Series? Or stand-alone books? I’m personally fine with both. A lot of the books I read are stand-alone novels. And sometimes I wish that there could have been more when I’m finished. But, at the same time, sometimes I like those endings to stand-alones because it lets me imagine my own future for the characters. [...]

Do you multi-task when you read? Do other things like stirring things on the stove, brushing your teeth, watching television, knitting, walking, et cetera? Or is it just me, and you sit and do nothing but focus on what you’re reading? (Or, if you do both, why, when, and which do you prefer?) I do [...]

What’s the largest, thickest, heaviest book you ever read? Was it because you had to? For pleasure? For school? I have to say that I think the largest book I’ve ever read was a Harry Potter book. Now, I don’t know off hand which is the biggest and heaviest. But whichever is, that’s the biggest, [...]

What’s the best book you read this year (2010)? Worst? Favorite? Best: I think this one is a tie. Worst: I don’t finish books if I don’t like them, but this is the one book I put down quickest and with most relief. Favorite: Wouldn’t the book(s) I thought best would be considered my favorites? [...]

Who would you rather borrow from? Your library? Or a Friend? (Or don’t your friends trust you to return their books?) And, DO you return books you borrow? For me, it doesn’t really matter who I borrow a book from. With friends I feel like I can borrow it for a longer period of time [...]

It is November 11th, known here in the U.S. as Veteran’s Day, formerly Armistice Day to remember the end of WWI but expanded to honor all veterans who have fought for their country, so … Do you read war stories? Fictional ones? Histories? Yes, I read war stories. One of my top five books is [...]

In honor of Halloween this weekend: What reading skeletons do you have in your closet? Books you’d be ashamed to let people know you love? Addiction to the worst kind of (fill in cheesy genre here)? Your old collection of Bobbsey Twin Mysteries lovingly stored behind your “grown-up” books? You get the picture … come [...]

Name a book (or books) from a country other than your own that you love. Or aren’t there any? Most of my favorite books take place and are written by foreign authors. My all time favorite novel is The Count of Monte Cristo, set in France, by Alexandre Dumas, a Frenchman. I also love Jane Austen’s [...]

When you travel, how many books do you bring with you? Has this changed since the arrival of ebooks? I guess it depends on where I’m going and what I expect to do. I go to my family’s cottage for a week every year and when I’m there, it’s more or less for relaxation–we don’t [...]

Suggested by Jennifer: If you read series, do you ever find a series “jumping the shark?” How do you feel about that? And, do you keep reading anyway? I have to admit first off that I didn’t know what “jumping the shark” was before I Googled it. I have never heard that particular saying. So, [...]