Meme In Lieu of a Real Entry
(From katinkateeny.multiply.com)
I’ve
been unbelievably sick with the flu the past few days and I’m still
recovering from it. This is no
I-want-to-declare-a-sick-day-because-I-have-a-Math-quiz flu. This the
real adult influenza thing. Nasty, nasty, nasty spell. I still get sudden attacks of nausea and it’s really not pretty.
Saw this meme from a lot of friends’ blogs and I thought I’d just give
it a whack because (a) I’ve read so many darned books, I might as well
not ignore this particular meme, and (b) nothing really that big has
happened - if you think spending every waking moment in bed writhing in
pain and nausea is big. I actually gave myself 2 whole days to consider
my answers since I had to do a major mental file check on all the books
I’ve read. And, of course, I’ve been in bed a lot and there’s really
nothing else I could do.
Since I had 2 days…I decided to cheat a bit with the answers, hehe.
1. One book that changed your life.
Cheat: I wouldn’t necessarily say one book, but I can say one anthology. That would definitely be the Chronicles of Narnia.
That’s what got me started with this whole reading bit, really. And I
still go back to reading the entire collection from start to finish
every quarter or so. But, if you want to be strict about it, then I
guess that would be the first book in the anthology then, The Magician’s Nephew.
2. One book you have read more than once.
When
I buy a book, that means I always read it more than once. So there, I
have no one answer to this question. I’m not even going to cheat my way
through this because the list is just too insanely long.
3. One book you would want on a desert island.
I haven’t read it yet, and I’m not sure if there is
a book that exists that fulfills this purpose (although I can be pretty
sure there is, if I just look hard enough.) Basically, I want a How to Get Off A Deserted Island for Dummies. Hah.
Maybe because I’m narcissistic, but I’d much rather have a journal than
a book when I get trapped in a deserted island. Hey, maybe I can write that how to get off a deserted island thingy.
4. One book that made you laugh.
Paul Reiser’s Couplehood
was actually pretty funny. 
Anything by Chuck Palahniuk makes me
laugh, albeit for darker reasons. Latest of his I’ve read is The Survivor. Asteeeg.
5. One book that made you cry.
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. I don’t even want to talk about it - it’s that painful and ugly and magnificently beautiful.
6. One book you wish had been written.
Oooh. Most definitely Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer.
7. One book you wish had never been written.
Mozart’s Sister by Nancy Moser. Read my review. Blech. Fantastic premise, total waste of time. It should’ve been written by someone else.
8. One book you are currently reading.
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by CS Lewis.
9. One book you have been meaning to read.
Cheat again: His Dark Materials,
a trilogy by Philip Pullman. I refuse to read a borrowed copy. I’m
weird that way with books I’m especially drool-y over. I’ve been wanted
to buy my own forever, but it’s always out of stock.
