Book Meme

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Book Meme gakked from deborahw37

1) How many books do you have?

God, I couldn't begin to guess.  I have a wall to wall bookcase in my study with yet more books stacked beneath the table and in the closet. I have sweater boxes of books beneath my bed.  Boxes of discarded books in the garage, and that doesn't even begin to cover the books my mom was left with when I went to college.

2) What is the last book you bought?

"The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization" Non-Fiction, history of the rise and fall of Ancient Greece

3)What is the last book you read?

"Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

4) Five books that mean a lot to me.

"Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling (I pretty much memorized the stories "The Cat Who Walked By Himself" and "The Elephant's Child" when I was a kid.)

"1984" by George Orwell (brilliant insights)

"Trixie Belden and The Mysterious Mansion"  (The first book that as a kid actually got me to read for pure pleasure rather than an assignment for school)

"Merlin's Keep" by Madeline Brent (The first "adult" book that I read --it wasn't racy but the version I had was some 500 pages long and was the largest book I had ever read to that point.)

"The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene (If I ever think I'm really intelligent, a half hour with this book and I realize that there are things I will never understand and can  barely grasp.)

5) Tag five others to do this meme.

nutmeg3 , fenchurche , ww1614 , rahirah , and/or anyone on my friends list who hasn't done the meme (and if the ones I've names have done it.  You don't have to do it again).