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tiernaywest intimidates me.
1. Total number of books I've owned:
Oh, like I can possibly keep count. I think there are about 3000 books in my apartment right now, so the total is probably around five or six thousand.
2. Last book I bought:
Vegetarian Europe, in preparation for my trip to Budapest. Unfortunately the chapter on Hungary is only two pages long, and lists four restaurants. I'll be there a week. I suspect I may buy most of my food in grocery stores—Hungarian cuisine does not have a strong vegetarian tradition. (The first line of most recipes is, "First, fry some bacon." Which, as a classmate pointed out, is not what we in America call bacon—here, we call that "fat".)
At the same time I ordered too late to die young by Harriet McBride Johnson, Waist-High in the World by Nancy Mairs, and Make Them Go Away: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Reeve, and the Case Against Disability Rights by Mary Johnson. Buying four books when I need one is the reason my apartment contains 3000 books.
3. Last book I read:
Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod. A very enjoyable space opera, but it didn't feel as groundbreaking as his earlier works.
4. 5 books that mean a lot to me:
Star Surgeon by Alan Nourse, the first science fiction book I enjoyed reading, and The Rolling Stones by Robert Heinlein, which got me hooked on the genre.
The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz, the story of a group of soldiers who escaped from a prison camp in Siberia and hiked to British India, thousands of miles away. A reminder of how much the human body is capable of, and the importance of perseverance.
The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Henriette Roosenburg, the story of a Dutch resistance fighter's stay in a German prison camp, and her journey home through post-war Europe. I admire tremendously those who fought the Nazis from within occupied Europe.
In Search of Wonder by Damon Knight, an outstanding work of criticism.
5. Tag five people to take up the meme and answer in their own journals:
annafdd
elissaann
feorag
resilient
spiritrover
tiernaywest intimidates me.1. Total number of books I've owned:
Oh, like I can possibly keep count. I think there are about 3000 books in my apartment right now, so the total is probably around five or six thousand.
2. Last book I bought:
Vegetarian Europe, in preparation for my trip to Budapest. Unfortunately the chapter on Hungary is only two pages long, and lists four restaurants. I'll be there a week. I suspect I may buy most of my food in grocery stores—Hungarian cuisine does not have a strong vegetarian tradition. (The first line of most recipes is, "First, fry some bacon." Which, as a classmate pointed out, is not what we in America call bacon—here, we call that "fat".)
At the same time I ordered too late to die young by Harriet McBride Johnson, Waist-High in the World by Nancy Mairs, and Make Them Go Away: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Reeve, and the Case Against Disability Rights by Mary Johnson. Buying four books when I need one is the reason my apartment contains 3000 books.
3. Last book I read:
Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod. A very enjoyable space opera, but it didn't feel as groundbreaking as his earlier works.
4. 5 books that mean a lot to me:
Star Surgeon by Alan Nourse, the first science fiction book I enjoyed reading, and The Rolling Stones by Robert Heinlein, which got me hooked on the genre.
The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz, the story of a group of soldiers who escaped from a prison camp in Siberia and hiked to British India, thousands of miles away. A reminder of how much the human body is capable of, and the importance of perseverance.
The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Henriette Roosenburg, the story of a Dutch resistance fighter's stay in a German prison camp, and her journey home through post-war Europe. I admire tremendously those who fought the Nazis from within occupied Europe.
In Search of Wonder by Damon Knight, an outstanding work of criticism.
5. Tag five people to take up the meme and answer in their own journals:
annafddelissaannfeoragresilientspiritrover
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Date: 2005-05-18 01:37 am (UTC)Intimidation is a useful adventurer skill.
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Date: 2005-05-18 12:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-18 06:27 pm (UTC)Hey, I want to know what she's been reading!
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