Book Tag
Tonya tagged me with this meme and because I love books and her, I decided to actually do this one. You will notice that in most cases, I don't have a single answer. That's because I rarely have a single answer to anything. (OK, I'm a Gemini) Anyhow, here's the book meme:
A book that changed my life
Letters from the Earth
by Mark Twain
I finally got it about religion. If Mark Twain thought it was stupid, it was OK for me to think it, too. I think it was from this book that I got the phrase that finally stopped my mother from bugging me about going to church: "I really don't think I have anything in common with a religous doctrine centered around ritualistic cannabilism."
A book I've read more than once
1) The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
I just like reading these poems; no apologies.
2) Hardwired
by Walter Jon Williams
A hard-core cyberpunk SF thriller with sex, drugs, computers and rock and roll that plays out as a movie in my head every time I read it.
A book I would take with me if I were stuck on a desert island
1) (see above)
2) U.S. Army Field Manual 3-05.70
by United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
This is the U.S. Army's Survival guide. 'Nuff said.
3) All the cyberpunk novels
by William Gibson
A book that made me laugh
1) Semi-Tough
by Dan Jenkins
I don't remember much specifically about this book other than that I laughed my ass off the whole time I was reading it.
2) When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
by George Carlin
Actually, anything by George Carlin makes me laugh.
A book that made me cry
1) Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
2) Desirelines: A unusual family memoir
by Richard Wherrett and Peter Wherrett
I will confess that Peter is a very good friend of mine and that I once read the really sad part of the book aloud to a small crowd in our hotel room in Atlanta because Peter couldn't.
A book that I wish had been written
My Autobiography
by Jack the Ripper
A book that I wish had never been written
Any book serving as the basis of a religion: the Bible, the Koran, the Book of Mormon, etc. Religion should be based strictly on oral storytelling and tradition. That way there's room for immediate adaptation and flexibility; there's no way someone can point to a page and say, "See! THIS is what it unchangingly says you are supposed to do."
A book I've been meaning to read
A Life Less Convenient: Letters to my Ex
by Jennifer Clare Burke
As soon as it comes out (on September 18) and I scrape up 20 bucks, I'll be reading this one.
A book I'm currently reading
War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars
edited by Andrew Carrol
I'm not sure how many folks I'm supposed to tag with this but I'm tagging Jen, Denise and konagod.
A book that changed my life
Letters from the Earth
by Mark Twain
I finally got it about religion. If Mark Twain thought it was stupid, it was OK for me to think it, too. I think it was from this book that I got the phrase that finally stopped my mother from bugging me about going to church: "I really don't think I have anything in common with a religous doctrine centered around ritualistic cannabilism."
A book I've read more than once
1) The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
I just like reading these poems; no apologies.
2) Hardwired
by Walter Jon Williams
A hard-core cyberpunk SF thriller with sex, drugs, computers and rock and roll that plays out as a movie in my head every time I read it.
A book I would take with me if I were stuck on a desert island
1) (see above)
2) U.S. Army Field Manual 3-05.70
by United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
This is the U.S. Army's Survival guide. 'Nuff said.
3) All the cyberpunk novels
by William Gibson
A book that made me laugh
1) Semi-Tough
by Dan Jenkins
I don't remember much specifically about this book other than that I laughed my ass off the whole time I was reading it.
2) When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
by George Carlin
Actually, anything by George Carlin makes me laugh.
A book that made me cry
1) Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
2) Desirelines: A unusual family memoir
by Richard Wherrett and Peter Wherrett
I will confess that Peter is a very good friend of mine and that I once read the really sad part of the book aloud to a small crowd in our hotel room in Atlanta because Peter couldn't.
A book that I wish had been written
My Autobiography
by Jack the Ripper
A book that I wish had never been written
Any book serving as the basis of a religion: the Bible, the Koran, the Book of Mormon, etc. Religion should be based strictly on oral storytelling and tradition. That way there's room for immediate adaptation and flexibility; there's no way someone can point to a page and say, "See! THIS is what it unchangingly says you are supposed to do."
A book I've been meaning to read
A Life Less Convenient: Letters to my Ex
by Jennifer Clare Burke
As soon as it comes out (on September 18) and I scrape up 20 bucks, I'll be reading this one.
A book I'm currently reading
War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars
edited by Andrew Carrol
I'm not sure how many folks I'm supposed to tag with this but I'm tagging Jen, Denise and konagod.
On 9/08/2006 10:01 AM,
Friðvin said…
I haven't read the "...Pork Chops" book yet. I'm overdue.
There is one I'd like to read: "Born to Kvetch"
On 9/08/2006 1:29 PM,
SoulPony said…
I own The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. I guess I need to be reading it. Isn't that a fun list?
On 9/12/2006 12:10 PM,
Jami said…
So I'm just a little slutty then?
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