Booking Through Thursday

CMash December 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

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Today’s question:

Do you find that your mood affects the things you read? Like, if you’re in a bad mood, do you tend to indulge in reading that will support it or do you try to read things that will cheer you up? Do you pick different types of books on dreary, rainy days than you do on bright sunny ones?
For that matter, does your mood color what you’re reading, so that a funny book isn’t so funny or a serious one not so deep?

My answer:

Today’s question has taken much thought. I guess I have always chosen my “next book” upon my mood but never realized it. My number one genre is mystery/suspense but the past few books that I have read I would put in the classification of contemporary fictions/romance/chick lit. I don’t go searching through my tbr pile saying “I need something to cheer me up”. I tend to just peruse the pile, select a couple of books that seem interesting at the time, read the blurb and go from there. So I guess subconsciously, my mood is in it’s own way, deciding which book I should read.

Booking Thru Thursday

Booking Through Thursday

CMash December 1, 2011 4 Comments

http://btt2.wordpress.com

Today’s question:

Do you find that your mood affects the things you read? Like, if you’re in a bad mood, do you tend to indulge in reading that will support it or do you try to read things that will cheer you up? Do you pick different types of books on dreary, rainy days than you do on bright sunny ones?
For that matter, does your mood color what you’re reading, so that a funny book isn’t so funny or a serious one not so deep?

My answer:

Today’s question has taken much thought. I guess I have always chosen my “next book” upon my mood but never realized it. My number one genre is mystery/suspense but the past few books that I have read I would put in the classification of contemporary fictions/romance/chick lit. I don’t go searching through my tbr pile saying “I need something to cheer me up”. I tend to just peruse the pile, select a couple of books that seem interesting at the time, read the blurb and go from there. So I guess subconsciously, my mood is in it’s own way, deciding which book I should read.

W.W.W. Wednesdays

W.W.W. Wednesday

CMash November 30, 2011 Leave a Comment

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What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

W.W.W. Wednesdays

W.W.W. Wednesday

CMash November 30, 2011 2 Comments

Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

Teaser Tuesday

CMash November 29, 2011 Leave a Comment

Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

*Grab your current read

*Open to a random page

*Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

*BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

*Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Maybe the heart is like an expandable file, filling to accommodate everything you need to carry with you.

Teaser Tuesday

CMash November 29, 2011 7 Comments

Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

*Grab your current read

*Open to a random page

*Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

*BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

*Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Maybe the heart is like an expandable file, filling to accommodate everything you need to carry with you.

Monday Memes

CMash November 28, 2011 Leave a Comment

Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading

Today’s question:

Will you be buying books for the holidays, this year? If so, for whom, and why?

My response:

Yes!! Am so excited about it that I have already purchased them. (Hoping the recipients aren’t reading this.)

When my boys were small, reading was part of our daily routine. Plus they always saw me with a book, we would take walks to the local library and when we went to the mall, we always stopped in to B&N or Borders where they were allowed to pick out books to add to their R.L. Stein collection or any other books they wanted to buy. But then they became teens and books for pleasure got shoved under the bed along with all their other trash.

Now that they are older, so has that old habit returned. My younger son reads while on the train to and from his job. And recently when hubby had his surgery, my oldest was able to drive in and be at the hospital with me, and I was stunned to see as we waited, he was sitting there reading a book. YES!!!!! So my hard work all those years ago paid off. So one of their little gifts to open is a book that I hope they both will enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed buying for them.

November is being hosted by Holly from Wonders and Marvels

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia of A girl and her books and is now on tour.

According to Marcia, “Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.”

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Monday Memes

CMash November 28, 2011 4 Comments

Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading

Today’s question:

Will you be buying books for the holidays, this year? If so, for whom, and why?

My response:

Yes!! Am so excited about it that I have already purchased them. (Hoping the recipients aren’t reading this.)

When my boys were small, reading was part of our daily routine. Plus they always saw me with a book, we would take walks to the local library and when we went to the mall, we always stopped in to B&N or Borders where they were allowed to pick out books to add to their R.L. Stein collection or any other books they wanted to buy. But then they became teens and books for pleasure got shoved under the bed along with all their other trash.

Now that they are older, so has that old habit returned. My younger son reads while on the train to and from his job. And recently when hubby had his surgery, my oldest was able to drive in and be at the hospital with me, and I was stunned to see as we waited, he was sitting there reading a book. YES!!!!! So my hard work all those years ago paid off. So one of their little gifts to open is a book that I hope they both will enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed buying for them.

November is being hosted by Holly from Wonders and Marvels

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia of A girl and her books and is now on tour.

According to Marcia, “Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.”