books meme

Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror?
Horror, Fantasy then Sci-Fi.

Hardback or Trade Paperback or Mass Market Paperback?
Mass Market Paperback, though I do collect a few hardback.

Heinlein or Asimov?
Um, neither? Can I choose that?

Amazon or Brick and Mortar?
Both, Amazon usually wins though since I'm here in the boondocks where they don't carry a lot of stuff.

Barnes & Noble or Borders?
B&N, No Borders nearby.

Hitchhiker or Discworld?
Discworld.

Bookmark or Dogear?
Bookmark.

Magazine: Asimov’s Science Fiction or Fantasy & Science Fiction?
F & SF.

Alphabetize by author Alphabetize by title or random?
Alphabetize by author then by title.

Keep, Throw Away or Sell?
Keep, trade or sell, I try to trade or sell everything I just have too many to keep them all.

Year’s Best Science Fiction series (edited by Gardner Dozois) or Years Best SF series (edited by David G. Hartwell)?
Neither, not an anthology person.

Keep dustjacket or toss it?
Keep them.

Read with dustjacket or remove it?
I remove it.

Short story or novel?
Novels.

Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Potter

Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
Chapter breaks (or at the very least when the page ends with a full sentence).

“It was a dark and stormy night” or “Once upon a time”?
“It was a dark and stormy night”

Buy or Borrow?
Buy.

Buying choice: Book Reviews, Recommendation or Browse?
Recommendation then browse.

Lewis or Tolkien?
Tolkein.

Hard SF or Space Opera?
Space Opera.

Collection (short stories by the same author) or Anthology (short stories by different authors)?
don’s like short stories. If I had to pick one I’d say collection over anthology.

Hugo or Nebula?
Doesn’t make any difference to me.

Golden Age SF or New Wave SF?
Golden Age, but read New Wave.

Tidy ending or Cliffhanger?
Like Tidy endings.

Morning reading, Afternoon reading or Nighttime reading?
All day.

Standalone or Series?
Depends on my mood

Urban fantasy or high fantasy?
Prefer High Fantasy, but hard to find it well written.

New or used?
Either

Favorite book of which nobody else has heard?
Phantom by Susan Kay

Top X favorite genre books read last year? (Where X is 5 or less)
1. They aren't 5 or less, but Eve Dallas books

2. Aren't 5 or less either, but Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series

Top X favorite genre books of all time? (Where X is 5 or less)
I don't know, I can't name them!

X favorite genre series? (Where X is 5 or less)
I don't know, I can't name them

Top X favorite genre short stories? (Where X is 5 or less)
None that I can think of.