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What have you just read?
I just finished re-reading Kouta Hirano's Hellsing. The last book I read was Chuck Palahniuk's Snuff. Neither is really the type you might want to recommend to your mother.

What are you reading now?
Nearly halfway through with Irvine Welsh's Porno. I've read Trainspotting (and seen the movie) many times, so it was high time to check out the sequel. And it's great.

Do you have any idea what you'll read when you're done with that?
I'd like to re-read Sarah Waters' Night watch, and I should be getting her The Little Stranger soon. Then there's also The Good Fairies of New York and Lux the Poet by Martin Millar, and Perfume by Patrick Süskind. Already started a little on Sepulchre by Kate Mosse, so should get on with that as well. And a few comic series I'd like to read/re-read...

What's the worst thing you were ever forced to read?
It's pretty much a rule that if I'm forced to read something, I won't like it. But the last time I had to read something or cry and read it was in high school. And I didn't read it, just a few essays and short versions.

What's one book you always recommend to just about anyone?
Hmm... Chuck Palahniuk's Lullaby, or Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. The latter might be less traumatising.

Admit it, sadly the librarians at your library know you on a first name basis, don't they?
...some of them greet me on the street... I don't think it's sad, though.

Is there a book you absolutely love, but for some reason, people never think it sounds interesting, or maybe they read it and don't like it at all?
I'm kind of hung on Chuck Palahniuk at the moment, so I might say his books. They're excellent, but by no means are they everyone's cup of tea. Personally, I can't put them down.

Do you read books while you eat?
Books or comics, to distract myself from the fact that I cannot cook. Not in company, though.

While you bathe?
Oh yes. The bath is one of the best places in the world to read, as long as you're very careful with the books. They're precious.

While you watch movies or tv?
Never during movies, and since I don't really watch TV (only a few series, and those usually from DVD's, so they get my full attention), not during it either. Too hard to concentrate.

While you listen to music?
I don't read while I listen to music, but I do listen to music while I read. It's good for covering the annoying, distracting noises from outside and possibly from the apartment.

While you're on the computer?
Book-books, no, unless I'm at the computer to listen to music from it while I read, but I do read a lot of stories and comics on the 'net.

When you were little did other children tease you about your reading habits?
Not that I can remember. Sometimes when I would go and buy X-men or Young Indina Jones comics. Apparently, comics aren't for girls.

What's the last thing you stayed up half the night reading because it was so good you couldn't put it down?
Hellsing last night, but that was also because I couldn't sleep. Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness. Read it in April, and already want to re-read it.

Have any books made you cry?
Most of them, yes. I can be a real crybaby.


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