I've done this tag a few times before but I enjoy doing it again if I see a good bunch of questions. Greg at http://gregsbookhaven.blogspot.com/ has picked out a good set of questions so here we go!
1) Would you rather read or watch Netflix for an entire year?
I'm not interested in paying extra subscriptions to watch stuff so I'd pick the reading. I've got so much to read that it would be more productive to do that for a year. I've got a ton of dvd box sets and films waiting to be watched anyway so I don't really need a ton of new stuff to watch!
2) Would you rather read all new releases or used/ backlist books for a year
Oh getting on with the backlog for sure! I'm ploughing through that with boots stuck in treacle as we speak so I'd want to get on with that. I'm not really interested in reading ARCs and don't keep up with new releases except for series and authors I follow. Even then I need to wait a year after everyone else to grab a paperback copy!
3) Would you rather have pizza or Chinese food?
Erk this is a tough choice! I do love a good cheese pizza with extra cheese, topped by more extra cheese but I also like a good prawn curry to tickle the tastebuds. I do think I'd have to go with the pizza as I love cheese more than curry!
4) Would you rather use Bookstagram or Twitter- only one- for a whole year?
Frankly I could live quite happily without any social media. I'm on Twitter and find it useful so I suppose I'd pick that. Bookstagram is probably really interesting to follow people on and less toxic with trolls but I just wouldn't have the time to get involved with it right now.
5) Would you rather have your blog professionally designed or do you like to DIY?
I don't have the money to waste on professional design and I prefer to choose my own stuff and change it around when the mood takes me. I'm fine with the cheap design of blogger as it suits all my needs really.
6) Would you rather have a bookstore or be hired by your fave publisher?
I'd rather own the bookstore but I'd leave my brilliant staff to deal with all the customers! I'm not really a people person these days though I don't mind talking to nice people about the books they love! I'd be full of ideas on design-children are put in a soundproofed cage to keep them out of everyone's way like a left luggage area, so adults can book buy in peace. Bigger sections for horror and apocalypse. Lots of fiction and non fiction choices. Indie book promotions. A huge mural on the walls of favourite book covers and book scenes. free postcard/bookmark with every purchase, goody bags for buying a book pile. Free Indie book with every ten books you buy. Events, discount offers, a reading area and a safe covered area where people can bring in their dogs to get out of the rain. It would of course be the size of IKEA with a book swag area, cafe that sells stuff from books like Butterbeer, bookshelves for sale, book repair area, maybe even a library rental area...BEST BOOKSHOP EVER!!!
7) Would you rather have dogs or cats?
Faithful hounds! I have a particular hatred of cats shitting in my garden and killing the birds we feed. I've always liked dogs better.
8) Would you rather go to the past or future?
Hmm that's a tough one. The temptation would be the future to get winning lottery numbers to get money to open my book shop and see if vampires have 'come out' and can make me immortal so I really can read all the books forever! I could then turn my dad and any book friends that are interested! We could build an underground complex under my book superstore so we can live in safety...
9) Would you rather be in a Victorian era mystery or a future setting book?
I'm not a fan of Victorian settings for reading books so I can't imagine I'd want to be in one! I don't like all that society tea dance and manners for marriage stuff! I'd have to be in a future book with an exciting world...
10) What is your best book of 2020 so far?
Sadly there haven't been many books to choose from this year with a slump starting about February but there have been a few good ones. I'm excluding re-reads or it would be Harry Potter so my pick is John Major's memoirs.
And now my questions for YOU if you want to take part! If you do, please answer these ten questions and then ask ten of your own, or reuse mine.
1) Would you rather be a vampire or a werewolf?
2) Would you rather use magic or technology for an easier life?
3) Would you rather be invisible or able to fly?
4) Would you rather have gas or electricity?
5) Would you rather read fiction or non fiction?
6) Would you rather have sweet or savoury snacks?
7) Would you rather have Indian or Italian food?
8) Would you rather have a beachside house or a riverside cabin in the woods?
9) Would you rather visit Asia or Africa?
10) If you could only read one genre for a year, what would it be?
what a fun post. right now i'm kinda in a blogging slump, so i probably won't participate, though i did enjoy your post
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
It took a while to try and think up questions to ask-that took way longer than the answering part! Ugh blogging slumps aren't fun at all and I hope that passes for you soon.
DeleteLove this! I might give it a go since my blogging is in the tank right now lol
ReplyDeleteKaren @ For What It's Worth
The weather here is sapping all my brain cells I think so a big dose of hayfever doesn't help. Today I lost taste and smell which had my dad in a panic but it's not the virus. I haven't left the house in over a month. It's definitely hay fever as it gets worse when I go into the garden or go to the window.
DeleteFun tag! Of course, I would want to read for a year too, I need pizza in my life, and dogs are the best. Count me in for the immortal vampire book world :)
ReplyDeleteUs bookworms would enjoy the chance to read for a year with fewer interruptions! I'd have to be a vampire who could still enjoy normal food though...
DeleteThat was fun and I'm with you on most of these. Especially the one about the future! LOL
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy book tags with different questions and Greg's are really good!
DeleteI am totally grabbing this for June. This month has pretty much used up all my creativity for non-review posts, so having some questions to answer will work great.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
I already read all year, so that was an easy choice for me. I see you changing stuff on your blog sem-regularly. Is it easy? I used to mess around with my old blog and when I was on booklikes. But since I've moved to wordpress, I've pretty much stopped. I guess I want something that "just works" :-D
Bookstooge
I'll certainly look forward to seeing your answers! I find book tags useful to get the brain focused and have some fun. Blogger has always been pretty simple to change things up with some trial and error but I'm concerned about this new version-if it gets too complicated, it'll mess me up!
DeleteOoh fun!
ReplyDeleteLove your questions! I'd go with werewolf maybe since I like wolves, and while vampires are awesome I'm not sure about the undead thing. Probably go with fly and electricity. I'd go with Asia although Africa is fascinating to me as well.
It was really hard to try and think up new questions to ask! I went with vampire purely for the immortality for my book reading! You'd never need to worry about reducing the TBR ever again!
DeleteI love these kinds of tags!
ReplyDeleteBacklist books and pizza definitely! I'd rather own a bookstore too.
Cats are my animal though. I don't mind dogs (I grew up with a houseful of them) but I became a cat lover in university when we found an abandoned kitten and have never looked back.