Ok, I'll bite
Fiction 95%
<400 pages 80%
Alternating 'literature/classics' with easy-read
No 'literature' from this century
Otherwise no preference for any century
English language only, although translations acceptable
I have learned to avoid Russians
the hard way (also tend to avoid South American, French, German,...but not as rigorously as the Russians)
I will give up a book at any time before am 50% though if am not gripped
Doesn't have to be adult fiction. There are still plenty of children's books I am catching up on
If something gets bad reviews from people I suspect are snobs then that's a guaranteed read for me
I will often read a series by the same author
I have been known to read many books by the same author because one book impressed me, yet the others were rubbish. (I have a theory that Joseph Heller didn't write
Catch 22. If you've read anything else by him you'll know why)
I haven't read
Lolita. When I was young I decided I'd wait until I was old to appreciate the pervy nature of Humbert Humbert. I thought 40 was about right. When I got to 40 I reckoned I wasn't old enough, so I'd wait until 50. At 50 I still didn't think I was old enough...
I am saving the complete works of PG Wodehouse as a distraction for the next time I get sued