Book Meme
Posted on | August 18, 2005 | 7 Comments
Hmm, I’ve been tagged by the Well Dressed Librarian.
1. How many books do I own?
I actually tried to figure this out. I’m estimating that I have around 30 books on each shelf in my many bookcases (I tend to buy a lot of paperbacks which don’t take up as much room as hardcovers). I have the equivalent of 31 shelves, when I count shelves which have 2 rows of books, and the piles of books on my floor. So that would mean that I own around 930 books. I’m not even counting the two bags of books I haven’t taken in for the public library’s book sale. Yowza! I think I need to weed my collection even more.
2. Last Book I Bought:
I bought Teva Durham’s Loop-d-loop, which features a bunch of great knitting patterns beyond my current skill level.
3. Last Book I Read:
Alice Munro’s Runaway – I love her short stories. Runaway featured three stories about a character named Juliet moving through different stages of her life. I also got a kick out of a story that was set at the Shakespeare festival in Stratford Ontario because I’ve been there! It feels a little strange to me sometimes when I’m reading fiction set in a location I’ve visited in real life.
4. Five Books That Mean A Lot To Me:
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley- Sometimes I just fall in love with a book. I think I read this first during my awkward pre-teen years, so I really identified with Aerin.
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith- This is a book I reread when I’m feeling blah. It is so funny, and I enjoy the storyline about a quirky family that has fallen on hard times. Cassandra Mortmain is such an appealing narrator, I root for her every time I read this novel.
Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson – I read this book when I was taking creative writing in college, and I thought it was so inspiring. Denis Johnson is great, I love reading books by poets.
Burning Your Boats by Angela Carter – Great short stories influenced by fairy tales.
Everything by Jane Austen – I couldn’t pick one novel, so I’ll pick all of them.
5. Tag Five More:
Hmm, I think this meme has been around for awhile, so I’m not sure if the people I’m tagging will have done this already or not. But I’ll tag:
Elythia
Love the Liberry
Doom City
The Cornjob Memorial Library
Nat
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August 18th, 2005 @ 8:52 pm
Just so you know, Ely might not answer for a bit as she’s having computer woes.
August 18th, 2005 @ 9:11 pm
That’s ok. I don’t really expect anyone to answer these meme things
August 18th, 2005 @ 9:33 pm
Tangognat, you’d don’t have too many books. You have 1/6 the library of your cousin Jethro! And Ely should be back on the air shortly — we loaned her a display that brought her computer back from the dark side.
August 18th, 2005 @ 10:08 pm
I’ll answer! I just have to consider…only five books! That’s hard!
August 18th, 2005 @ 10:10 pm
The 5 book thing was agony for me. If someone asked me again tomorrow, I’d probably come up with a totally different list.
August 19th, 2005 @ 9:46 pm
book meme…
I’ve been tagged!
1. How many books do I own?
Ironically enough, not that many. Not nearly as much as tangongat. At one point, it was nearly 500 books. It consisted of a lot of Tom Clancy, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and John Grisham novels – yea…
August 20th, 2005 @ 8:24 pm
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