Book meme

[effervescible]

I started this once, but Semagic ate my draft. I forget who I was tagged by, but whoever it was, come by for sex later.

1) Total number of books owned?

Um. Hundreds? In recent years I've cleaned out some of the older ones that I've grown out of, but I'm a voracious reader who always had a book in her face because of shyness (no, really) so I'd estimate it as a metric shitload.

2) The last book I bought?

Last week in Jersey/NYC I bought Candyfreak by Steve Almond and Silent Bob Speaks: The Collected Writings of Kevin Smith by...Kevin Smith. Shocker.

3) The last book I read?

Well, I finished Candyfreak last night, Bob a couple nights before. Both are funny and well-written, but man, I can really relate to Candyfreak. As, I expect, can fadingembers after the Gummi Bearathon of aught-five.

4) Five books that mean a lot to me.

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. It really blew my mind open to the idea that he was accomplishing some really insightful stuff along with the funny British satire.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Probably my first sci-fi, but it really focused on the human relationships, which I like.
Her Majesty's Wizard by Christopher Stasheff. A very well-written fantasy novel that had a system of magic based on verse, which let the outsider main character who was an English lit PhD candidate become a powerful mage. It also had a God & good versus ev0l thing going on that was actually not preachy. It worked for the universe, and the next few books in the series were also quite fun. One of the most interesting things was that it was like our universe, except twisted a little bit as far as history went--like, they had Reme instead of Rome because the other brother won the fight. Heh.
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden. A really lovely story of teenage girls falling in love and wrestling with what other people make of what is really just about how they feel.
Mossflower by Brian Jacques. Yeah, I read it back in elementary school, but it showed me a fairly rich world and got me thinking about fantasy and world building in general. Also, it has mice and badgers fighting with swords. Rock.

5) Which people am I passing this on to?

I don't remember who's been tagged already, so sorry if you've done this already. uiggu, yma2, dialogue, luckyceres, and sache.

Comments

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

I also dearly love Mossflower, although my favorite of the Redwall series has always been The Bellmaker. It's just the most well-integrated tale -- plus I always dug Mariel.