August 28, 2005

 "meme" is simply me+me

d'oh! i've now been tagged twice, so i guess i have no choice but to respond. they've got me outnumbered.

1.) How many books I own:
exactly one bookshelf-full. i don't buy a whole lot of books. i'm more of a magazine gal. (short attention-span.)

2.) The last book I bought:
"sleepaway" - a collection of camp stories.

3.) The last book I read:
as in, the last book i finished? that would be wendy's book, "i'm not the new me."

right now i'm struggling to get through "mozart in the jungle", a behind-the-scenes memoir about the scandalous behavior (sex, drugs, and, uh, rock and roll) of symphony orchestra musicians. go figure.

4.) Five books that mean a lot to me:

i only came up with four.

  • "haroun and the sea of stories", by salman rushdie
    Haroun Khalifa lives in the country of Alifbay, in a city so sad its inhabitants have forgotten its name. In spite of the permeating sadness, Haroun's father, Rashid, is extraordinarily cheerful. Rashid is a renowned storyteller. He knows so many stories and tells them so brilliantly that he is known as the "Ocean of Notions" and the "Shah of Blah."

  • "i thought my father was god", edited by paul auster
    culled from NPR listeners, this is a compliation of short (sometimes very short) true stories

    One writer, for example, begins her piece with the following statement: "Here is my story, the story I tell you when I know you well enough." In fact many authors begin with such flourish it becomes impossible to turn away. "Pork Chop" by Eric Wynn, starts, "Early in my career as a crime-scene cleaner. . ." and ends with "'Well hell!. . . Ya smell just like a pork chop!'" Here's another one, from "The Anonymous Deciding Factor," by Holly Caldwell Campanella, "I come from a family of morticians." Bruce Edward Hall ("$1,380 Per Night, Double Occupancy") includes in his story a detail worthy of Don DeLillo: "She likes to chew on fingernails but doesn't want to ruin her own& #133;so I give her mine."

  • "prescription for nutritional healing" by balch and balch

    if you read any of my posts on nutritional supplements, you get an idea of how important this book is to me.

  • "official scrabble players dictionary"

    i play online scrabble with a friend in alabama. this book comes in mighty handy

    5.) Who are you tagging?
    lisa, and whoever else wants to play.

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