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I see there’s an empty corner, which one should be next?
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55 Reading Questions
- 1. Favorite childhood book?
- A Thousand and one nights (The Arabian Nights)
- 2. What are you reading right now?
- A Game of Thrones, and The Secret Garden
- 3. What books do you have on request at the library?
- None.
- 4. Bad book habit?
- Buy even if I've no time to read.
- 5. What do you currently have checked out at the library?
- None.
- 6. Do you have an e-reader?
- Not yet.
- 7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?
- One at a time, but I want to change that.
- 8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?
- Don't have a book blog, but if Tumblr counts as a blog, which it is, I get many suggestions by random browsing.
- 9. Least favourite book you read this year (so far)?
- None.
- 10. Favorite book you’ve read this year?
- Tie between Emily Climbs and HP: Chamber of Secrets.
- 11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone?
- Occasionally.
- 12. What is your reading comfort zone?
- My favourite genres.
- 13. Can you read on the bus?
- No, I'd rather stare at people and outside window.
- 14. Favorite place to read?
- Bed with a lot of pillows.
- 15. What is your policy on book lending?
- I won't lend my books to anyone, not in a million years!
- 16. Do you ever dog-ear books?
- Never.
- 17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books?
- Sometimes, translations mostly.
- 18. Not even with text books?
- A LOT.
- 19. What is your favourite language to read in?
- English.
- 20. What makes you love a book?
- Cover design, smell (!), fonts, paper quality, bulkiness, also biased with publishers at times etc
- 21. What will inspire you to recommend a book?
- I don't care about recommending unless people with same taste as mine wants it.
- 22. Favorite genre?
- Crime/Mystery, Humour, Children, Classics, Poetry, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Psychology, any book with countrysides in it (is that even a genre?)
- 23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did)?
- Autobiographies.
- 24. Favourite biography?
- Haven't read any yet.
- 25. Have you ever read a self-help book?
- Yes.
- 26. Favourite cookbook?
- None so far.
- 27. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)?
- None so far.
- 28. Favorite reading snack?
- Anything non-messy.
- 29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience.
- I don't read many latest books with 'hype'.
- 30. How often do you agree with critics about a book?
- Sometimes,
- 31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews?
- Good, because if it's a bad book, it deserves bad reviews.
- 32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose?
- Arabic, Urdu (not foreign really, what a vast and beautiful vocabulary) etc.
- 33. Most intimidating book you’ve ever read?
- The Hunger Games series, even if it's considered mild.
- 34. Most intimidating book you’re too nervous to begin?
- I'm reading Game of Thrones
- 35. Favorite Poet?
- Emily Dickinson
- 36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time?
- 4.
- 37. How often have you returned books to the library unread?
- None.
- 38. Favorite fictional character?
- Sherlock Holmes, so far.
- 39. Favourite fictional villain?
- Tom Felton! Ahem, Draco Malfoy.
- 40. Books I’m most likely to bring on vacation?
- Anything L.M. Montgomery or Agatha Christie.
- 41. The longest I’ve gone without reading.
- 6-8 years, without library or Flipkart.com
- 42. Name a book that you could/would not finish.
- I try to finish a book if I've picked it up, no matter how long it takes
- 43. What distracts you easily when you’re reading?
- House chores
- 44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel?
- Not sure, really, book adapted movies are always disappointing.
- 45. Most disappointing film adaptation?
- Same as above.
- 46. The most money I’ve ever spent in the bookstore at one time?
- Rs. 2417. Yay Flipkart!
- 47. How often do you skim a book before reading it?
- Once or twice.
- 48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through?
- Ugly plot or ugly characters.
- 49. Do you like to keep your books organized?
- Yes.
- 50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you’ve read them?
- I don't buy books if I'll have to give them away.
- 51. Are there any books you’ve been avoiding?
- Game of Thrones, I've finally picked it up.
- 52. Name a book that made you angry.
- The Kite Runner.
- 53. A book you didn’t expect to like but did?
- None so far.
- 54. A book that you expected to like but didn’t?
- The Thief.
- 55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading?
- Children literature.
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Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae)
… an endemic passerine bird of New Zealand. It is one of the largest members of the diverse honeyeater family. The name tui is from the Maori language name tūī and is the species’ formal common name. Nectar is the normal diet but fruit and insects are frequently eaten, and pollen and seeds more occasionally. Particularly popular is the New Zealand flax, whose nectar sometimes ferments, resulting in the tui flying in a fashion that suggests that they might be drunk.
Tui are considered to be very intelligent, much like parrots. They also resemble parrots in their ability to clearly imitate human speech,and are known for their noisy, unusual call, different for each individual, that combine bellbird-like notes with clicks, cackles, timber-like creaks and groans, and wheezing sounds. Some of the huge range of tui sounds are beyond the human register. Tui will also sing at night, especially around the full moon period…
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(images: T - Matt Binns, BL - Skenneally, BR - Tony Wills)
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12th January, 2012 - The day I baked my first batch of cupcakes. Simple vanilla and not-so-even batch, but yummy all the same. :D
My ideal vacation would be spending a week far away, by myself, in a cabin, with a stack full of books. I would need nothing but the comfort of words, nature, and tea.
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