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Books, books, books!
[Image by Alexander Rodchenko.]
So. I was tagged in a meme. I don't think I've ever been tagged in a meme before and I'm not even quite sure what the hell a meme is, but because Danielle was nice enough to go and tag me..... I thought it would be a good idea to comply. The meme is basically all about books.
Total number of books I've owned: I have no idea how to answer that question. A lot. My family didn't own a television when I was little, so trips to the book store were very frequent. Today, book shopping remains one of my favorite things to do. I love the smell and feel of new books and I try to buy them as often as possible.
The last book I bought: Heather Armstrong's Things I Learned About My Dad.
The last book I read: I'm assuming this means the last book that I finished, which is tricky considering that I have pretty much the worst attention span ever and usually get bored with books by the time I reach the half-way point, regardless of how long they are. Perhaps I have some unconscious commitment problems that I need to work out or maybe I just don't like seeing things end. I don't know.
If we're talking about the last book I actually finished, I would have to say that that book is The Devil Wears Prada. But if you want to nice and let me say that the last book I "read" is really the last book I read a significant chunk of but then discarded for something new, that book would have to be Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food. Good book. Go buy it.
Lastly..... Five books that mean something to me:
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury (The best possible summer read you could ever find.)
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
Anything that has the words "Harry Potter" in the title.
The Baby's Good Morning Book by Kay Chorao (This is probably why I'm obsessed with brunch.)
If I understand this whole meme thing correctly, I believe I'm supposed to tag five more people that I think should ALSO complete this little questionnaire. However, I'm not sure if anybody really reads this blog. Besides Jill. So, Jill. Go do this.
May 12, 2008 at 05:59 PM
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im commenting to let you know, i read yer blog, silly. haha
i love russian-y poster-y stuff like that, mm.
Oh my god. The world is TINY. I am the one who tagged Danielle, and I just met you last Wednesday!
yeah, you don't know me, but i still do read your blog now and then. and books are great, therefore i'm doing your meme thingy right here, right now, whether you like it or not, whether someone ever reads it or not :-)
total number of books owned: phuh, absolutely no way to tell, much too many when i think about my last move and the weight of all the book-boxes.
last book bought: dahl, roald; more tales of the unexpected
last book read:
last finished one:
-auster, paul; city of glass, the new york trilogy. excellent classic :-)
still-reading:
-dahl, roald; more tales of the unexpected.
-heller, joseph; catch 22
-weiner, tim; cia
-schippan, thea; lexikologie der deutschen gegenwartssprache (i'm studying german and english for becoming a teacher, yeah...)
-eco, umberto; the name of the rose
five important books to me:
-dahl, roald; switch bitch
-dick, philip k.; do androids dream of electric sheep?
-steinbeck, john; of mice and men
-orwell, george; 1984
-silko, leslie marmon; ceremony (best navajo literature ever read...)
and i know it's the sixth, but i just can't leave this list without: frisch, max; stiller
so, go read all books mentioned - except perhaps the german lexicology one, if you don't plan to teach german ;-) - you won't regret it!
yours, j.k.h.
yeah i forgot, i really do have to brag with this one: chuck klosterman is teaching as picador professor at my institute at university (http://americanstudies.uni-leipzig.de/faculty/picador_chair/) this term and yeah, he really IS great! :-D
whatever, I read your blog!