Rules:
1. You must post the rules.
2. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then create eleven new questions to ask the people you've tagged.
3. Tag eleven people and link them to your post.
4. Let them know you've tagged them!
First, the questions Lisa posed for me:
1. Could you eat the same thing for lunch every day? What would it be?
I practically DO eat the same thing for lunch every day. This salad:
Romaine or green leaf lettuce, sometimes also baby spinach, chopped apples, celery, radish, dried cranberries, chopped pecans, sliced strawberries topped with pomegranate dressing. I'm trying to develop a homemade pomegranate vinaigrette, but it's a work in progress. In between batches of my own dressing, I've been using Simply Dressed All Natural Pomegranate Vinaigrette by Marzetti. You can find it in the refrigerator case alongside the packaged salads at your grocer.
I often have a small sandwich with the salad, usually turkey on whole grain bread.
2. How many library books do you have checked out right now?
Six [See yesterday's Library Loot post to see what I got..]
3. Do you feel strongly about specific music? Or more of a music in general type person?
I like a variety of music, but my go to is usually sexy R&B and or pop music with a pumping beat because it lifts my mood and motivates me to workout hard.
4. What is your favorite brick and mortar retail store?
Does a grocery store count? If yes, then my local Trader Joe's. I'm in there once or twice a week and am on a first name basis with several employees there. That's what happens at a small store when you go there regularly for 13+ years.
5. What is your favorite online store?
Athleta or Terry Bicycles. Although most of my shopping in those stores is of the window shopping sort.
6. What is your favorite moment of heartstopping romantic tension?
(Book, movie, music, tv, real life, art, anywhere..)
Definitely the first kiss.
7. What is the first book you remember reading?
I See Sam series of learning to read books in kindergarten. I can't believe those books are still out there being used! At home, probably One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
8. Are you creative in any way? How so?
I can be... if the directions are written really well. ;)
9. Not counting your family, pets and vital personal documents/pictures, what one thing would you save in a fire?
My TBR pile.
10. What is your favorite type of vacation?
(museums, beach, cabin, mountains, theme parks..)
National Parks and foreign cities/countries.
11. What is the most surprising or unexpected thing you've done in the last 12 months?
I trained and competed in my first sprint triathlon in September 2011 and did really well in the cycling portion. I wowed myself with that one. :)
Now my questions for YOU to answer:
1. What is your favorite genre to read?
2. What is the first romance novel you ever read and how old were you when you read it?
3. How many books--paper or ebooks--are in your existing TBR pile?
[TBR = your To-Be-Read and typically refers to books you already own but haven't yet read]
4. Do you read nonfiction? If so, from which sub-genre?
5. Do you own an e-reading device? If so, which one(s)?
6. Which one book have you re-read most often?
7. How many library books do you have out right now?
8. How do you mark your place in a book?
9. About how many books do you typically read in a month?
10. What was the last book that made you cry?
11. What was the last book that made you laugh?
I hope you play along! :)
That salad looks yummy! :)
ReplyDeleteAnna, that salad is very yummy! I wouldn't eat it every day if it wasn't. ; )
Delete1. What is your favorite genre to read? Young adult, romance, non-fiction.
ReplyDelete2. What is the first romance novel you ever read and how old were you when you read it? I don't remember the first one I read. I started sneaking my mom's at about 14. The first one I BOUGHT was Angel by Johanna Lindsey. I was 16.
3. How many books--paper or ebooks--are in your existing TBR pile?
[TBR = your To-Be-Read and typically refers to books you already own but haven't yet read] Hundreds. 400? They are in boxes so I have no idea.
4. Do you read nonfiction? If so, from which sub-genre? yes. Memoirs, "stunt memoirs", things like Malcolm Gladwell, lots of stuff on religion and spirituality.
5. Do you own an e-reading device? If so, which one(s)? I use the Kindle app on my iphone, and the Overdrive app for library books.
6. Which one book have you re-read most often? The Secret by Julie Garwood. Followed closely by In the Midnight Rain by Ruth Wind and Jake's Mountain by Christine Flynn.
7. How many library books do you have out right now? Only 60! And only about a dozen of those are mine. Maybe 15.
8. How do you mark your place in a book? With anything. Sometimes I carefully lie them down open facedown if I know they won't get disturbed by anyone.
9. About how many books do you typically read in a month? My goal is a book a week.
10. What was the last book that made you cry? Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray
11. What was the last book that made you laugh?
Uh, that cooking one I'm reading now. Make the Bread, Buy the butter. Something like that.
Lisa, you're the last person I expected to answer these questions! But thanks for doing it!!! Most of my books are in boxes, too, but I keep a pretty good record of them on goodreads. Although I have thought recently of taking inventory again.
DeleteI might have The Secret by Julie Garwood in a box somewhere--passed to me from a friend. Hmm will have to look!
ONLY 60 library books!!! I don't like having that many books out at once. Too much pressure plus I'd be afraid of losing or ruining one somehow.
1. What is your favorite genre to read? Mysteries
ReplyDelete2. What is the first romance novel you ever read and how old were you when you read it? One of the popular historical romance authors during the 70s and I probably was 13
3. How many books--paper or ebooks--are in your existing TBR pile? [TBR = your To-Be-Read and typically refers to books you already own but haven't yet read] 200+
4. Do you read nonfiction? If so, from which sub-genre? Not really.
5. Do you own an e-reading device? If so, which one(s)? Kindle touch, kindle fire, nook simple touch
6. Which one book have you re-read most often? Naked in Death by J. D. Robb
7. How many library books do you have out right now? three
8. How do you mark your place in a book? I mostly use the door cards from hotel or author bookmarks
9. About how many books do you typically read in a month? I average 15-20
10. What was the last book that made you cry?
11. What was the last book that made you laugh? Death by Killer Mop Doll by Lois Winston
Hi Dru Ann,
DeleteI think Naked in Death by J.D. Robb is my most re-read book, too. Maybe it's tied with Dark Lover by J.R. Ward..
15-20 books a month is awesome! I wish I could read that fast.. there are SO many books I want to read and not enough time!
Death by Killer Mop Doll sounds very funny indeed! ;o)
Thanks for playing!
Your lunch looks really yummy. :)
ReplyDelete1. What is your favorite genre to read?
Romance and comedy (yes, I prefer the two mixed together).
2. What is the first romance novel you ever read and how old were you when you read it?
Don't remember the name, but I was about 12 or 13...junior high school for sure.
3. How many books--paper or ebooks--are in your existing TBR pile?
[TBR = your To-Be-Read and typically refers to books you already own but haven't yet read]
Boxes. lol.
4. Do you read nonfiction? If so, from which sub-genre?
Yes, history, cultural studies, and biographies. Lately, cookbooks.
5. Do you own an e-reading device? If so, which one(s)?
Sadly, no.
6. Which one book have you re-read most often?
Huh, I'm not sure. I re-read a lot as a general rule. lol.
7. How many library books do you have out right now?
None! I know, what a surprise. Lack of time to go anywhere much less the library since I'll probably be heavily in debt from all the overdue charges. lol.
8. How do you mark your place in a book?
Anything. Bookmarks, paper, tissue. Any. Thing.
9. About how many books do you typically read in a month?
Not as much these days. Maybe 1 a week if I'm lucky.
10. What was the last book that made you cry?
Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones
11. What was the last book that made you laugh?
Lothaire by Kresley Cole
Hi little_alys,
DeleteI find it very interesting how so many of us have our books stored in boxes and not on shelves! That topic might require a post of its own!
I like to read cookbooks, too. I often read them in the comfort of my favorite chair from cover to cover like a novel. :)
I use anything for a bookmark, too. My most recent was the wrapper to a cough drop. :P
So you liked Lothaire? That series is so frickin' fun to read. I've sadly fallen maybe 5 books behind. Do you recommend I catch up?
Glad you posted answers! :)
Hey Chrissy!
DeleteI do secretly lurk these days and couldn't resist. These are so fun.
Lol, cookbooks in boxes! That does sound like a fun post. They are so comforting at times, but very bad when one is hungry. Very bad indeed. -_- *tummy grumbles*
Oh noes, cough drop wrapper! *hides* I do it too. The other day, I actually found a five dollar bill I used at a bookmark a loooonnnngggggg time ago. It was hilariously amazing.
I have a secret...*shifty eyes and whispers* I don't read Kresley Coles books in order. *hides*
I liked it. One day, I'll do a post on her books, but all I can say, it's like candy. I just read em for fun. From what I can tell, after the first few books (I also stopped at 5 - we're like KC book twins!), I found I could read them out of order since they're all kind of happening at the same time.
Thank you for your posts. I always look forward to them. :D
Oh my cookbooks aren't in boxes--only most of my romance and urban fantasy paperbacks. I boxed them up for storage when we did our addition three years ago and just never unpacked them. I have them boxed by subgenre so it's actually really easy to find what I'm looking for and I rely on my goodreads shelf to remember what's there! :)
DeleteThat's funny about the $5! I hope you spent it on buying another book!
Oooh interesting that you read Kresley Cole's books out of order. Not something I'd typically consider, but you're right. A lot of what happens in this series is all happening at once! I'll think about it..
Great answers - you know I can eat the same stuff day after day and very rarely bothers me :D
ReplyDelete1. What is your favorite genre to read? YA and Romance all the way!
2. What is the first romance novel you ever read and how old were you when you read it?
Straight romance? I was 19, Lisa Kleypas's Dreaming of You.
Romantic-ish? Jane Eyre when I was nine.
3. How many books--paper or ebooks--are in your existing TBR pile? last time I counted? about 50 but I haven't counted in two or three months so who knows.
4. Do you read nonfiction? If so, from which sub-genre?
Not so much lately, I read loads of non-fiction stuff while at school (aside from text books) but I usually like to read food stuff.
5. Do you own an e-reading device? If so, which one(s)? Yeah! A Kindle touch, though I've been known to read in my ipod too with Blue Fire and Stanza apps.-
6. Which one book have you re-read most often? Interesting, it changes according to my mood. Last year I think it was Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn, but Dreaming of You is a frequent repeat, as is And then He Kissed her by Laura Lee Guhrke
7. How many library books do you have out right now? None really, even though I do work at a library I never check books out :P
8. How do you mark your place in a book? book marks and dog-ears :D
9. About how many books do you typically read in a month? last month were 12, I think.
10. What was the last book that made you cry? Honest to god, I can't control myself, I'm crying? Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta
11. What was the last book that made you laugh? Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey, I just finished it last night and it made ma crack up a few times.
Alex,
DeleteYou read Jane Eyre when you were NINE? Wow so impressive! I only read the graphic novel of Jane Eyre when I was 42. LOL! I told my daughters that you did..
My oldest said, "Wow!"
My youngest said, "So. I read it when I was 12."
I said, "What?"
Youngest said, "Yeah. I read that Jane Eyre book you had from the library last year. It was pretty interesting, really."
Go figure!
I like to read food stuff, too for my non-fiction reading. Cookbooks, health, fitness, stuff like that. After that I read a memoir now and then, but not often.
Oh I bawled my eyes out reading On Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta. Was Froi of the Exiles more of a tear jerker? I cry very easily, though..
Thanks for answering the questions. :)
I'll be sure to do your meme! Your salad sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteBrandy, I look forward to your answers! :)
Delete1. What is your favorite genre to read? Romance! (a bit predictable this answer…)
ReplyDelete2. What is the first romance novel you ever read and how old were you when you read it? The Velvet Promise by Jude Deveraux, when I was 15 or 16. Around that time I also read Flowers in the Attic, which I loved but don't tell anyone!
3. How many books--paper or ebooks--are in your existing TBR pile? Ha! No idea, but probably more than 200, I keep buying books or adding them to my wish list, it’s a compulsion.
4. Do you read nonfiction? If so, from which sub-genre? I don’t, the other thing I read besides the paper and novels are academic papers, no much time for reading or doing anything else. I do enjoy biographies and history books.
5. Do you own an e-reading device? If so, which one(s)? Yep, a Kindle.
6. Which one book have you re-read most often? Timeline by Michael Crichton. I own three copies of that book and read it all the time. Have the biggest crush on one of the characters and just plain adore the book. You should read it, it's awesome!
7. How many library books do you have out right now? none.
8. How do you mark your place in a book? With anything I can use as a bookmark, like a card or a piece of paper, anything works. And yes, I've been known to dog-ear a book or two, shame on me!
9. About how many books do you typically read in a month? Depends on time and how good the books are, but around 15.
10. What was the last book that made you cry? I think it was More than one Night by Sarah Mayberry, she always makes me cry!
11. What was the last book that made you laugh? It feels wrong to say this because the book was twisted and filled with violence and rape, but Heat by R. Lee Smith. Craziest book I’ve read in a long time, at times it made me sick, at times it made me laugh out loud. Still not sure how I feel about it overall.
That salad looks SUPER yummy! Now I want one for my lunch every day :)
ReplyDeleteGreat meme and I love your answers!
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