d'oh! i've now been tagged twice, so i guess i have no choice but to respond. they've got me outnumbered.
1.) How many books I own:
exactly one bookshelf-full. i don't buy a whole lot of books. i'm more of a magazine gal. (short attention-span.)
2.) The last book I bought:
"sleepaway" - a collection of camp stories.
3.) The last book I read:
as in, the last book i finished? that would be wendy's book, "i'm not the new me."
right now i'm struggling to get through "mozart in the jungle", a behind-the-scenes memoir about the scandalous behavior (sex, drugs, and, uh, rock and roll) of symphony orchestra musicians. go figure.
4.) Five books that mean a lot to me:
i only came up with four.
Haroun Khalifa lives in the country of Alifbay, in a city so sad its inhabitants have forgotten its name. In spite of the permeating sadness, Haroun's father, Rashid, is extraordinarily cheerful. Rashid is a renowned storyteller. He knows so many stories and tells them so brilliantly that he is known as the "Ocean of Notions" and the "Shah of Blah."
culled from NPR listeners, this is a compliation of short (sometimes very short) true storiesOne writer, for example, begins her piece with the following statement: "Here is my story, the story I tell you when I know you well enough." In fact many authors begin with such flourish it becomes impossible to turn away. "Pork Chop" by Eric Wynn, starts, "Early in my career as a crime-scene cleaner. . ." and ends with "'Well hell!. . . Ya smell just like a pork chop!'" Here's another one, from "The Anonymous Deciding Factor," by Holly Caldwell Campanella, "I come from a family of morticians." Bruce Edward Hall ("$1,380 Per Night, Double Occupancy") includes in his story a detail worthy of Don DeLillo: "She likes to chew on fingernails but doesn't want to ruin her own& #133;so I give her mine."
if you read any of my posts on nutritional supplements, you get an idea of how important this book is to me.
i play online scrabble with a friend in alabama. this book comes in mighty handy
5.) Who are you tagging?
lisa, and whoever else wants to play.