I've been tagged by Soccer Mom in Denial. Can't say I know exactly what this means but I'll give it a shot. Her meme was about books. Herewith, my answers:
Total Number of Books
Uh, bunches? Honestly, I'm one of those people who treasures certain books and believes that giving a book away (to a friend or charity) is one of the best things you can do. Unless you're going to reread it then let someone else experience the joy. Although I do maintain a collection of my absolute favorites that I turn to again and again. That includes children's books as well. My husband is not quite as good as giving away books as I am but he's getting there :)
Last Book Read
Hmmm....I pick up lots of books and start them. Then put them down because it's not quite the right time for that book. So I guess the last book I finished was "And His Lovely Wife..." by Connie Schultz - the lovely wife of newly-elected US Senator Sherrod Brown, who is the cousin of a my sister's friend from Peace Corps. Convoluted connection but much shorter than it appears. Sherrod was recently voted one of the most beautiful people on Capitol Hill - and his wife is truly lovely inside and out.
Last Book Bought
I guess that would be Connie Schultz's book. Although I do have a stack of books to read when the time is right. And my mother-in-law loves to send me books she thinks I'll like (mostly about food - go figure!)
Five Meaningful Books
Meaningful to ME I presume...the first 5 that come to mind
To Kill A Mockingbird - if only for the line "Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."
Much Depends On Dinner - Margaret Visser is something of a food anthropologist, tracing several components of a meal from their origins and discussing their significance in society. I have numerous other books about food (I was tempted to list The New Best Recipe here) but I think this is the one that really got me started.
No Ordinary Time - Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography (?) of FDR and Eleanor. At over 700 pages it is a page turner. And I cried so hard when FDR died - as if I didn't see that coming.
Me Talk Pretty One Day - I love David Sedaris. He has a sick sense of humor that I just can't get enough of. MTPOD was the first book of his that I read and I've not stopped devouring his writing (also found in the New Yorker!). His sister Amy is a hoot too!
Eloise - Kay Thompson's wonderful tale about a precocious girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel with her nanny, pug, and turtle. I give this book as a baby gift - even the boys should learn about how much fun, mischievous, and confident girls can be. I have a copy signed by the illustrator, Hilary Knight.
And I would echo Soccer Mom's love of the New Yorker! We've been subscribing since as long as I can remember.
I also have a long list of baseball books and even more food books. So hard to choose amongst them all!
thanks for coming by my blog. And, I'm going to guess you found me through soccer mom in denial. ;)
ReplyDeleteI used to subscribe to the New Yorker, but found that I would read every article from beginning to end and would therefore have months and months of them stacked up and then feel terrible about it.
I am much better about not having to read everything now, and could probably give it a go again (I do miss it) but I gave up my student rate long ago, and now balk at the price!
GREAT JOB DARLING!! And you got a new reader to boot (I just adore Painted Maypole).
ReplyDeleteTo Kill a Mocking Bird almost made my list but I didn't read it in school. I read it after my 3rd kid was born. Felt kinda obligated, y'know?