The Book Meme

1. Total Number of Books I’ve Owned. Thousands. I am gradually trying to catalog them all.

2. Last Book I Bought. I am not sure I remember which one was the most recent. Probably one of the books on concrete sculptural techniques I picked up recently.

3. Last Book I read. The last book I finished was Fast Food Nation. The last book I read parts of was The Mosaic Sourcebook

4. Five Books That Mean A Lot to Me:
(a) The River Why by David James Duncan. Funny, touching, well-written, and fishing-centered.

(b) The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino. Outstanding story.

(c) The Divine Comedy by Dante. Each time I read this I am more blown away by what a great writer Dante was.

(d) At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen. Great characters, an interesting story, good descriptions of the area.

(e) The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. An outstanding, powerful story by one of my favorite writers.

(f) I know, only five, but I was so late doing this I will give you another: The Little World of Don Camilo by Guaraschi (I think that is the name, forgot the first name). I tend to go for great characters, and Don Camilo is one of the best.

5. Tag 5 people and have them do this on their blog. I think I am the last person to do this, so if you are reading and haven't done it, consider this an invitation.