Booklove

Ok this time Kate has tagged me with a book, um, meme. What does "meme" mean? Help.



Total number of books I've owned:

I, like Kate, am a massive book consumer. I have no idea how many books I've owned and cannot imagine a life where I could assess that number with any accuracy. I would say at least a thousand, maybe more.

The last book I bought:

Surprisingly, I have been very good about not purchasing books lately, as I have no income with which to purchase them. The last book I bought was Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer. It is a young adult vampire novel. It's a little too romantic to be in my favorites list, but it's a good series. I almost exclusively read YA and kid fantasy fiction. Because I'm a grown up and I feel like it, that's why!

The last book I read:

I am in the middle of Eclipse right now. Before that I finished up Dead Girls Dance by Rachel Caine. Both YA vampire books. Hmmmm.

Five books that mean something to me:

1. I looove A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein. If you started me with the first line of any poem in there, I still might be able to give you a few lines back. Couldn't get enough. The one about the sad clown got. me. every. time.

2. Wicked by Gregory Maguire. You knew that was coming, didn't you? Something about the alternative alternative reality and the exploration of Oz's inner workings... the why of it all. Plus, if I never read it, I never would have seen the musical, which I have fallen even more in love with than the book. I wish anything else of Maguire's was even halfway interesting to me. But the rest of his books are crap. Don't read 'em.

3. The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Sad, but lovely. I'm going to read it again someday when I feel emotionally ready. It's been a few years but it sure hit me hard.

4. The Rule of Bone by Russell Banks. This was significant to my life especially when I read it, because I was getting into a lot of trouble. But the protagonist in this book is digging a hole straight to hell! So I could feel a little better about myself. Plus the guy is an AMAZING writer.

5. Paula by Isabelle Allende. This book breaks my no-non-fiction-please rule because I love Allende and was reading a lot of her. This one got through the cracks. This book made me love my mother in a whole new way.

It's definitely hard to narrow it down to five books out of all that I've read that have touched my life in special ways. Judy Blume made my childhood easier. Stephen King made it scarier. Garth Nix made my adulthood childlike again.

I tag Kat, Miss Bliss and Mary S!

Great, now I'm all emotional and nostalgic... I love to read SO much. If you are at a loss for things to read, please ask me because I've read so many I'm positive you'll love. I've read across a lot of genres. And even if I didn't tag you, tell me what your favorite books are!