What's Your Reading Preference? at The Mom Trap: A Mommy Review Blog

Thanks to one of my Twitter followers, Reading Upside Down, I found a fun meme that avid readers, like myself, will enjoy: Booking Through Thursday.

So, I decided - even though it's Monday and that makes me 4 days tardy - to jump in with this week's challenge:

Which do you prefer? (Quick answers–we’ll do more detail at some later date)

Reading something frivolous? Or something serious?
Paperbacks? Or hardcovers?
Fiction? Or Nonfiction?
Poetry? Or Prose?
Biographies? Or Autobiographies?
History? Or Historical Fiction?
Series? Or Stand-alones?
Classics? Or best-sellers?
Lurid, fruity prose? Or straight-forward, basic prose?
Plots? Or Stream-of-Consciousness?
Long books? Or Short?
Illustrated? Or Non-illustrated?
Borrowed? Or Owned?
New? Or Used?

(Yes, I know, some of these we’ve touched on before, and some of these we might address in-depth in the future, but for today–just quick answers!)

Okay, well, let me see just how "quick" of an answer I can give.

Reading something frivolous? Or something serious? Since my favorite genre is true crime, I'll say something serious.

Paperbacks? Or hardcovers? No real preference, although paperbacks are typically what I read.

Fiction? Or Nonfiction? Nonfiction, but love fiction too.

Poetry? Or Prose? Prose.

Biographies? Or Autobiographies? Autobiographies.

History? Or Historical Fiction? History. Only.

Series? Or Stand-alones? Either is great. Series are very fun though.

Classics? Or best-sellers? Best sellers.

Lurid, fruity prose? Or straight-forward, basic prose? Straight-forward, please.

Plots? Or Stream-of-Consciousness? Plots, hands down. I've got enough of my own random thoughts.

Long books? Or Short? Either or.

Illustrated? Or Non-illustrated? Does "16 pages of shocking photos" in true crime books count as "illustrated."

Borrowed? Or Owned? Don't care as long as I can read it.

New? Or Used? See above.

What about you? What's your reading preferences?

1 chatted about this topic:

Susan Whelan, July 27, 2009 at 6:47 AM: Hi Kim,

Glad you stopped by Reading Upside Down. :-) I enjoy the weekly Bookting Through Thursday meme, although I found it a bit hard to keep my answers short and to the point last week. My reading preferences tend to change with how I'm feeling.

I've read a few true crime books, but generally look to books for escapism so I tend towards fiction. I do enjoy some non-fiction though, especially history.

I look forward to reading your BTT posts in the future.