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elderberrywine) wrote2005-05-16 03:01 pm
elderberrywine) wrote2005-05-16 03:01 pm
Boooooks!
Well, here is a meme that is near and dear to my heart!
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1. Total number of books I've owned: (and currently still own)
Definitely in the thousands. Only very recently have I ever given away any of them, and it was only because my husband was getting seriously concerned about the maximum weight our second floor is capable of carrying, so I at last conceded to having a few boxloads given away to the local library. Mostly, they were upper division college math textbooks (admitting here that I don't think I'll ever wade through differential equations again) and best seller type things that I had read but did not enchant me. I think another question here would be how many books do you own that you have not yet had a chance to read? (At least a thousand of them. I have to be forcibly restrained near any bookshop, chain, used, or otherwise.)
2. Last book I bought:
Was at the LA Times Book Fair a couple of weekends ago, (where I struck gold in the UCLA student store - 2 Dickens(Hard Times and Bleak House), Trilby by George DuMaurier, and A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson - SCORE!) and got a 20% off coupon from Borders. Ah well, twist my arm. Only meant to buy A book, but walked out with The Squatter and the Don by Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton (dated 1885, apparently the first Latina novelist - no, I never heard of her before either), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (was always a big favorite of me mother's, who grew up there, too, but I've never read it), The Red and the Black by Stendhal, and Nickel and Dimes by Barbara Ehrenreich. (DOUBLE SCORE!)
3. Last book I read or am currently reading:
Currently reading the aforementioned Hard Times and The Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux (library book, and oh, yeah, there's always two or three of those around the house). Just finished Bath Triangle, Georgette Heyer, and Kiss Me Deadly, Mickey Spillane, both of which I adored especially for the dialogue. (It's unfortunate that the last will never metamorphize into my hobbits fics. Mike *stares at dame adjusting the seam of her stocking, gives her leg a close inspection* The Dame *throws smoldering smile over her shoulder* "Like what you see? I've got another just like it." Me BWAHAHAHA!)
4. Five books that mean a lot to me:
1. LOTR (Man, who knew?)
2. Complete Sherlock Holmes
3. The Charioteer, Mary Renault
4. Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore
5. Ramona, Helen Hunt Jackson
Oh, yeah, and anything by Iris Murdoch!!!
5. Tag five people and have them put this in their journal:
Hey, guys. If you want.
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semyaza1. Total number of books I've owned: (and currently still own)
Definitely in the thousands. Only very recently have I ever given away any of them, and it was only because my husband was getting seriously concerned about the maximum weight our second floor is capable of carrying, so I at last conceded to having a few boxloads given away to the local library. Mostly, they were upper division college math textbooks (admitting here that I don't think I'll ever wade through differential equations again) and best seller type things that I had read but did not enchant me. I think another question here would be how many books do you own that you have not yet had a chance to read? (At least a thousand of them. I have to be forcibly restrained near any bookshop, chain, used, or otherwise.)
2. Last book I bought:
Was at the LA Times Book Fair a couple of weekends ago, (where I struck gold in the UCLA student store - 2 Dickens(Hard Times and Bleak House), Trilby by George DuMaurier, and A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson - SCORE!) and got a 20% off coupon from Borders. Ah well, twist my arm. Only meant to buy A book, but walked out with The Squatter and the Don by Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton (dated 1885, apparently the first Latina novelist - no, I never heard of her before either), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (was always a big favorite of me mother's, who grew up there, too, but I've never read it), The Red and the Black by Stendhal, and Nickel and Dimes by Barbara Ehrenreich. (DOUBLE SCORE!)
3. Last book I read or am currently reading:
Currently reading the aforementioned Hard Times and The Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux (library book, and oh, yeah, there's always two or three of those around the house). Just finished Bath Triangle, Georgette Heyer, and Kiss Me Deadly, Mickey Spillane, both of which I adored especially for the dialogue. (It's unfortunate that the last will never metamorphize into my hobbits fics. Mike *stares at dame adjusting the seam of her stocking, gives her leg a close inspection* The Dame *throws smoldering smile over her shoulder* "Like what you see? I've got another just like it." Me BWAHAHAHA!)
4. Five books that mean a lot to me:
1. LOTR (Man, who knew?)
2. Complete Sherlock Holmes
3. The Charioteer, Mary Renault
4. Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore
5. Ramona, Helen Hunt Jackson
Oh, yeah, and anything by Iris Murdoch!!!
5. Tag five people and have them put this in their journal:
Hey, guys. If you want.
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