Books.

[pne]

Some questions, from marnameow. In her words, Have some questions, and take 'em away and answer them in your own journals.

• What are you currently reading?
  No books at the moment, only computer magazines. The last book I finished was probably The Soul of a New Machine, which I got from my Secret Santa.
• How long have you been reading it (or them)? How much longer do you think it will take you to read it?
  I read it in, oh, about ten days? Don't remember.
• Is it a gobble-in-one-session sort of book, or a read slowly through book, or a pick a page at random now and then book?
  I used to read it on my way to and from work. So about half an hour at a go.
• Do you ration books and force yourself to read them slowly? What books have you done this with recently?
  No, not really. But I usually end up reading them fairly slowly as I usually read them while travelling, not so much when I'm at home.
• Do you sometimes *wish* that you'd rationed a book when you get to the end of it?
  Don't think so.
• What was the last book you bought?
  Bought myself? Oh, this one's hard. Perhaps a used copy of the Shavian edition of Androcles and the Lion.
• Do you know what book you're going to buy next?
  No. I imagine it'll be a programming book of some sort, though.
• How many borrowed books are sitting on your shelves?
  About ten; Terry Pratchett books I borrowed from Meike.
• When will they get given back?
  After I've found the time to read them. Which could take months at the current rate, perhaps even a year or two.
• How many books of yours are currently on other people's shelves?
  I don't think I've lent any of my books to anyone else just now.
• When do you expect them to return?
  n/a

Comments

[elgrande.livejournal.com]

"Do you ration books and force yourself to read them slowly?"
"Do you sometimes *wish* that you'd rationed a book when you get to the end of it?"

Wow, those questions are weird! I'm always glad for each page of a book that I've finally finished and I keep looking at the page number all the time. It would never have come to my mind that there might even be ppl out there who force themselves to read slowly.

[kamara.livejournal.com]

Ooo, Androcles and the Lion. We studied that for GCSE Latin, I so blagged my way through that exam too. I should really find that in English and read it one day maybe. Same with the other things I studied in Latin, maybe I'll enjoy them more, or enjoy them, period for some of them...