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I like Death, Sam Vimes, and Granny Weatherwax.

I have no problem with people knowing about my blog, though I don't make a point of telling people about it offline. I don't really post anything too personal, anyway, and I tend not to post even first names of people I refer to (unless they're public figures).

735 wpm, 73% comprehension. I agree, it was not the most interesting article. I would've done better if it'd been about baseball. :)

Most definitely a losing battle. I buy books faster than I can read them.

One Man's Meat by E.B. White -- 5 stars out of 5.

I do both, though if the writing is really bad I find I can't stop myself from analyzing it. Same thing happens with movies.

I'm reading Daniel Boorstin's "The Americans: The National Experience" (the middle book in his American history trilogy) and Douglas Brode's "The Films of Steven Spielberg".

I used to read one book at a time, and even now I sometimes pick one up and put it down only when I'm finished. But usually I have three or four going -- something funny, something educational, something movie-related, etc.

Mint chocolate chip.

Diana Wynne Jones's "The Tough Guide to Fantasyland", a spoof of travel guides and fantasy fiction conventions.

Terry Pratchett's pretty good, too -- like Adams, but in fantasy.

Forgot to mention Marion Zimmer Bradley in my initial post -- I particularly like her Mists of Avalon, as well as its two prequels (The Forest House, Lady of Avalon).

There's a cat called Greebo in Pratchett's Discworld series, though if your SO reads up on him, she might not like that name either. :)

High school was a looooooong time ago, so I can't remember most of the titles. Here are the ones I do recall: Positive Shakespeare (various) - I love plays, period The Glass Menagerie - ditto Oedipus Rex - ditto Catcher in the Rye - hit a chord, alienated teenager that I was (though...

I love watching baseball, and don't mind watching the occasional (American) football game. As for doing things, I like walking, snowshoeing, the occasional kayak or hike, and Wiffleball. :D

I got lots of looks when I'd laugh out loud on the subway, and I didn't care ... that's how damn funny Sedaris is.

It's in my genes, like black hair and brown eyes. ;) Seriously, I've been reading as long as I can remember too. Library trips were one of the best fun parts of childhood.

The Hiram Key by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas. If writing is like architecture, I wouldn't trust these guys to build a doghouse.

I usually try to group things by author and/or subject. If my books wouldn't keep multiplying and overrunning all the shelf space, the system would work perfectly. :D

I tend to buy mine, though when I was taking classes I used the university library quite a bit. I should go to the library more often ... maybe after I've gotten through the backlog of all the stuff I bought and/or received as presents (which at my current rate will be in about twenty years).