...nothing in the world,(sing to South Pacific tune "There is Nothing Like a Dame")
There is nothing you can dream,
That is anything like a meme.
I was laying low till Steven nominated me for this meme and I shan't refuse someone who is in difficult straits (his wife is out of town). (And speaking of books, I won one!):
1. One book that changed your life: It's difficult to establish with certainty what about us is "us" and what is us as a result of biblio influences either positive or negative. In other words, do some books resonate with us because they are already reflecting "who we are" or do they influence and change us to what we've now become? Outside the obvious choice of the bible, I would guess Conrad Richter's A Light in the Forest.
2. One book that you've read more than once:
Hovanessian's The Circle Dancers
3. One book you'd want on a desert island:
Oh, except for the Bible, Dinesen's "Out of Africa" or Boswell's Life of Johnson.
4.One book that made you laugh:
Garrison Keillor's "The Book of Guys". Oh and Loh's "A Year in Van Nuys". I guess I'm not following the instructions.
5. One book that made you cry:
Hmm...I can't really recall. Maybe "Bright Lights, Big City" or "Romeo & Juliet"? I'm not a big fiction reader actually. I suppose I would've shed a fear tears over "The Da Vinci Code" for its reputation as being full o' bad writing.
6. One book that you wish had been written:
Hasn't everything already been said? I guess a history of my ancestors, obviously of limited interest.
7. One book that you wish had never been written:
Steven hit the nail on the head with The Kinsey Report. I'd add The Communist Manifesto. Closer to home, I'd say Garry Wills' and/or McBrien's stuff.
8. Two books you're currently reading:
Philbrick's Mayflower, Luse's The Last Good Woman
9. One book you've been meaning to read:
The Psychology of the Saints by Henri Joly
If you want to do this, then by the powers invested in me consider yourself tapped.
No comments:
Post a Comment