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Lazy Blogger Meme

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Thanks, Book-a-rama! 1. Do you remember learning to read? How old were you? I don’t. I was very young. 2. What do you find most challenging to read? Theory & philosophy. Christian Metz nearly did me in during grad school. 3. What are your library habits? I’m all about online requests. 4. Have your library habits changed since you were younger? They’ve only changed recently because of Bookmooch–my TBR stack is currently quite large. 5. How has blogging changed your reading life? I definitely think…

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Christmas Meme

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Christmas Meme, from Book-a-rama— 1. What is your favorite Christmas romance to re-read each year? I don’t have one, unless you count the account in Luke. 2. What is your favorite Christmas movie/show? A Christmas Story–absolutey. It reminds me of growing up with my little brother, now a not-so-little 31. 3. What is your favorite Christmas cookie? Gingerbread–the warm, cakey kind. 4. When do you start Christmas shopping? Early December. I like to get it out of the way. 5. Do you re-gift? Um… no?…

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Volume (Booking Through Thursday)

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This week’s meme: Would you say that you read about the same amount now as when you were younger? More? Less? Why? I have always been a voracious reader. I think the only time in my life I didn’t read much was in my early 20s when I was working 2 fulltime jobs right out of grad school. But I’m sure I still read every day. In other news, here’s a great interview with Battlestar Galactica creator Ron Moore on what the WGA strike means…

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Oh, Horror! (Booking Through Thursday) + Question from a Reader

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First of all–happy NaNoWriMo & good luck to all who are participating! I’d be with you if my baby’s due date weren’t smack dab in the middle of the month. This week’s meme: What with yesterday being Halloween, and all . . . do you read horror? Stories of things that go bump in the night and keep you from sleeping? I do like a good scare, though I much prefer the Gothic kind of horror to any other kind. My love for Stephen King…

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Answers–13 Opening Lines–How Many Can You Guess?

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I mentioned that I had to go on maternity leave for my reading jobs, so my On Reading posts will no longer mean that I read a book for work. I could be a stickler for consistency and just stop doing them, but they’re just too much fun–especially when I catch the fever for a really great meme like the one accidentally started by the Accidental Novelist, and picked up by Poodlerat. Here are 13 opening lines (or two) to books that are beloved by…

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Typography (Booking through Thursday)

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This week’s meme: You may or may not have seen my post at Punctuality Rules Tuesday, about a book I recently bought that had the actual TITLE misspelled on the spine of the book. A glaring typographical error that really (really!) should have been caught. So, using that as a springboard, today’s question: What’s the worst typographical error you’ve ever found in (or on) a book? I have two huge pet peeves that sometimes make it into published books: using “loose” for “lose” and “phased”…

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2 Kinds of Readers

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My work read tonight wasn’t great, but at least it was quick. The two readers in the title of this post are me and one of you. So, with permission, I’m sharing this lovely email I received from TG in Ireland: Thank you so much for your posts and for sharing your devotion to reading with us! Reading your posts everyday has re-aligned my own passion for reading, and now I’m experiencing so much more joy from it! It’s great to get reviews from someone…

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Live and In Person (Booking through Thursday)

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This week’s questions: * Have you ever met one of your favorite authors? Gotten their autograph? * How about an author you felt only so-so about, but got their autograph anyway? Like, say, at a book-signing a friend dragged you to? * How about stumbling across a book signing or reading and being so captivated, you bought the book?

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Librarything’s Top 106 Unread Books

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This afternoon’s work read was too boring for words. I picked this meme up from BookGal. These are the top 106 books tagged “unread” in Librarything. Why 106? Nobody knows… The rules: Bold what you have read, italicize books you’ve started but couldn’t finish, and strike through books you hated. Add an asterisk* to those you’ve read more than once. Underline those on your tbr list.

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Reeling and Writhing

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Two work reads in one post–one a horror manuscript that managed to be plotless and scary at the same time, the other a YA adventure manuscript. So I’m copying off of Dewey and posting the same two memes in one post. A meme about reading: My Reading: Like Dewey (and probably many of you), I read every single day of my life. I even brought books on my honeymoon. Total Number of Books Owned: Librarything tells me I have 708 books. This does not count…

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