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maevedarcy's 3 weeks 4 dreamwidth meme, Day 3:
This week I'm reading: Ellery Queen mysteries. Only those I own already: some I'm keeping; but I'd say about half of them are going to go to charity.
My favourite book of all time is: Impossible to say! I read far too much to have a single "favourite book".
My current favorite book (read or re-read in the last 3 months) is: Same answer.
The last book I bought was: Hugh Pentecost's Death After Breakfast, one of his Pierre Chambrun mysteries.
The first book I bought with my own money was: No idea! It was a long, long, time ago.
The first book I received as a gift was: Again no idea. A book was a typical present for my parents to give me, whether for birthdays or Christmas. It might have been a Milly Molly Mandy book (in which case it was The Further Adventures of Milly Molly Mandy); but it could equally have been a Noddy book or a Railway Engine book.
The last book I received as a gift was: From me to me, last Christmas. I stacked up an even dozen of them.
The last book I borrowed from the library was: Quite a few years ago. Our local branch is very small; and practically everything has to be ordered from another branch by interlibrary loan. I quit bothering years ago.
The book physically closest to me right now is: A bit of a giveaway, since I keep referring to it as I work on my assignment for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
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THIS OR THAT:
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maevedarcy's 3 weeks 4 dreamwidth meme, Day 3:This week I'm reading: Ellery Queen mysteries. Only those I own already: some I'm keeping; but I'd say about half of them are going to go to charity.
My favourite book of all time is: Impossible to say! I read far too much to have a single "favourite book".
My current favorite book (read or re-read in the last 3 months) is: Same answer.
The last book I bought was: Hugh Pentecost's Death After Breakfast, one of his Pierre Chambrun mysteries.
The first book I bought with my own money was: No idea! It was a long, long, time ago.
The first book I received as a gift was: Again no idea. A book was a typical present for my parents to give me, whether for birthdays or Christmas. It might have been a Milly Molly Mandy book (in which case it was The Further Adventures of Milly Molly Mandy); but it could equally have been a Noddy book or a Railway Engine book.
The last book I received as a gift was: From me to me, last Christmas. I stacked up an even dozen of them.
The last book I borrowed from the library was: Quite a few years ago. Our local branch is very small; and practically everything has to be ordered from another branch by interlibrary loan. I quit bothering years ago.
The book physically closest to me right now is: A bit of a giveaway, since I keep referring to it as I work on my assignment for
caseficexchange. THIS OR THAT:
- Physical book or e-book: Physical book.
Used or new: No preference, as long as the used one is a clean copy. - Fiction or non-fiction: Fiction for relaxation; but I read certain non-fiction for that too, if it relates to a hobby or personal interest area.
- Read at a coffee shop or at the park: Neither, since I'm a real homebody.
- Paperback or hardcover: Paperback, if I'm paying for it.
- Romance or Crime: Detective stories, definitely.
YES OR NO:
- Stream of consciousness? No!
- Poetry? Hardly ever.
- Memoirs? Depends if it relates to an interest area.
- Philosophy? No.
- Thrillers? Yes!
- Chronicles? Sometimes, if it's history in an area that interests me.
- Travel logs? No.
- Dialogue heavy? Well, there tends to be a fair amount of dialogue in fiction; but I don't want something that looks like a play in prose. Description is essential, too.
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