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October 11, 2006
Book Meme
The real challenge here is picking just one.
1. One book that changed your life: I read The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning the summer between high school and college. I have tried to pick it up since, and it's never done quite as much for me, but at the time it really hit the spot.
2. One book that you have read more than once: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
3. One book you would want on a desert island: The Bible by God. I'm not trying to give an uberspiritual, Sunday school answer here, but it's the only one I can actually commit to. (I think it was G. K. Chesterton that said he would want a practical shipbuilding guide. That's a good answer.)
4. One book that made you cry. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
5. One book that made you laugh. The Brothers K by David James Duncan (hands down my favorite novel ever).
6. One book you wish had been written. The one Jason carries around in his head (talk to him about it sometime).
7. One book you wish had never been written. (What a weird question; I'm going to change it slightly to "One book you wish you had never read," 'cause that's easy) The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger. I hear the movie's not bad, but I'm telling you, the book is.
8. One book you are reading currently. I just picked up Personal History by Katherine Graham at the library booksale. So far so good.
9. One book you have been meaning to read. The Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
10. Pass it on. Hey, you, do the thing.
I found this meme via Girish.
Posted by Renae at October 11, 2006 10:18 PM
totally off topic, but did you ever own a copy of "A Confederacy of Dunces"? we found it on our bookshelf and we both thought it was the others. a friend found it and said it was wonderful... which i'm finding to be true, but didn't know where the book came from!
Posted by charity at October 12, 2006 09:02 AM
Is it a used paperback copy? I picked one up at a sale, then got rid of it somehow. I couldn't stand the book -- even though tons of people love it.
Posted by RT at October 12, 2006 09:33 AM
I heartily agree with you on "The Devil Wears Prada." I finished my good books earlier than planned on a recent set of flights and picked up a copy of that out of desperation at a book stall near my gate. I read the whole thing, because there's nothing else do to for three hours on a plane, but I wish I hadn't because it was Just. So. Bad.
Posted by Haley at October 12, 2006 09:35 AM
RT, it sounds like it ended up on our bookshelf. I've enjoyed it thus far, so think it's a good trade... well, i guess I didn't give you anything, but it's not cluttering up your house!
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