Saw this on litlove's blog and couldn't resist having a go.
What are you reading right now?
Well, I've JUST read the final volume of the Roth trilogy. But I also have two books waiting to be finished -- ones I started before I went on holiday and will now pick up. They are Kate Mosse's Labyrinth and Adele Geras' Facing the Light. I can't wait to finish Adele's book as I am meeting her for lunch on Tuesday!!!!
Do you have any idea what you’ll read when you’re done with that?
By my bed I have a book by C P Snow and one by Michael Innes, Hamlet Revenge. And yesterday a friend bought me The Memory Keeper's Daughter. So I shall read one of those next I think unless something else turns up or grabs me. It's often hard to say what I will feel like till the time comes.
What magazines do you have in your bathroom right now?
Actually none. But if I did, it would be Marie Claire Maison or Marie Claire Idees, both of which I buy when I go to France. Very stylish and attractive.
What’s the worst thing you were ever forced to read?
Shamefully (for a teacher of literature) that would have to be something on French literary theory -- Derrida et al. I tried so hard with all this when it was the flavour of the month in universities and found it strangely repellent. This is an embarrassing confession.
What’s the one book you always recommend to just about everyone?
This year I have been pressing everyone to read Sarah Waters' The Night Watch.
Admit it, the librarians at your library know you on a first name basis, don’t they?
Although I use the university library for research related books, I rarely visit out local library which is pretty limited. Most of my books come from charity shops, attic sales, abebooks.com and amazon.
Is there a book you absolutely love, but for some reason, people never think it sounds interesting, or maybe they read it and don’t like it at all?
I'm sure there must be but I've drawn a blank here.
Do you read books while you eat? While you bathe? While you watch movies or TV? While you listen to music? While you’re on the computer? While you’re having sex? While you’re driving?
While I eat, if I'm alone, I do. In the bath, yes, often. Not when I'm watching movies or TV or even listening to music as I find it divides the mind too much. Certainly not during those other activities.
When you were little, did other children tease you about your reading habits?
Luckily my two best friends were also avid readers. But I certainly spent a great deal of time lying on the sofa with my nose in a book rather than frolicking with my peers.
What’s the last thing you stayed up half the night reading because it was so good you couldn’t put it down?
I was reading The Four Last Things until VERY late last night! and will be blogging about it very soon.
