7 Things About Me as a Reader
1) I read a book a day (or more) as a kid. I didn’t grow up watching a lot of TV. I lived in Thailand from age 9 to 16 and there was little TV programming available at the time. So, I played outside or with friends until dinner. After it was dark, I read a book, at least one, before bed.
2) I go to the library at least once a week. I can’t afford to buy every book I read. I log on to their website, order all of the books I want and pick them up as they come in. It saves me a LOT of money. I do buy a LOT of books, perhaps even thousands of dollars a year, but I don’t buy anywhere near what I read.
3) I always have stacks of books everywhere. I have a stack by my bed, a stack of Cybils books that are already read, one stack to be read, and one stack to be reviewed. I often have a stack of poetry books, books I’m reading for school, and books I’m reading for a graduate course I teach. My husband is building me bookshelves for Christmas to get the stacking off the floor.
4) I’m obsessive about my “to be read” list. I have a list of books that I keep on the computer of books that are available at our library that I want to check out, a list that’s not available at the library yet, and a wish list on Amazon.com of books that I want to purchase for my own collection. I realize I will never get to all of these books in my lifetime. It doesn’t stop me from keeping an obsessive list though. I recently started writing down all of the books I read too. Am I obsessive compulsive?
5) I almost exclusively read children’s books. I know, if you read my last month’s book log, you would see that I read several adult books, but that was unusual for me. I have favorite adult writers that I do read (Patricia Cornwell, Jodi Picoult), but other than that, I read children’s book exclusively.
6) I read a lot of magazines and journals. About the only adult literature I do read is magazines. I read a lot of foodie magazines and educational and children’s literature journals.
7) I read across all children’s lit genres, but mostly middle grade fiction, picture books, and poetry. I dabble in graphic novels and YA.
Thanks to Jen Robinson for the idea.
Thanks for participating in the meme! Funny, Jodi Picoult is also one of my adult exceptions to reading mostly children's and YA books. I used to read Patricia Cornwell, too, but dropped them maybe 3 or 4 years back.
ReplyDeleteI thought that I was obsessive about lists of books, but you clearly have me beat. I used to have lists of books that I wanted to read, or had but hadn't read yet, in addition to my lists of read books. But since I started my blog, the first two have become sketchy at best. I do keep pretty detailed lists of what I read, at least. I also have a spreadsheet with all of the review books I've ever received, and when or if I reviewed them.
Anyway, it was fun to get to know you a little better as a reader.