Lovely Little Shelf

I usually don’t do things like this, but I enjoyed reading the answers over at The Many Thoughts of a Reader so much that I saved it to answer later. Enjoy!

What have you just read?
I have been reading a really mixed bag lately.  I’ve had a sort of obsession with memoirs lately. I’ve been reading lighter, easier stuff that can keep my attention when I have a million, zillion things on my plate, so a lot of shorter books, which is kinda strange for me.

What are you reading now?
My “currently reading” is none of these things:  I’m reading Mr. Norrell and Jonathan Strange.  I got it from a friend in January or February and have, for whatever reason, been pretty intimidated by it.  I started it a few days ago and am happy to report that I sort of love it.  I like the language and I think it’d be a perfect book to read out loud.  Besides the footnotes, it just flows well.  Good stuff.

Do you have any idea what you’ll read when you’re done with that?
No idea.  Probably another short, easy book.

What’s the worst thing you were ever forced to read?
I hated, hated, hated The Chosen.  We had to read that in my sophomore english class and everyone in my class hated it and said that that is why they hated reading, was books like that.  It made me sad because it probably was a book that made people give up reading for a long time.

What’s one book you always recommend to just about anyone?
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Do you read books while you eat?
Nope, not usually.

While you bathe?
Yes.  One of life’s greater pleasures.

While you watch movies or tv?
Sometimes Shaun will put in a movie knowing that I’m going to read through it.  That’s how he gets in his movies that I would hate.  I have a real skill of totally tuning it out.

While you’re on the computer?
I used to when I lived at my mom’s.  Her computer was so slow that I’d read while stuff loaded. Oh dial-up, how glad I am that you died.

When you were little did other children tease you about your reading habits?
I don’t remember anyone ever teasing me about it.  If they did, I probably didn’t hear them… I was reading!

What’s the last thing you stayed up half the night reading because it was so good you couldn’t put it down?
Hmm.  I don’t know.  I’ve been quite the insomniac for the last few months, so I read in the middle of the night a lot.  In fact, I just did this last night.  When I’m tired though, a good book, a tornado, nothing can really keep me awake.

Have any books made you cry?
For sure.  I think it feels good to have a good not-real-life related cry.