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Another book meme meme

Another book meme _grayswandir_ . I took the liberty of removing some questions just because it matched with the reality of an American reader of certain nationalities or foreign.

Paperback, hardback or paperback Trade?

I have no preference, provided that combines a good preçoa an excellent translation (Abril Cultural recently released in editions of classic cover Hard coated fabric, with translations renowned, popular prices, and L & PM publishes paperback books with translations of quality). Although I prefer to buy certain issues when publishers specialize in certain writers among my favorites, see the Illumination, which relaunches classic Sade in new translations and sharper, and 34, responsible for translations of the tongue tip and directly mã and the classics of Russian literature, including Dostoevsky.

Bookmark or dog-ear?

Brand-page, for sure. Deusmelivreguarde folding / ears in my books.

Favourite place to read?

My house in the morning, when calmer (or less busy), preferably in the living room or kitchen. Libraries are also great for reading, of course.

Alphabetize by author or alphabetize by title or random?

All my books are cataloged according to the record of the Brazilian Book Chamber, then it will be easier to organize them alphabetically one day when you wish. Prefer alphabetically by author, because usually look for books in libraries with the name of the writer in mind, and after finding him is that I go to the title the work.

Keep, throw away, or sell?

if I bought a new and better edition of a book, or did not like him, I'd rather donate questãoa volume in a library, or offer it to a friend interested . I never sell or lend a book to me both are sacrilege.

Keep dust jacket or toss it?

When I remove the dust from my books, clean them often. I would encap them to better protect them from dust and other debris and moisture, thus preserving them better, the problem is the job I have.

with dust jacket Read or remove it?

not apply to my books, as is attested in the previous topic.

Short story or novel?

Novels, read them more often than any other works of literary genres. One advantage of a novel about the tale, the novel or the play is that through it spent much time with the weft delighting and interacting with the characters.

Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?

Harry Potter , I'ma fan of the series. Stop reading

When tired or at chapter breaks?

Prefer stop reading when the chapter ends, because it usually saves you stop abruptly, a potentially crucial moment in the narrative that compels you to return to reread paragraphs when reading to better understand it, offering a sense of continuity more stable (because the author well structured and divided its work, and nobody better than him to do it with efficiency narrative). The chapter, in most cases, it's like an episode, with the outcome at the "right". However, if you're too tired to sleep or dying, or if the next few paragraphs are promising (and perhaps have the bad habit of moving lines and give some quick fleeing to other chapters in order to get an idea of what is to come * eager *) and want to defer impact for the effect of this on me is bigger, so do not wait for the end of the chapter, close the book right there where I am.

"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?

"It was a dark and stormy night" indeed. Unless the "once upon a time" is a fairy tale of dark, ironic and / or subversive (but I like the traditional fairy tales).

Buy or borrow?

If I'm able, buy without hesitation. I already have over 160 books. But libraries are invaluable, especially if you're in the grip or is there only one title available pretty rare that you're dying to read.

New or used?

brand new. Bourgeois middle, I know, but I love knowing that I am the first to read this handsome volume donuts factory. And the smell of new book, then? But also like the smell of some old books, and especially the texture of the letters, some written in relief as strong (not know if I went out so the graphics, or is effect of time) from old volumes, like the editions of José Olympio.

Buying choice: book reviews, recommendations, or browse?

Generally, what moves me to buy books is the interest or preference already formed by some writers (already in love with Dostoevsky, for example, and I decided to buy the 34 issues of his works when he was working). When the author do not know enough, I am inclined to buy recommendations by direct or indirect friends with similar tastes and inclinations to my criticisms, and reviews from reputable (Net helps a lot in both cases).

Tidy ending or cliffhanger?

Finals open until they are worth, since due to dialogical pretensions of the author and not the strategic intention of wanting to publish other works more for the same sé Series, when he gave what he had to give and estimate on the number of volumes has been completed, at the risk of wear and become comercialoide. What for further squeeze the pulp of the orange when there is the possibility of juice out bitter or rotten? So rather unique works or series summarily closed.

Morning reading, afternoon reading, or nighttime reading?

the morning, as I have already explained why in the item 3. But I also like to read at night in the kitchen, where everyone is holed up in the living room watching TV.

Stand-alone or series?

Better single volumes, so why not create a violent anxiety for the next installment in a series, the continuation of a saga, just for wanting to learn about the fate of the characters (hoping that their favorite did not take certain courses, or be "punished" by such-author). And because most of my favorite writers and authors are not the classic series.

Favorite series?

Harry Potter , The adventures of Hercule Poirot (the chief detective of Agatha Christie), site of the Yellow Woodpecker, both Alice Lewis Carroll, Lemony Snicket (although it was not read until the seventh volume, sound ; the thirteen in all). Do not add LOTR only because I read the first book. I already bought the first three series How to Train Your Dragon and I intend to read them soon, and look forward to Iluminuras publish translations of other works of saga of the sisters Justine and Juliette, the Marquis de Sade (apart from The Misfortunes of Virtue , I already have, the inaugural work of the series).

Favorite children's book?

Not counting the children and youth, just as the child is well designed for that age group is generally more focused? Site Works of Yellow Woodpecker, Pedro Bandeira (especially Tea and disappearance Smuggling Cat at least loved as a child), The Little Prince .

Favorite YA book?

that? Children's books or children and young people? Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket , some novels of Joao Gilberto Noll on discoveries of adolescence, etc..

Favorite book of Which nobody else has heard?

I loved a book, The Honeymoon , a Norwegian writer, Knut Faldbakken that almost nobody else knows, so I am informed, is actually a very dark and author, to my knowledge, no other book of yours beyond this was translated into Portuguese in Brazil.

Favorite books read last year?

Single Player - Dostoevsky

Winter Notes on Summer Impressions - Dostoevsky

The 120 Days of Sodom - Mark s de Sade

The Brothers Karamazov: Vol I (reread) - Dostoevsky

Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder

Macbeth - Shakespeare

Favorite books of all time?

Top 15, not necessarily in order of preference:

Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky

Memo ; vacation from Underground - Dostoevsky

Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas - Machado de Assis

Hour of the Star - Clarice Lispector

The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

Hamlet - Shakespeare

Philosophy at Alcova - Marquis de Sade

Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

Blindness - Jose Saramago

Harry Potter – J. K. Rowling

A Divina Comédia – Dante Alighieri

Os 120 Dias de Sodoma – Marquês de Sade

1984 – George Orwell

Least favorite book you finished last year?

Creio que uma antologia de contos de ficção científica, da Scipione. Havia contos ótimos, inclusive de autores brasileiros, mas alguns não me impressionaram ou não me instigaram assaz, below average.

What are you reading right now?

concluded today the publication of the story Bobok , Dostoevsky, accompanied by a detailed analysis of it by Paulo Bezerra.

What are you reading next?

I'm wondering if I go to another dost começoa or read The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, Saramago.

Favorite book to recommend to an eleven-year-old?

Reinações of Narizinho of Monteiro Lobato, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone , JK Rowling and The Eye of the Wolf , Daniel Pennac.

Favorite book to reread?

Crime and Punishment, of course. Works of Clarice Lispector Machadinho and also give great readings, always accompanied by intriguing (re) discovered.

Do you ever smell books?

I love to feel the smell of books, compare the odors of the types of papers used by the publisher and sometimes link them to food and some that were ingrained in my memory affective.

Do you ever read Primary source documents?

No, I read e-books too, though rarely.