Book Bloggers Appreciation Week 2009

• September
• 22

8:51 am Chit-chat, Reading

2. Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you? As long as I own the book in question, I find it very helpful to underline passages and mark quotes that are important to me.

3. How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open? I confess I mostly dog-ear, but try to be good (especially with library or other people’s books) and have a number of bookmarks which I try to use, though at times I will use whatever is lying around – shopping list, receipts, business cards, whatever.

4. Fiction, Non-fiction, or both? Both though probably more fiction.

5. Hard copy or audiobooks? Hard copy.

6. Are you a person who tends to read to the end of chapters, or are you able to put a book down at any point? I can put it down at any point and pick it back up again.

7. If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop to look it up right away? Occasionally … depends how comfy I am at the time and whether I can be bothered getting up!

8. What are you currently reading? “Hens Dancing” by Raffaella Barker, an English novel about a recently divorced mum of four and her garden, hens (hence – ha ha! – the name), dog, cat … it’s not Christian but I’m enjoying it as a bit of escapism.

9. What is the last book you bought? “Moments for Mum” by Narelle Nettelbeck. I mostly use the library to support my reading habit, but like to support Aussie authors (and especially Christian writers!) by buying their books when I can.

10. Are you the type of person that only reads one book at a time or can you read more than one at a time? Just one at a time, if I start reading another one it’s usually because the first one is boring and I don’t end up finishing it!

11. Do you have a favourite time of day and/or place to read? Any time! Any where! I always keep a book in my handbag for those spare moments.

12. Do you prefer series books or stand alone books? Usually stand alone.

13. Is there a specific book or author that you find yourself recommending over and over? Lately, I’ve been raving about “The Embarrassed Evangelist” by Glenda Rouxel (another Aussie author), and ”Honor’s Reward” by John Bevere (life changing).

For Christian fiction, you can’t go past Francine Rivers; Christian living, I am greatly blessed by Florence Littauer. My fave book of all time (apart from the Bible) would have to be “The Mouse that Glowed” by Wynelle Gardner. It was published in 1976 and my copy is falling apart after 25+ years, and sadly it’s out of print, otherwise I would recommend it and/or give a copy to everyone. It’s about a family of church mice that live in a church (surprise surprise!) and experience a powerful revival!

And of course, I highly recommend this wonderful women’s mag, “Footprints”, as well as “Clues to your Calling” by a certain Janet Camilleri, and “Decadence: treat yourself to 10 years of Footprints”!

14. How do you organize your books? (By genre, title, author’s last name, etc.?) Writing books and reference books are on the shelves above my desk where I can grab them easily; books by friends in the lounge room, everything else randomly placed on shelves in the study.

Well that’s me … feel free to pinch the idea and tackle these questions on your blog too if you love reading!