All About Books

Lifted shamelessly from The Costco Connection March 2006 Vol 21 #3

And a Book Meme......that I can't remember where I first saw it because I was tracking it backwards. Here's where I last was; 50 books. And sadly, I was not officially tagged for it, so I'm not officially tagging anyone else but I'd love to see Chittas'vrtti, Chris, Imbrium, Teabird, Stephanie, Jenni, & Aven do one. Among everyone else IN THE WORLD.

1) Name five of your favourite books.

a. Loose Change by Sara Davidson
b. Centennial by James Michener
c. Gospel by Wilton Barnhardt (this is what the DaVinci Code wanted to be)
d. Any Jack Higgins thriller
e. Probable Future by Alice Hoffman


2) What was the last book you bought?

That would be three of them at Long's Drug Store Monday morning when I went in for Ibuprofen.

Ex Libris by Ross King
Catastrophes, Chaos and DisastersConvolutions by.....a science fiction author whose name begins with a J but I can't remember and it's clearly not the right title....will get back to this. James Hogan
And........something Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez-Reverte

Ha. Here's a pic of them in my car, along with the Books of the Month I picked up at the library while renewing Bleak House. Guess there's not a big demand for it, more's the pity.

3) What was the last book you read finished?

The Yarn Harlot by Stephanie Peal-McPhee

I'm currently reading Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Which reminds me. Rats! I think it's overdue at the library and I'm not done. (It was. $2.75. Whoops) Stupid plague. Couldn't read, couldn't watch the PBS series, tried to wait it out.


4) List five books that have been particularly meaningful to you (in no particular order).

Oh geez. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Odd One (? I read this in elementary school which was a long, long time ago. Loose Change (Sara Davidson). Second Nature (Alice Hoffman),The Last Place God Made (Jack Higgins)


5) Name three books you've been dying to read but just haven't gotten around to it?

Pull any three on my TBR shelf. They are all calling to me. Who Murdered Chaucer? Terry Jones. The Perfect Prince Anne Wroe. The Ice Queen. Alice Hoffman. There! Three is easy. Five? Not so much.


Anyone catch Six Degrees of Francis Bacon last night on the History Channel? I taped it because it came on at 11pm but it looks fun. The father of Science? Lost was actually good. Nothing but Without A Trace tonight, and of course, the 6pm showing of Stargate SG1. Not that I'm obsessed or anything. Not that I'm home by then either. What do I care? I've got the DVD's now.

I'd post knitting content, but I'm casting on and doing the first few rows of the Adamas Shawl
and lace really does look horrid. Especially when the yarn is essentially hairy string. Pretty color though. Oh, I'll probably take a pic of it tonight, but it's pathetic. Oh, check out this Olympic effort! Susoolu's Amazing Shawl.