Book Meme
cross-posted at Diary of a Goldfish
I was very pleased to be tagged with this Book Meme by Midwesterntransport.
1. One book that changed your life?
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. There are many others, but I read illusions at a time when I seemed to have acquired very strong convictions about my place in the world and the very rigid limitations that I faced. Illusions changed that. Also, it was AJ who gave it to me before we got together and it is very much representative of AJ's worldview.
(WARNING: That book does involve one rather problematic portrayal of disability.)
2. One book you have read more than once?
A Christma Carol gets read most Decembers. It is the story of Christmas for me and a fantastic story in its own right.
3. One book you would want on a desert island?
On Desert Island Discs they always allow one book plus The Bible and The Complete Works of Shakespeare. So I will pretend I have those (although I might use Leviticus and Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3 as kindling for my camp fire).
Uh... odd choice but Lolita. Nabokov writes so beautifully, this is a book I can pick up and read a delicious passage at random.
4. One book that made you laugh?
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaimen. I haven't read it in a while but I remember that being a really very funny book. And I'm not usually very keen on Terry Pratchett.
5. One book that made you cry?
Skallagrigg was the last book which really opened the flood gates. I am outraged at this point as I have just discovered that you can't currently buy Skallagrigg on Amazon.co.uk or com. Here is my review of it from last November.
6. One book you wish had been written?
I wish I had finished my novel before now. It's working title is To Fear The Light.
7. One book you wish had never been written?
Midwestern had Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus and whilst I can't say I've ever wished that a book hadn't been written, those sorts of books certainly annoy.
8. One book you are currently reading?
Honestly? Okay, it's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg. I'm not getting on with it, to be honest, but I am curious about the subject matter, which is the concept of Calvinism, predestination and so on at the time of the Jacobite rebellion. Yeah, I know.
9. One book you have been meaning to read?
Not so much meaning to read, but meaning to finish. I received Lord of the Rings for my twenty-first birthday which is now approaching years ago. I am about three-quarters through at my last attempt but I am determined to finish it. Similarly with War and Peace which I quite enjoyed in parts up until page eight hundred and something when I could simply go no further.
10. Now tag five people.
Naturally, I tag all the other members of Blogging Bookworms - which is currently six, but I'm sure I shan't get into trouble for that.
I was very pleased to be tagged with this Book Meme by Midwesterntransport.
1. One book that changed your life?
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. There are many others, but I read illusions at a time when I seemed to have acquired very strong convictions about my place in the world and the very rigid limitations that I faced. Illusions changed that. Also, it was AJ who gave it to me before we got together and it is very much representative of AJ's worldview.
(WARNING: That book does involve one rather problematic portrayal of disability.)
2. One book you have read more than once?
A Christma Carol gets read most Decembers. It is the story of Christmas for me and a fantastic story in its own right.
3. One book you would want on a desert island?
On Desert Island Discs they always allow one book plus The Bible and The Complete Works of Shakespeare. So I will pretend I have those (although I might use Leviticus and Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3 as kindling for my camp fire).
Uh... odd choice but Lolita. Nabokov writes so beautifully, this is a book I can pick up and read a delicious passage at random.
4. One book that made you laugh?
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaimen. I haven't read it in a while but I remember that being a really very funny book. And I'm not usually very keen on Terry Pratchett.
5. One book that made you cry?
Skallagrigg was the last book which really opened the flood gates. I am outraged at this point as I have just discovered that you can't currently buy Skallagrigg on Amazon.co.uk or com. Here is my review of it from last November.
6. One book you wish had been written?
I wish I had finished my novel before now. It's working title is To Fear The Light.
7. One book you wish had never been written?
Midwestern had Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus and whilst I can't say I've ever wished that a book hadn't been written, those sorts of books certainly annoy.
8. One book you are currently reading?
Honestly? Okay, it's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg. I'm not getting on with it, to be honest, but I am curious about the subject matter, which is the concept of Calvinism, predestination and so on at the time of the Jacobite rebellion. Yeah, I know.
9. One book you have been meaning to read?
Not so much meaning to read, but meaning to finish. I received Lord of the Rings for my twenty-first birthday which is now approaching years ago. I am about three-quarters through at my last attempt but I am determined to finish it. Similarly with War and Peace which I quite enjoyed in parts up until page eight hundred and something when I could simply go no further.
10. Now tag five people.
Naturally, I tag all the other members of Blogging Bookworms - which is currently six, but I'm sure I shan't get into trouble for that.
posted by The Goldfish at 5:52 PM
2 Comments:
Thanks for the tag Goldfish.
I'm working on mine. I'll post it soon.
Will do.
The great Martin Scorsese was once challenged to name his ten best films. After he'd got to over 100, the interviewer finally got him to shut up, and Scorsese said, all hurt, "but there are so many great films!"
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