Don at ATC tagged me like a grizz so..
# of books I own:
I would guess that it would be around 200...Maybe not that many, in fact. I guess I have gone through a pile, but usually they are returned, given away, etc. I hear that a couple of bloggers have a few thousand books on their shelves, and to them I say: Wow.
David Frum once said he had 3000. What a guy.
Last Book I Bought:
Lonely Planet-South East Asia. I'm going to Thailand soon, so I need the information.
5 books that mean(t) a lot to me:
1. "Gretzky: An Autobiography", by Wayne Gretzky. I think the greatest line was when my childhood hero said that his grandmother was a better goaltender than most NHL goalies.It's all subject to revision.
2. "The Electic Kool Aid Acid Test", by Tom Wolfe. When I read this book, I knew I was taking a road trip to San Francisco.
3. "Paradise Lost", by John Milton.Milton was blind, and recited the verse in iambic pentameter to his daughters. It's more action than John Woo: A massive battle of the heavens, a descent into hell, the legions of hell awakening and building Pandemonium, Satan's journey through chaos and heaven and into the garden of eden - A travel diary gone wild.
4. "American Psycho", by Bret Easton Ellis.Ever wondered what a complete lack of empathy would be like? It's like shock treatment for your conscience.
5. "The Anti-Christ", by Nietzsche. It hit me like a tonne of textbooks. Simple, short, crazy and persuasive. He beat Socrates like a rented mule.
I'm tagging:
Girl on the Right,
Warren Kinsella- just to see if he responds.
Bree, because she's about as west coast as I am.
Norm Spector, ditto the last two....
Lotusland, because I'm a fan.
5 comments:
It's done. No ollie ollie oxen free for me.
Okay, so how does it work? I answer the same questions, then tag others?
I am a dumb leftie, so forgive my obtuseness.
That was Warren K. in that last post. Sorry. Further evidence of my obtusity-ness.
Warren:
Yep. Pretty much the same deal: just answer the questions (ie: last book bought, etc) and then tag 5 more.
Colour me pleasantly surprised...
Briana:
Nice work...thanks for playing.
heh.
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