Found this through Winter and thought it would make a good Sunday morning post.  If you want in, consider yourself tagged.  🙂

Question #1: Do you have a certain place at home for reading?

I am, at this late point in my life, practically biologically programmed to have to read before bed.  This actually was a big sticking point between my wife and I when we moved in together because we needed to find a way that I had enough light to read and she had enough dark to sleep.  At any rate, this means that “prone” is my general reading position, although I do have a couple of comfy chairs in the house and the couch that I use as well.  But I read in bed every single day.

Question #2: Bookmark or a random piece of paper?

Bookmarks.  There are a few dozen in my end table next to my bed and another couple of piles of them strategically arranged on my bookshelves.

Question #3: Can you stop reading anytime you want or do you have to stop at a certain page, chapter, part, etc.?

Generally I need some sort of break in the text to give me a visual indication of where to start the next time I pick the book up.  You’ll notice I do this a lot in my books:

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Or a lot of writers will indicate a break by occasionally putting in a double-space between paragraphs.  I prefer the asterisks, and I use them in my books because that’s how I read.

Question #4: Do you eat or drink while reading?

Eat, no, but I’ll frequently have a beverage next to me if I’m reading during the day.

Question #6: One book at a time, or several at once?

Generally just one.  There have been times where I’ve taken a break from a dense nonfiction book to read a novel, but I almost never read more than one novel at a time.

Question #7: Reading at home or everywhere?

At home, but I don’t really lead a lifestyle that would lend itself to reading outside my house anyway.  If I have a few spare minutes I’ll generally check Facebook or Twitter over an ebook.  I have a Kindle but it doesn’t get as much use as it should.

Question #8: Reading out loud or silently in your head?

Silently.

Question #9: Do you read ahead or skip pages?

Rarely, in nonfiction books where I’m very familiar with the subject matter, I’ll skip over what seems to be introductory stuff.  I never skip ahead in fiction; if I’m that bored with a book I just stop reading it.

Question #10: Breaking the spine or keeping it new?

I have actually bought new copies of books that I broke the spine of.  I am fanatical about keeping my books in good shape– most of my library looks like it went from the bookstore straight to the shelf and was never touched again– and I almost never loan my books out because most people don’t get how nutty I am about it.

Question #11: Do you write in books?

Absolutely the hell not.  See #10.  🙂  The one exception is my Biblical Hebrew textbook from college and grad school, which is covered in notes.   I also have a Bible that I’ve annotated fairly extensively.  That’s about it.