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mayhapI've just been trying to wrestle my books from the last couple of semesters onto my shelves, so I have this information at my fingertips, sort of.
1)Total number of books I've owned?
I counted 927 on my actual shelves. I know there are a goodly number floating about the house as well, so I think it's fair to say the actual number is nearer 950.
2) The last book I bought?
I bought five books for two dollars at the Strand used bookstore before I left New York, and they were: A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin, Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman, The Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault, Expiration Date by Tim Powers, and The Bestiary by T.H. White.
3) The last book I read?
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold. Quite good.
4) Five books that mean a lot to me: (in no particular order)
The Annotated Sherlock Holmes byJohn H. Watson, M.D. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William S. Baring-Gould. Everything I ever needed to know about fannish communities, academic writing, and of course, pure slashy goodness, I learnt from Sherlock Holmes.
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. I read this book forwards and backwards and forwards again, although I only sobbed over it the first time when I was twelve. I did not learn everything I know about the American Civil War from it, though. Really.
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers. I love Lord Peter and Harriet quite equally, and together they make me very happy indeed.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Undoubtedly, everything you need to know about the universe is in the Guide.
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. Another book that made me cry, and in this instance I was actually in school at the time. It was a religious text for me, of sorts.
Honorable Mentions:
The Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings books. Not only have they brought me many hours of happiness in and of themselves, but they led me to LJ-based fandom and, by extension, all of you lovely people.
I did not read the Harry Potter books before they were cool. I read them in May of 2000 because a friend in high school solemnly assured me that they were exactly the sort of thing that I liked, which they were.
I did not read the Lord of the Rings books before they were cool, either. (Well, that would have been a bit difficult to pull off, considering when I was born.) In fact, I did not read them until I saw the Fellowship film, because I needed that much of an assurance as to how good things were going to get to get past the prologue about hobbits and Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday party, Eru bless his fuzzy woolly toes.
This is not a chain letter. If you break the chain, you will NOT have bad luck. If you don't break the chain, nobody will send you lots of money, ladies' underwear or tuna recipes. Given this caveat, I gently nudge the following 5 people to do the book meme, along with anyone else who might be interested:satyadasa, laislabevita, warpspider, supertigerbabe and sweet_daddy.
1)Total number of books I've owned?
I counted 927 on my actual shelves. I know there are a goodly number floating about the house as well, so I think it's fair to say the actual number is nearer 950.
2) The last book I bought?
I bought five books for two dollars at the Strand used bookstore before I left New York, and they were: A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin, Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman, The Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault, Expiration Date by Tim Powers, and The Bestiary by T.H. White.
3) The last book I read?
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold. Quite good.
4) Five books that mean a lot to me: (in no particular order)
The Annotated Sherlock Holmes by
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. I read this book forwards and backwards and forwards again, although I only sobbed over it the first time when I was twelve. I did not learn everything I know about the American Civil War from it, though. Really.
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers. I love Lord Peter and Harriet quite equally, and together they make me very happy indeed.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Undoubtedly, everything you need to know about the universe is in the Guide.
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. Another book that made me cry, and in this instance I was actually in school at the time. It was a religious text for me, of sorts.
Honorable Mentions:
The Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings books. Not only have they brought me many hours of happiness in and of themselves, but they led me to LJ-based fandom and, by extension, all of you lovely people.
I did not read the Harry Potter books before they were cool. I read them in May of 2000 because a friend in high school solemnly assured me that they were exactly the sort of thing that I liked, which they were.
I did not read the Lord of the Rings books before they were cool, either. (Well, that would have been a bit difficult to pull off, considering when I was born.) In fact, I did not read them until I saw the Fellowship film, because I needed that much of an assurance as to how good things were going to get to get past the prologue about hobbits and Bilbo's eleventy-first birthday party, Eru bless his fuzzy woolly toes.
This is not a chain letter. If you break the chain, you will NOT have bad luck. If you don't break the chain, nobody will send you lots of money, ladies' underwear or tuna recipes. Given this caveat, I gently nudge the following 5 people to do the book meme, along with anyone else who might be interested:
satyadasa, laislabevita, warpspider, supertigerbabe and sweet_daddy.