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Number of books I own:
If I would have to venture a guess, I would say around 1000. At least three bookshelvesfull cram-packed.
Reading Style:
I have long said that I am a 'binge-reader.' Meaning that once I start a book, fiction or non-fiction, I will continue to read, skipping meals and potty breaks to finish it (that is, if the book is a compelling read.) If the book is not compelling, chances are I won't finish it.
Last book I bought:
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. yeah!
Last book I read:
Same as last, HP. Before that it was a reread of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity.
Five books that mean a lot to me:
Fear and Trembling - Soren Kierkegaard
The Brothers Karamazov - Fydor Doestoevsky
1984 - George Orwell
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'Engle
The Collected Works of William Shakespeare - i have three different editions
Each of these books holds a special place in my heart (even though I feel like my fifth selection is kind of a copout) for various reasons. A Wrinkle in Time is the book that made me a reader for life. It was the first story that I read that both excited and intrigued me, and even after almost 20 years the story still compells me. Shakespeare is what made me know that I was a dramatist, even before I did any real theatre for myself. Plays made more sense to me when it came to the art of storytelling; they were fuller (even without all the descriptive passages) and seemed to have the ability to reach a wider audience. 1984 is important to me, because it is the book that made me a buyer. I received an original American edition of the book when my great aunt died, and have since become a limited collector. Fear and Trembling is oh-so important to me because in some fundemental way it changed my life, or rather how I thought about life and God and all the important thing we all thought about. Kierkegaard made me appreciate philosophers and all their out of this world ideology. And The Brothers Karamazov is simply my favorite novel of all time.
well, Mel, I hope I didn't disappoint - I'm passing the baton on the sweetzayne! let us have it lady.
-d.
If I would have to venture a guess, I would say around 1000. At least three bookshelves
Reading Style:
I have long said that I am a 'binge-reader.' Meaning that once I start a book, fiction or non-fiction, I will continue to read, skipping meals and potty breaks to finish it (that is, if the book is a compelling read.) If the book is not compelling, chances are I won't finish it.
Last book I bought:
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. yeah!
Last book I read:
Same as last, HP. Before that it was a reread of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity.
Five books that mean a lot to me:
Fear and Trembling - Soren Kierkegaard
The Brothers Karamazov - Fydor Doestoevsky
1984 - George Orwell
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'Engle
The Collected Works of William Shakespeare - i have three different editions
Each of these books holds a special place in my heart (even though I feel like my fifth selection is kind of a copout) for various reasons. A Wrinkle in Time is the book that made me a reader for life. It was the first story that I read that both excited and intrigued me, and even after almost 20 years the story still compells me. Shakespeare is what made me know that I was a dramatist, even before I did any real theatre for myself. Plays made more sense to me when it came to the art of storytelling; they were fuller (even without all the descriptive passages) and seemed to have the ability to reach a wider audience. 1984 is important to me, because it is the book that made me a buyer. I received an original American edition of the book when my great aunt died, and have since become a limited collector. Fear and Trembling is oh-so important to me because in some fundemental way it changed my life, or rather how I thought about life and God and all the important thing we all thought about. Kierkegaard made me appreciate philosophers and all their out of this world ideology. And The Brothers Karamazov is simply my favorite novel of all time.
well, Mel, I hope I didn't disappoint - I'm passing the baton on the sweetzayne! let us have it lady.
-d.
posted by taliendo at
2:16 AM
1 Comments:
hey danny ray!
have the ans posted. seems like i've missed a lot of changes in your life. hope all is well.
peace,
z
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