This week’s Booking Through Thursday is a quick answers challenge:

Which do you prefer? (Quick answers–we’ll do more detail at some later date)
• Reading something frivolous? Or something serious?
• Paperbacks? Or hardcovers?
• Fiction? Or Nonfiction?
• Poetry? Or Prose?
• Biographies? Or Autobiographies?
• History? Or Historical Fiction?
• Series? Or Stand-alones?
• Classics? Or best-sellers?
• Lurid, fruity prose? Or straight-forward, basic prose?
• Plots? Or Stream-of-Consciousness?
• Long books? Or Short?
• Illustrated? Or Non-illustrated?
• Borrowed? Or Owned?
• New? Or Used?
(Yes, I know, some of these we’ve touched on before, and some of these we might address in-depth in the future, but for today–just quick answers!)

OK. Quick answers, right? That means I can’t elaborate or explain myself? This could be more challenging than it looks…

Frivolous or serious? – Depends on my mood. Serious probably wins out more often than not.

Paperbacks or hardcovers? – Definitely paperbacks. They’re cheaper and easier to hold when reading in bed.

Fiction or non-fiction? – Both.

Poetry or prose? – Prose.

Biographies or autobiographies? – Autobiographies.

History or historical fiction? – Both, but if it’s historical fiction it needs to be reasonably accurate.

Series or stand-alones? – Both, but if it’s a series I need to read them in order.

Classics or best sellers? – Both, but I probably lean more towards classic literature.

Lurid or straight-forward prose? – Straight-forward. Overworked metaphors and elaborate descriptions are a definite turn-off.

Plots or stream of consciousness? – Too tired and easily distracted for stream of consciousness at the moment. Love a well developed plot.

Long books or short? – Both, but can’t stand long books (or series) that are 50% filler. I love a long story if it is full of a great plot and well developed characters NOT a decent short story stretched out to give the appearance of being more significant than it is.

Illustrated or non-illustrated? – I like illustrations in children’s books, cookbooks and non-fiction.

Borrowed or owned? – I am a bit compulsive about owning books. I just love to have my shelves crowded with old literary friends and waiting-to-be-discovered treasures. It breaks my heart to have to return a great book to the library or a friend if I have borrowed it.

New or used? – I love to visit second hand bookshops. As long as used books are in good condition, they will win with me every time.

Well there you go. And I even managed to give one word answers to a couple of the questions. Not so challenging after all.

What about you? Do you get rid of books as soon as you’ve read them? Never read fiction? Can’t stand either biographies or autobiographies? Feel free to elaborate on any of your choices in the comments or link to your BTT post.