how many books do you own?
not as many as before i moved last summer. a very quick count, excluding textbooks, reference books & highschool yearbooks, but including graphic novel anthologies (but not individual comics): 85. some of those might be loaners and do not include any not currently located on my one bookshelf.
what is the last book that you bought?
oh, geez... um. that's tough. excluding textbooks, i don't think i actually remember. it was probably 'hey nostrsdamus' & 'all families are psychotic' by douglas coupland. i bought them on colene's last day at the bookstore, which was last year sometime. i'm on a self-imposed book-buying fast. i'm borrowing mostly (or receiving them as wishlist giftage). sorry, authors.
what is the last book you read?
the last book i finished was 'the other boleyn sister' by phillipa gregory. the last book i had opened and read is 'silk' by alessandro baricco.
name five books that mean a lot to you.
'the deed of paksenarrion' by elizabeth moon
'still life with woodpecker' by tom robbins
'shampoo planet' by douglas coupland
'the secret garden' by frances hodgson burnett
'jane eyre' by charlotte brontë
now “tag” five individuals to provide their own lists.
uh, no. that's just mean. the only reason i'm doing this at all is that today is jodi chromey's birthday and no one should be denied anything on their birthday (remember that in 27 days, people).
I have 'the other boleyn sister' in my queue (sometime after harry potter 6). How did you like it?
p.s. - i love still life with woodpecker.
i liked it very much. i'm a huge sucker for historical fiction, though. i finished it saturday morning and i find i'm still thinking about it, so that's a good sign.