A-Z Book Survey

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I saw this on a blog and thought it would be fun to fill out. Feel free to join in; I love hearing other people's thoughts on books!

Author you’ve read the most books from: Elizabeth Peters, probably, since she's written so many!

Best Sequel Ever: I don't know about ever, but I do love Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which opens up the series and starts to show how big and complex the wizarding world is.

Currently Reading: I'm between books at the moment. I have several from the library but nothing is sounding good right now.

Drink of Choice While Reading: Water? I don't really have one, I guess.

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A-Z Meme

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Author you've read the most books by: Depends... do ghost writers count? If so, probably Ann M. Martin - LOVED The Baby-Sitter's Club growing up.Otherwise it's probably either Tamora Pierce or Lucy Maud Montgomery. I'd have to go count how many books each have written to know for sure.

Best Sequel Ever: Hard to choose - there are so many of them. Possibly Mad Ship by Robin Hobb... it's one of the few situations where I thought a sequel better than the first book in the series.

Currently Reading: Black Powder Wars by Naomi Novik, Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness and Creative Prayer by Chris Tiegreen.

Drink of Choice While Reading: Depends on my mood and the time of day. Water, white wine, cappuccino or a smoothie would all work :)

E-reader or Physical Book? Depends on the situation. For pure coziness - physical books all the way. For convenience when commuting or on vacation - definitely e-reader!

Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School: I didn't date in high school :-P

Glad You Gave This Book A Chance: Feed by Mira Grant. I didn't think I liked zombie novels - I was wrong!

Hidden Gem Book: Hard to pick just one... Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen perhaps.

Important Moment in your Reading Life: Age 8: I discovered Famous Five and discovered what it meant to love a book series.

Just Finished: An Imperfect Witch by Debora Geary. Cute :)

Kinds of Books You Won't Read: Erotica and hard-core romances. I don't mind either as part of a novel, as long as it's used to further the plot, rather than the plot itself.

Longest Book You've Read: A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. I think it was 1400-something pages.

Major book hangover because of: Oooh, this has happened frequently. Most recently because of the A Modern Witch series by Debora Geary. Good thing she's written so many books! ;)

Number of Bookcases You Own: 11.

One Book You Have Read Multiple Times: I love rereading! It's like visiting an old friend. I couldn't say which book I've reread the most often, but Alanna by Tamora Pierce would probably be a pretty good bet.

Preferred Place To Read: Our deep couch.

Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you've read: From The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis:
"The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning."
Gives me the goosebumps every time I read it!

Reading Regret: That I have yet to learn how to read and knit at the same time.

Series You Started And Need To Finish (all books are out in series): The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.

Three of your All-Time Favorite Books: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers and The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson.

Unapologetic Fangirl For: The Yada-Yada Prayer Group and A Modern Witch.

Very Excited For This Release More Than All The Others: Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon. But it keeps getting postponed!!! Unfair!!

Worst Bookish Habit: Reading multiple books at a time. I've always done this, and it's not a problem when each book has a specific purpose (commute, audiobook, devotional etc.), but I have startitis and keep starting new books for the same purpose.

X Marks The Spot: Start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Your latest book purchase: The Keepers of the Library by Glenn Cooper.

ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late): It's actually been awhile since I stayed up till all hours of the night in order to finish a book. Don't know if I've gotten more sensible or more boring... or just older and needing my sleep more. I did stay up late to finish Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix for the readathon though ;)