Wow, look at the time. I'm old! 2006-08-24 - 12:11 a.m.
Book meme, stolen from Aaron:
1. Two books that changed your life. Dude, Where's My Country? - Michael Moore. Say what you like about him, this book made me realize that is really is okay to question the way the country is governed. Or at the very least, to wake up and care about such things. A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn. More of the same, especially seeing as I absolutely HATED American history in high school. By the way, Happy Birthday Howard Zinn! 2. Two books that you have read more than once. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett. In fact, I just pulled it off the shelf to read it again for the 80 bazillionth time. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte. 3. Two books you'd want on a desert island. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien. I've only read it once (shameful!) and the complexities would keep me occupied for quite a while I'd say. Would you laugh at me if I said The Bible? Not that I'm religious or anything, but that's a pretty thick book. Again with the time consuming thing. ;) 4. Two books that made you laugh. The Areas of My Expertise - John Hodgman. Who knew one could be an expert in so many things? Like hobo names, for example. Ditto Aaron with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams. 5. Two books that made me cry. Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery. *sniffle* The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom. *sob* Yes I'm a sap. Shut up. 6. Two books that you wish had been written. Albus Dumbledore: A Biography - "Newt Scamander" (or "whomever" J.K. Rowling calls herself) Why I Killed Off Dumbledore: The Method Behind the Madness - J.K. Rowling 7. Two books that you wish had not been written. I think every book (just like every work of art) must have some value to *someone*, so I don't really have any here. Unless we could do without Ann Coulter (I totally agree with Aaron, heh). 8. Two books that you're currently reading. I just finished The Making of Henry VIII - Marie Louise Bruce. I'm about to get my secret garden on. 9. One book you've been meaning to read. Only one?!?? Have you seen the pile of books on my desk??? Off the top of my head, Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
