Jamie at The Perpetual Page-Turner came up with this great bookish survey. What better way to spend time than by thinking about all things book-related? Want to play? Just answer the A to Z prompts in your own post — and have fun!

Word of warning: My answers are full of Outlander references! Yes, I get a tad obsessed.

Author you’ve read the most books from:

Bill Willingham, author of the Fables series of comics/graphic novels. (I was surprised by my “most read” results! To see yours, to to Goodreads, click on My Books, then scroll down until you see Most Read Authors toward the bottom left. Et voila!)

Best Sequel Ever:

It’s hard to choose just one… but I guess I’d go with Dragonfly in Amber, book 2 in Diana Gabaldon’s amazing Outlander series. The opening chapters really shocked me when I first read this book, and then so much happens, and it’s all so dramatic and wonderful… it just sweeps me away every time I read it!

Currently Reading:

The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith. (Okay, okay, we all know it’s J. K. Rowling by now, right?)

Drink of Choice While Reading:

I can never go wrong with a cup of coffee in my hand. The stronger, the better! A cookie on the side wouldn’t hurt either.

E–reader or Physical Book?

Give me a book made of paper, any day!

Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School:

Um, can I just say how NOT actively dating I was in high school? Friends, groups, etc — sure. But going on an actual date? Not so much. I’d like to think I’d have been at Hogwarts and would have dated Sirius Black. There’s a guy who needed a lot more love than he ever got in his life.

Glad You Gave This Book A Chance:

Dreamhunter (and its sequel, Dreamquake) by Elizabeth Knox. I don’t even remember how I heard about this pair of books, but these have such an interesting premise, a really unusual fantasy world, and are just so well done. I’m really glad that I read them — but I wish I knew someone else who’d read them as well!

Hidden Gem Book:

The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway. This is an amazing book — more people need to check it out!

Important Moment in your Reading Life:

All of them? I don’t know, I suppose learning to read independently as a child and then being turned loose in the local library to pick out whatever caught my eye.

Just Finished:

Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg

Kinds of Books You Won’t Read:

There’s not much that I won’t give a try, at the very least — but if I have to pick, I’d say I won’t read military thrillers or sappy, sentimental books by male authors trying to prove how sensitive they are.

Longest Book You’ve Read:

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (1,463 pages — yup, I read it!). Second longest is The Fiery Cross (1,443 pages) by Diana Gabaldon, #5 in the Outlander series.

Major book hangover because of:

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick. Such a beautiful book, unlike anything else I’ve seen or read.

Number of Bookcases You Own:

I’m up to about 10 total at this point, after splurging at Ikea last fall. The saga of my bookcase building is here.

One Book You Have Read Multiple Times:

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. I always find something new and amazing in this book.

Preferred Place To Read:

Outdoors in the sun! My back porch on a sunny day is absolutely perfect.

Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you’ve read:

Most recently:

“We were dancers and drummers and standers and jugglers, and there was nothing anyone needed to accept or tolerate. We celebrated.”
(from Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg)

Reading Regret:

All the books that weren’t on my high school reading list that I’ve just never gotten around to reading! Am I the last reader on the planet who hasn’t read Great Expectations? Plus, not taking more English classes in college.

Series You Started And Need To Finish (all books are out in series):

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I read the first three, and really enjoyed them… but then stopped. I have the rest of the books, just need to get motivated to jump back in.

Three of your All-Time Favorite Books:

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, the Harry Potter series, Lamb by Christopher Moore

Unapologetic Fangirl For:

Outlander! So much to love in this amazing series.

Very Excited For This Release More Than All The Others:

Gotta go with Written In My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon, the eagerly awaited 8th book in the Outlander series, due out in March 2014.

Worst Bookish Habit:

Buying a book that I just HAVE TO HAVE the second it comes out… then letting it sit on my shelf, unread, for weeks or months.

X Marks The Spot: Start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book:

This was fun! The 27th book on the top shelf of my left-most bookshelf is Lyra’s Oxford by Philip Pullman, a small, lovely hardcover book that’s a follow-up and companion to the His Dark Materials trilogy.

Your latest book purchase:

The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer. And as opposed to all the books I bought and then didn’t read (see my Worst Bookish Habit!), I actually read this one the second it arrived. And loved it.

ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late):

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. I reached a point where I just couldn’t disengage my emotions enough to stop! Sobbed my way through to the end until I finished at 1:30 am!

Are you playing too? Please leave me a link to your post so I can see your A to Z bookish thoughts!