The Philosophy of Reading -Tag

Original Tag created by Brandon @Brandon'sBookshelf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBdn7jWT85k&t=44s

And as per usual; I forgot who tagged me… Sorry!

Questions:
1. What's most important...a good character, plot, or message?
2. Should one read books about ideas or opinions they disagree with?
3. As tech advances, what do you think will be the role of books?
4. How important are summaries, review, and art in your book choosing?
5. Should one ever skim or scan a book?
6. Should reading always be enjoyable?
7. Is it important to be well-read?
8. What is your book buying process?
9. What is your reading process?
10. How do you use what you read?
11. If you could download a book to your brain, would you still read?
12. What are your views on rereading a book?
13. What makes a book good?
14. What makes a book bad?
15. How do you feel about not finishing a book?
16. Should the author's personal life matter at all?
17. If you could only read one genre for the rest of time, what would it be?
18. Do you ever read a book without knowing anything about it?
19. What author, genre, series, or culture can you just not get into? Why?
20. Do you think everyone should read? Why?

I tag:

Kim @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH
BookTubeGoddess @DaisyXMachina
Sandy @MsReadsAlot
Alyssa @TheREADhead
Laureen @BooksAtTheBottom of the Stairs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW9WMxF2kNx5GM2_m2gJOSg
Gina @GinaStanyerBooks

Connect with me:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5497508.Britta_B_hler
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittaboehler/
twitter: https://twitter.com/Britta_Boehler

By the way:
I stole the name ‘The Second Shelf’ from the title of Meg Wolitzer’s article in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/books/review/on-the-rules-of-literary-fiction-for-men-and-women.html?_r=1

I also wrote some books:
New novel – published in Dutch December 2020:
De juiste houding: https://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/De%20juiste%20houding-T717.php

The Decision (2015): http://hauspublishing.com/fiction/the-decision
or in the German original: Der Brief des Zauberers (2014): http://www.aufbau-verlag.de/index.php/autoren/britta-bohler-a01

Dutch non-fiction: De goede advocaat (2017): http://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/boek/De-goede-advocaat-T559.php

as Britta Bolt (together with writer Rodney Bolt), The Posthumus Mysteries:
- Lonely Graves (2014)
- Lives Lost (2015)
- Deadly Secrets (June 2016)
https://www.hodder.co.uk/authors/detail.page?id=OyxVSj8qaz8LdzSTmFvOZFbcgK5hHe5EsnGIqAwZPIsQ/c8OEdhES6cW

and for German readers:
- Das Büro der einsamen Toten (2015)
- Das Haus der verlorenen Seelen (2016)
- Der Tote im fremden Mantel (February 2017)
http://www.hoffmann-und-campe.de/autoren-info/britta-bolt/

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