Booking Through Thursday 1/12/12

This is a weekly meme hosted by Booking Through Thursday in which every week a different question is posted that generally involved books and reading.

This week is interview week!  Here are some really great bookish questions that I'm going to enjoy answering :)

1. What’s your favorite time of day to read?

I really like to read at night.  I'm a bit of a night owl, so I just love snuggling up at the end of the day with a cup of hot tea and a good book.

2. Do you read during breakfast? (Assuming you eat breakfast.)

In the morning I like to read new posts on the blogs I follow and maybe some news updates.  I don't really read a newspaper or book or anything.

3. What’s your favorite breakfast food? (Noting that breakfast foods can be eaten any time of day.)

 I'm really not a big on breakfast food, I usually just like fruit (bananas!).

4. How many hours a day would you say you read?

I try and read at least an hour, I'd say 0.5-3 hours a day.

5. Do you read more or less now than you did, say, 10 years ago?

No, I've always been a big reader.  I took a bit of a break when I was in college, but not I read just as much as I did in high school.

6. Do you consider yourself a speed reader?

No, I think I'm medium.  I hear of some people who read a book a day and I just cannot do that.  I'd say I read a book every 3-5 days.

7. If you could have any superpower, what would it be?

Oh wow, this is hard!  I think I'd like teleportation.  I absolutely HATE driving to work every day (45 minutes one way!) so being able to teleport to work would be freaking cool.  Not to mention I could teleport to Italy for a weekend, if I wanted.

8. Do you carry a book with you everywhere you go?

Yes, I almost always have some sort of book in my purse.

9. What KIND of book?

I always carry around my journal so I can make lists of groceries or whatever.  I may also be carrying whatever fiction book I'm reading at the time.

10. How old were you when you got your first library card?

Gosh, I don't even remember.  I was in elementary school, maybe first grade?  I've always had one (now I have three, because I'm cool like that).

11. What’s the oldest book you have in your collection? (Oldest physical copy? Longest in the collection? Oldest copyright?)

I have an original print of Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, which is 1908.  It was my grandfathers, and I love it.  

12. Do you read in bed?

Yes!  It's one of my favorite places to read because I just love being all cozy.  I find reading a great way to wind-down from a long day.

13. Do you write in your books?

HELL NO.  I absolutely HATE writing in books of any kind.  I just don't understand why someone would write in a book, especially something that can't be erased like pen or hi-lighter.  If I need to take notes on a book I'll jot down the page number in a notebook.  That's what they're for, notes.

14. If you had one piece of advice to a new reader, what would it be?

I would say to read what you want to read.  Don't force yourself to read something just because it's "popular" or a "classic".  Read what interests you, and you'll find what you love.