Essexgirl

The cover usually catches my eye first, and then the title, I have been known to be put off what is probably a very good book by a trashy cover or weird title

I finished this yesterday, and thoroughly enjoyed it. The new, scary take on faiy tales we knew and grew up with is good, and the ending is just right. Highly recommeded

I read at lunchtime at work, about 35/40 minutes, about an hour most evenings, and again in bed, but that can be as short as 10 minutes, depends how tired I am

I never ever write in library books and I hate it when I borow one that has been written it. In my opinion writing in a book that is not your property is sheer vandalism

I read at work at lunch time, in bed, when there's nothing on TV (which is most of the time now). I am a quick reader, always have been. I go through a book in, on average ,2/3 days

A book has to suck me in within the first 10 pages. If I have to work hard to get into it then that stops me enjoying it. Lately I've come across a couple of books where the back cover blurb looked good, but when I opened the book it was written in dialect. I couldn't enjoy those Enjoyment comes from a good story well told no matter what the genre

I usually have 3 on the go. One at work for lunch time, one by the bed and one in the lounge

A school without a library isn't fit to be called a school. What are the parents thinking about to let this continue!

Bookshops, charity shops, e bay, market stalls (some good bargains there from time to time), car boot sales, supermarkets

I have everything Stephen King has written. My favourite is Insomnia, closely followed by The Stand, which is one of the best books I have ever read. Carrie and The Shining were the ones to give me nightmares (both overdue for a re-read). The Dark Tower series is, for me, the failure. Went on for too long and a very poor ending. If you want to start with a "classic" Stephen King then Needful Things or The Tommyknockers are good ones - not too long but have the unmistakeable King touch

I enjoyed Rebecca and Rule Britannia, which may turn out to be quite prophetic the way things are going. I've never read Frenchman's Creek, although I do have it somewhere in the TBR pile. Now seems a fitting time to get it out and try it

I've seen them in the library but never tried them. I think I'm going to have to after reading the comments here

It was 36, but W H Smith were doing 3 for the price of 2 today so its gone up to 48

They reopened 26th April. They've installed a new self service computer system and generally re-arranged everything. I think the books just stayed there while they did it all

Always bookmarks - even if just an odd scrap of paper. I hate it when I get library books where pages have been turned down, or even worse, someone has written comments etc. in them. My local library has started giving away bookmarks