.
Zero. I'm a wanted library felon.
28.
I don't go often I prefer to own the books for some reason.
29.
3-5
30.
None
31.
usually 6-8 at a time, but i rarely go now
32.
6-10
33.
none
34.
I'm more of a buyer.
35.
None
36.
I used to borrow a lot, I will do it again when my children will
be bigger
37.
5
38.
About twenty, maybe more (I do work there, after all!)
39.
None
40.
five
41.
10-12
42.
I usually buy.
43.
Well, it depends. Sometimes I won't borrow any. Sometimes I'll borrow
15 or so. Sometimes I borrow nearly that many from a friend's library.
44.
0
45.
Varies. Right now I have 10 that are overdue.
46.
1-2, I go to the library when I have nothing to read and feel like
reading books which I do not want to own
47.
None. I buy mine.
48.
Well, I don't borrow a whole pile from the library, but I have a
friend who has practically a whole library of her own which I borrow
from. Probably 5-10 a month, depending on how busy I am that month.
49.
for myself- maybe 10 or so; I homeschool so it's not unusual for
30 or so to come home and slowly be returned. (Many of these I have
to read also because they sound interesting.) Often, though i return
a few and get out more than I returned!
50.
6
51.
2
52.
4-5
53.
3
54.
N/A
55.
0 (now I just buy them, I'm horrible at returning books)
56.
None - Once I get a book, it's really hard for me to give it up.
57.
None.
58.
0
59.
Not many these days... when I was in high school it was something
like 10 or 20.
60.
Not a fair question! I work in a library!
Right now I've got 14 books out. Not that I've read them.
61.
maybe 1, I usually buy.
62. None - Once I get a book, it's really hard for me to give it up.
How much would you say you've paid in library fines in your life?
2.
$20
3.
None, but I hate havinag to get them back on time, like picking
clothes up at the cleaners. I'd rather buy things I can wash!
4.
30 cents
5.
You're supposed to actually PAY those??? Kidding. Maybe $10
6.
n/a
7.
50
8.
not much(less than 50 dollars)
9.
$10
10.
Lots
11.
Not a lot. I hate paying for "free" books.
12.
about ten dollars paid - unpaid , heaps
13.
once in college, once as a child.
14.
Under $5
15.
Hard to say. About $50, maybe
16.
0
17.
Less than $10
18.
$40
19.
My way of supporting the library system:)
20.
None
21.
Less than $20
22.
0
23.
$10.00--I'm kind of anal about returning them
24.
0
25.
$15
26.
too much
27.
See above. Probably around $300 - 400.
28.
it makes me too nervous for them to be late so not very many!
29.
N/A
30.
$20.00
31.
holy shit way too much more than i should! im too lazy to get my
arse walking there.
32.
$5.00
33.
$10.00
34.
Not much.
35.
I forget.
36.
I don't remember, several times....
37.
"800 dollars"
38.
Oh, at least five hundred dollars. :)
39.
Less than $20
40.
about $60
41.
too much
42.
Dont know
43.
Actually, only about four dollars. But I don't think one library
charged me, because I certainly should have racked up a lot more
than that.
44.
0
45.
Enough to pay for a nice vacation. But it's still cheaper than the
bookstore.
46.
0
47.
$100
48.
Maybe $10 tops
49.
NOt inclluding lost or damaged merchandise: $100-200. I really don't
know. I tell myself that whatever I pay, I would have paid a lot
more to buy all the books I've read at the library, so I still come
out ahead!!
50.
In indian rupees about 1000
51.
400
52.
Unfortunately too much, but I figure it is going to a good cause.
53.
$0
54.
N/A
55.
$100
56.
I'd say about $30 - I remember one doozy I had to pay in high school
because I kept the book for the whole semester...
57.
None.
58.
0
59.
$0
60.
Hundreds of dollars (face turning red)
61.
about 50$.
62. I'd say about $30 - I remember one doozy I had to pay in high school
because I kept the book for the whole semester...
Do you read in bed?
2. Absolute.
My favorite place to read is in the tub, but I don't have one right
now. That's one of the best parts of a vacation -- reading in the
hotel tub!
3.
No, I'd fall asleep in a heartbeat. Because of all my education
time, I tend to read sitting at a table or hard top surface. I most
love to read on a cruise, though!!
3.
No, I'd fall asleep in a heartbeat.
4.
Yes
5.
Yes
6.
n/a
7.
Yes
8.
yes
9.
when I can
10.
yes
11.
Yep
12.
All the time
13.
No.
14.
Yes, nightly, and often upon waking up in the morning.
15.
Yes
16.
yes
17.
Of course!
18.
yes
19.
Always
20.
Yes! A great place to read
21.
Absolutely
22.
Yes
23.
Doesn't everyone?
24.
Yes
25.
Yes
26.
yes
27.
Every night.
28.
yes but I journal more.
29.
yes
30.
You bet!
31.
Yep
32.
You bet.
33.
Yes
34.
Yes, almost every night.
35.
Yes
36.
yes i do
37.
yes
38.
Of course! I can't sleep without a book whacking me in the face
every time I roll over. :)
39.
Rarely, and only because I fall asleep so quickly these days. I
used to read in bed every night. When I was a kid, I'd fall asleep
with a book in my hands and start reading it again first thing in
the morning.
40.
yes
41.
of course
42.
yes
43.
How else do you read?
44.
Yes
45.
Not often
46.
Yes
47.
Yes.
48.
Sometimes
49.
Of course!
50.
theres nothing else like it!
51.
yes
52.
Absolutely
53.
yes
54.
yes
55.
yes
56.
You mean people don't?
57.
Yes
58.
yes
59.
Yup
60.
It's my favorite spot.
61.
All the time!
62. You mean people don't?
Do you ever read while walking or driving?
2.
Dangerous
3.
Yes, I must confess, I used to read on the way to work at certain
parts on the freeway where it was stop and go and I had a book I
couldn't put down. Never had an accident. Lucky. And I'm sure it's
still not as bad as driving and talking on a cell.
4.
Never
5.
Occassionally
6.
n/a
7.
no
8.
dont like to
9.
I have on the treadmill
10.
No, well sometimes while walking.
11.
No.
12.
no
13.
Yes.
14.
While walking - not usually, but possibly. While driving - no, unless
I'm looking at directions.
15.
NO!
16.
yes
17.
No.
18.
yes
19.
Have read while walking in an inclosed garage during lunch and breaks
never while driving
20.
Yes, while walking and on the treadmill
21.
Not while driving--driving is an activity that requires one's complete
attention
22.
Yes
23.
No
24.
N/A
25.
I used to read while walking to grade school. These days I read
while on the bus or train (I don't drive).
26.
drive taxi for living....read at stop lights way more than i should...
[Nancy's note: Can identify ... surround you
with bubble of light for always being safe in your heaven/haven]
27.
Not actually while I'm driving but I do read sometimes at red lights.
28.
not while driving but I would while walking.
29.
yes
30.
Nope
31.
Haha... walking but i cut it out...dangerous habit
32.
No.
33.
both
34.
I read while walking to catch the bus. It is a good way to keep
people from talking to me. [Nancy's Note:
Good idea, Kara!]
35.
If I could get away with it, I might never raise my head again
36.
No I cannot concentrate, but I read also sitting in the train.
37.
no
38.
Yes, but I don't reccomend it for beginners, unless we're talking
audiobooks here. :)
39.
NEVER!
40.
no
41.
occassionally
42.
yes, while walking
43.
Not while I'm driving, but if I have a good book or I'm near the
end of one, I don't hesitate to read while I'm walking.
44.
sometimes
45.
Walking, once or twice. Never driving. That' [hit submit by mistake]
46.
only walking, I´m very cautious driver
47.
No.
48.
Well, I have read on the way from the car to the hosue before, but
that's about it.
49.
Walking, maybe; driving never- except directions
50.
walking yes driving no
51.
no
52.
Sometimes while walking (if the book is outstanding), never while
driving (too dangerous)
53.
Walking yes, driving no - not safe!
54.
N/A
55.
no
56.
I'm not that coordinated
57.
No
58.
Yes
59.
No
60.
Only when I'm on my way to a big exam.
61. While walking in the house, and too new a driver to try :)
62. I'm not that coordinated
Do you listen to audio books?
2.
Yes
3.
No
4.
I have on occassion
6.
n/a
7.
sometimes
8.
no
9.
yes
10.
No
11.
Yes. Last one, Nat Golberg's Long Quiet Highway.
12.
no
13.
Yes. What a wonderful invention. I introduced them to my son who
has a long commute in Dallas and it has changed his life.
14.
No, but I keep meaning to try.
15.
No
16.
no
17.
No
18.
yes
19.
yes
20.
And ruin the pleasure of reading?
21.
Sometimes
22.
No
23.
No
24.
No
25.
No. I have excellent hearing, but my audial comprehension is low
- I much prefer to receive information visually. [Nancy's note: ME, TOO!!!!!!]
26.
used to but don't have cassette player in car
27.
Not a chance.
28.
sometimes
29.
no
30.
Nope
31.
No I have the tendency to lose track and/or fall asleep
32.
Rarely
33.
Yes
34.
have. It just doesn't do much for me. I don't like being yakked
at.
35.
yes
36.
hardly
37.
no
38.
Yes. I prefer reading, but it's great if you have something else
to occupy your hands with (driving, sewing, cooking, etc.).
39.
No. Books are for reading.
40.
no
41.
no
42.
no
43.
Almost never simply because I have very little access too them and
I'm much more likely to concentrate if I'm looking than if I'm listening.
44.
no
45.
N/A
46.
0, too slow for me
47.
No.
48.
Once in a while, but I prefer the books. Audio is OK when I don't
have time to read it.
49.
Not too often. Our library doesn't have a great selection of these.
I like the feel of book in my hand; the page in front of my eyes.
Don't they abridge them anyways?
50.
i just listened to one-- The Tin Man
51.
yes
52.
Yes
53.
Yes
54.
no
55.
yes
56.
No, I'm a little too visually oriented. I zone out listening to
tapes...unless it's William Shatner. His voice just puts me to sleep.
(Sorry "Captain!")
57.
No.
58.
Sometimes
59.
On occasion (when someone else got them).
60.
No -- they move too slowly on the boring parts and don't
give you time to enjoy the juicy parts.
61.
Only once, Anne of Green Gables
62. No, I'm a little too visually oriented.
I zone out listening to tapes...unless it's William Shatner.
His voice just puts me to sleep. (Sorry "Captain"!)
Has anyone ever read aloud to you or you to them?
2.
My mother
3.
Yes, my father and he had the most beautiful voice and expression.
He especially read The Just-So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
well. He would laugh heartily at just the right times. He was a
wonderful reader.
4.
Yes
5.
Yes, my father to me when I was a child, Me to my step daughters.
I read to my cat too when I was a kid
6.
n/a
7.
Mom always read outloud to us kids
8.
no
9.
yes
10.
When I was a kid.
11.
Yes.
12.
Yes teahers at school
13.
Yes, it's a family tradition.
14.
My mother read aloud to me extensively when I was little. I did
a lot of reading aloud during my babysitting years.
15.
Not since I was a child
16.
yes
17.
Yes
18.
yes
19.
Yes, always to my children and occasionally I have been read to
20.
Ditto
21.
Yes
22.
Yes
23.
When I was little.
24.
Yes
25.
Yes, but I prefer not to do either.
26.
just my kids...it would be a fantasy quailty in a partner
27.
Yes, to me until I could read myself. My tutoring students read
aloud. I read aloud to myself in Latin and in English if it's something
written before 1750 or so. Latin literature can't be rightly appreciated
any other way. English literature was also designed to be read aloud
until the Modern Era. [Nancy's comments: Fascinating!
I would never have thought of reading Latin aloud, though it was
by far my best subject in school. I recently had my daughter recount
the tale of the Achilles to me one night after light's out and I
loved it. We were lying together on the big bed. My grandmother
had a beautiful deep German voice but, alas, did not sit still long
enough to read to us.]
28.
yes, sometimes I will read out loud to my Goldens and I love to
hear my husband read to me, I find it very soothing. I don't think
I am very good at reading out loud though, I found it very uncomfortable
in school to be called on to read out loud.
29.
my mother in early childhood
30.
Yes, my grandmother read to me as a young boy (2-8 years old). I
now read to my 2-1/2 year old niece.
31.
Parents when I was a kid.
32.
My mother read to me as a child, I read to my son when he was little.
33.
yes-husband kids
34.
My spouse and I read The Chronicles of Narnia to each other
(we alternated every two chapters). It was wonderful. We are trying
to keep this habit, but his suggestion was to read Master and
Margarita (in Russian) and it was too much for my language abilities.
We make an effort to replace TV-time with reading.
35.
I once read The Annotated Alice to my two little cousins
36.
Yes, my mother father and teachers, pupils in the school. I also
read for my kids.
37.
yes
38.
All the time. It's the main way my family bonds; my sister and I
still read together sometimes even though we're in our twenties.
39.
My teachers read to us when I was a first and second grader. A former
pastor and I were reading Homer's Odyssey together one spring,
and we would occasionally read passages aloud to each other. Not
really my cup of tea.
40.
Yes, when I was little I had parents to me. And I read to my little
sister, I made a tape recording of books for her once.
41.
yes - my grandmother always used to when I was a child (I think
I learned to read through osmosis!). I had some teachers who would
read aloud to us. I always read to my children and to the children
I was teaching when I worked in a kindergarten. I like doing the
voices for childrens' stories.
42.
no - reading is private to you
43.
My mom and I still sometimes read aloud to each other.
44.
yes, when i was young - now i sometimes listen to my wife reading
me
45.
N/A
46.
yes, my mother was reading fairy tales, my husband the news and
excerpts from books he likes.
47.
Yes. I am a teacher, so I read aloud to my students quite a bit.
48.
Yes. I am enlisted to read to others quite often, because they say
I have such a "interest-keeping style" of reading. I much
prefer to read to myself though. I don't really like just listening
to others read without being able to see the words for myself.
49.
My son & I do this often. It's how I got him hooked on books.
And then he went to school where they made him do book reports so
he stopped reading much. Now we homeschool and he's reading again.
Often I have to read him the first 20 or so pages before he's hooked
himself. Then there are books we just do as read alouds for discussion
or for fun.I wish we could read more aloud as a family. It's a great
way to promote discussion, learning , and ideas without sounding
preachy or opinionated- because it's someone else's thought to comment
on. I remember my grade 3/4/5/6 teachers used to read aloud to us.
I remember 101 Dalmations (which Disney ruined) The Lion
The Witch & th e Wardrobe, Call of the Wild being
read aloud. That was my intro to the Narnia Chronicles. Thank you,
Mrs. Beckett! I couldn't wait until my son was old enough for chapter
books. I started when he was around 6. Later I found out people
start reading longer books aloud even earlier. My son even loved
Little House books. I started with Farmer Boy and
he didn't mind the girl books after. I used to read to him at times
while he cleaned his room, if he needed some motivation
50.
I learnt to read and developed my life long fascination for books
by being read to by my mom. (winnie the Pooh) when i was
bout 3or 4. i gave back as generously as i received by reading to
my younger brother and my cousins.
51.
yes, me and my grilfriend read to eachother while the other is driving
on vacations
52.
It started as a child when my mother read to me then progressed
to during library visits on school outings. Now I get my fix through
audio books. I looooooooooove to be read aloud to because my learning
style is Auditory. I really get to focus on creating the images
being described in my head. Love it.
53.
Yes, to friends occasionally upon request - dramatic readings
54.
N/A
55.
yes, I usually do the reading, I don't like listening to people
who can't read well, and most can't
56.
I used to know someone who read to me all the time. I remember he
would read Richard Bach, especially Illusions.
57.
When I was homeschooled, my mom read aloud to me sometimes.
58.
Yes - I read to my daughter
59.
My mom did. She still does every once in a while.
60.
I read the first half of the first Harry Potter book aloud to
my family on a long car trip, until my voice gave out.
It was enough to get all of them hooked.
61.
When I was little my parents read to me all the time. 62. I used to know someone who read to me all the time. I remember he would read
Richard Bach, especially Illusions.
Do you read every word of a book, or skip parts that don't hold your interest?
2. N/A
3. I think I owe it to an author, so if I feel myself getting
really bogged down, I'll stop reading the whole book rather than
skip around. I rarely find I have made a bad choice in books, but
it happens. One I can think of like this was The Psychohistory
of Racism. I found I couldn't follow this man's thinking but
I am going to pick it up again at a later date as if may change
the way I think about things.
4. N/A
5. N/A
6. N/A
7. I skip
8. i would like to skip sometimes,but i never can
9. sometimes
10. It depends on the book. Novels I don't skip, reference books
I read the sections that interest me, other non fiction it depends.
11. Fast reader, usually every word...but sometimes skip
12. read every part - read how and what the quthor intended
13. With fiction, I read every word. With non-fiction, I will
skim.
14. Every word.
15. I read every word.
16. if it doesn't hold my interest I stop reading
17. I skim over parts.
18. skip
19. Mostly yes, occasionally I will skip.
20. Skip what's not interesting
21. Sometimes I skim
22. Both
23. Usually read all unless it's extremely wordy and boring
24. I can speed read for information, skipping over filler content.
I read every word when content is well written and interesting.
25. For the most part, I read it all.
26. if it's difficult to get into..not worth my time...if that's
what you mean....sometimes i will waste my time reading upto 300
pages because the author has previously written great stuff only
to give up
27. Read it all or give up until another day.
28. most of the time I will read every word but if I don't find
the entire subject of interest I will skip over.
29. N/A
30. Usually every word...if 20 dull pages go by, I'll start to
skip.
31. Hehe i admit, i skip parts, ADD, so re-reading books dont
bore me, since i see stuff i dont notice first time round.
32. Mostly every word, but have been known to skip parts.
33. depends onthe book
34. I frequently skim paragraphs if the material gets dull.
35. I'm one of those people who will skip to the very last sentence
in a very good book (Mainly Harry Potter)
36. Depends on the book: I try to read novels totally untell I
lost my interest.
37. N/A
38. I try really hard to read every word, but if it's too badly
written I usually can't help myself
39. Every word, these days. I used to do a little skipping, but
I just can't bring myself to do it anymore. Just doesn't seem sporting.
And I read a lot more slowly than I used to....
40. Every word
41. skip
42. N/A
43. Well, I've been known to skip parts, and sometimes if the
suspense is great I'll skim, but if I skim I always go back to read
the words I missed.
44. if i should skip something, i better skip the whole book
45. N/A
46. Every word.
47. I do quite a bit of both. Most of the time I read every word.
48. I read pretty much the whole book. Some parts of some books
I just scan over though if I'm in a hurry.
49. Non fiction: I may skip parts that don't interest me. I have
learned there are so many books I want to read, that reading what
bores me is not smart. It might interest me later. Or I might already
know it and don't need to read it again. Fiction: I skip too raunchy
parts, I am getting better about not skimming the "descriptiv"
parts that used to bore me.
50. I tend to read every ord, but do skip parts that i feel have
become too tedious or which dont have much relevance to the story.
51. some times I skip a paragraph if I know where its going and
I dont care
52. I try to read every word because I know it's important to
the overall story; however, if the story is very slow and unintentionally
absurd I skim.
53. Usually every word
54. skip redundant or boring parts, then go back if the book was
really good
55. I read every word.
56. I can't stand to skip anything, even if it is hard going. I
may miss something.
57. Always every word. 58. I tend
to read every word. 59.
Every word. Sometimes I read just the odd words, then go back and
read all the even ones (j/k). [Note from Nancy: very, very funny!] 60.
I skim the slow bits -- or if I just can't make it through a book,
I'll forget trying to follow the plot and read only the good parts. 61. I usually read every word but sometimes I get excited, tired or bored and skip a bit.
I try though! 62. I can't stand to skip anything, even if it is hard going. I may miss something. What book was the most difficult to read?
2. I read a lot of really difficult stuff in grad. school, none worth recalling.
3. I read Faust in German; also Baudelaire in French which
was very hard (assigned in a class I was taking).
4. Gary Zukov's Seat of the Soul
5. A day No Pigs would die had the saddest part that I
was unable to read aloud to my step daughters. Other than that instructional/non-fiction
books (text books) 'cause they're boring
6. n/a
7. War and Peace
8. books on social activities & demi gods
9. n/a
10. The Vertebrate Body (Romer and Parsons). It's more
that Parsons was difficult and taught the class.
11. The Koran
12. Homer the odyssey
13. Anything from the Victorian Age ... yuch.
14. Ulysses. I only got through it because I was too stubborn
to quit.
15. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
16. statistics textbook
17. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth - but I finished it!
18. Alice Bailey
19. N/A
20. "Small talk" books
21. Madame Bovary
22. Catch 22
23. Organic Chemistry
24. technical science related books
25 and 26. N/A
27. Godle, Escher, and Bach. Really had to pay attention there.
28. N/A
29. N/A
30. Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky)
31. Ehh as of yet it was Count of Monte Cristo, exciting,
but so long that i forgot the sentence when i got to the end. Massive
ADD.
32. N/A
33. Anne Rice books
34. didn't make it through The Sound and the Fury. It is
still waiting for me to try it again.
35. My highschool physics book
36. Umberto Eco's: Foucault's Pendulum
37. which I do not understand easil
38. Probably the Bible; when I was seven or eight, I decided
I was going to go for it, and all those thees and thous and begats
were hard to get used to.
39. Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is way up on the list,
as is Plotinus' Enneads.
40. The Silmarillion
41. not sure - probably some of the Russion novels [Nancy's Note: here! here!]
42. N/A
43. Does The Heart of Darkness count as a book?
44. some of the postmodern i already dont remember - german afterwar
writers, edward albee + samuel beckett (sic!!!)
45. N/A
46. James Joyce, Ulysses and Franz Kafka: The Castle.
47. The Bible. Revelations is not easy to read.
48. My math book or science book. LOL :)
49. Les Miserables. I think I finished it once, and tried
to plow through it again later, but lost interest. I like the storyline-
the book is wordy though. Also Angeline de Montbrun or something
like that. I had to read it in French class and I found it so dull
that I had to mark the paragraphs or pages I read or I'd read them
over, not realizing I'd already read it. Maybe because it was in
French, though?
50. The Short Stories of Tobias wolff -- i was only in 5th grade
at the time and found it difficult to understand some aspects of
human sexuality!!!
51. Wuthering Heights, I didnt finish it. Hated it
52. The Gift of the Magi by O'Henry. I tried to read that
in grade school but it would take me forever due to looking up the
definitions for all the "big words".
53. Dangerous Liaisons - too tedious
54. N/A
55. Crime and Punishment, The Iliad
56. Oh, there's been a few. The most recent was What Does Joan
Say? It was by Nancy Reagan's astrologer. Three words: Most.
Boring. Ever.
57. Atlas Shrugged. Very, very wordy and long winded. Also,
the works of Plato and Socrates, while interesting, make for very
tedious reads.
58. The Critique of Pure Reason by Kant [Nancy's Note: zowie!]
59..
The Man in the Iron Mask
60.
Anything you're forced to read is difficult.
In high school, that would be "Moby Dick," in college,
that would be my African politics textbooks.
I would read a sentence four or five times and still not have a
clue what they were trying to say.
59.
The Odyssey by Homer, oh my god. 62. Oh, there's been a few. The most recent was What Does Joan Say?
It was by Nancy Reagan's astrologer. Three words: Most. Boring. Ever.
What books do you keep intending to read but put off?
2.
One Hundred Years of Solitude and Life in the Time of
Cholera started many times,never finished. I'd like to
finish Code Breakers by David Kahn (half finished). Also,
Origins of Consciousness
3.
Cain and Abel by Lord Fisher, but I just ordered it from
amazon.com and this time I'm going to read it.
4.
A lot of the books I have never gotten all the way thorugh
5.
Some history/political books I have like Shadow (about the
presidents since watergate)
6.
n/a
7.
Pilgrim's Progress, Pride and Prejudice
8.
Vivekananda
9.
alot
10.
Ulysses, Gravity's Rainbow
11.
Doesn't happen. I read them or I don't.
12.
none open to as many as i can think of
13.
I have a stack of 10 beside me right now and a client just gave
me 3 others she wants me to read.
14.
Shakespeare (any), History of the World (Roberts), Lord
of the Rings series
15.
nothing comes to mind at the moment
16.
none
17.
Please Understand Me
18.
nutrition
19.
none
20.
I don't postpone reading
21.
Various long Russian novels
22.
Reviving Ophelia, Utopia, The Silmarillion, 3D Studio Max Bible
23.
My tarot books
24.
I generally read 5-6 books at a time, focusing and finishing with
the most relevant to my needs and interests at that time.
25.
The Illuminatus Trilogy, which I am right now plodding through -
the writing style is different from what I am used to.
26.
stuff on quantum physics....stuff that i want to take the time to
expiriment with...but never get any spare time...basically science
stuff
27.
William Makepeace Thackery. What can the problem be? The Color
Purple. I have started this book at least five times.
28.
most of my self help ones.
29.
N/A
30.
The Quran
31.
Origin of Species - Darwin ... started...stuck
32.
I have an ongoing list and just go through it. If I want to read
it, I do!
33.
Classics, Faye Kellerman, Stephen King
34.
have some Dawkins and a book by Francis Crick that have been there
awhile.
35.
Psychology books ( I use them mainly when I have questions about
the mind.)
36.
Books about astrology and esotheric subjects, that don't read like
a novel. Books that are not in my mother language.
37.
N/A
38.
A lot of nonfiction and classics; I have to force myself to read
it, probably because I feel like I'm supposed to, and that makes
me want to rebel. :)
39.
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice; Gibbons' Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire; Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian
War; (but I just bought a new copy of that one, so I'll probably
cross it off my list soon.
40.
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy, The Feast of All Saints
41.
literary prize winners
42.
Lord of the rings; most self-help books
43.
Farenheit 451, So, so, very many of them, but of course I
can't remember. If I could, I would remember to borrow them and
read them!
44.
some historic or popular books, aldous huxley
45.
N/A
46.
I read everything I want immediately, can´t put off anything.
When I do not feel attracted to a book, I never read it.
47.
My Chess book.
48.
None really
49.
The classics: Jane Eyre, Shakespeare. I'd like to read Walden
Pond but am waiting for the right time. Not sure what that is,
though!
50.
i NEVER turn away from a book!!
51.
Moby Dick
52.
My book list is ginormous, so there are books at the bottom of the
list that never see the light of day. However, I have become very
discriminating and if the book I am currently reading doesn't hold
me within the first half of the book, I move on down the line.
53.
Ulysses, The Indispensable Chomsy, Singer & His Critics, Anna
Karenina
54.
never put off reading, just don't have time for it
55.
Crime and Punishment, a Brave New World, the Da Vinci
Code; Harry Potter
56.
Hmmm...I've got some Alice Hoffman books somewhere that I keep meaning
to dig out. There's another about Appalachian ecology and living.
57.
The neverending story, Hitchiker's guide to the Galaxy, Sun
Tzu's Art of War
58.
Moby Dick
59.
(To finish: The Man in the Iron Mask) I'm pretty sure there's
another one in that series, and I'd like to read it too.
60.
The Iliad
61.
Anna Karenina, it's neem about two years now ...
62. Hmmm...I've got some Alice Hoffman books somewhere that I keep meaning to dig out.
There's another about Appalachian ecology and living.
Do you buy new or used books, paperback or hardcopies?
2. New
3.
either now that amazon.com is here I love to order used books
4.
Usually new
5.
Both
6.
n/a
7.
all of the above
8.
no
9.
new, used, paperbacks, hardbacks
10.
Yes! All of them!
11.
new, used, paperback and hardback.
12.
yes i have in the past
13.
I buy used books off amazon.com.
14.
All.
15.
I will buy used if a book I'm looking for is available that way.
16.
paperback/hardback, no to the other two
17.
Usually used books - I prefer hardcover for non-fiction or classics
but take what I can find!
18.
All
19.
no collectors items or leather( unless inexpensive) mostly used,
sometimes new, paperback and hardback
20.
Prefer new hardbacks
21.
Yes
22.
yes
23.
new and used, paperbacks and hardbacks
24.
All of the above.
25.
New and used, usually paperbacks, as I don't make great money, and
would rather have quantity rather than quality in this case.
26.
new,used,paperbacks,hardbacks
27.
Yes
28.
nothing fancy so long as its readable.
29.
only ordinary books, new or used, PB or HB
30.
Always new. Paperback or hardback, it doesn't matter.
31.
New mostly, sometimes used, paperbacks cheaper the better. Can't
afford nice ones =(.
32.
Mostly paperback, used and new.
33.
new.used,paperbakc
34.
I generally buy used paperbacks, unless it's a book I really want.
Leather volumes look nice but the content isn't any different, so
who cares.
35.
Sometimes
36.
all of that !
37.
N/A
38.
Yes. All of the above, but only if I'll actually read it. I'm primarily
a reader, not a collector.
39.
New and used, paperbacks and hardbacks
40.
new, used when I can't find a new one, usually paperbacks.
41.
new, used, paperbacks, hardbacks
42.
all sorts
43.
Well, I'm in college. I'm too poor to spend very much money on them,
but if I really want a book, I'll spend the money.
44.
i buy only new books - it doesnt matter what kind
45.
N/A
46.
would like to, but when a new book is published and I want it, I
do not have patience to wait. Paperbacks only for holidays, easy
reading (novels)
47.
New, used, and paperbacks.
48.
New or used, depending on the shape or the book, my budget, and
the book. Hardbacks are easier to keep in good shape, but paperbacks
are cheaper, and thinner, so they don't take up as much room.
49.
usu. used, paperbacks or library sale, book sale, cheap copies.
New books if i'm pretty sure i can't find it elsewhere
50.
Yes
51.
any
52.
I buy 'em all. I don't discriminate. Every form of book is welcome
in my library.
53.
All kinds
54.
N/A
55.
I will buy new or used, hard and paper (though I prefer paper if
I can find it)
56.
newused%3d: Mostly new - I cruise yard sales, garage sales, Goodwill.
I do have a local used bookstore I visit. I have to admit, though,
it's hard to pay half cover after paying a dime; quarter or fifty
cents for a hardback. I usually don't care whether it's hardback
or paper.
57.
Always new, always hardback. Paperbacks aren't real books.
58.
I buy whatever strikes my mood on a given day.
59.
N/A
60.
New and used, bookstores and online. Usually paperback, the cheapest I can get.
61.
I buy new, used, paperback and hardbacks. I don't really collect books, just the ones I love.
62. Mostly new - I cruise yard sales, garage sales, Goodwill.
I do have a local used bookstore I visit. I have to admit,
though, it's hard to pay half cover after paying a dime; quarter or fifty cents for a hardback.
I usually don't care whether it's hardback or paper.
How do you feel about writing in books, dog earing, etc.?
2.
I have found and English professors teach that writing, underlining,
etc. is a sign of engagement with the text and is very positive.
3.
I absolutely write in my books. I get very familiar with them. I
write notes and comments to the author, puts stars and exclamation
points, notes to myself. I tiurn the pages and also they usually
get in the tub with me so they are a little damp at times; swimming
pools and sunlight. I take my books with me everywhere. Naturally
these are paperbacks. That's what I love about paperbacks. I never
go back and read the things I've written but if I like something,
I underline it and read it over slowly for emphasis as I'm underlining.
It puts it in my mind permanently. I have a photographic memory.
I don't understand why there are "rules" against this.
I think it is the most natural way in the world to love something,
to put your hands on it, like bathing a baby. Never someone else's
though, of course!!
4.
If it is something I think is very important or strikes a chord,
it's my book so I will mark it. I would not think of writing in
a borrowed book.
5.
Fine. I write/highlight in non-fiction books all the time. Dog ear
all my books.
6.
n/a
7.
I never write in books. It was instilled in us to always respect
and care for them.
8.
havent thought about it
9.
If I'm going to keep it......doesn't bother me
10.
NEVER to a library book. My own books, writing in pencil only, unless
it's my name in the cover. I no longer dog ear, I stick little pieces
of paper between the pages I like.
11.
violent. Seeing someone else's notes is like someone talking to
you
when you are listening to the author.
12.
i like to keep them clean unless i put a note at the front
13.
I use my books. I underline. I often read in the hot tub and I don't
worry if they get wet.
14.
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15.
Ack! No!
16.
whatever floats your boat
17.
If it's my own book, and it will help me to understand or remember
things, I don't mind writing notes or highlighting key words or
phrases. I only dog ear magazines.
18.
I love clean books. I never could deface a book becuase I had to
keep it in perfect condition for resale.
19.
never ever in a library book, I use to underline but then I found
that when I reread that book I would notice that those things underlines
had no relevance to my present state of being and so now I journal
and write the paragraph, page and book in a seperate journal. Then
I have the best of both worlds.
20.
Enjoy it, provided it hasn't been marked by others and won't be
seen by anyone else
21.
It's all right to write in paperbacks or scholarly texts, but it's
better to keep one's books tidy
22.
Grrr ...
23.
Never, never, never
24.
I use a light yellow China marker (wax pencil) for highlighting.
25.
Blasphemy! I treat books like sacred objects, with great respect.
26.
goodness even with fiction if there is a really great statement
in it...it will be highighted...notes in margin...
27.
When I need to write in books I buy a copy just for that purpose
and keep my "readers" free from contamination.
28.
I will do it in the non fiction ones but not in the fiction ones.
[Nancy's comment: I agree with this. I hadn't realize I make this
distinction as well because I don't read much fiction.]
29.
strongly dislike
30.
I mark up books sparingly, but will readily do so when I want to
refer back. Good books will be in my possession until I die.
31.
HATE IT! my books are like in prime condition, if they came that
way, haha , i have problems...
32.
tend not to do that, used to highlight a lot.
33.
no way, flat bookmarks only please
34.
I had a terrible time in college with writing in my books. It really
bothers me. I try to keep books in as good a condition as I can.
I would write in a book (in pencil) before I'd dog ear a page.
35.
I can do essays pretty good
36.
I do that often. Gives me the feeling that I worked though that
book :-)
37.
N/A
38.
I don't care if it's my book and I did it or bought it used, but
that's an incredibly rude thing to do to someone else's property.
39.
I highlight and write the occasional note in non-fiction books;
otherwise, I leave them unmarked and unmolested.
40.
As long as it's yours and you don't mind it, nothing's wrong with
it.
41.
hate it
42.
dont mind - i have written in lots of books, and i always fold the
corners down
43.
I don't mind dog earing as long as you carefully un-dog ear. As
far as writing in books, it depends entirely upon the book. Some
books are just too special for that, but some can best be understood
with some careful writing.
44.
in science or popular books i liked to set marks with a pencil earlier
45.
N/A
46.
I used to write in books, don´t do it anymore, I do not know
why. Dog earing-yes.
47.
Love it! I do it all the time!
48.
Unacceptable. It really devalues the book.
49.
Writing lets me know what I liked about the book- I like reading
other's ideas & thoughts too. Obviously I don't do it to library
books without erasing later. Dog earing is how i know where i am.
50.
i believe it is an obligation on our part to "speak" to
our books just the same way we would speak to a person, by writing
in them, we may not always agree with things we read and we should
share our intellectual convictions with our books. otherwise it
becomes a very didactic exercise to read a book. i favour using
a bookmark as opposed to dog earing a bookj. [terrific,
I love it!! Nancy]
51.
I don't do any of those
52.
I see it as testament to my love for it. If I use it, it means I
am engaging in it which means it's influencing me which means it's
doing its job.
53.
I usually write in books
54.
couldn't care less, unless it's a "gift" book
55.
I dog ear everything, and note a few of the more difficult readings
56.
I am the queen of book marking. I underline, highlight, use post-its
as markers of things I want to remember, create my own index in
the front of the book, write in the margins...
57.
Books should never be written in. That's worse than grafitti. Folding
a page you're on is acceptable, however, although I personally tend
to simply memorize the page number and paragraph.
58.
It's essential, especially if the book will be read again
59.
Dog ears are okay with me, though I've been told not to many a time.
I'm not much of a writer, so writing isn't much of an issue.
60.
If it's an old book to be treated with reverence,
or a collector's edition, than writing and dog earing seems strangely sacriligious.
Otherwise, I think writing in books is great.
Underlining helps you remember the best parts,
or it shows you what someone else thought was the best parts.
And writing comments in the margin can be like holding a conversation with a book.
61.
I don't really care. Personnally, I don't do it and wouldn't want someone
to do it in my books.
62. I am the queen of book marking.
I underline, highlight, use post-its as markers of things I want to remember,
create my own index in the front of the book, write in the margins...
What is the first book you remember reading?
2.
A big book all by myself that I remember
reading one weekend was A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
Court. Children's books I remember are something about a mouse
on a frosted cake, Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham and The
Pokey Puppy. Richard Scarry's nursery rhymes were also favorites. "Dr. Fell" brought particular fear.
3.
I can't really recall. Oh, my aunt read us this awful book called
"Jerry and the Rose Colored Cat" (stupid). Also all the
books my father read us, The Boys' King Arthur, Just So
Stories, some Mother Goose, Grimm's Fairy Tales.
4.
The Wizard of Oz, given to me on my eighth Christmas, by
my Aunt
5.
Harriet the spy, Ramona the Pest, something like that
6.
n/a
7.
Heidi
8.
don't remember
9.
Lassie
10.
Some picture book about geological and evolutionary history presented
as a stage play.
11.
The Blue Palace
12.
matilda
13.
Dick and Jane. I loved Baby Sally. I wanted a cat. I did
not ever want a dog.
14.
It would be something from the Nancy Drew series
15.
Don't remember that far back
16.
ranger rick
17.
Boswell's Life Of Boswell
18.
Dick and Jane and Go, Dick, Go
19.
N/A
20.
A book on the Presidents
21.
Something by Beatrix Potter. It involved mice turning a kitten into
a pudding
22.
The Velveteen Rabbit
23.
Dick and Jane
24.
not sure
25.
The Girl with the Silver Eyes
26.
anne of green gables
27.
Rocky - Bull Elk of the Mountains.
28.
As a child in Elementary school I constantly read and reread a book
about Egypt and a book about Pegasus, but also remember reading
a book about outer space over and over again. I still like to reread
books, like I'm doing with the Harry Potter books, I just want to
BE there.
29.
school reader
30.
Pilot Down, Presumed Dead
31.
those Pirates series when i was 4 or 5, i was like addicted haha.
32.
Jane & Dick!!!!! [Nancy's note:
you go, girl!]
33.
Little House on the Prairie
34.
It was an ABC book that had something to do with colored dots.
35.
I think that is permanantly lost in the unconsious memory
36.
The Secret Garden. I don't remember the author, but I bet you must
know that being also a INFP :-)
37.
N/A
38.
Wish Bear's Book of Wonderful Wishes (I LOVED the Care Bears).
39.
The first school books I read were the Dick and Jane series. The
first book I can remember owning was a Little Golden Book: The
Rattle-Rattle Dump Truck. The first book I ever selected and
purchased for myself was Herbert Zim's Rocks and Minerals,
when I was 7 years old. I still have it.
40.
Green Eggs and Ham
41.
too long ago to remember
42.
cannot remember
43.
Snow. I don't remember who wrote it, but the first line reads
Snow! Snow! Look out at the snow. or something like that.
44.
children book from a slovak autor
45.
N/A
46.
The King of Time - huge book of german, eastern-european
and russian fairy tales
47.
Dick and Jane
48.
I have no idea. Probably a reader or something.
49.
Besides Dick & Jane, The Carolyn Haywood "Betsy"
books, Nancy Drews, Charlotte's Web,
50.
The adventures of winnie the Pooh!
51.
Tom Sawyer
52.
It's a tie. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shell Silverstein
and Where the Wild Things Are.
53.
N/A
54.
something like Dr. Seuss
55.
The Hobbitt
56.
N/A
57.
A book based around thet's a small world after all song,
I think.
58.
Go Dog Go! - In the Dr. Suess collection
59.
One of those Richard Scarry books. Or a John and Jane book.
60. I was four,
and it was a Dick and Jane-type where a boy named Jay went up a hill to fly his box kite.
61.
The Pokey Little Puppy.
Anything by Walter Farley (The Black Stallion) or Margaurite Henry
(Misty of Chincoteague)
Do you lend your books? Ever had to hire Large Louis from Chicago to get it back for you?
2.
No. Give maybe. Lend never. But that's just because few people ask
3.
Yes, I do. I frequently lend astrology books and Tarot books to
my students. I remember when I was learning and I couldn't afford
to buy textbooks, so that's why I make this a practice. It works
fine for me. They are always shocked at the condition of my books.
My textbooks have been read sometimes as often as ten times and
have notes in them and comments. One time I was getting my photograph
taken and the photographer who I'm sure was in love with me forced
a book on me, so I borrowed it. I read it by the pool and I guess
it got some water on it but I hardly noticed. I mailed it back to
him and he called to "confront" me with this dastardly
deed. So I bought a dozen of the book and gave it to all my friends.
I hate stingy people who live in little tiny worlds. So my rule
is NEVER NEVER NEVER to borrow from anyone else even though people
are almost always trying to foist books off on me. When I break
that rule, I am always sorry. Someone in a class just forced a magazine
on me and I promptly lost it. This must be something passive aggressive
on my part! I just hate to say no but usually have no intention
of reading it, I just don't have time.
4.
Yes and Yes
5.
I give my paperback fiction away when done with it. I've asked for
some back but never bothered to push it
6.
n/a
7.
I would rather buy someone their own copy than lend mine.
8.
no(i dont own any)
9.
no
10.
Sometimes. Actually I recently got in touch with an old friend I'd
had a falling out with years ago because she found a book I lent
and decided to return it, so lending books is good.
11.
I do. But now I'm careful. I'd have LIKED to have had a Large Louis
at times.
12.
always give books to people who will read them thats why i dont
have many
13.
No one has ever asked.
14.
Sometimes, but not often. I don't really like to.
15.
Rarely, and no.
16.
no
17.
I lend books and don't always get them back, but I try to be careful
about what I'm lending and to whom.
18.
NO. NEVER.
19.
If I want to share a book I will purchase a second copy and loan
that one. Never my original.
20.
No; will just give it away, but only to a few people
21.
Yes. Most people are pretty good about giving them back
22.
No
23.
Only to those I really trust to give them back
24.
I used to. But no more. I send a link to Amazon with recommended
book.
25.
I have about 8 loaned out at this time, and it makes me nervous.
26.
N/A
27.
I do only under the same circumstances other people would lend their
children or credit cards. [ROFL]
28.
I've lost too many books to lend them anymore.
29.
yes and no
30.
Nope.
31.
I don't like to, but to people who take care of them I do. It used
to come back damaged, and one hasnt come back at all!
32.
YES
33.
yes, to qualified friends only
34.
I lend out things I don't care about getting back.
35.
I sell some books I don't need anymore if thats what you mean
36.
Yes several times and knew lot people who also forgot to return
it.
37.
N/A
38.
Yes, and I AM Large Louise. :) If you steal one of my books, it
had better be because your plane crashed and you've been stranded
in the wilderness for six years, because otherwise I'll find you,
and you won't like it.
39.
Rarely, yes
40.
Occasionally, but I've never had a problem getting them back.
41.
lend sometimes but grieve if I don't get them back
42.
sometimes
43.
I lend. I only lend my favorite books to people I know I can trust.
I don't lend what I will be upset if I don't receive back.
44.
NEVER!!!!
45.
N/A
46.
I used to lend books, but usually forgot to whom and then did not
get it back. Now I lend my books only to people who I know very
well and live close to me. We often change our residence and Iots
of my books are lost, never came back. I do not keep books I do
not like, therefore losing a book is a shock for me.
47.
Yes to both. I write notes telling people that if there is a failure
to return the book, then there will be a charge.
48.
There are some people I will lend books to, some I refuse to. What
is a Large Louis?? [Nancy's Note: Meg, that's
a joke referring to a Mafia hitman ... back when Chicago was run
by Al Capone and all that.]
49.
Yes, to people i really know and trust- They've lent me books too.
I will gently bug people for my books back.
50.
I lend books only to a select Few within My select Few group of
friends. all of us belong to the same Brotherhood of 'reserved bookworms'
so we understand each other and the value we place on each others
books, So theres absolutely no need for Big Louis!!
51.
no
52.
I only lend my books to trusted friends. In the past, I refused
to lend any of them out for fear they would not be returned. Just
recently, I met another introvert who understands the value of books
and the trust involved with loaning them so he was loaned some of
them.
53.
Always lend them, never get them back
54.
nobody I know reads what I like to read
55.
Always, and I usually don't expect to get them back, I don't mind,
especially if my friend loans it to another friend and so forth.
56.
I hardly ever get them back.
57.
No, I don't have any friends to lend to! 58.
I only lend books to trusted friends. I've lost a good many books
over the years so the best tactic is not to lend them. 59.
I've loaned textbooks before, but no one has asked to borrow any
of my real books. Large Louis bailed me out a couple times with
the textbooks...
60. Occassionally.
61.
Hahaha...I lend them sometimes if others want to read them and they're
pretty good about giving them back. No - I hardly ever get them back.
What were your favorite books when you were a child?
2.
n/a
3.
I liked Nancy Drew. But I was frustrated with children's literature.
As soon as my reading skills got good enough I hid novels under
the covers and read at night and didn't want to stop to go to school
the next day. I read a huge book called The Tontine in jr.
high that I just loved. These people in historical times had a pool
on who was going to die the last and of course toward the end it
got very exciting. I also read and loved The Three Mustketeers
by Alexander Dumas. In the summer at my grandmother's house she
had a huge library that we could browse. As I look back on it, they
were all Victorian type of books, but I didn't know the idfference.
Every once in awhile she would take one away that I wasn't supposed
to be reading. I didn't know the difference there either.
4.
Grimm's and Anderson's Fairy Tales.
5.
Little Men, Little Britches, A day no pigs would die, To Kill
a Mockingbird
6.
n/a
7.
Classics like Heidi, Little Women, Gulliver's Travels, Swiss
Family Robinson, Anne of Green Gables...
8.
Enid blytons
9.
Nancy Drew
10.
Swallows and Amazons, Chronicles of Narnia
11.
Heidi, Black Beauty
12.
Rahl dahl stories , james and the giant peach etc
13.
Historical fiction. The Twins series - the Eskimo Twins, the Brazilian
Twins, Nancy Drew.
14.
Young adult series - Anne of Green Gables, Nancy Drew, Trixie
Belden, the Dana Girls. Little Women. Going a bit further
back, Cinderella.
15.
Anything by Dr. Seuss
16.
Tom Swift, Hardy Boys
17.
Anne of Green Gables, the Little House books
18.
Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys
19.
I don't remember much of my childhood that wasn't tramatic.
20.
Biographies, psychology
21.
Dominic, by William Steig, The Chronicles of Narnia
22.
The Velveteen Rabbit, anything about animals and nature,
Snot Stew, The Boxcar Kids, manga
23.
The Bobsey Twins, Nancy Drew (mysteries and whodunits, of
course!)
24.
I don't remember reading much or being read to. My family did not
read books.
25.
Dragon books by Jane Yolen, Anne McCaffrey. Wrinkle in Time series
by Madelien L'Engle.
26.
don't remember
27.
The public library.
28.
See above. :) Also loved any about horses or dogs
29.
about chemistry and physics
30.
Pilot Down, Presumed Dead; Mystery on the Rancho Grande; Pinocchio;
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
31.
Enid Blyton.. Famous 5 was wicked and so was the Enchanted
Forest. Roald Dahl as well, everything.
32.
Nancy Drew series
33.
comedies
34.
The Secret Garden and The Little Princess were two
of my favorites. I read The Boxcar Children over and over.
I also loved The Chronicles of Narnia.
35.
Goosebumps
36.
The Secret Garden, Crusade in Jeans, The Nine Lives
37.
N/A
38.
I was obsessed with horses until I was about fifteen, so my first
favorites were the Black Stallion series by Walter Farley.
39.
Bartholomew and the Oobleck, by Dr. Seuss; all of the Freddy
the Pig books; the Tom Swift books; the Hardy Boys.
40.
The Babysitter's Club series, the Boxcar Children
41.
different books for different stages. the Beatrix Potter books,
Ameliaranne, Chalet School and Abbey School, Malcolm Saville (all
UK type books)
42.
too many to list - Narnia chronicles; Anne In the Moon by
Frances & Francis;
43.
The Little House Books, The Chronicles of Narnia, Roald Dahl
44.
mythology books - especially greek, nordic, russian
45.
N/A
46.
Andersen´s and brother Grimm´s fairy tales,
later Anne of Green Gables, Bronte Jane Eyre and
Wuthering Heights, the Bible, anatomy books, encyclopedias of
nature, history and art, all adult books my parents had, books about
sexuality (they were well hidden, but I knew where and put them
back when my parents were coming)
47.
I didn't like to read when I was a child.
48.
??
49.
Nancy Drews, Trixie Beldon, Alcott's Little Women &
Eight Cousins series, Narnia, The Family Nobody Wanted by
Helen Doss, Snowbound With Betsey by Carolyn Haywood,
The Story of the Von Trapp Family Singers by Maria Von Trapp.
During my early to mid teens I was hooked on Jean Plaidy's historical
fiction of England and Europe's Royalty. It's how I know my European
history as much as i do. Heidi - and the sequels- even went
to Heidiland when we went to Europe. Still need to climb that mountain
though!
50.
Winnie the Pooh, +Friends, The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian
Andersen, Mother Goose, Aesops fables, the list could
go on and on...
51.
Tom Sawyer
52.
Where the Wild Things Are, The Tripods Trilogy, Where
the Sidewalk Ends, The Babysitters Club, Clifford:
The Big Red Dog
53.
A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels, The Giver, Chronicles
of Narnia
54.
Alice in Wonderland, books on horses, fairy tales
55,
56, 57, 58. N/A
60.
A few are really remember liking are Number the Stars, Where the Red Fern Grows, Matilda, and the Laura Ingalls books.
I also read all the Babysitters Club and Sweet Valley High books.
61.
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine was the all
favourite and I was also partial to When Sara Smiled.
62. Harry Potter
What children's books do you most enjoy as an adult?
2. See two questions ago and also I was CRAZY FOR THE RAMONA
SERIES BOOKS
3. I'm a little out of touch right now. I love the illustrations
in children's book, too. I tend to stick with the classics, the
Victorian classics. I loved Laura Ingalls Wilder books.
4. n/a
5. Same as right above.
6. n/a
7. Little House on the Prairie series
8. archies,tintin
9. Harry Potter
10. Swallows and Amazons. Lemony Snicket isnt bad either.
Don't like the Narnia books anymore.
11. The Lion, The witch and the wardrobe
12. rahl dahl books
13. I don't. I think the illustrations are spectacular, but I
could write a better one, and I intend to.
14. Same as above.
15. Anything by Dr. Seuss
16. no
17. Teen novels
18. The Little Prince and Seuss' green Eggs and Ham
19. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
20. None
21. Dominic, by William Steig, The Chronicles of Narnia
22. The Velveteen Rabbit, Harry Potter
23. Harry Potter, any of Dr. Seuss--he rules!
24. Velveteen Rabbit, and Wizard of Oz
25. The above.
26. one that i can get theatrical about when i read out loud
27. Grimm's Fairy Tales (the annotated editions with none of the
gory parts left out). [YES!!!]
28. I still love all the same as when I was a child plus the HP
series and Anne of Green gables series which I also own.
29. none
30. I enjoy them all!
31. Harry Potter! Enid Blytons still and Roald Dahl's Charlie
and the Choc Factory.
32. JRR Tolkien series, C. S. Lewis
33. Harry Potter
34. The King Who Rained by Fred Gwynne and Hooway for
Wodney Wat by Helen Lester. Plus the ones I mentioned above
(although probably not the Boxcar Children at this point).
35. Harry Potter, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,
Alice, The Phantom Tollbooth
36. Jip and Janneke
37. N/A
38. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
39. I'm still a hugh Freddy the Pig aficianado.
40. The Little Prince
41. N/A
42. the Dark materials troliogy by Philip Pullman; SE Hinton
books are always good to re-read
43. The Chronicles of Narnia, most of the Newberry type
classics
44. harry potter
45. N/A
46. Harry Potter, Andersen´s fairy tales, Saint Exupery´s
Little Prince
47. Belle Prater's Boy, The Hundred Dresses, Crow Boy, Bunnicula,
The Lord Of The Rings.
48. Hmm
49. Harry Potter, Narnia, The Blue CAstle by L M
Montgomery, Gordon Korman's books for a laugh, Swiss Family Robinson,
Heidi, Historical fiction and biographies- they tell an event
or time period well in a short novel,leaving out sordid details
boring times etc.
50. Aesops fables --they never lose their relevence
51. Tom Sawyer
52. Anything by Francesca Lia Block, The Tripods Trilogy,
Harry Potter
53. Harry Potter
54. N/A
55. Lord of the Rings, Dragolance
fantasies
56.
Anything by Walter Farley (The Black Stallion) or Margaurite Henry
(Misty of Chincoteague)
57.
The Time Life Series of book called A Child's First Library of
Learning I read all over them cover to cover over and over and
over and over. :) [that's the sweetest thing! Nancy]
58.
My old learning books.A
60.
I'm still a sucker for good children's books.
Harry Potter is fantastic.
I also like the Hobbit, The Giver, A Little Princess, and anything by Roald Dahl.
59.
Richard Scarry books, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the
Rings + The Hobbit...
61.
Not quite an adult yet but I'd have to say Harry Potter.
62. Harry Potter and Neil Gaiman's books
What books would you especially recommend to young people?
2.
Don't know. Carl the dog? Flashman series is great for pre-teens
and teens. Ramona series for girls. Encyclopedia Brown I enjoyed.
Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein for the little ones.
3.
Don't know. I hate recommending books to people. I take it very
personally if they don't read them or worse yet, read them and don't
like them, and so why ruin a friendship!! As a teacher, if I recommend
a book I consider "the Bible" and they don't read it or
don't like it, it annoys me, so I don't put myself or them in that
position. I basically feel, too, that people should find their own
reading. It develops intuition and shouldn't be an outside or directional
thing.
4.
n/a
5.
Same as right above.
6.
n/a
7.
Little House on the Prairie, Little Britches
8.
enid blytons
9.
Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia
10.
Swallows and Amazons, and to read adult books not "young
adult" [Nancy's note: AMEN TO THAT!]
11.
Black Beauty.
12.
rahl dahl books and asterix if you count them as a book [Nancy's note: Asterix is a comic book popular throughout
Europe.]
13.
The classics.
14.
Same as above.
15.
Anything by Dr. Seuss
16.
no
17.
N/A
18.
Spiritual books
19.
Same as above
20.
Only reading to discover what they would enjoy reading
21.
Dominic, by William Steig, The Chronicles of Narnia
22.
The Velveteen Rabbit, Harry Potter, Snot Stew, Lord of the Rings
23.
Laura Ingalls Wilder--Little House on the Prarie Series;
JRR Tolkein The Hobbit
24.
Velveteen Rabbit, Wizard of Oz, books on nature and
art
25.
N/A
26.
whatever your interest....we aren't all the same with what appeals
to us
27.
The Bible, Authorized King James Version. Even if a child
is not Christian, it is impossible to really understand and appreciate
pre-1950 English language literature without a pretty broad familiarity
with the Bible. The KJV is particularly useful because such a huge
number of quotes from this version turn up in literature. In addition,
becoming familiar with the sentence structure of the KJV makes later
literature easy to understand. Of course, the Bible is also
the word of God and a close knowledge of it may prevent the little
darlings from burning in Hell. [ROFL ... have
you read In the Beginning? I enjoyed it immensely and have
often meant to read the Bible for the very reasons you have mentioned
... I was an English literature major ... still on my list, see
above]
28.
The same as the ones I read.
29.
none
30.
Disney books; Jonathan Livingston Seagull
31.
Roald Daaahl
32.
Any by the above authors
33.
Harry Potter, Judy Bloom
34.
I don't know. It would depend on the young person.
35.
Watership Down
36.
The same as above.
37.
N/A
38.
The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander (a.k.a. the Black
Cauldron series)
39.
Not sure, other than the Freddy books.
40.
N/A
41.
Margaret Mahy books, books that play on words so that kids can have
fun with them and learn as well
42.
The above, and Narnia chronicles; Kitchen by Banana
Yoshimoto
43.
The Phantom Tollbooth; Gone-Away Lake; Return to
Gone-Away
44.
harry potter and books from michael ende (although he is maybe more
for the adults)
45.
NA
46.
all above mentioned, but I think young people must find themselves.
47.
The Hundred Dresses, Crow Boy
48.
N/A
49.
Historical fiction, Little House, Narnia, Harry Potter, Teens:
The Wealthy Barber- or other general financial book
50.
Victor Hugo- He is God, Doestovesky if ur a bit more mature,
51.
Tom Sawyer
52.
Science Fiction and Fantasy books, Self-Help books, Biographies
53.
Harry Potter
54.
N/A
55.
The Lord of the Rings, anything as long as they enjoy it.
56.
N/A
57.
Time Life's A child's first library of learning books.
58.
The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings + The
Hobbit... (have I said those enough yet? :-P)
59. N/A
60. Hmmmm....
Sideways Stories, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle,
Ella Enchanted, and any Lois Lowry or Roald Dahl books.
61. n/a
62. Harry Potter and Neil Gaiman's books
Do you ever read the ending first?
2.
Sometimes when I can't wait I've read it in the midde
3.
Absolutely not. I would not insult an author that way. Well, ok,
once I did!~
4.
never
5.
NO. NEVER. That would ruin the entire book for me.
6.
n/a
7.
now and then, if it's a book I am tiring of
8.
never
9.
no
10.
Seldom but not never.
11.
N/A
12.
never i hate that
13.
Never. Absolutely never. Not once have I read the ending first.
That wouldn't be right.
14.
No
15.
No.
16.
no
17.
No!
18.
Sometimes
19.
No
20.
Rarely; don't really enjoy fiction
21.
Only when I'm reading Joseph Conrad ... I need to know if all that
suffering is worth it! [Nancy's note: hilarious!
especially since Conrad was one of my favorite writers in college]
22.
Sometimes
23.
NEVER!!
24.
yes
25.
Never
26.
no
27.
Never
28.
NEVER!!!! LOL
29.
no
30.
Never
31.
Yes but it never makes sense , so i don't do it anymore
32.
Mostly every word, but have been known to skip parts.
33.
Never
34.
I try not to, although if I'm having a hard time staying interested
in the book, it is an option.
35.
If its really good, yes
36.
in study books I do, but in novels I'd rather not.
37.
N/A
38.
Once in a while, but I always regret it later.
39.
No.
40.
No!!
41.
frequently - how else do you decide if it's worth reading or not?
42.
NEVER!!!!
43.
sometimes the last paragraph, but never more than the last page.
44.
yes - but it was an exception
45.
N/A
46.
I try not to, but did it a few times.
47.
No. Never.
48.
Rarely. It ruins the rest of the book.
49.
Not usually.
50.
Never- i have been known to discontinue reading if i know a books
conclusion.
51.
Never
52.
Absolutely not, it spoils the surprise and sense of completion
53.
Sometimes, if the suspense is too great
54.
no, I don't read those kinds of books
55.
never
56.
Never!
57.
Never, that's a terrible thing to do! The writer is trying to draw
you into his world, and that world is destroyed if you don't follow
the proper flow of things!
58.
One time I did that. It didn't really help.
59.
N/A
60.
Never first. But I will skip ahead to the ending if I decide the book
isn't worth wading through.
61.
I used to! But I've mended my ways and managed to resist the temptation
Never!
DUELING BOOKS Did you ever agree to read the book somebody was pushing on you if they would read one for you in exhange? What were the books?
2.
no
3.
My daughter wanted me to read several books and I feel bad because
I still didn't finish them. My sister and I used to try and get
each other to read but we didn't do it that way.
4.
n/a
5.
No. I did have one guy who's very political say he wanted me to
read something, and I thought "I've got a whole library for
you to read!"; but seriously -- an entire book? Who's going
to read an entire book on a subject they don't like? And if you
have to push it on them, would it REALLY change their mind, or just
annoy them further?
6.
N/A
7.
no
8.
N/A
9.
N/A
10.
Nope but thats an idea
11.
No. I read a page and if it doesn't pull me in, it's gone. And I
don't force others.
12.
no never , have read rccomendations
13.
No
14.
No. I agree to read what they're pushing on me, but I don't require
that they read one in return.
15.
No. But a co-worker and I once did a "book trade" where
we would each read something recommended by the other without any
advance knowledge of what the book was about. I read Vertical
Run by Joseph Garber, he read Voice of the Whirlwind
by Walter Jon Williams. We both enjoyed the selections.
16.
N/A
17.
That's never happened, but I've had people lend me books I didn't
ask for. Sometimes I read them, sometimes I just return them after
holding onto them for a period of time. [Janet,
I don't have you email, but I want you to know I feel the same way!]
18.
Never
19.
The Book of Morman to me and The Sacrad Feminine from
me. They didn't agree to mine. I did read theirs.
20.
No
21.
No
22.
No
23.
No
24.
No
25.
No
26.
no,keep away from others
27.
No. I don't negotiate recreational reading. Ever. [Are you sure you don't want to read In the Beginning ?
... ROFL]
28.
I've never had this opportunity but I would try it.
29.
no
30.
no
31.
no
32.
no
33.
no
34.
no
35.
No, But we did read Tuesdays With Morrie as a school project
36.
Books from the orange fellows: Hare Krishna etc.
37.
N/A
38.
Yes; I read The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye, and my friend
read Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede; then, I got
my mom to read Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey by
agreeing to read The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.
39.
I agreed to read something that my daughter-in-law had enjoyed,
and she would read My Antonia, by Willa Cather. I absolutely
hated the book she recommended (something about a medieval cathedral-builder
and the squalid times in which he lived and died). I don't think
she particularly cared for My Antonia, either.
40.
Yes. I promised to read a fantasy mini-series (forget the name)
if my friend read the Vampire Chronicles
41.
no
42.
no never
43.
I don't think I ever did.
44.
yes - my wife "pushed" me to read some books, but she
couldnt read mine, because they are in german
45.
N/A
46.
No. But I like reading books somebody recommends, in case we have
similar taste, then I´m grateful if I like the book, because
there are many books I haven´t read yet and do not know about
them. Reading book somebody else recommends is a good way how to
know him well - Tell me what you read and I tell you who you are.
47.
No.
48.
No.
49.
N/A
50.
No
51.
yes, Harry Potter for me to read, Prayer for Owen Meany
for my girlfriend to read
52.
He pushed Perv: A Love Story. I pushed Great Lines from
Film Noir.
53.
Sure! I read some religious books for a friend, so that he would
read Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground - mostly just to keep him
motived to read by appealing to his interest in Russian lit.
54.
no
55.
Timequake in exchange for a Game of Thrones
56.
It's never happened.
57.
No, never.
58.
No
59.
No.
60.
N/A
61.
60.
I don't remember them ever agreeing to read one
of mine exchange but I remember being pushed into reading It's never happened.
Have you ever read a book more than once?
2.
Yes. Catch 22. Some David Sedaris books. Autobiography
of Malcolm X and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
also; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, The Trial
by Kafka.
3.
yes, Faust by Goethe; anything by Shakespeare I try to read
at least three times before seeing the play (which is usually why
I'm reading it in the first place)
4.
N/A
5.
Yes, but I need a LONG time span inbetween. And I would not read
a mystery book more than once.
6.
N/A
7.
yes
8.
yes
9.
yes
10.
Yes, if it's a good book usually you get more out of it.
11.
Yes.
12.
no
13.
When I'm studying. For instance I have "read" Emotional
Intelligence and other books in my field (coaching) until I've
practically memorized it all.
14.
Not lately, but I used to do it all the time. Now there are too
many books that I want to read to go back and read books over, but
there are plenty I wouldn't hestitate to read over if I had time
or if they were all that were available.
15.
N/A
16.
yes
17.
Lots of times! When I was a kid I read books over and over and over!
18.
Yes
19.
The Tibetian Book of Living and Dying, The Stand,
Pema Chodron's When Things Happen, The Great Gatsby,
The Milagro Beanfield War and more.
20.
Yes
21.
Absolutely. If a book is really worthwhile, you can read it over
and over and find new things to enjoy.
22.
Yes
23.
Duh, of course. I've read MOST of my books more than once. I have
read JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings once a year since
I was in 6th grade.
24.
yes
25.
There are many, many books that I re-read on a continuing basis,
at varying intervals, ranging from a few months to a few years.
The Dune series by Frank Herbert, the Necroscope series by Brian
Lumley, many of Robert A. Heinlein's best. Non-Fiction: The Ethical
Slut, The New Bottoming Book, The Tao of Zen.
26.
as mentioned above i'm a taxi driver....i have a backpack that i
take to work with me and sometimes it has had maybe a dozen books
in it...but usually they would be non-fiction and i needed to have
them all incase i needed to cross reference something....
27.
Most of the time I have two going. Not counting work/school type
stuff, the most I had going was eight or nine.
28.
yes yes yes, all the time, the above mentioned and I'll also reread
Watchers by dean Koontz. I always feel sad when I'm done
reading it because I miss the characters. Am I insane? [sweet ... I imagine that is music to an author's ears]
29.
no
30.
Yes, I read The House of the Spirits; by Isabel Allende twice.
The first time was in Spanish, the second time was in English. I
wanted to see if the English translation was as good as the original
(it wasn't).
31.
Yes practically all the books I own I've read at *least* twice.
32.
Oh boy. I've read literally hundreds more than once. Mostly self-helf
type
33.
no
34.
Yes, but mostly when I was a kid. The favorites I listed above I
read over and over. I liked them because they were so real to me.
When I was a teenager, Lake Wobegon Days really helped me
understand why small town people act the way they do (I grew up
on a farm). It made it funny instead of depressing.
35.
Harry Potter, fro its inkling overtones. Watership Down because
of its socio-political critique. The Last Unicorn, for its
look at human nature
36.
I hardly never read a book more than once, but I reread The Secret
Garden as a child several times. I really adored that book.
O yes and The Nine Lives also, a book about different magical
worlds.
37.
N/A
38.
I've read The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown,
both by Robin McKinley, about forty times a piece. I read most good
books at least three or four times, but those two are my record
holders.
39.
Lots: Moby Dick, several Dickens books, The Magic Mountain,
a number of biographies, many of my favorite Sci-Fi novels. They're
like old friends; I just need to get together with them from time
to time.
40.
Yes! The Little Prince- every time you read it, you get something
new. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy- I had practically
forgotten it. (Read it if you like a Monty Python crazy kind of
humor!) Dracula- Vampires have always fascinated me, so why
not the one which started it all? Harry Potter- need I say more?
41.
yes - Lord of the Rings (about 7 - 8 times) because it said
something different to me each time. Sometimes I re-read books by
mistake and still enjoy them, but I can't remember which books.
If a book's well written with a good plot, I never have a problem
revisiting it. Can easily reread authors like Jane Austen.
42.
I always re-read books if I love them enough.. all the ones i have
mentioned (apart from the current one) i have read over.
43.
I've read lots of books more than once. I read The Witch of Blackbird
Pond at least twice, The Phantom Tollbooth at least three
times, etc.
44.
only very few. illias and odyssei, some other myths
and legends. the red lion by maria szepes.
45.
N/A
46.
I read more than one time most of the books I have. All above mentioned,
I open them when I feel like reading parts of the book again, find
certain lines or read it once more again.
47.
Yes. I have read Crow Boy, The Hundred Dresses, and Belle
Prater's Boy several times. I teach these books to my students.
I read the Bible frequently for personal enjoyment.
48.
Yes, a number of books. Most simply because they were good books,
and I had no new books to read.
49.
Oh yes. The characters are my friends. I want to revisit them. Also,
I may learn something I missed the first time. YOu want my list???
Here are some: The Chronicles of Narnia- I wanted to live
there as a teen
Anne
of Green Gables series
Little
Women series
Harry
Potter series- I want to live in his world
The
Blue Castle by LM Montgomery- I liked how she started living
when she stopped listening to everyone else's ideas about how she
was to live her life.
The
Story of the Von Trapp Family Singers- They seemed like a lovely
family to belong to and this way I could.
Orson
Scott Card's: Enchantment, Homecoming Series- His indepth
character study and philosophical ideas
Other
well loved children's books- to share them with my son Nonfiction
books: to remember what I learned before, to remotivateme i.e.,
the scriptures, Homeschooling books 50.
Les Miserables- The story of all Human Life is contained in
it. I would go to my Funeral Pyre with it on my Heart.
51.
yes Tom Sawyer
52.
The Secret History I read twice because the style is sophisticated
yet accessible. The plot is engaging. The Tripods Trilogy
I read twice because it was my introduction to the genre via a beloved
grade school teacher.
53.
Oh, almost always I'm reading at least 2 books at one time, sometimes
up to four. Sometimes it is because I am reading some books for
leisure and others as coursework, but often it is because I get
tired of one story and need to move on, or because one book is a
better quick read when another is a more long term project to finish.
54.
N/A
55.
the Legend of Huma; when I was a teenager, the main character
is so close to my perfect hero that I wanted to read more about
him (it is however a book with no sequels with that character, as
he dies in the end) so I simply read it again and again
56.
I have tons of books I have read more than a few times. The Education
of Little Tree - it reminds me a little of my own childhood
in the country. It also has little bits of Cherokee ways in it -
it reminds me to pay attention to the trees and hills. Charles deLint's
Memory and Dream is a story I have wondered myself, since I
am an artist: what if the paintings you create could come to life?
II've also read Neil Gaiman's books several times over, especially
Neverwhere - it's just a great story. Jonathan Livingston
Seagull is another one - I think I've gone through six copies
so far. It reminds me that I don't have to go with the flock. I
do have choices.
57.
I have read all of the Harry Potter books twice, because the world
of magic is just too good to leave behind
58.
Yes - I've read Twenty Years After, by Dumas, several times.
I like to retreat back to its story during difficult times as it
allows me to remember a simlpier time.
59.
The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings + The
Hobbit... I've read each of the books here dozens of times.
I've gotten to the point of becoming a pevensie, sailing to the
end of the world, paddling up waterfalls, and flying on a Lion's
breath; I've also gotten used to hunting in Mirkwood, stealing cups
from dragons, singing away a barrow wight, and dining with a were-bear.
Farmer
Giles of Ham was good. Also, I have read Dune least four
times, because it's world of politics, betrayal, religion, and Sci-Fi
is just so wonderful.
60. I re-read most books, especially funny books and good novels.
They're even better brain candy the second and third times around.
61. I read most books more than once. Ella Enchanted is falling apart from it
and another that I can't get enough of is Jame Eyre, especially the line that goes
something like, "Jane, you strange, almost unearthly thing…"
62. I have tons of books I have read more than a few times. The Education
of Little Tree - it reminds me a little of my own childhood in the country.
It also has little bits of Cherokee ways in it - it reminds me to pay attention to the
trees and hills. Charles deLint's Memory and Dream is a story I have wondered myself,
since I am an artist: what if the paintings you create could come to life? I've also read
Neil Gaiman's books several times over, especially Neverwhere - it's just a great story.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is another one - I think I've gone through six copies so far.
It reminds me that I don't have to go with the flock. I do have choices.
What frequently recommended books have you been unable to finish?
2.
As already mentioned, anything by Gabrial Garcia Marquez.Recommended
books I wouldn't even try: Ulysses, War and Peace, Dr. Zhivago
(although I like the Russians in general very much).
3.
A Wrinkle in Time which my daughter wanted me to read. It's
been fifteen years and I still haven't finished it. I feel bad about
this but you can see that I don't like being asked to read something!!
I keep it on the shelf and everytime I move or dust, I think I really
should read it. So I don't ever ask anyone else either. There's
a book about psychics and the alphabet that many have recommended
to me, but it just seems too feminist to me.
4.
The Lovely Bones. I thought it was a terrible story and a
total downer. And "they" are still talking about it. Just
because the girl is in "Heaven" and seems to be ok I guess
othe's find it wonderful, gag me with a spoon. It's just a different
twist on a perverted disaster.
5.
Non-fictional stuff, or fiction that has too much descriptive stuff
in it (doesn't move along). No names come to mind.
6.
N/A
7.
War and Peace, Dr. Zhivago
8.
i dont like people recommending books
9.
Atkins for Life
10.
In the Skin of a Lion, David Copperfield (good but I got
distracted by exams), Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,
the bible
11.
I know there have been some, but I'm darned if I remember....
12.
none
13.
I use my intuition, so any that I have started, I finish, and they've
been good.
14.
I usually manage to eventually finish a book, whether I enjoy it
or not. Have to have that sense of completion.
15.
Can't think of anything.
16.
guns, germs and steel
17.
N/A
18.
Scientific ones
19.
The Iliad, Dante's Inferno
20.
Always something on the best seller list
21.
I tried to read Nostromo by Joseph Conrad, and I just couldn't
do it. [Nancy's note: That's one I never read.]
22.
Dunno
23.
Recently, Foucault's Pendulum
24
and 25. N/A
26.
don't give a hoot about what other people recommend
27.
The Color Purple. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.
Any of The Ten Stupid Things... books. The Rubyfruit Jungle.
The Bridges of Madison County. There are more. [How
about In the Beginning?]
28.
I've never read any of the below! Am I sheltered? LOL Although I
love Gone with the Wind, tried to read it as a teenager but
never got through it.
29.
all!
30.
Wuthering Heights
31.
Umm...nothing. Okay I skipped a large chunk of The Two Towers
for LOTR. Haha.
32.
Real Boys by William Pollack...I was crying too hard.
33.
N/A
34.
I don't pay much attention to recommendations. If the subject matter
sounds interesting to me, then I'll read it.
35.
N/A
36.
The Lord of The Rings and The Little Friend of Donna Tartt.
They are still waiting for me on the bookshelf.
37.
N/A
38.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman; I just can't get into
it, even though everyone says the main character is exactly like
me. I think that might be the problem, myself... :)
39.
Ulysses, Gravity's Rainbow, Lonesome Dove.
40.
The Silmarillion (too much tell, not enough show)
41.
N/A
42.
White Teeth
43.
The Great Gatsby, As I Lay Dying
44.
countless!!! lately JRR Tolkien
45.
N/A
46.
I finish all books I start to read.
47.
I don't believe in buying a book, and reading a book, just because
it is recommended. I am also not familiar with book recommendations,
so I really cannot say.
48.
??
49.
N/A
50.
I FINISH MY BOOKS. PERIOD; Not finishing a book is tantamount to
ignoring it. i believe books would feel the same way about being
ignored as people would.. It should be a Capital offence to not
finish a book.!
51.
N/A
52.
Don Quixote, Crime and Punishment, etc. Unfortunately, some
of the classics don't hold up for me.
53.
Don Quixote
54.
nobody recommends books to me
55.
Any book I start I finish (sometimes it takes me awhile though)
56.
N/A
57.
I always finish any book I start.
58.
N/A
59.
None... I just haven't started them. (Most of them... I was supposed
to have finished the Aeneid for a class, but that didn't
go so well...)
60.
N/A
61.
I came close to not finishing Eragon/I>, I hated it. But I try to push myself to finish.
That doesn't mean that I haven't been dissatisfied about recommended books though!
62. N/A
Which of these world classics did you actually plow through at one time or other in your life?
2. Iliad
3.
I think all of them except Atlas Shrugged, Les Miserables and
Moby Dick.
4.
Les Miserables, Atlas Shrugged, Gone with the Wind
5,
6.
N/A
7.
The Iliad, TheOdyssey, Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, Gone with the Wind
8.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, War and Peace, Ulysses, Les Miserables,
Atlas Shrugged, Gone with the Wind, Churchill's History of England,
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
9.
N/A
10.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, Aeneid
11.
War and Peace, Moby Dick, Gone with the Wind
12.
The Iliad, The Odyssey
13.
The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Dante's Inferno, Paradise Lost, Ulysses,
Les Miserables, Atlas7t Shrugged, Moby Dick, Gone with the Wind
14.
War and Peace, Ulysses, Les Miserables, Moby Dick and Gone with
the Wind. Comments: I own The Iliad, The Odyssey, and
an abridged version of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Just haven't gotten around to reading them yet.
15.
Atlas Shrugged
16.
.Atlas Shrugged
17.
Gone with the Wind
18.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, Aeneid, Ulysses, Gone with the Wind
19.
The Odyssey, Ulysses, Goethe's Faust, Moby Dick, Gone
with the Wind
20.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, Dante's Inferno, Paradise Lost,
Ulysses, Les Miserables, Atlas Shrugged, Gone with the Wind, Churchill's
History of England, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
21.
The Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Dante's Inferno, Paradise
Lost, Goethe's Faust, Les Miserables, Moby Dick, Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire
22.
The Iliad, Aeneid, Les Miserables, Gone with the Wind
23.
War and Peace, Les Miserables, Moby Dick, Gone with the Wind
24.
Atlas Shrugged, Remembrance of Things Past
25.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, Dante's Inferno, Ulysses
26.
The Iliad, Moby Dick and Gone with the Wind
27.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, Aeneid, Dante's Inferno, Paradise
Lost, War and Peace, Ulysses, Les Miserables, Atlas Shrugged, Moby
Dick, Gone with the Wind, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
[she wins!]
28.
N/A
29.
Churchill's History of England
30.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, Aeneid, Ulysses, Moby Dick
31.
The Odyssey, War and Peace, Les Miserables, Moby Dick, Gone with
the Wind
32.
The Odyssey, Atlas Shrugged and Gone with the Wind
33.The
Odyssey, Dante's Inferno, Paradise Lost, Moby Dick
34.
The Odyssey, Dante's Inferno, Ulysses, Les
Miserables, Atlas Shrugged, Gone with the Wind
35.
Moby Dick
36.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, Aeneid
37.
The Iliad, Dante's Inferno, Paradist Lost, Goethe's
Faust, War and Peace, Les Miserables, Atlas Shrugged, Gone with
the Wind, Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples,
Decine and Fall of the Roman Empire
38.
The Iliad, Dante's Inferno, Goethe's Faust, Churchill's History
of the English Speaking Peoples
39.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Dante's Inferno, Paradise
Lost, Goethe's Faust, War and Peace, Les Miserables, Atlas
Shrugged, Moby Dick, Gone with the Wind
40.
The Odyssey
41.
Paradise Lost and Gone with the Wind
42
and 43.
N/A
44.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Dante's Inferno, Goethe's
Faust, Moby Dick, Churchill's History of the English
Speaking Peoples, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
45.
N/A
46.The
Iliad, The Odyssey, Dante's Inferno, Paradise Lost, Goethe's
Faust, War and Peace, Ulysses, Les Miserables, Moby Dick, Gone with
the Wind
47.The
Odyssey
48.
N/A
49.
Les Miserables, Gone with the Wind
50.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, Dante's Inferno, Goethe's>
Faust, Les Miserable, Moby Dick, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
51.N/A
52.The
Iliad, The Odyssey, Dante's Inferno
53.
iliad, odyssey, aeneid, dante's inferno, atlas shrugged
54.
N/A
55.
The Iliad, Crime and Punishment, The Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire
57.
The Aeneid, Dante's Inferno, Atlas Shrugged, Gone with
the Wind
58.Dante's
Inferno. Goethe's Faust, Paradise Lost, War and Peace,
Atlas Shrugged, Les Miserables, Gone with the Wind
59.
The Iliad, The Odyssey, Dante's Inferno, Moby Dick
60.
The Aeneid, Dante's Inferno, Les Miserables, Moby Dick
The Iliad, The Odyssey, Dante's Inferno, Moby Dick
61. The Odyssey and Gone with the Wind
62. The Aeneid, Dante's Inferno, Atlasd Shrugged,
Gone with the Wind
What other favorite books of yours are extremely long?
2.
n/a
3.
The Tontine, as I said, The Penguin History of the World
by J. M. Roberts, several Russian history books which I could hardly
put down, Thomas Mann: Eros and Literature by Anthony Heilbut
and The Moment of Self Portraiture: The German Renaissance in
Art by Joseph Koerne, which I did not finish. I should put that
up where there are books I'm going to finish someday. It was about
Albrecht Duerer and fabulous but just very, very long and my life
took a turn somewhere during the reading of it.
4.
n/a
5.
I've enjoyed very long books but nothing comes to mind right now.
5.
N/A
6.
N/A
7.
Roots
8.
james clavel, godfather
9.
N/A
10.
Cryptonomicon, most Thomas Pynchon, most Dickens, my one-volume
Lord of the Rings
11.
The Merriam Webster Dictionary
12.
N/A
13.
Anything by Dostoevsky.
14.
Don Quixote.
15.
N/A
16.
N/A
17.
N/A
18.
N/A
19.
The Aztecs
20.
The Fountainhead
21.
The Lord of the Rings is long. So is everything Tad Williams
has written so far. Patrick O'Brian's books aren't particularly
long, but his series is twenty volumes, which I suppose might count....
22.
Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
23.
The Agony and the Ecstasy, Hawaii
24.
I wish I had read the list above!!!
25.
N/A
26.
N/A
27.
The Far Pavillions (two volumes). Swan Song. The Bible.
Length is usually a big plus for me because I like to be caught
up in an author's world if the writing is good.
28.
N/A
29.
N/A
30.
N/A
31.
Oh my god those were all the books I'd been meaning to read but
never got through! Count of Monte Cristo was hideously long
I remember, but Moby Dick was terrifying, at least Count
of Monte Cristo was somewhat exciting.
32.
Women, Sex and Addiction, Charlotte Davis Kasl, Women
Who Run with the Wolves Clarissa Pinkola Estes and Awakening
Intuition, Mona Lisa Schultz
33.
Harry Potter, all of them!
34.
I remember The Once and Future King being long, although
I did like it. Length is a turn-off for me. I feel like if they
can't say it in an appropriate number of pages, it's not worth my
time.
35.
N/A
36.
The Discovery of Heaven, by Harry Mulish. It is a gorgeous
mystical story that also refers to art. It is a very special book.
37.
N/A
38.
I'm a Harry Potter fan, and those are getting pretty long. Of course,
most of the stuff I read is over six hundred pages these days; it's
great to sink your teeth into a really good, long read.
39.
N/A
40.
N/A
41.
LOTR [Nancy's Note: this might be a partial
entry that didn't submit well]
42.
N/A
43.
N/A
44.
hm, no book i like is extremely long. those i dont like may have
only few pages and they seem endless.
45.
N/A
46.
No book I like is extremely long :), it´s in reverse, then
even any so called long book is too short for me.
47.
Textbooks. Calculus, Astronomy, Teacher's Guides.
48.
The Bible. Left Behind.
49.
Harry Potter Series, The Giant Within by Anthony Robbins,
Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
50,
51, 52, 53, 54. N/A
55.
All of Gearge R.R. Martins a Song of Ice and Fire; books
are around 1000 + pages, (though not particularly difficult)
56.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, (around 450 pages or
so) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, (nearly
800 pages) and Atlas Shrugged.
57.
N/A
58.
N/A
59.
The
Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron
Mask
60.
N/A
61. The Wheel of Time
series.
62. N/A
Where is the strangest place you ever read a book?
20.
N/A
21.
N/A
22.
In the toilet
23.
In the car at night waiting for a cop to write up a ticket (I was
19 or 20 yrs old)
24.
N/A
25.
In the restroom, while using the 'facilities'.
26.
N/A
27.
The Tower of Memories in Crown Hill Memorial Park. I was in the
basement crypt with several stories of dead folks around and above
me reading portions of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Don't
ask.
28.
I would read a book anywhere I think! I'll sit and journal just
about anywhere as well.
29.
N/A
30.
In a jacuzzi
31.
Umm...whatta question! Restaurant?
32.
In school as a child, I'd have a book on my lap and schoolwork on
my desk Only got caught once.
33.
funeral home, kids concert, DMB concert
34.
Sitting in a 14 foot Lund on Lake of the Woods
35.
In a hospital while trying to document, a medical meeting
36.
Ok I must admit I never read at strange places ;-) The bathtub maybe
37.
N/A
38.
On the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Why look at it when you can
read about it? [my vote for the funniest entry
on the survey!]
39.
In the waiting room while my wife was having a benign brain tumor
removed. Well, I guess the place itself isn't all that strange,
but the circumstances certainly were.
40.
um...in the bathtub?
41.
not sure, but I've several times struggled to stay compos mentis
for long enough after a pre op medication to be able to finish a
chapter
42.
at the dinner table (Ok not that weird)
43.
Well, I can't really remember any that are too strange, but I do
sometimes like to read in the bath.
44.
on the toilett :))
45.
N/A
46.
cemetery
47.
On an airplane when I was seven.
48.
I don't know, is the bathroom counted as a strange place??
49.
IN grade 7 while the rest of the class was watching boring social
studies movies, I was reading by the light of the projector until
the teacher caught me and I couldn't do it anymore.
50.
On the pot!
51.
Garage
52.
In class during a professor's lecture. It's not strange, but it
was rude (he was boring so I think I was justified).
53.
Laundromat
54.
N/a
55.
basement foundation of a contruction site at night (the moon was
bright enough to read by)
56.
Let's see...I read in the movie theater, while waiting for X-Men
to start a few years ago.
57.
In the bathroom, but that's not all that uncommon.
58.
N/A
59.
On the toilet. Yeah, not very strange, I know.
60.
I went to the movie theater alone to see Shrek 2.
Looking at the groups of people around me,
I felt a sudden need for company.
So I pulled a paperback copy of Dante's Purgatorio
out of my purse and propped it up on my lap so that Dante and Virgil
could enjoy the movie.
61.
I don't really have any strange places....I think I may have read in my closet.
62. Let's see...I read in the movie theater, while waiting for X-Men to
start a few years ago.
Comments: 1.
These responses are what come to mind right now. It's not even
a good representation because I know I'm leaving stuff out. My
feeling and opinions are subject to change.
2.
I enjoyed this alot. Paul Bowen said that life really boils down to
a few moments that really stay with you. I remembered some of
those moments while trying to answer some of these. I recall a shopping
trip with my dad on my birthday to buy a Ramona book. I can remember
that like yesteraday but it was 25 years ago. I also remembered the
weekend I spent with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
and several 3. Thank you for taking the time to complete my survey. 4. N/A 5. Interesting survey -- I think a good question for it would be "Do you read every word of a book, or skip parts that don't hold your interest?"; And maybe something about writing style -- fast paced, dialog vs. descriptive narrative stuff. I've noticed in conversation that some people who say they don't LIKE to read, feel obligated to read every word when they do try to read, and maybe that's why they don't like it! [note from Nancy: will do!] 6. N/A 7. N/A 8. dont worry,atleast u know a lot about yourself ,unlike extroverts 9. N/A 10. N/A 11. If I actually answered the questions, in full...I'd crash your computer. This was fun. 12. I enjoy or not enjoy books for the story they tell , but i enjoy thinking about the author as well and trying to understand what drives them i find it useful to fully get into the book , possibly hidden meanings or apparent ones. 13. I love to read and I've enjoyed this survey. Thanks for offering it for us. I look forward to more eBooks from you. 13. N/A 14. N/A 15. N/A 16. N/A 17. N/A 18. N/A 19. Reading not only brings me the answers when I am not always looking and a sense of peace when I am. Nevertheless, it also can stop me from living life if I only read of fabulous things and places and do nothing to experience them first hand. 20. N/A 21. N/A 22. N/A 23. N/A 24. A very interesting book I am reading right now is: Physician - Medicine and the Unsuspected Battle for Human Freedom by Richard Leviton....it presents some very interesting perspectives asserting "the struggle between conventional and alternative medicine is a matter of politics, philosophy, and economics, rather than real medical effectiveness" ....We know these things, but he presents it in a wonderful context of information and resources.
25. N/A 26. N/A 27. This was pretty fun. I can't believe I admitted to reading Atlas Shrugged. 28. I think I need to expand my horizons! I tend to stick with what feels comfortable and I just cling to it. LOL 29. N/A 30.I've been in a non-fiction phase for the last 10 years. Eventually I'll go back to fiction, but for now my interests include sociology, socio-biology, anthropology, biographies, health and fitness, psychology, and humor. 31. Cool quiz for me I am DEAD BORED.... ahhhh... what am I doing online I should really get back to The Trial... shoot me. 32. I am curious as to what this survey is for. I am the fastest reader I know, and I read the most of anyone I know. That includes people with advanced degrees. Do you know of a job for someone like me who would just LOVE to read for a living???
[Answer
from Nancy]
Hi Mary
Dawn,
Thanks
for filling out the survey. You win the prize so far for the greatest
number of books read!!!
I wish
there was such a job, too. One thing I can think of is the reviews
for amazon.com Some of those people read thousands of books. You could
beat them already just by filling in reviews for what you've already
read.
It might
lead to something down the line. You never know how the internet is
going to turn out. I remember reading about one of the guys who was
a "Top Reviewer" -- this is by sheer numbers of reviews
writtern -- and people were sending him books to review, etc. It's
like The People's New York Times Book Review, you know? Anyway, good
luck.
33. N/A 34. N/A 35. If I found a character in a book possesing qualities I like, I would try to adapt those qualities to myself. [great answer!] 36. Hi Nancy! This is a very nice questionnaire. Thank you for sharing this! 37. N/A 38. Thanks for writing this quiz - I had a fun time reminiscing. :) 39. I've enjoyed doing this survey. I decided last week to pull the plug on my cable television; I intend to do a lot more reading from now on. 40. N/A 41. I'll read almost anything as long as it's well written and treats its readers as intelligent human beings. I can't stand books that are poorly written, however good their plots. 42. N/A 43. N/A 44. - i wanted to set a smiley there, but accidentaly this pirate´s smile came out! :)) AND ADDED LATER: To be honest, after I read the results of the survey, I had to hold my head, because of lots of things I forgot to mention there...:) For example Stephen King - for me the most overestimated writer ever lived on Earth, with his long and boring and pseudophilosophical books. After my opinion King specialized himself to steal from Lovecraft, Poe and Tolkien (his Dark Tower trilogy - if I´m right...).
45. N/A 46. I had to hardly remember some titles and authors I had almost totally forgotten. It was fun! 47. N/A 48. N/A 49. I really enjoyed thinking about my favourite topic- books and reading and sharing my thoughts. thanks. I'm sure I'll come up with more answers after I submit this. Oh well. C'est la vie. 50. N/A 51. N/A 52. Great survey. I love talking about books. One of my fondest memories is of pulling up to the drive thru window for Taco Bell and having the cashier at the window recommend The Secret History to me. He told me it was a really great book because he saw me reading a book in the passenger's seat of the car. I wasn't disappointed. 53, 54, 55, 56. N/A 57. Extroverts simply aren't intellegent enough to comprehend books. It's a miracle so many of them can even read at all. 58, 59, 60, 62 and 62. N/A
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