May 31, 2005
TAGGED BY A BOOK MEME
Scott and Jay over at Sardonic Bomb 'tagged' me with the following book meme. Enjoy, and as always, feel free to leave a comment or two below.
1. Estimate the total number of books you've owned in your life.
Wow, that's such a good question. I suppose if you count all the books I owned a growing up, plus the ones I owned while in college, and you added to that list all the books I've bought, collected, or received ever since, I'd be well over 1,000 titles.
2. What's the last book you bought?
The Last Season: A Team In Search of Its Soul by Phil Jackson and Michael Arkush.
3. What's the last book you read?
Tour de France For Dummies, by Phil Liggett, James Raia, and Sammarye Lewis.
4. List 5 books that mean a lot to you.
- Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, which follows the true story of Christopher McCandless, who immediately upon graduating from college gave nearly $30,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car in a desert--along with most of his possessions--and invented a new life for himself while on a journey that ultimately ended in the most strange of ways. Four months later, an Alaskan hunter found McCandlessí body. How McCandless came to die, and an attempt at understanding his motives, is what Into the Wild is all about, and even though I've read this book again and again, I just can't seem to get enough of it. It's a very compelling read.
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding North Korea by C. Kenneth Quinones. I conceived and served as the acquisitions editor for this title while employed by Penguin Group (USA)/Alpha Books. It's a title that means a lot to me because of the quality and depth of the information, as well as because of the role I played in its development.
- Maus, a Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman. This is the first graphic novel I ever read.
- The Book of Questions by Gregory Stock, PhD. (the inspiration for my Four For Friday meme).
- Guinness Book of World Records. This book kept me entertained for hours upon hours as a kid, and beyond.
5. Tag 5 people!
-Josette
-D. Lee
-Cindra
-Doug
-Sya
Posted by Mikal at May 31, 2005 6:02 AM
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