Mucking out the mess at The Ball and Chain on a Monday morning. May, 2010. Their cleaning out the front steps of the restaurant and I have again returned to a meme to see me through the day; this time, a bibliographic theme... Do you snack while reading? I do read outside while eating on my lunch break. I don't eat nibblies while reading at other times, however. What is your favourite drink while reading? Coffee. Or orange juice. Do you tend to mark your books while you read, or does the idea of writing in books horrify you? I have been known to mark pertinent points in non-fiction books that I own, but rarely fiction. I've been relying on the public library at the moment, so no messing with them! How do you keep your place? Bookmark? Dog-ears? Laying the book open flat? Bookmarks of differing rectangular sizes. Fiction, non-fiction or both? For a long time I didn't read a lot of fiction. That has changed for the past three or so years. At the moment I'm reading maybe 9...