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This week on [community profile] thefridayfive:

1. Do you enjoy receiving books as holiday or birthday gifts?
God, yes. Generally, if it's fiction, it's something I asked for or at least an author on my "always buy" list. Nonfiction, on the other hand, might be a surprise. Mum often gives me books about language (puns, quotes, amusing misuses &c.) or odd history topics.

I mean, it needs to be someone who knows my tastes and interests. I have received some...unfortunate books in the past from people who seem to think I'm likely to have a lot of overlap with, say, the Oprah book club.

2. What book are you reading (or, what is the last book you read)?
The Ruin of a Rake, Cat Sebastian. Because [personal profile] arsenicjade is the sort of dangerous friend who will recommend to me comedy of manners historical gay romance and throw in the BLATANT TEMPTATION of chronic illness. This is not a genre I read. Was not. Is now, apparently.

3. Are you enjoying (or, did you enjoy) that book? Why or why not?
Ugh, YES, and I am outraged about it. Outraged, I say. *shakes fist* There are references to a past of taking in stray animals, more snark than you can shake a swordcane at, and currently, the delicous threat of a recurrance of malaria hanging over someone's head. It's just--there's a lot going on here, and it is somehow all calculated to please me.

4. About how many books do you read in an average year?
I have no meaningful way of answering this. I have, in the past, tried to keep track of my reading habits. It has gone poorly. I read a lot of nonfiction, but I don't necessarily finish those books cover to cover? I read a bit to get whatever information I was after, or I read until my interest in the subject wanes a bit, then it goes back to the library. (I use the library A LOT.)

I don't read as much fiction as I would like. Fandom has managed to fill up a lot of my fiction diet, for a start. Also, I'm in a long-term mental state where I am...reluctant to trust new stories, because I am not emotionally prepared for disappointments. I do a lot of rereading of safe favorites. Eh. I don't love this arrangement, but it's where I am at the moment.

5. What are some of the books on your to-read pile (or list)?
Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children #3), Seanan McGuire. Lock In, John Scalzi. Truly Devious, Maureen Johnson. Space Opera, Catherynne M. Valente. (Aaaand I just made the mistake of looking in the to-read book basket. There's...a lot of books.)

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Date: 2018-12-21 05:03 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] arsenicjade
Sigh, I seriously don't understand why DW won't just let me stay logged in.

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Date: 2018-12-21 05:03 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] arsenicjade
But I am even less apologetic than I was. That is important.

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