QUESTION FRIDAY 20/07/18 'MULTI-TASKING'

Question Friday is a new segment I want to start on this blog, where I just answer a bookish related question.  Please feel free to join in and leave your answers below.

This week's question is;

Q) When you're reading, are you doing other things at the same time? For example- listening to music? Watching TV? etc.

A) Not for me.  When I'm reading I like it to be the only thing I'm doing.  I find I can't concentrate if there's a lot of background noise around me.

QUESTION FRIDAY 13/07/18 'PRICE'

Question Friday is a new segment I want to start on this blog, where I just answer a bookish related question.  Please feel free to join in and leave your answers below.

This week's question is;

Q) Does the price of a book effect your decision whether to buy it or not?

A) I do like to shop around for books prices- everyone has a budget.  I normally check between Amazon and the Book Depository and some the supermarket charts.  And of course sometimes (the majority of the time) the kindle version is most often cheaper by quite a bit.  So while the price of a book doesn't necessarily stop me from buying it, I just shop around.

QUESTION FRIDAY - 13/07/2018 'UNREAD BOOKS'

Question Friday is a new segment I want to start on this blog, where I just answer a bookish related question.  Please feel free to join in and leave your answers below.

This week's question is;

Q) What proportion of the books you own are unread?

A) A lot.  Like a lot a lot.  Just after Christmas I actually went through my shelves, as I'd filled them plus had loads of books in piles on the floor.  And it was getting ridiculous.  So many of the books on the shelves (or indeed on the floor) I'd never read because they're books that have arrived for review that just aren't my genre's (crimes novels, mysterys, etc), or books that I'd read and not enjoyed.  So what was the point in keeping them?  So I donated them to charity.  But even with this huge clear out, I still own a lot of unread books- possibly 200ish?

QUESTION FRIDAY 06/07/2018 'HABITS'

Question Friday is a new segment I want to start on this blog, where I just answer a bookish related question.  Please feel free to join in and leave your answers below.

This week's question is;

Q)What do your friends think of your reading habits? Are they non-readers?

A) My close friends are used to me by now to be honest.  They know I've always got a book on the go, that they'll find one in my bag.  That if I'm really enjoying a book they'll hear all about it, even if they don't want to.  They doubt think it's quirky but they're used to it.

QUESTION FRIDAY! 29/06/2018 'Graffiti'

This week's question is;

Q) Do you write in your books? Under line anything? Use highlighter?  Dog-ear pages?

A) I definitely don't write in my books, or high highlighter or anything like that.  I use the highlighter on the kindle, but even then very rarely.

I've had to write in books in the past when I was studying, but that was different as they were text books. 

QUESTION FRIDAY! 15/06/2018 MOVIE NIGHT

This week's question is;

Q) What is the best and worst book to movie adaptations you've seen?

A) I always look forward to book to movie adaptations with excited and trepidation in equal measure.

Some of my favourite book to movie adaptations are;

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green- I thought it was a great one.  It kept all the most important parts of the book.  It was both funny and heartbreaking, and the characters were so well cast.

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes- one of my all time favourite books, and I felt it was transferred to the screen really well.  Again the casting was fantastic.  I laughed and I cried at the movie, just like I did with the book.  There were some scenes from the book that I wished had been in there, but overall I didn't feel too cut up about it.

The Martian by Andy Weir- I didn't love or hate the book.  I enjoyed it but found the scientific descriptions very heavy going, whereas in the movie, I found it much easier to take in.  This is one instance where I actually preferred the movie over the book which is a rare occurrence indeed.

As for the worst adaptations, Ella Enchanted by Gail Caron Levine is one.  I love the book so much, and the movie is...different.  I don't hate the movie but it definitely stays from the book.  It's more of a comedy movie, and I loved it when I was younger, but as I've got older, I prefer the book over the movie.

QUESTION FRIDAY! 08/06/18 BOOK TRAVELS

This week's question is;

Q) Do your books go everywhere with you?

A) I nearly always have a book with me.  I use a lot of public transport so use that time to read.  I've either got my physical book with me, or my Kindle Paperwhite.

QUESTION FRIDAY! 01/06/2018 CHILDHOOD READS

This week's question is;

Q) What was your favourite book from your childhood?

A) I don't really remember a lot of specific books from my young childhood.  I remember my mum and dad used to read to me and I loved it.  Stories from fairytale books, The Wind In The Willows etc.

I remember in Primary School we used to take a weekly walk to the local library and every single time I would pick up The Maiden on the Moor by Marilyn Singer.  I don't know why because it was such a morbid, dark fairytale type book.  I think it must have been the beautiful illustrations.

From later childhood I would have to say Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.  Such an inventive Cinderella retelling.  I was hooked on it from the moment I picked it up.  I remember staying up way past when I should have been in bed to finish it, and I've since reread it at least 5 times.

QUESTION FRIDAY! 25/05/18 REQUIRED READING?

This week's question is;

Q) During school and colleague I had to do a lot of required reading.  So my question is, did you ever come across a book that you had to read, but that you ended up loving?

A) I took English language and Literature at A Level and there was a lot of required reading.  Some of the course literature I had already read, such as Frankenstein.  So it wasn't new to me.

We read Hamlet but I find reading plays difficult, as they're meant to be performed I sometimes struggle to really enjoy the experience of reading them.

So my A level reading, I would say not really.

However during school, kind of GCSE age I think, we read Holes by Louis Sachar.  And I have to say I loved it.  Really hooked me into the story and I didn't want to put it down.  Ended up reading ahead and finishing it because I just couldn't wait for the next lesson to read the next chapters.

We also watched the Disney movie adaptation in class, which I also loved.

QUESTION FRIDAY! 18/05/18 FORMAT?

This week's question is;

Q) What format of book is your favourite? Paperback or hardcover? eBook? Audio book? New or second hand?

A) For me as a book lover, I love having a physical copy of a book.  Nothing better than holding a book, turning the pages, and smelling that book smell.  However over the last few years, I've been buying less physical books than I used to, for no other reason than space.  I have limited bookshelf space and do not want to reinforce the floor!  I just don't have the space for unlimited paperback or hardcover books, as much as I love having them.

I do really enjoy reading on my Kindle Paperwhite.  I like that I can travel with hundreds of books, and yet they weigh almost nothing.

Another bonus for eBooks is that for the majority of the time, they are significantly cheaper, saving me both money AND space.

When it comes to paperback over hardcover I do like having hardcover books from my favourite authors- they're just more sturdy.  I like that I can take the dust jacket off while reading, and when finished, can pop it back on and it and have it look like it's never been read.

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