Book Meme passed on by dorabelle
Total number of books owned? While I’m a voracious reader, I go in cycles. And, I use the library . . . a lot. So, I don’t own many books, my fare share, but not all that many. Plus, I tend to do paperback - easier to carry for travel - and then recycle the books by passing along to friends. So, actual count, pretty low.
The last book I purchased? The Janson Directive by Robert Ludlum. I picked this up in the Frankfurt airport on the way home from a trip.
The last book I read? Magical Thinking by Augsten Burroughs. muchtvs introduced me to this author, and I’ve found his tragic memoirs to be both painful and uplifting. His humor in the face of such heartbreaking circumstances is phenomenal and enjoyable.
Five books that meant a lot to me?
1) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve read this book, along with Jane Eyre. I haven’t read it in years, but the haunting theme along with the tortured souls captured my love of the angst way back when.
2) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. And so began my fascination with traumatized youth.
3) Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (and the entire Haratio Hornblower series) by C.S. Forester. I’ve always enjoyed the nautical genre and this is where it all started for me. After Forester, I tackled many other like authors, such as Patrick O’Brian, Dudley Pope, Alexander Kent, and James L. Nelson to name a few.
4) Watership Down by Richard Adams. This book captured my imagination like no other, and I found myself truly moved by the message of man’s impact on nature and the destructive society we live in. I haven’t read this in years, but may need to go back and read it again now that I’m thinking about it!
5) Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. A fascinating glimpse in to the daily life of a completely foreign culture, and a chance to get something more contemporary on my list to prove that I have read something since high school.
5) Tag 5 people and have them fill this out on their LJs
muchtvs
joey51
foreign_element
mel39
60schic