This is a pretty long post, so I’m putting it behind a cut.
1. Favorite childhood book?
The Sleepover Friends series by Susan Saunders. It wasn’t as popular as The Baby-Sitters Club, but I love, love, loved the series and was slightly obsessed with it.
2. What are you reading right now?
Summer by Edith Wharton. I love Wharton, but this is moving along at a pretty slow pace so far.
3. What books do you have on request at the library?
Currently, none. I had The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson on hold for the ebook version, but the wait list was pretty long, so I went ahead and bought the paperback yesterday.
4. Bad book habit?
This is a habit I *think* I’ve broken, but I used to be really bad about buying books on a whim and never reading them. I’ve got a book stash that rivals my yarn stash–a whole bookcase of unread books. I’m telling myself that I’m not allowed to buy any new books unless they’re by authors I know and love, or unless they’re books that have gotten very good reviews overall. No more impulse book buying (except for knitting pattern books).
5. What do you currently have checked out at the library?
Nothing currently, but I’m alternating between working through the book stash and borrowing from the library. The last title I checked out was the ebook version of Columbine by Dave Cullen.
6. Do you have an e-reader?
Yes, a Barnes & Noble Nook that I call Edgar.
7. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?
I limit myself to reading one book at a time. My attention span is kind of iffy at times, so I have to focus on one book, or else I’d probably never finish anything.
8. Have your reading habits changed since starting a blog?
I read more now than I did a few years ago, maybe because part of the fun is posting a review (and reading other opinions) once I finish a book. Last year I attempted 52 Books in 52 Weeks and blogged my progress throughout the challenge. I didn’t finish, but I had fun trying.
9. Least favorite book you read this year (so far?)
Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter Straub (my review post)
10. Favorite book you’ve read this year?
I have two: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen and The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst.
11. How often do you read out of your comfort zone?
I’m branching out more this year than in previous years. I’m trying to work on reading more classics and literary fiction.
12. What is your reading comfort zone?
Young adult fiction and adult fiction with heavy relationship themes (Anita Shreve, Edith Wharton, etc.)
13. Can you read on the bus?
I don’t ride the bus, but I am able to read in the car (just not for long periods of time).
14. Favorite place to read?
In bed or on the couch.
15. What is your policy on book lending?
I don’t really have a policy, but I’m happy to lend!
16. Do you ever dog-ear books?
I try not to because I don’t like the way it looks. I always have a bookmark on hand.
17. Do you ever write in the margins of your books?
I tried this early in my college years, but it didn’t work for me. I prefer taking notes separately in a notebook.
18. Not even with text books?
Especially not with text books, since I always had to sell them back at the end of the semester!
19. What is your favorite language to read in?
Considering I’m not multi-lingual…English!
20. What makes you love a book?
Characters that stay with me long after I’ve finished the book.
21. What will inspire you to recommend a book?
A story or characters that moved me in some way. Bonus points if they made me cry.
22. Favorite genre?
Literary fiction, young adult fiction.
23. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did?)
Historical fiction. The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon is rich with historical references, but my eyes kind of gloss over the historical bits. I can never remember who did what to whom and how everyone’s connected…
24. Favorite biography?
Nothing comes to mind, although I do have a few on my to-read list.
25. Have you ever read a self-help book?
hahaha. Yes, I have. But it’s been a while. I used to go to counseling, so…yeah, I’ve definitely tried the self-help route as well.
26. Favorite cookbook?
I only have one, a Betty Crocker something or other that my dad used in the Navy (he was a cook) and passed on to me when I moved out of my parents’ house. 
27. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)?
Nothing I’d label as inspirational…but the year isn’t over yet.
28. Favorite reading snack?
I don’t normally read books while eating, but I do read Twitter and blogs on my iPhone while eating (which I probably shouldn’t do). It’s usually chips or crackers or whatever.
29. Name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience.
oh geez, The Catcher in the Rye for sure. Maybe it would’ve been revolutionary if I’d read it in high school, but as a 20-something, I just wasn’t feeling it.
30. How often do you agree with critics about a book?
I’m more interested in regular readers’ opinions, rather than critics’ opinions. For example, I hated Lost Boy Lost Girl, but Stephen King and Neil Gaiman thought it was fantastic. Granted, they’re authors and not solely critics, but I looked up reader reviews on Goodreads, and others had similar reactions to mine. I guess critics’ reviews are hit or miss with me, quite often.
31. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews?
If I really dislike a book, I have no problem writing a negative review. I try to be specific about the things I disliked.
32. If you could read in a foreign language, which language would you chose?
Maybe French or Spanish.
33. Most intimidating book you’ve ever read?
Pretty much anything from my English authors courses in college, haha! Like Chaucer…or Henry Fielding *shudder* I didn’t really get them. 
34. Most intimidating book you’re too nervous to begin?
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon. Yes, it’s the latest in the Outlander series and I consider myself a diehard Outlander fan. But it’s been years since I read the preceding book in the series, so I can’t remember all the plot points and I’m all discombobulated in the actual plot, and there are so many characters to keep track of, and good grief, have you seen the size of the novel? It’s HUGE. And heavy. I might borrow the e-version from the library, actually. The print version can stay on my shelf.
35. Favorite Poet?
Edgar Allan Poe Samuel Taylor Coleridge is another favorite, for the awesomeness that is “Kubla Khan.”
36. How many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time?
1 or 2.
37. How often have you returned book to the library unread?
I did this a lot when I was younger, mainly because I would check out more than I could possibly read in the allotted time period. I limit myself these days to a more realistic number.
38. Favorite fictional character?
Jo March from Little Women, Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter series, Melinda Sordino from Speak
39. Favorite fictional villain?
Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series (he counts as a villain, right?) (I think he’s my favorite because of Alan Rickman, need I say more?)
40. Books I’m most likely to bring on vacation?
I don’t really go on vacation…but if I did…probably something fluffy, like young adult lit.
41. The longest I’ve gone without reading.
Months or even years, I’d say. I had a rough patch in the early 2000s…
42. Name a book that you could/would not finish.
I try to stick with a book unless it’s just too boring or there are too many errors (grammar, syntax, typos). I remember skimming Things Fall Apart because I just couldn’t connect with it.
43. What distracts you easily when you’re reading?
I always turn off the TV when I read and I can’t really have music on, either. I like my surroundings to be quiet.
44. Favorite film adaptation of a novel?
The Age of Innocence. The film is such a good adaptation as far as the themes of the book and general characterization. Also, it’s such a visual feast–the costumes and sets are so lush and just gorgeous.
45. Most disappointing film adaptation?
Pretty much anything Hollywood has attempted to adapt in recent history? ha. As much of a Twilight fan as I am, the first film could have been so much better. I love the campiness of it, but at the same time, I wonder what it would’ve been like under different circumstances…
46. The most money I’ve ever spent in the bookstore at one time?
hmm, maybe $40 or $50? I’ve broken that habit, though!
47. How often do you skim a book before reading it?
Usually, I just read the back cover or inside flap.
48. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through?
A really stupid or boring plot, or awful writing, or sucky editing. Or any combination of these, with nothing else to keep me sucked in to the story.
49. Do you like to keep your books organized?
oh yes! In fact, I just rearranged my bookshelves. All of my to-read books are on one shelf, and my read books are on the other (along with craft books). I like to keep series in order, with my favorites at the top of the shelf and everything under that in alphabetical order. I also started separating paperbacks from hardcovers because it looks nicer visually.
50. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you’ve read them?
If I think I’ll read it again, I’ll keep it. Otherwise, I put it aside for swap.
51. Are there any books you’ve been avoiding?
I’m kind of burned out on supernatural fiction right now. So even though I’ve read the first two Sookie Stackhouse books, I haven’t continued reading the series yet.
52. Name a book that made you angry.
I haven’t read anything lately that made me angry, though in retrospect, there are a ton of titles that I read in that past that, if I read them now, would get me steamed, guaranteed. (Most of those are religious, self-helpy types of titles, which I now realize are incredibly condescending and awful and just NO.)
53. A book you didn’t expect to like but did?
Harry Potter, Twilight, Water for Elephants…books that get a lot of attention/hype in general.
54. A book that you expected to like but didn’t?
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. I loved The Time Traveler’s Wife, but I had trouble connecting with this one.
55. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading?
Again, young adult fiction…they’re my fluffy, pretty much mindless reads.
