Some Bookish Questions

This week's Top Ten Tuesday turns 10 and also there have been 500 prompts (or topics). I didn't participate from the beginning but I do love to participate (sporadically) if the prompt provokes something or I just want to talk about books. Of course I don't need an excuse to talk about books but it's good to be talking about the same thing or something similar with almost 200 participants each week. (Here's a tiny promotion: I made the art above and I featured a creation from one of the graphics I am offering for free to use. You can check out them out here.)

This week's prompts are two options: (1) update one of your TTT topics or (2) pick a past TTT topic but I find both idea not to my liking so I thought up some bookish questions instead. If you're willing, answer one or all of the questions. Happy reading!

The Questions:

01 | What favorite book you've read that you love re-reading?

02 | Is there a book that gives you such unsettling vibes that you cannot continue reading it?

03 | Do you check out the author before or after reading a book? Like whether the author is a male or female; what kind of race they are; what they eat for breakfast, etc., etc.

04 | Do you write in the books you read assuming it's not a library book and one that you actually own?

05 | Do you give a book you got from the book store (or the library or other places) a curiosity glance (such as a flip through the pages) before you place it among your To-Be-Read piles even though you have already done it?

06 | What movie/tv adaptation you will not watch because you think it will ruin the book for you?

07 | What book with a title that you are certain should be the title of your biography?

08 | Are you a hardback (hardcover) or paperback (softcover) reader?

09 | Would you rather pay 100 dollars for a single book that is a special edition of sorts or would you spend that 100 dollars on 10 books that are just regular editions?

10 | What bookish gift that someone might give you that you would never throw away or accept it with a joyful heart?

 My Answers: 

01 | What favorite book you've read that you love re-reading?

Either Gathering the Water by Robert Edric or Postcards from a dead girl by Kirk Farber depending on my mood. Of course, I also have other favorites so it really does depends what I like to re-read at the moment but these two books are the ones I have re-read the most.

02 | Is there a book that gives you such unsettling vibes that you cannot continue reading it?

It used to be The ocean at the end of the lane by Neil Gaiman (I skimmed toward the end after a week) now it's Ghostly Aspirations by Robert Pence. I really thought this was going to be a YA ghost story but I guess I was wrong. I honestly did not check out what genre it was in and I still haven't. This book does starts out being enjoyable and then the main character's heart is cut out of his body and not in any metaphorical way but realistically and that's it for me. I'm not a horror reader so that scene alone freaked me out so badly, I couldn't finish. If anyone actually read and finish this book, let me know the ending but keep the gory details to yourself.

03 | Do you check out the author before or after reading a book?
I used to check out the author and find out what they are like and such but doing it now, ruins books for me. The least I can do now is read the mini bio at the end of the book after I have read the book.

04 | Do you write in the books you read assuming it's not a library book and one that you actually own?
Never. Well, there is one book in which the name of the one character gets switched back and forth so many times that I crossed the name out and wrote the one that I thought should be the name with a light pencil but then I erased all the writings because I don't like to deface my books.

05 | Do you give a book you got from the book store (or the library or other places) a curiosity glance (such as a flip through the pages) before you place it among your To-Be-Read piles even though you have already done it?
Sometimes I do look at the book again just because I can't believe I got a copy of it even though I know I won't see anything new unless I read it.

06 | What movie/tv adaptation you will not watch because you think it will ruin the book for you?

There are a few but I'll name one: The diving bell and the butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby. I don't read non-fiction but this I almost love. When I saw the trailer for the movie, I knew then I really rather not see it.

07 | What book with a title that you are certain should be the title of your biography?

Maybe A Chance of Sunshine by Jimmy Liao which if you know me kind of suits me since I seem to like rain more but occasionally, I like sunny days and I used that title for one of my blogs a while back. But the Chinese title translates into Turn Left, Turn Right which suits me, I think, since I'm a bit direction-challenge, you might say.

08 | Are you a hardback (hardcover) or paperback (softcover) reader?
I'm more of a paperback reader because I don't like holding hardcovers plus there is the jacket flap that I usually put aside because I find it silly to read a hardcover with the jacket on because it seems like an extra that shouldn't be.

09 | Would you rather pay 100 dollars for a single book that is a special edition of sorts or would you spend that 100 dollars on 10 books that are just regular editions?

I would pick the 10 books because even if it's my favorite book in the whole world, I still wouldn't spend a lot of money on it. Special means it should have amazing extra content or it's a really rare book, otherwise I see no reason to spend so much on a single book. Frankly, if it's too expensive I might just leave it on a shelf and not touch it because I'm always afraid to break expensive things, even books.

10 | What bookish gift that someone might give you that you would never throw away or accept it with a joyful heart?
A book. Okay, maybe bookmarks or a gift certificate to a book store or a gift certificate to buy a book store. I think the one thing book lovers want are books, I know I do.

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