I’M A LAZY BOOK BLOGGER, SO.

I shall turn to tags. I scoured the internet until I found one that was appealing enough, and I thought this one would be fun because it tackles a lot of serious bookworm issues that we really must discuss. I mean, eating and reading? Shameful or a must? Breaking the spine? Definitely shameful. Let us dive into the tag (and answer some of the questions below, because I want to hear what you think!) 🙂

(pssst. and even though I’m tagging myself, I’ve decided to still tag a few of you because it looks like so much fun.)

1. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PLACE FOR READING? My bed, 99% of the time. Sometimes, in nice weather, I’ll opt to go outside, because I don’t last for long. (Bugs and smells and neighbors wanting to chat and being uncomfortable and wind, all that.) Sometimes, in nice Emily moods, I’ll read in the living room, but it depends if I’m okay with my family making noises and/or trying to talk to me (I love you guys, I really do) so my bedroom it is.

2. BOOKMARKS OR A RANDOM PIECE OF PAPER? Fun story! Ten-year-old Emily dog-eared (and spine-bent, but we’ll get to that later) all of her books. At the time during the horrid phase of braces, she had to have four teeth removed. After three or four visits to the dentist, each time bringing a book along, and each time being caught dog-earing pages by a nice lady dentist, said lady dentist would hand her a post-it note. After that Emily realized her eighth deadly sin and began collecting every bookmark she found in a tin by her bed. And now I have dozens. So bookmark. No one runs out of bookmarks in my house anymore.

3. CAN YOU JUST STOP ANYWHERE OR DO YOU NEED TO FINISH A CHAPTER? I prefer to stop at the end of a chapter; or at the very least a break in the chapter. But I’m not totally picky, so I can pick up a book wherever I left off if need be.

4. DO YOU EAT OR DRINK WHILE READING? … yes. In fact, sometimes I can specifically remember the snack I was particularly fond of at the time of the book, because, as C.S. Lewis once said, “Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.” (The man was a genius, I tell you.) When I read The Selection Trilogy in three days straight, I probably went through four boxes of lime popsicles. It’s really very convenient to read on one’s Kindle while snacking (read: NO LIQUIDS) because there’s no pesky pages to be flipped.

5. MUSIC OR TV WHILE READING? As we’ve established before on the blog, I am super woman and I can block out any distracting noise. I read in the car when the radio is inevitably on. I read in the living room while my dad has his nightly routine of watching the news. I can make do anywhere. It’s a trait I believe all bookworms need. It really comes in handy, you know. (Of course I prefer silence, but non-bookworms are loud creatures. We must make do.)

6. ONE BOOK AT A TIME OR SEVERAL? Every now and again, I try reading several… and then it drives me up a wall. I feel so unfocused and overwhelmed. That said, I have several exceptions: 1) I often read a book and listen to an audio book at the same time. (Like now, I’m listening to The Maze Runner while reading Cinderella’s Dress. And you can’t get any two more different books, let me tell you.) 2) I’m also reading Stars Above, because it is a collection of novellas. So I can skip around and read one short story and not read a whole novel straight through.

7. DO YOU PREFER TO READ AT HOME OR ELSEWHERE? There’s no place like home. I do enjoy sitting in a Starbucks or wherever with a book, but I’ve come to the realization that I don’t like strangers watching me read. My family and our two balls of fluff don’t count. Watching Emily read is a regular hobby of theirs.

8. READ OUT LOUD OR SILENTLY? I love reading out loud! Fun fact: when I was younger, I would read out loud while walking the perimeter of my room when I got uncomfortable in my bed. When I was even younger, I would apologize to my stuffed animals when I decided to read in my head because they’re enjoying the book too. Nowadays, it’s silent all the way.

9. DO YOU READ AHEAD OR SKIP PAGES? I … have skipped pages in the past. But I promise you it hasn’t been done in quite a while! I am a devout no-spoiler person. (Even though Pinterest has ruined like FOUR deaths for me and I’m not even sure which book-to-movie adaptations the people come from, ack.)

10. BREAKING THE SPINE OR KEEPING IT NEW? Why is this even a question??? I broke my spine-bending addiction three years ago, and I am a changed bookworm. Keep it like new, hello. 

11. DO YOU WRITE IN YOUR BOOKS? I do write my name and the year on the title page, but other than that, it’s a no-no. (What if one day when I’ve written a Great American Novel and everything and someone finds an old MG book in a used bookstore with a penciled in name “Emily 2011” and WOW you’ve got like a million bucks because it’s ten year old Emily (insert last name here)’s book omg– I mean, right???)

I’m not sure how many people I’m supposed to tag, but I’m going with five because that’s a nice number. 

TAG, YOU’RE IT: Izel // Katie Grace // Madi // Olivia // Grace

I hope those tagged can join in! And feel free to do this if I didn’t tag you; after all I just decided to randomly do it without being tagged, so go for it. 😉 

Tell me, bookworms, have you ever bent a spine before? Do you eat while reading? And how many bookmarks do you own? Can’t wait to chat with you all!