...borrowing...

Who would you rather borrow from? Your library? Or a Friend?
(Or don’t your friends trust you to return their books?)
And, DO you return books you borrow?

 I seldom borrow books from a friend because most of them are not really into reading. At present, no matter how much I want to borrow from a friend, I can't because I'm new here and I haven't established new  friendships yet.

I do borrow from the library here. It's pretty amazing actually. I never get to have a library card until now, except when I was still in school ( besides I did not really use it much)

My friends back home would trust me to return the books I borrow from them because I do. And I always treat them as if they're my own.

...war stories...

It is November 11th, known here in the U.S. as Veteran’s Day, formerly Armistice Day to remember the end of WWI but expanded to honor all veterans who have fought for their country, so …

Do you read war stories? Fictional ones? Histories? 

Today is Remembrance Day here in Canada and I guess it's kind of similar with the Veteran's Day in the U.S. Anyway, to answer this week's question, I have yet to read about war stories. I saw a few books of Clive Cussler but never get around to reading them. Besides I'm not really a fan of war stories or even movies, for that matter.

...good or bad...

I’ve seen many bloggers say that what draws them to certain books or authors is good writing, and what causes them to stop reading a certain book or author is bad writing. What constitutes good writing and bad writing to you?

There have been a lot of times that I stop reading a book because I'm not totally sold out to the way it was written. I can't really say with absolute certainty about what constitutes good or bad writing, since I'm not in the position to do so.

 Reading something "good" can be compared to waking up to a beautiful sunrise :-) ( to me, anyway)

Based from my readings so far, what constitutes "good" writing to me is when I can't seem to put the book down. When there's this need or anticipation in me to finish at least a chapter I am currently reading or better yet, to finish the book in one sitting. I have experienced it before and it felt great. And I love the fact that I am in my own "reading" world.

Bad writing on the other hand, I guess, is when I just skim through the book and skip pages. And I can't wait to put the book down and get it over with. There were some books I've read that I can't seem to get through (or maybe it's just me).

One example, I tried reading Jane Austen's Mansfield Park but did not finished it. And I don't suppose it's about bad writing. I think I just like Pride and Prejudice ( yes I finished it and "love" it) better than Mansfield Park. :-)