WORDS, WORDS, WORDS


book 'em, chad-o.

The lovely and talented writersbloc gal emerged from a work-imposed exile in the blogging wilderness yesterday -- welcome back, wbg; we missed you! -- and promptly tagged me (and my buddy TheBarmaid, from whom I'll steal some categories) with a subject she knew all too well I could not possibly resist: books. Lots and lots and lots of books. There are, after all, few subjects dearer to my heart. Or my writer's soul. So kick back, find a comfy chair, and read on, MacDuff!...

ONE BOOK THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE
The Complete Stories, Flannery O'Connor.

ONE BOOK YOU'VE READ MORE THAN ONCE
The White Hotel, D. M. Thomas. (How can you not?)

ONE BOOK YOU'D WANT ON A DESERT ISLAND
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.

ONE BOOK THAT MADE YOU CRY
Charlotte's Web, E.B. White. Every damned time.

ONE BOOK THAT MADE YOU LAUGH
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Al Franken.

ONE BOOK THAT WAS BEST READ AS A CHILD
The Trumpet of the Swan, E.B. White.

ONE BOOK YOU WISH YOU'D WRITTEN
(Besides the two I've been obsessively plotting in my mind...) Sin & Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose, Constance Hale.

ONE BOOK YOU WISH HAD NEVER BEEN WRITTEN
The Light in the Forest, Conrad Richter. Without it, 7th grade English might have been the best class ever.

ONE BOOK YOU'RE CURRENTLY READING
Coronado, Dennis Lehane.

ONE BOOK YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO READ
Will of the World, Stephen Greenblatt.

ONE BOOK THAT ROLLS ITS EYES AT YOU FROM YOUR BOOKSHELF
Clarissa, Samuel Richardson.

ONE BOOK THAT MADE YOU THINK
Who Stole Feminism?, Christina Hoff Sommers.

ONE BOOK THAT MADE YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER
Salem's Lot, Stephen King.

ONE BOOK YOU'RE ALWAYS BUYING SOMEONE AS A GIFT
A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving.

ONE PERSON WHOSE BOOK LIST YOU'D LIKE TO READ
Dennis Roddy.

THE END.

Posted: Sat - October 7, 2006 at 01:05 AM          

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