The Book Meme
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1. One book that changed your life?
Madeline L'Engle's A Wind In The Door. I'd liked the first book in the series, but it was the second book that gave me the context for a number of things that existed in my life right then (somewhere around fifth or sixth grade).
2. One book you have read more than once?
If I own a book and have read it, chances are I've read it at least twice. My latest re-read has probably been Finding Darwin's God.
3. One book you would want on a desert island?
Well, if it's not arctic, then Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills. The instructions on construction with minimal tools are pretty good. (Just realized I don't currently have a copy, either.)
4. One book that made you laugh?
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman - even knowing all the punchlines, I still end up with tears of mirth every time I read it.
5. One book that made you cry.
Again, not a rare occurrence. The most memorable is Drawing Down the Moon.
6. One book you wish had been written?
I'd really like having a book on polytheology that isn't a bone-dry academic dissertation on a culture and religion that is no longer practiced.
6a. One book by someone else you wish you had written.
That doesn't make much sense. I don't read to hear myself think.
7. One book you wish had never been written?
The pseudo-Pauline letters to Timothy.
8. One book you are currently reading?
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, by Sue Monk Kidd. But I have roughly half a dozen that I'm working on in bits of pieces.
9. One book you have been meaning to read?
Gould's Wonderful Life - I own a copy, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
bassfingers:1. One book that changed your life?
Madeline L'Engle's A Wind In The Door. I'd liked the first book in the series, but it was the second book that gave me the context for a number of things that existed in my life right then (somewhere around fifth or sixth grade).
2. One book you have read more than once?
If I own a book and have read it, chances are I've read it at least twice. My latest re-read has probably been Finding Darwin's God.
3. One book you would want on a desert island?
Well, if it's not arctic, then Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills. The instructions on construction with minimal tools are pretty good. (Just realized I don't currently have a copy, either.)
4. One book that made you laugh?
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman - even knowing all the punchlines, I still end up with tears of mirth every time I read it.
5. One book that made you cry.
Again, not a rare occurrence. The most memorable is Drawing Down the Moon.
6. One book you wish had been written?
I'd really like having a book on polytheology that isn't a bone-dry academic dissertation on a culture and religion that is no longer practiced.
6a. One book by someone else you wish you had written.
That doesn't make much sense. I don't read to hear myself think.
7. One book you wish had never been written?
The pseudo-Pauline letters to Timothy.
8. One book you are currently reading?
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, by Sue Monk Kidd. But I have roughly half a dozen that I'm working on in bits of pieces.
9. One book you have been meaning to read?
Gould's Wonderful Life - I own a copy, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
