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Books Meme
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eynowd.
1) Total number of books owned?
Wow. Um... about 75 here at the house, most of them RPG books, and from 300-500 still in Oklahoma. Most of my actual non-rpg reading library is still back there. I went through and thinned it down some, so now I only have 10 boxes to ship instead of 12, but still. Of course, this includes both David's books and mine. While a significant portion of the ones here are mine, at least half of the ones back home are David's. They'll go with him when he moves out (and a lot of those will be from the RPG collection).
2) The last book I bought?
Divorce for Dummies. Reading through it bit by bit. Bought it Half Price Books. Of course, I have a whole truckload of books and DVDs coming thanks to the credit I got from the books I sold in April, but they aren't here yet, so they don't count. :) I apparently chose the Wrong Path, because I chose to have it all shipped together to save on shipping, but forgot I had two pre-orders in there. So until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Neil Gaiman's Mirrormask both come out, my order will sit in limbo. Oops.
3) The last book I read?
It's a toss up between the aforementioned Divorce for Dummies, On Writing by Stephen King (pulled out of a box and smuggled back in my luggage), and The Inner Temple of Witchcraft, written by Steve Kenson's partner, Christopher Penczak (a wonderful author and a very wise soul). I keep reading bits and pieces from one or another and switching back and forth, depending on what's at hand. On the fiction side, the most recent thing I've read was Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis, loaned to me by one of my cool coworkers. Yes, I liked it very much.
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me? (in no particular order)
1. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley. Sword of Shannara was my introduction to fantasy fiction, and Tolkien gave me a sense of the grand scale that was possible, but it wasn't until I found this in college that any book really made me sit up and say WOW! It was fantasy, and its main character was a girl! Aerin was everything I'd felt myself to be, and yet she succeeded. Her story resonated with me, and showed me that the stories in my head were possible.
2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman. In truth, I think I like Neverwhere better as a read, but American Gods sort of set my brain on fire and made me need to sit down and write -- and it continues to do so every time I read it.
3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I started reading this when I was six or seven. I proceeded to read it repeatedly, though mostly when I wa a kid. I'm sad to say that this formed a lot of the early notions I had about relationships. All I can say is nineteenth century literature has a lot to answer for. :) I still love the book, though.
4. Come, Tell Me How You Live by Agatha Christie. I was a HUGE mystery reader throughout my teens. It was the only genre fiction I knew of, you see, and I already knew that most mainstream fiction wasn't for me. I even joined the Agatha Christie Book Club, meaning that I have nice hardbound editions of most of her books, although I have no place to put them, more's the pity. This book, however, is not one of her mysteries. It's an autobiographical book describing a few years spent at digs with her second husband, archeologist Max Malloran. It's fascinating reading, if only for how clearly it documents that time and place in the Middle East -- a world that we are never likely to be able to see so clearly and peacefully again.
5. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Yes, it's in the romance section. For God's sake, don't let that stop you. It's a hell of a historical fantasy read that happens to have good sex in it. It was also her first novel. I have it in hardcover, signed by the author. Whenever I feel I'm never going to be able to write anything worth while, I sit down and read it and fall in love with the characters and remember that if she can do it, odds are I can to.
Special Consideration: On Writing by Stephen King. One of the best how-to books ever, hands down.
5) Tag 5 people and have them fill this out on their LJs:
Um...
elissa_carey
princeofcairo (not that he'll actually see this)
amanofhats
iavasthul
innocent_man
eynowd. 1) Total number of books owned?
Wow. Um... about 75 here at the house, most of them RPG books, and from 300-500 still in Oklahoma. Most of my actual non-rpg reading library is still back there. I went through and thinned it down some, so now I only have 10 boxes to ship instead of 12, but still. Of course, this includes both David's books and mine. While a significant portion of the ones here are mine, at least half of the ones back home are David's. They'll go with him when he moves out (and a lot of those will be from the RPG collection).
2) The last book I bought?
Divorce for Dummies. Reading through it bit by bit. Bought it Half Price Books. Of course, I have a whole truckload of books and DVDs coming thanks to the credit I got from the books I sold in April, but they aren't here yet, so they don't count. :) I apparently chose the Wrong Path, because I chose to have it all shipped together to save on shipping, but forgot I had two pre-orders in there. So until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Neil Gaiman's Mirrormask both come out, my order will sit in limbo. Oops.
3) The last book I read?
It's a toss up between the aforementioned Divorce for Dummies, On Writing by Stephen King (pulled out of a box and smuggled back in my luggage), and The Inner Temple of Witchcraft, written by Steve Kenson's partner, Christopher Penczak (a wonderful author and a very wise soul). I keep reading bits and pieces from one or another and switching back and forth, depending on what's at hand. On the fiction side, the most recent thing I've read was Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis, loaned to me by one of my cool coworkers. Yes, I liked it very much.
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me? (in no particular order)
1. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley. Sword of Shannara was my introduction to fantasy fiction, and Tolkien gave me a sense of the grand scale that was possible, but it wasn't until I found this in college that any book really made me sit up and say WOW! It was fantasy, and its main character was a girl! Aerin was everything I'd felt myself to be, and yet she succeeded. Her story resonated with me, and showed me that the stories in my head were possible.
2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman. In truth, I think I like Neverwhere better as a read, but American Gods sort of set my brain on fire and made me need to sit down and write -- and it continues to do so every time I read it.
3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I started reading this when I was six or seven. I proceeded to read it repeatedly, though mostly when I wa a kid. I'm sad to say that this formed a lot of the early notions I had about relationships. All I can say is nineteenth century literature has a lot to answer for. :) I still love the book, though.
4. Come, Tell Me How You Live by Agatha Christie. I was a HUGE mystery reader throughout my teens. It was the only genre fiction I knew of, you see, and I already knew that most mainstream fiction wasn't for me. I even joined the Agatha Christie Book Club, meaning that I have nice hardbound editions of most of her books, although I have no place to put them, more's the pity. This book, however, is not one of her mysteries. It's an autobiographical book describing a few years spent at digs with her second husband, archeologist Max Malloran. It's fascinating reading, if only for how clearly it documents that time and place in the Middle East -- a world that we are never likely to be able to see so clearly and peacefully again.
5. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. Yes, it's in the romance section. For God's sake, don't let that stop you. It's a hell of a historical fantasy read that happens to have good sex in it. It was also her first novel. I have it in hardcover, signed by the author. Whenever I feel I'm never going to be able to write anything worth while, I sit down and read it and fall in love with the characters and remember that if she can do it, odds are I can to.
Special Consideration: On Writing by Stephen King. One of the best how-to books ever, hands down.
5) Tag 5 people and have them fill this out on their LJs:
Um...
elissa_careyprinceofcairo (not that he'll actually see this)amanofhatsiavasthulinnocent_man
