11. About ninety-five percent of the books I read, are written in English. It was higher in 2011, but since I'm getting Dutch books for review, I've read some Dutch books, which I also enjoy a lot.
12. My Big Bookcase was a gift from my parents for my birthday. I had a couple of stacks of books on the floor behind my bed before that, and it looked rather messy.
13. I love looking at bookshelves. My own, in bookstores, other people, famous people.. I love looking at them.
14. Most of the books I read, are part of a series. This isn't intentional, there's just a lot of good books that turn out to be the first in a series..
15. My favorite book when I was younger, was Een mysterieuze gast by Marjo Roeven. It's a Dutch book without an English edition and I've read it a lot. I still have it, and plan to re-read it sometime in the future.
16. According to Goodreads, I own 400 physical books.
17. Getting back into reading also sparked a forgotten hobby to life: writing.
18. While I love hardcovers, I prefer to read paperbacks, because they're cheaper and nicer to hold while reading.
19. I have never dog-eared a book in my life. I always use bookmarks, or if I don't have one handy, I use a scrap of paper, a receipt, a postcard, flat magnet or even a candy wrapper.
20. While I love my copy of Harry Potter Page to Screen, it bugs me that I'm not able to fit it anywhere on a shelf. Because of its size, it stays on my bed and has to be put on the floor every night.
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These little facts make me think about myself and my reading habits quite a lot! It's fun to write a post like this one.
That's it for this week. Next week I'll have another ten things :)
I love this new meme of yours its really interesting !! I too only read in English. I guess I just like it better but honestly it's also because I can't bear waiting a year or even several months for a book that I love to be translated lol
ReplyDeleteThat's cool you're getting Dutch books as well! I've been thinking of asking for a few Swedish ones (especially since I'm on a Swedish review site as well) but haven't yet. I'm the same about mainly reading English otherwise! I love it more, but also because even if I wanted them in Swedish I'd have to wait for-ever. Lol! Nice post. :D
ReplyDeleteIt was great to learn a little more about you and your reading habits. Everything YA is part of a series these days, it is getting a little out of hand!
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