Either/Or

I got this “either/or” from Thinklings. Since it’s the “literary edition,” I just had to play.

Hardback or Paperback Unless I have to pack it in my purse.
Highlight or Underline, But I never have a high lighter handy, so I usually just lose the quote.
Lewis or Tolkien That’s a really, really hard choice. Unfair.
E.B. White or A.A. Milne Pooh rocks.
T.S. Eliot or e.e. cummings Mostly because my friend Julia taught me to appreciate Eliot a long time ago.
Stephen King or Dean Koontz Neither.
Barnes & Noble or Borders No Borders nearby.
Waldenbooks or B. Dalton
Fantasy or Science Fiction
Horror or Suspense
Bookmark or Dogear
Large Print or Fine Print I’m getting old, but my $1.00 glasses from Dollar Tree are changing my life.
Hemingway or Faulkner
Fitzgerald or Steinbeck
Homer or Plato Give me the story every time.
Geoffrey Chaucer or Edmund Spenser
Pen or Pencil Or a very sharp pencil.
Looseleaf or Notepad
Alphabetize: By Author or By Title
Shelve: By Genre/Subject or All Books Together
Dustjacket: Leave it On or Take it Off
Novella or Epic
John Grisham or Scott Turrow
J.K. Rowling or Lemony Snicket Neither.
John Irving or John Updike Neither.
Salman Rushdie or Don Delillo Neither.
Fiction or Non-fiction
Historical Biography or Historical Romance
Reading Pace: A Few Pages per Sitting or Finish at Least a Chapter When they let me . . .
Short Story or Creative Non-fiction Essay
Blah Blah Blah or Yada Yada Yada I told you, I’m old.
“It was a dark and stormy night…” or “Once upon a time…”
Books: Buy or Borrow Until I can afford to buy.
Book Reviews or Word of Mouth

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