tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post8401637288827590295..comments2024-02-21T10:23:37.299+00:00Comments on Fluttering Butterflies: My reading quirks and habitsMichelle Fluttering Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-42028959839969711062013-05-21T08:16:41.788+01:002013-05-21T08:16:41.788+01:00I'm not used to percentages as yet!I'm not used to percentages as yet! Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-68798250476796536222013-05-18T17:17:10.407+01:002013-05-18T17:17:10.407+01:00I do the exact same thing with page numbers! I lov...I do the exact same thing with page numbers! I love that Goodreads can tell me the percentage!Juliannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16717669339443902755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-41117657508960885202013-05-07T09:33:57.527+01:002013-05-07T09:33:57.527+01:00Oh that's pretty handy!Oh that's pretty handy!Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-68200302621337659322013-05-06T22:31:07.227+01:002013-05-06T22:31:07.227+01:00I'm terrible for using random things as bookma...I'm terrible for using random things as bookmarks. Working in a bookies for 4 years has meant many betting slips being used to keep my pagesLyndsey OHalloranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04329828978270120140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-60178637105829183122013-05-05T08:43:16.253+01:002013-05-05T08:43:16.253+01:00Yes! Some books contain the first chapter of the n...Yes! Some books contain the first chapter of the new book and that throws me off entirely with estimating how much of the book I have left. I have to know these things. :)Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-32558695251125180392013-05-05T08:41:53.956+01:002013-05-05T08:41:53.956+01:00I was pretty sure I was the only person who did th...I was pretty sure I was the only person who did the page number thing! Who goes out of their way to do mental maths? :) Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-625006250537037992013-05-05T08:41:15.827+01:002013-05-05T08:41:15.827+01:00Publication date order? Not the date you receive t...Publication date order? Not the date you receive them? (I've done the 'older' review titles and 'more recent' review titles piles. They didn't work very well for me!) Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-82551019397513412182013-05-05T08:40:06.978+01:002013-05-05T08:40:06.978+01:00What sort of categories do you use? I could use so...What sort of categories do you use? I could use some different inspiration :)Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-33048155093661926402013-05-05T08:39:34.563+01:002013-05-05T08:39:34.563+01:00Ooh, yes. I've lost so many of my own business...Ooh, yes. I've lost so many of my own business cards! I don't fold over pages in the books I'm reading for pleasure, but I do fold over pages in my uni textbooks. Still winced at what you wrote though!<br /><br />TWO THOUSAND BOOKS! Wow. Just wow.Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-2390593011229477162013-05-05T08:36:17.842+01:002013-05-05T08:36:17.842+01:00Mine get all a bit ridiculous :) But I'm getti...Mine get all a bit ridiculous :) But I'm getting better at figuring out what I want to read next.. Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-6218853036608952352013-05-04T22:07:12.470+01:002013-05-04T22:07:12.470+01:00I'm exactly with you on both of those first qu...I'm exactly with you on both of those first quirks. I always lose bookmarks and I perpetually use whatever scrap of paper is nearest at the time. My husband is totally baffled by this because I have two piles of bookmarks. He doesn't understand why I don't just use them - but it's as you say, I will lose them anyway, and I like them. Same with the end of the book, I always want to know how I'm progressing and if there's a preview or something in the back of the book, I want to check to see how far the end is. <br /><br />What a great idea for a post!Meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553655640589660182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-34643824170050012062013-05-04T16:29:21.857+01:002013-05-04T16:29:21.857+01:00Great post! I thought I was the only person who di...Great post! I thought I was the only person who did the page numbers thing... I feel better! I go to the end of the book and see how many chapter there are, then stop reading at an even point, at exactly a quarter or half the way in. <br /><br />I love reading quirks. :) Thanks for posting!Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13145275568220973113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-44362500760521510912013-05-03T15:18:25.284+01:002013-05-03T15:18:25.284+01:00I actually don't organise my boks in to piles....I actually don't organise my boks in to piles. My TBR pile is shelved by date order and I just pick and choose from there!<br /><br />I do lose bookmarks, count pages and read the acknowledgements and dedications though - I love getting a glimpse of the author's life and personality. So Many Books, So Little Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044634459274703941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-79244611611208876042013-05-03T10:18:59.663+01:002013-05-03T10:18:59.663+01:00Great blogpost!
I'm not good with bookmarks ...Great blogpost! <br /><br />I'm not good with bookmarks - I always lose them. Receipts/business cards (usually my own), train tickets, they all go missing when I use them so I tend to (look away now) turn over a page corner...<br /><br />I have this compulsion though, when I go to bookshops. I love touching books too and so I will randomly pick up books and hold them. Oddly, I do it far more with books I've loved reading than with unread books. Also, I always walk into a bookshop, see a book I've read, and then I think: should I buy that again? <br /><br />My TBR pile is well...my entire house. The majority of our read books are all in storage - everything else in the house is unread...that works out to about two thousand (if not more) books. Mark recently said to me: we should really put together a bookcase with books that we REALLY want to read. I stared at him as if he was nuts! How could he not understand that there were all these books on the shelves for a purpose. I want to read them ALL right now. Bring it. Liz de Jagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06952997369139328203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-19734629703405312132013-05-03T10:00:39.667+01:002013-05-03T10:00:39.667+01:00I organise all my books into categories as well, a...I organise all my books into categories as well, and I love reading acknowledgments and forewords :)mayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325673973210555338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-26241221602393681892013-05-03T09:40:23.797+01:002013-05-03T09:40:23.797+01:00I've planning a post like this :D And I agree ...I've planning a post like this :D And I agree with you on the organising TBR piles - I have a few books next to my bed that I want to read next and the rest in my shelves but I sometimes move those around Anyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782012259870311268noreply@blogger.com