Taken from A High and Hidden Place (although I copped out and skipped the first part, as my memory is not good enough to narrow my reading down to specific ages).

3 Favorite Reading Locations:

• Bed (even if it does make me sleepy sometimes)
• Comfy overstuffed chair in our living room
• Car (when we go on road trips, I’m the passenger and can sit back and read, looking up every so often to take in our surroundings)

I wish I could be one of those women who read in the bath, but I have this abnormal aversion to baths. The thought of them just makes me cringe, even though I would love to be able to enjoy all the bath products out there. Strictly showers for this gal.

3 Reading Habits:

• According to Anne Fadiman’s Ex Libris, I’m a ‘courtly lover’ of books – I examine all available copies at the bookstore before buying to make sure I’m getting the most pristine copy, and then I try my utmost to keep it that way – no bending of the spine, dog ears, or (gasp!) writing in the margins. Most of the books on my shelf don’t even look like they’ve been read. I know that may baffle and annoy some people (namely the ‘carnal lovers’).
• I always carry at least one book with me, wherever I go. It helps pass the time waiting in line at restaurants, sitting in traffic, or waiting for the movie to start, and with so many books out there, I need all the reading time I can get.
• For some reason, I like reading the copyright page at the front of books.

3 Things that Distract Me:

• Husband
• Mojo
• Reading Other Readers’ Blogs

3 Characters I’d Love to Be:

• Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice
• Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series
• Thursday Next from the Jasper Fforde novels (Eyre Affair, etc.)

3 Characters I Despise:

• Mrs. Reed from Jane Eyre
• Assef from The Kite Runner
• Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter series

3 Favorite Book Beverages:

• Café Mocha
• A pot of hot tea (many varieties, but Blackberry Sage comes to mind)
• Regular coffee

3 Favorite Bookmarks:

• Old business cards from JWT (I have a boxful so need to use them somewhere, and then I don’t mind when I inevitably misplace them)
• BookCrossing bookmarks
• One with the Newfoundland tartan that my aunt gave me, but I keep it in my jewelry box so I don’t lose it.

3 Dead Writers I’d Love to Meet:

• Helene Hanff
• Carol Shields
• Daniel Defoe

3 Alive Writers I’d Love to Meet:

• Barbara Kingsolver
• Bill Bryson
• Neil Gaiman

So, now … what about YOU?