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Illustrious Illustrations

By monnibo | Published: March 11, 2010

It’s been a long while since I participated in Booking Through Thursday, so here we go! How do you feel about illustrations in your books? Graphs? Photos? Sketches? As long as they relate to the text and illuminate it in some way, then I am fine with illustrations. I really enjoy when they add to the reading, such as the illustrated Book of Negroes; you read about a plant you don’t know of in the story, and there is a lovely illustration of it. Where I didn’t enjoy sidebar images and asides was Generation X; some of the stuff were Continue Reading »

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Reading Lies

By monnibo | Published: October 2, 2009

I suggested a question for Booking Through Thursday back in March when I saw an article online: “2 out of 3 Britons have lied about the books they’ve read“. I am flattered to have another question of mine chosen for Booking Through Thursday. Two-thirds of Brits have lied about reading books they haven’t. Have you? Why? What book? I want to take the high-and-mighty road and say I haven’t, but truth is I probably have. Normally it’s because I haven’t read the book and I’m embarrassed and just kinda nod and smile in the conversation, agreeing like I have read Continue Reading »

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Booking Through Thursday Preferences

By monnibo | Published: July 23, 2009

Well, I haven’t participated in Booking Through Thursday for a while! Here’s a quick one because I gotta get back to work. Which do you prefer? Yes, I know, some of these we’ve touched on before, and some of these we might address in-depth in the future, but for today–just quick answers! Reading something frivolous OR something serious? —— depends on my mood Paperbacks OR hardcovers? —— both Fiction OR Nonfiction? —— fiction Poetry OR Prose? —— prose Biographies OR Autobiographies? —— neither History OR Historical Fiction? —— historical fiction if we’re talking about novels Series OR Stand-alones? —— both Continue Reading »

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