1) Total number of books I've owned?
I'd say, in the house right now, there are about a thousand books. In my life, I've had quite a few more, but really, didn't want to cling to things like Debbie Macomber books. (In case you don't know, that's a romance novel author. Ew. Hey, I was 12!) Never mind the LARP books I just gave away... etc etc.
2) The last book I bought?
The Last book I bought that actually came into this house AND was read in toto would be The Value of Believing in Yourself, an out-of-print favorite from childhood which I just discovered was writen by the "Who Moved My Cheese" guy about whom I will have to rescind my previous "hope he dies in a fire" sentiments. The last book I actually purchased which has not yet arrived was Opening the Musical Box: A Genesis Chronicle. What, did you think I was kidding about being obsessive?
3) The last book I read?
Other than the kids book mentioned above, I can't remember the last book I actually finished, like right down to the last page. I'm sure it was something terrible. The last book I performed the act of reading upon was Nadine Gordimer's Jump and other stories, with Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray a close second.
4) Five books that mean a lot to me:
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel
Issues in Feminism - My introduction to feminist theory. I'm sure I could pick one of the texts that this books takes excerpts from, but honestly this has it all.
Handling Sin
Asylum - The first book club book. Book club is special to me!
Little, Big - A recent find. Something I am going to re-read, which says alot, because I never re-read.
You're supposed to pass it on to specific people, but I am not into artificially limiting things like that today! So uh, if you want to share, please do.
I'd say, in the house right now, there are about a thousand books. In my life, I've had quite a few more, but really, didn't want to cling to things like Debbie Macomber books. (In case you don't know, that's a romance novel author. Ew. Hey, I was 12!) Never mind the LARP books I just gave away... etc etc.
2) The last book I bought?
The Last book I bought that actually came into this house AND was read in toto would be The Value of Believing in Yourself, an out-of-print favorite from childhood which I just discovered was writen by the "Who Moved My Cheese" guy about whom I will have to rescind my previous "hope he dies in a fire" sentiments. The last book I actually purchased which has not yet arrived was Opening the Musical Box: A Genesis Chronicle. What, did you think I was kidding about being obsessive?
3) The last book I read?
Other than the kids book mentioned above, I can't remember the last book I actually finished, like right down to the last page. I'm sure it was something terrible. The last book I performed the act of reading upon was Nadine Gordimer's Jump and other stories, with Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray a close second.
4) Five books that mean a lot to me:
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel
Issues in Feminism - My introduction to feminist theory. I'm sure I could pick one of the texts that this books takes excerpts from, but honestly this has it all.
Handling Sin
Asylum - The first book club book. Book club is special to me!
Little, Big - A recent find. Something I am going to re-read, which says alot, because I never re-read.
You're supposed to pass it on to specific people, but I am not into artificially limiting things like that today! So uh, if you want to share, please do.
- Current Mood:
curious
Comments
I've owned? Maybe over a thousand. That I own now? Maybe around 370 between the ones here and my office. (35 on a shelf, probably eleven shelves of books.) Counting comic books, I have more like 1500 books between here and Virginia.
2) The last book I bought?
The last book I bought was "Creative Evolution" by Henri Bergson.
3) The last book I read?
The last book I read was "Mountain Gloom, Mountain Glory" by Marjorie Hope Nicholson.
4) Five books that mean a lot to me:
The Last Dinosaur Book by WJT Mitchell
The Gay Science
Call of Cthulhu role-playing game rules v.5, published by Chaosium Games
The Companion Species Manifesto by Donna Haraway has been a necessity.
The Magic of the State by Michael Taussig, which is an argument for the tripiness of reality.