📚 Book 20 Questions! 📚

 1) How many books are too many in a series? 

-Hmm...I honestly don't typically pay attention to that if I'm enjoying a series, but I suppose my preference is for a series not be much more than 4-5 books. However, I have really enjoyed series with more books than that! 

2) How do you feel about cliffhangers?

-I have not read very many books with major cliffhangers at the end, so I will reserve my opinion on them until I have read more. But I can say that chapters ending in cliffhangers aren't my favorite...

3) Hardback or paperback?

-This is such a difficult question for me. I believe that overall, I would say paperbacks for everyday reading, but I also own so many gorgeous hardbacks!

4) Favorite book?

-I have many favorite books, but if I had to choose my top 3 (aside from the Bible), they might be Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, and Pride and Prejudice. 

5) Least favorite book? 

-It's actually quite difficult for me to think of a lot of least favorite books. If I read a book and really don't like it, my brain seems to just forget it completely! But a few have stuck with me, one of which is Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. It's a Cinderella retelling (I think) which I read when I was around 9 or 10. I clearly remember absolutely despising it, but I don't recall exactly why. And then for nonfiction, I read The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel a couple years ago, which unfortunately contained faulty reasoning and unbiblical (and in my opinion, misleading) arguments for creation.

6) Love triangles: Yes or no? 

-Again, this is something I just have not read all that often, so I don't have a strong opinion on it. But from what I have read and things I've heard, I would probably say no...maybe. 

7) The most recent book you couldn't finish?

-That would be The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. I checked it out from the library and attempted to read it, but I simply couldn't because of the fact that I already know who the culprit is! My brother accidentally spoiled it for me at one point, so it was just very hard getting into it knowing what the ending is (and what an ending!). However, I do want to try again at some point for the sake of seeing how exactly how it all plays out. 

8) A book you're currently reading? 

-As of writing this, I'm currently reading a few books, one of which is City of Serpents by Christina Baehr, which I'm really enjoying so far! 

9) The last book you've recommended to someone?

-If I'm not mistaken, the last book I recommended was Wormwood Abbey by Christina Baehr and it was to a good family friend Amanda from The Little Book Spot. She loves the Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower, and Wormwood Abbey reminded me of those quite a bit, so I believe she might enjoy Wormwood Abbey! 

10) Oldest book you've read (based on publication date)?

-Aside from the Bible, I believe the oldest book I've read is Love and Friendship by Jane Austen, which (according to Goodreads) was published in 1787 when Austen was just a young teen! It is a satire of drawing-room society in which tragedy and comedy go hand in hand, and it was very absurd and humorous, and just a lot of fun :)

11) Newest book you've read (based on publication date)?

-I believe that as of right now, that would be Hope’s Enduring Echo by Kim Vogel Sawyer, which was published in March of this year. {See my thoughts for that one here!}

12) Favorite author?

-Um...I don't have just one! As far as fiction goes, some of my favorite authors are (not ranked-just in alphabetical order) Beth Brower, Christina Baehr, Jane Austen, Janette Oke, L.M. Montgomery and Louisa May Alcott. And for nonfiction, a few authors I love the most are Andrew Peterson (who also writes fiction that I've not read), Elisabeth Elliot, John MacArthur, John Piper, and Katie Davis Majors. 

13) Buying books or borrowing them?

-If I'm even a little hesitant about whether I'll enjoy a book or not- or if it is expensive to buy- then I'll happily borrow it from either my library or a friend. But if I have very high hopes and good reasons to believe that I'll like a book, and I can find it for a fair price...I'll buy it 😉 And I prefer to own all books that I have enjoyed, so if I initially borrow a book and end up loving it, then I will nearly always buy a copy to put on my shelves. 

14) A book you dislike that everyone else loves?

-I don't have a lot of answers to this one. There are a lot of books that everyone loves but I don't want to read, but if I haven't actually read them I don't think that counts. I suppose a very popular one that I didn't care for exactly was And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. It was brilliantly crafted, but too dark for my taste! I also read about a third of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone...🫣

15) Bookmarks or dog ears?

-Honestly, I prefer the idea of bookmarks, but I always end up using dog ears instead. 

16) A book you can reread over and over again?

-Excluding the Bible, my answer would be Little Women all the way! I typically will reread it every year around Christmas, and I have loved it more every time I read it! ❤

17) Can you listen to music while reading? 

-I can, especially if it's instrumental, but I don't very often. 

18) Multiple POVs or just one?

-Until recently, I hadn't read too many books with multiple POVS- because a lot of the books I read are old ones- but I would still say that I usually prefer one POV, or at least no more than 2. 

19) Do you read a book in one sitting or over multiple days on average?

-A goal of mine this year is to try to read fiction books in a shorter amount of time while still absorbing and comprehending them, but I can't say I've achieved that goal quite yet. On average, it usually takes me about 2-3 days to finish a normal length fiction book, and longer for nonfiction. 

20) Who do you tag?

-I'm still new to this whole book tag thing, so I won't officially tag anyone, but anyone reading this is more than welcome to do it! 

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Bookishly yours, 

Lottie M.