Rebecca at Just One More Page asks about whether you have a soundtrack to go along with your reading.

Do you listen to music while reading? Does this change if you’re reading in or out of your house? Do you have a preference of music for such occasions?

When I used to take the MBTA or fly, my iPod was my trusty companion on the T as I read while commuting. Now, though, I do not listen to music while reading. In fact, these days I tend not to listen to music at all unless I can focus on it.

Sherrie at Just Books and Donna at BookBound have seen fit to send the Zombie Chicken Award my way. Thanks to both of you for sending this fun award to me, it is appreciated.

For those of you unaware of what the Zombie Chicken Award is all about, here’s the background:  Read more...

This week is Book Blogger Appreciation Week, and Monday’s post prompt is:

What book blogs mean something to you? Who are your most trusted sources for recommendations, your greatest help, the blogger you turn to for a laugh or to vent? Whose writing do you admire or who introduced you to a whole new genre you didn’t know about?

Cindy’s Love Of Books – Cindy is the person I can point to when anybody asks me who introduced me to the book blogging world. She’s helped me many, many times with questions on the behind-the-scenes workings of blogs, and there’s much more that can be said about her, but since I want to be brief, I’ll just say, “Thanks, Cindy.”  Read more...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

- p.72, “Andersonville” screenplay by David W. Rintels

From the introduction by James M. McPherson:  Read more...

Today, Rebecca at Just One More Page asks about reading trends.

Do you find yourself forming trends in your reading? Is this a conscious act, influenced by either your own interests or current publishing fads?

The biggest overall trend in my reading over the past few years has been self-directed, and has been focused on reading screenplays. That’s as far as format goes, but as for content, I’ve not consciously stayed with particular themes or subject matter over others, but rather went with the works that have generally been well-reviewed or recommended by people I know, or from authors whose previous works I’ve enjoyed.

Seeing as how I recite the ABC song with my son frequently, it is good timing that Cathy from One eyed stuffed bunny tagged me with this ABC meme.

The rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you
2. Share your ABC’s
3. Tag three people at the end by linking to their blogs
4. Let the three tagged people know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website
5. Do not tag the same person repeatedly but try to tag different people, so there is a big network of bloggers doing this tag  Read more...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

This week, I have two teasers to share, as I am catching up on some screenplays.

- p.46, “Thank You For Smoking” by Jason Reitman

- p.57, “Little Miss Sunshine” by Michael Arndt

Books Bought is hosted by my good friend Cindy over at Cindy’s Love of Books.

It’s been a little while since I’ve posted about book purchases, so I actually have a few books to mention now.

“Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town” by Stephen Leacock

“Lisey’s Story” by Stephen King

“Last Orders” by Graham Swift

“Thank You For Smoking” screenplay by Jason Reitman

My wife also picked up the following:

“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie

“Body Surfing” by Anita Shreve