Reading Habits

During Book Blogger Appreciation Week, many bloggers participated in a meme detailing their reading habits and to-read stacks. Perhaps because I'm odd, I find this sort of minutiae fascinating: a glimpse of readers all across the world in their nooks and cafes, along with voyeuristic photos of assorted bookshelves and tottering heaps of hardbacks and paperbacks. It was fabulous. I, of course, want to participate, so you'll find my rainy Sunday morning contribution below.

Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack?
I don't have any particular snacking habit while reading. Besides, I read all the time. Sometimes I read when I'm eating a meal. Sometimes I read while I have a bit of chocolate or drink my tea.

Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you?
The thought of marking in books once horrified me long ago, but I've become more liberal about it (especially since many fine annotations and cultural observations have come to us from people many years gone marking in books). I tend not to mark in the books I read for pleasure, but the ones I read academically get written in right quick.

How do you keep your place while reading a book? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book flat open?
I'm really good about not forgetting where I stopped reading, so I hardly need to use a marker at all. Sometimes I like to use a pretty bookmark, though. I disapprove of dog-earing a book as it damages the pages, but I won't say I've never done it. Seeing a book laying flat open makes me hiss unless it's a hardback. Protect those paperback spines, people!

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I hope some of you will choose to share your answers and shelves as well! Like I said, I really do find this sort of thing interesting.