Which do you prefer? (Quick answers–we’ll do more detail at some later date)
Reading something frivolous? Or something serious?
Frivolously serious.
Paperbacks? Or hardcovers?
Home: Hardcovers. Away: Paperbacks
Fiction? Or Nonfiction?
Used to be nonfiction but now has moved toward fiction.
Poetry? Or Prose?
Prose always
Biographies? Or Autobiographies?
Biographies
History? Or Historical Fiction?
History
Series? Or Stand-alones?
Stand-alones
Classics? Or best-sellers?
Best-sellers
Lurid, fruity prose? Or straight-forward, basic prose?
Straight-forward and basic.
Plots? Or Stream-of-Consciousness?
Plots
Long books? Or Short?
Medium
Illustrated? Or Non-illustrated?
Non-illustrated
Borrowed? Or Owned?
Owned
New? Or Used?
New
Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.
Augustine Birrell, “The Office of Literature,” Obiter Dicta
