Gretch-a-sketch (old)

1. YES
2. MORE
3. Maybe a little more non-fiction.
4. YES

ps: I really want to check out that book, too. :)

1. Have you noticed a change in your reading habits since you started blogging or reading blogs?
Yes. I am more open to reading new things that are recommended by bloggers.

2. Do you read more or less?
I started my quest to read 50 books this year months before I began blogging again... so I can't say my inhalation of books is in any way related to blogging.

3. Has there been a difference in the ratio of fiction to non-fiction that you read?
No. I always like to read a mixture of both.

4. Have you read any books that you might not otherwise have considered reading due to a blogger's recommendation?
Yes! The two that come to mind are "A Raisin in the Sun" and "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan."

You know, I'm not a big reader in general. I joined a book club, and really, that's the only book I read for that month.

I am an avid blog reader, though.

1. I've noticed a change in my WRITING habits since I started blogging. I read about the same stuff.
2. Perhaps a little less actually. Less free time.
3. Negativo.
4. Hm. I THINK it was someone's blog that got me started on Jen Lancaster's books, but I don't remember.

1. No (but I've always been a big reader)
2. Same
3. Nope
4. YES! Funny you should mention it, but my most recent was Jenna Fox! (Probably because we read a lot of the same blogs.)

Love your new picture, by the way. Super cute!

And dude. Bill Nye ROCKS.

1. No, not really. Or not because I read blogs.
2. Less, because I'm more busy now, but I still read a lot. The amount of reading doesn't really have a correlation to blogging habits.
3. No. I only read non-fiction when I have to.
4. Yes, many, many times. I never would have even seen some books without a prod in their direction from someone's blog. Besides, I have trouble finding books for myself, so having someone I respect recommed it is a major plus.

1. Yes, there has been a noticible change in my reading habits since I started blogging.

2. I read a lot more since I started blogging. However, part of the reason I've started reading more has to be because I'm no longer in school.

3. Not that I can tell...

4. Yes. I have a lot more books on my 'to read' list because a lot of awesome bloggers.

1. I don't know. I guess a little, because I started reading more recently published books and caring about them more. And I started buying them more, because the library wouldn't have a book.

2. I have stopped reading outside books since this semester. But this semester aside, I have probably read more, or at least more consistently.

3. Not really. I still read both. Recently, I've read a lot more nonfiction, but that's because of school.

4. Way, way way more books that I want to read because other people tell me about them. When I go and get a book, it's usually because someone recommended it.

1. yes
2. more
3. gradually more non-fiction each year since college (but that's nothing to do with blogging)
4. i wouldn't say i've started reading more blogger recommendations than i used to read regular recommendations before, but i will say that i've started eliminating books i would otherwise read because i don't think they'd be interesting to others if i blogged about them

1. Yes
2. Same amount
3. No
4. Yes...well, not necessarily books that I would have said no to if I'd come across them on my own and read the back summary, but books that I probably wouldn't have heard of otherwise

my reading habits have stayed much the same. i refuse to read things that are supposed to make me "think about the world" - because those just make me hate everyone.

just finished Graceling - thank you so much for the recommendation. It was fantastic!