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annlarimer
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Hardback or Paperback? paper
Highlight or Underline? underline
Lewis or Tolkien? tolkein
E.B. White or A.A. Milne?
T.S. Eliot or e.e. cummings? eliot but NOT the wasteland
Stephen King or Dean Koontz? nothing closer to horror than zelazny
Barnes & Noble or Borders? Amazon
Waldenbooks or B. Dalton? Amazon
Fantasy or Science Fiction? Both (at different times)
Horror or Suspense? suspense
Bookmark or Dogear? Bookmark
Hemingway or Faulkner? ahahah no.
Fitzgerald or Steinbeck? neither.
Homer or Plato? plato was an asshole
Geoffrey Chaucer or Edmund Spenser? chaucer
Pen or Pencil? pen
Looseleaf or Notepad? looseleaf graph
Alphabetize: By Author or By Title? title within author. like you're supposed to.
Dustjacket: On or Off? on the wall!
Novella or Epic? novella, usually.
John Grisham or Scott Turow? i assume from the question that turow is even worse? ...neither.
J.K. Rowling or Lemony Snicket? rowling. but not as much as patricia wrede and diana wynne jones.
John Irving or John Updike? dunno.
Fiction or Non-fiction? almost always fiction.
Historical Biography or Historical Romance? jesus. ugh. ew. um, historical biography... no, historical romance... how about fantastical alternate history? yeah. that doesn't make me cry. or you-know-who either.
A Few Pages per Sitting or Finish at Least a Chapter? whole book at a time unless legs cramp or real world intrudes.
Short Story or Creative Non-fiction Essay? short story.
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"? neither.
Buy or Borrow? buy used.
Highlight or Underline? underline
Lewis or Tolkien? tolkein
E.B. White or A.A. Milne?
T.S. Eliot or e.e. cummings? eliot but NOT the wasteland
Stephen King or Dean Koontz? nothing closer to horror than zelazny
Barnes & Noble or Borders? Amazon
Waldenbooks or B. Dalton? Amazon
Fantasy or Science Fiction? Both (at different times)
Horror or Suspense? suspense
Bookmark or Dogear? Bookmark
Hemingway or Faulkner? ahahah no.
Fitzgerald or Steinbeck? neither.
Homer or Plato? plato was an asshole
Geoffrey Chaucer or Edmund Spenser? chaucer
Pen or Pencil? pen
Looseleaf or Notepad? looseleaf graph
Alphabetize: By Author or By Title? title within author. like you're supposed to.
Dustjacket: On or Off? on the wall!
Novella or Epic? novella, usually.
John Grisham or Scott Turow? i assume from the question that turow is even worse? ...neither.
J.K. Rowling or Lemony Snicket? rowling. but not as much as patricia wrede and diana wynne jones.
John Irving or John Updike? dunno.
Fiction or Non-fiction? almost always fiction.
Historical Biography or Historical Romance? jesus. ugh. ew. um, historical biography... no, historical romance... how about fantastical alternate history? yeah. that doesn't make me cry. or you-know-who either.
A Few Pages per Sitting or Finish at Least a Chapter? whole book at a time unless legs cramp or real world intrudes.
Short Story or Creative Non-fiction Essay? short story.
"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"? neither.
Buy or Borrow? buy used.