do you dog-ear or use a book mark when reading?  

hi thanks for responding... what's your favorite book genre?

hi there...thanks for the reply. that's a great suggestion!

i will try that...

how many books do you read in a week?

It varies as I have about 3-5 books on the go at the same time, also it depends how much time but on average I can get through about 2 or maybe 3 a week.

It would be more but I need to do boring things like eat, sleep and do housework.

hi thanks for the response...

wow...that's great...it seems you have a collection of bookmarks. how many do you have now?

I really don't know. Maybe 20 or so. I have beautiful bookmarks that my friends gave my.

hi thanks for responding...

yes, that's good, we respect other people's property...and we can do whatever we want with ours...:-)

how many books do you read simultaneously?

SHRIEEEEEK!!!

Sorry. A moment to recover for this former rare books & manuscripts library worker.... :o[

It's EXTREMELY rare that I feel the need to DOGear -- maybe if I were on a plane & a terrorist attacked, & I dropped my bookmark, well....

Seriously, I use handmade bookmarks made from acid-free paper, decorated by ME, as I'm an artist. I've made specialty bookmarks for friends for stocking stuffers (usually stuffed into a BOOK).

FOR THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID THE MARKER WILL FALL OUT, just use a plain strip of paper, & before you close the book, simply jot down the number of the page you were on. That way, if it does fall out, you can still find it!

Dogearring. Euw! :::shudder:::

Maggiepie

hi there...

thanks for the suggestion..I will be trying that out...

well, to answer your question, i always would take out the bookmark, put them down and sometimes, leave them behind, especially when i was rushing to get to another place. sometimes, i just misplace it in our home...also, they simply fell out. no matter how i try, i am a person who's not into losing things, except bookmarks...LOL

even my friend gave me a gift from Singapore of 8 magnetic bookmarks... i already lost half of it...huhuhu...so sad, so i just keep the 4 in my drawer...so afraid of losing more...

how many books do you borrow from the library in a week?

I usually get 3-4 books when I go, depending on whether I've read all of them from the last trip or not. I don't have a set schedule, I just go when I'm in town running other errands.

It's usually at least twice a month though, sometimes more.

hehehe... that's great! lately, i haven't much time but to crack a stack of books that i used to a few years back. nowadays, i have only time to read 1-2 books/week.

what genres do you like?

Mostly Christian fiction. I prefer light reading before bed, but I'll also read some self-help type books, or things pertaining to gardening or other interests.

hehehe...me too, i love Steeple Hill Novels. Also i have a collection of Stories from the Heart, Ripples of Joy, etc.

Others genres are computer/software related books for my work.

Who are your favorite authors?

In the past, I never followed any particular author, I would just go through the library shelves and pick what sounded interesting, usually opting for those in a series.

Doing that, I stumbled onto Karen Kingsbury. Now I'm reading everything she's written as soon as I can get my hands on it!

sometimes i try out other authors too... i never heard about Karen Kingsbury...could you tell me about her and her style of writing.

thanks

I can do even better. She's got a great website, I believe it's simply karenkingsbury.com

wow thanks... i will go and visit. i am forever looking for great authors and great reads...

how many books do you buy per year?

hello.. thanks for the reply... how often do you read?

when I can. Usually its in the bath tub, where I have peace lol

hi thanks for responding. that's a great idea... who are your favorite authors?

Thanks!

I don't really have a favourite author, but I have a favourite book. It's Jacqueline Susanne's "Once Is Not Enough", originally published in 1973 but I think it's been re-released a few times since then. It's the only book of hers that I like though....and I find that the blurb on the cover, plus other people's reviews of it completely miss the point. They seem to home in on the glitzy Hollywood-ish aspect of it, but to me that's merely the setting for an easy-to-read, but deep, complex and very moving story.

Who are your favourite authors?

Hmmm...favorite authors...some of them are Debby Macomber, Darlene Mindrup, Cheryl Wolverton, Alice Gray, Terry Ulman (Computer books), Robert Kiyosaki, etc....


what genres do you like?

Ooooooops sorry lol never heard of any of those, but I am a bit behind the times.

Genre-wise, I like a good psychological thriller, a good what I call "intelligent romance" or I just like novels that are a chunk out of people's lives. I also like reading non-fiction....astrology books, books of quotations and self-help psychology books.

Well, i think it's just but natural, with all the authors world-wide, who can keep up with all of them...

me too, i love self-help books or sometimes, do-it-yourself book... hmmm... do you like true stories?

Yes I like true stories, especially if they are about ordinary people and their lives. One of my favourite books is Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes". So well written, sad and funny at the same time and just about ordinary working class life, but about spirited and unusual people.

MAKE SURE THE BOOK TO WHICH YOU DO THAT ISN'T VALUABLE.

As one who's rescued many a book for the library where I worked for mumbledy- mumble years, I learned that Post-It Notes leave a residue, which, over time, eats away at the paper. Acidity of any sort will eventually destroy a book, as will many other factors (light, temperatures, moisture, etc.).

Call me pernickity, but I've seen what becomes of poor old books, & they all remind me of wounded, elderly people, each with a wealth of information, yet dying literally before my eyes, turning to powder in my hands, unable to pass on their story to the next generation.

Makes me feel like crying.

Maggiepie

I always use a bookmark even if it is not a traditional one. Like a receipt or scrap paper. Dog earing should be illegal lol it just drives me mad.

I think in my entire book reading lifetime...i had dog-eared twice and i can't take the mutilating of books..i cringe everytime when i see a folded book...LOL...

good that you have a good supply of bookmarks...

how many books do you read in a week?

that's a good suggestion, chapter by chapter...

how many books do you have?

Most people told me here that i can use whatever is onhand to use as a bookmark and i will try that...LOL...

how many bookmarks do you have right now?

I think I have about 10 left or so, I moved from california almost 5 years ago and my favorite bookstore had a whole bunch, so I took a bunch of them. Im also very good on bookmarks lol. Most of the time Ill use a bookmark until it cant be used anymore at all, torn down to a small tiny very easily lost piece.