...cool Q & A...

1. Favorite childhood book?
I don't have any favorites for the obvious reason that I did not own any books at that time. I grew up on my Aunt's story-telling.

2. What are you reading right now?
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall

3. What books do you have on request at the library?
Eat, Pray, Love  ; The Mocking Jay

4. Bad book habit?
I sometimes I don't finish a book that I started reading. Halfway through it, I just lost interest.

5. What do you currently have checked out at the library?
 A book about running.

6. Do you have an e-reader?
I don't own one but I'd love to. Still, I would prefer the "real thing".

7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?
There were times that I read several books at once but most of the time, I just read one.

8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?
Yes, I'm now more compelled to read more.

9. Least favorite book you read this year (so far?)
I'm not sure. I don't remember.

10. Favorite book you’ve read this year?
Born To Run

11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone?
Not very often. I've never tried reading in public.

12. What is your reading comfort zone?
Read in my room either on the bed or just sprawled on the floor. Whichever suits me.

13. Can you read on the bus?
No. Too many movements.

14. Favorite place to read?
My bedroom.

15. What is your policy on book lending?
Should return the book in the same way it was borrowed.

16. Do you ever dog-ear books?
No. I use bookmarks.

17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books?
I used to with my textbooks when I was still in school. But not anymore.

18.  Not even with text books?
I used to with my textbooks when I was still in school.

19. What is your favorite language to read in?
English

20. What makes you love a book?
I just love it. The entertainment and ideas I get from reading it.

21. What will inspire you to recommend a book?
The story.

22. Favorite genre?
I don't have any favorites.

23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did?)
The classics but I just don't get my mind around it.

24. Favorite biography?
I don't remember if I ever read a biography before.

25. Have you ever read a self-help book?
Yes.

26. Favorite cookbook?
Don't have one. I don't cook.

27. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)?
Born To Run

28. Favorite reading snack?
 I usually don't eat while I'm reading but sometimes I do. Anything that comes in handy.

29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience.
A series, wherein you have to read several books before you know what happen in the end.

30. How often do you agree with critics about a book?
 Sometimes.

31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews?
 I don't give reviews, much more negative ones.

32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose?
 French and Latin

33. Most intimidating book you’ve ever read?
Mansfield Park and I did not finish reading it.


34. Most intimidating book you’re too nervous to begin?
 Can't think of one.

35. Favorite Poet?
 I don't have a favorite but I like Edgar Allan Poe and  Robert Frost

36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time?
One or two.

37. How often have you returned book to the library unread?
 I haven't returned a book yet, unread.

38. Favorite fictional character?
 Harry Potter


39. Favorite fictional villain?
 Lord Voldemort


40. Books I’m most likely to bring on vacation?
 Anything think I'd like to bring except for those thin paperback "romance" novels.

41. The longest I’ve gone without reading.
Months, I guess.

42. Name a book that you could/would not finish.
Mansfield Park

43. What distracts you easily when you’re reading?
 Noise and sometimes my wayward thoughts.

44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel?
Jason Bourne series

45. Most disappointing film adaptation?
 The Rainmaker ( novel by John Grisham)

46. The most money I’ve ever spent in the bookstore at one time?
 More than a thousand pesos.

47. How often do you skim a book before reading it?
 Most of the time.

48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through?
Lose interest in the story.

49. Do you like to keep your books organized?
 I'm not an organized person.

50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you’ve read them?
I prefer to keep them.

51. Are there any books you’ve been avoiding?
Yes. Those kind that I can already guess what happen in the end just by reading the short description on the outside cover.

52. Name a book that made you angry.
 I can't remember.

53. A book you didn’t expect to like but did?
I have no idea on this one.

54. A book that you expected to like but didn’t?
I have to think long on this.

55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading?
None