Both of my co-hosts have done this one, and I like it, so I’ll do it too. ‘Sides, it gives me another chance to shamelessly pimp Dark and Stormy. Heh!
1. Who are your favorite authors?
I tend to be work-centric and not author-centric when considering favorites, but I’ll say George Orwell and Isaac Asimov. Stephen King is popular because he’s damned good. H.P. Lovecraft and Philip K. Dick are rapidly closing on favorite status.
2. What are your favorite books?
1984, The Stand, Brave New World, and The Fountainhead.
3. What kind of books do you tend to read?
I love science fiction and horror. I love to grab classics of American and English literature that I’ve never read (and that’s a long list). I enjoy non-fiction as well, generally about business, philosophy, or technology. I read an occasional biography. I’m building an affection for history. I started The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich in college and didn’t make it, and I’m picking that up again soon.
4. Do you prefer to borrow books from the library or buy them?
I buy them (unfortunately). There are 11 books in my to-be-read stack that I own, and one at the top that I have borrowed from my friend Mark. Also, The Book Thief arrived today. That’s for the next Dark and Stormy show.
5. Do you prefer hardcover or paperback?
I like a hardcover with a dust jacket because of the built-in bookmarks, but I have no real preference.
6. What was the last book you read? What are you reading now?
The last book I finished was 1984. I’m currently reading Solomon Among the Postmoderns by Peter J. Leithart, and will start The Book Thief by Markus Zusak tonight.
7. Do you read everyday?
No. Most days, though.
8. On average how many books do you read per year?
I read one a month for my club, and probably five or six above that. So, 17 or 18.
9. Do you belong to any book clubs?
I am a co-host of the Dark and Stormy Book Club, a splendid construct consisting of a blog and a monthly Internet radio show. (Is this the third link to it in this post? Go check it out, dammit.)
10. Recommend a good book.
Well, of course I’ll recommend all of my favorites. I broke a date to finish The Stand. The Fountainhead changed my outlook on life. 1984 is profoundly chilling. Brave New World is what we’re headed for next, if 1984 doesn’t consume us first.
The most recent fresh read to blow me away was Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.
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I haven’t read The Fountainhead, yet, although I found Rand’s We, the Living to be compelling. I think I need to go back and add Dune to my favorite list.
I read The Fountainhead over Christmas one year, including taking it to my mom’s with me.
She never said a word about it, but must have seen it in my possession and read it herself, for she called me about January 10, concerned for the fate of my soul.
I did not find it an easy read, but it’s definitely worth it.
I’ve got a buddy (well, the dad of one of Punkin’s friends) who is an avid reader, and he just went through a Rand phase. I’ve not read any of her stuff yet, though I’ve been intrigued by some of it for a long time.
I’m the exact opposite of you when it comes to dust covers, Bo. If I’ve got a hard cover with a paper jacket, the jacket comes off for the duration of the reading; I don’t use them as book marks. I’m not sure why, really, but I don’t. Funny, that…
If I buy a hard cover with a paper jacket, I throw it away. The books look better on the shelf without them. As for bookmarks. When I stop reading, I just memorize the page number for next time.
Right. I can’t even remember my own freakin’ phone number half the time.