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iceinyourmusicIt must be a particularly lasting spill-over effect from the Bridget Jones reading that I suddenly feel the need to report that, within the last 36 hours, I've consumed a full 300 g packet of cheese slices, not a single eeny weeny one of which was in any way instrumental to my survival and/or associated with any other foodstuff typically associated with cheese. Also that, despite its being having been super-low-fat-cheese with a taste like wrapping plastic, it works out to about 900 calories. And that's not counting the Mars bar. Or the granola bar. Or the extra creamy yoghurt. It's a wonder I'm not bursting at the seams yet.
A dj in London lived on nothing but Mars bars and Pepsi for three years, or so they tell me. Why do I remember this but not the plots of half of Shakespeare's plays or other such practical everyday things?
wheh, bookmeme snagged off the flist because etc.
Hardback or Paperback?
paperback, i haven't the patience or the sophistication for hardbacks. except library books, which need to be hardback.
Highlight or Underline?
either. sometimes, both.
Lewis or Tolkien?
tolkien when they make it into a movie. i'd laugh at my own joke now, except it's too sadly true to be funny.
E.B. White or A.A. Milne?
what did e.b. white write? i have no idea. thusly milne.
T.S. Eliot or e.e. cummings?
sorry, sorry, sorry, but yes i am more of a cummings girl, i'm afraid.
Stephen King or Dean Koontz?
good lord - neither.
Barnes & Noble or Borders?
how about akateeminen or suomalainen? (akateeminen.)
Waldenbooks or B. Dalton?
what? who?
Fantasy or Science Fiction?
probably sci-fi, as genre. as for individual fave books? quite possibly fantasy.
Horror or Suspense?
suspense.
Bookmark or Dogear?
dogear, or, even better, leave lying open face down spine cracking.
Hemingway or Faulkner?
hemingway.
Fitzgerald or Steinbeck?
fitzgerald. also, steinbeck needs to die. die a bit more, i mean.
Homer or Plato?
saarikoski.
Geoffrey Chaucer or Edmund Spenser?
spenser. (bet you didn't see that one coming.)
Pen or Pencil?
either, though usually pen by default.
Looseleaf or Notepad?
notepad. i really like the yellow legal-ruled type especially. but pretty much anything'll do.
Alphabetize: By Author or By Title?
(organize by category and subcategory and sub-subcategory, then) by author, except when none mentioned and/or when edited by unreasonably large group of people, then title, except when have both original language version and translation(s), in which case by original language title, immediately followed by translation(s). (by language as the step right after sub-sub-[...]-category removed only two movings of house ago.)
Dustjacket: On or Off?
on, though i can't remember the last time i bought a book with a dustjacket.
Novella or Epic?
novella.
John Grisham or Scott Turow?
grisham. especially when they make it into a movie, and tom cruise's involved.
J.K. Rowling or Lemony Snicket?
lemony who?
John Irving or John Updike?
irving, probably. used to read quite a lot of him in my early/mid-teens and think seriously liked him back then - now don't think have read anything by either one of them in years.
Fiction or Non-fiction?
both, both, it is a must.
Historical Biography or Historical Romance?
biography - am rather picky about the kinds of historical fiction i like despite/due to having dabbled with that particular genre in the lit studies field more than any other.
A Few Pages per Sitting or Finish at Least a Chapter?
a few pages per sitting mostly, for circumstantial reasons; a whole book per sitting when i have the chance.
Short Story or Creative Non-fiction Essay?
prose poetry.
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?
dark and stormy.
Buy or Borrow?
rent, considering how much i keep paying to the library for late returns and lost books and. but also buy, buy like crazy until bankrupt.
Book Reviews or Word of Mouth?
um? book reviews. also, friendslist, and course reading lists, and the high holy western canon, and whatever other books are mentioned in the book i happen to be reading right now.
PS. There's this thing about my biannual having a late-night smoke out of the kitchen window, namely that I've got to stop doing that. Not just because it is kind of really nasty, but also because it will eventually result in me falling out of the window face first some day, and then splat no more Leea, got what she deserved, bye bye. Did I post this exact same thing the last time I smoked out of the window? I know I thought about it.
A dj in London lived on nothing but Mars bars and Pepsi for three years, or so they tell me. Why do I remember this but not the plots of half of Shakespeare's plays or other such practical everyday things?
wheh, bookmeme snagged off the flist because etc.
Hardback or Paperback?
paperback, i haven't the patience or the sophistication for hardbacks. except library books, which need to be hardback.
Highlight or Underline?
either. sometimes, both.
Lewis or Tolkien?
tolkien when they make it into a movie. i'd laugh at my own joke now, except it's too sadly true to be funny.
E.B. White or A.A. Milne?
what did e.b. white write? i have no idea. thusly milne.
T.S. Eliot or e.e. cummings?
sorry, sorry, sorry, but yes i am more of a cummings girl, i'm afraid.
Stephen King or Dean Koontz?
good lord - neither.
Barnes & Noble or Borders?
how about akateeminen or suomalainen? (akateeminen.)
Waldenbooks or B. Dalton?
what? who?
Fantasy or Science Fiction?
probably sci-fi, as genre. as for individual fave books? quite possibly fantasy.
Horror or Suspense?
suspense.
Bookmark or Dogear?
dogear, or, even better, leave lying open face down spine cracking.
Hemingway or Faulkner?
hemingway.
Fitzgerald or Steinbeck?
fitzgerald. also, steinbeck needs to die. die a bit more, i mean.
Homer or Plato?
saarikoski.
Geoffrey Chaucer or Edmund Spenser?
spenser. (bet you didn't see that one coming.)
Pen or Pencil?
either, though usually pen by default.
Looseleaf or Notepad?
notepad. i really like the yellow legal-ruled type especially. but pretty much anything'll do.
Alphabetize: By Author or By Title?
(organize by category and subcategory and sub-subcategory, then) by author, except when none mentioned and/or when edited by unreasonably large group of people, then title, except when have both original language version and translation(s), in which case by original language title, immediately followed by translation(s). (by language as the step right after sub-sub-[...]-category removed only two movings of house ago.)
Dustjacket: On or Off?
on, though i can't remember the last time i bought a book with a dustjacket.
Novella or Epic?
novella.
John Grisham or Scott Turow?
grisham. especially when they make it into a movie, and tom cruise's involved.
J.K. Rowling or Lemony Snicket?
lemony who?
John Irving or John Updike?
irving, probably. used to read quite a lot of him in my early/mid-teens and think seriously liked him back then - now don't think have read anything by either one of them in years.
Fiction or Non-fiction?
both, both, it is a must.
Historical Biography or Historical Romance?
biography - am rather picky about the kinds of historical fiction i like despite/due to having dabbled with that particular genre in the lit studies field more than any other.
A Few Pages per Sitting or Finish at Least a Chapter?
a few pages per sitting mostly, for circumstantial reasons; a whole book per sitting when i have the chance.
Short Story or Creative Non-fiction Essay?
prose poetry.
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?
dark and stormy.
Buy or Borrow?
rent, considering how much i keep paying to the library for late returns and lost books and. but also buy, buy like crazy until bankrupt.
Book Reviews or Word of Mouth?
um? book reviews. also, friendslist, and course reading lists, and the high holy western canon, and whatever other books are mentioned in the book i happen to be reading right now.
PS. There's this thing about my biannual having a late-night smoke out of the kitchen window, namely that I've got to stop doing that. Not just because it is kind of really nasty, but also because it will eventually result in me falling out of the window face first some day, and then splat no more Leea, got what she deserved, bye bye. Did I post this exact same thing the last time I smoked out of the window? I know I thought about it.
