I hardly ever get tagged for anything so when I do, it’s a momentous occasion. Pete at Great Circle has tagged me for a meme about books.
How many books do you own? 50 or so. I mostly go to the library for books - currently have three out on loan as we speak. (Pete owns 800!!)
What was the last book you read? In The Company Of Soldiers by Rick Atkinson (I’m starting Amsterdam by Ian McEwan today)
What was the last book you purchased? Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
What five books are most meaningful to you? The Bible, Lord of the Rings….. I’d have to look at my bookshelf to answer that one. But I don’t really read advice books. I read for entertainment, not personal growth. As some famous guy said: “Every Christian is educated far beyond their level of obedience.” This is very much true of me - I don’t need to read any more books telling me what to do, I just need to ACT on what I already know.
This is my effort to do so : Search316.
What is your most obscure favorite book? Once again, I wish I was near a bookshelf. I generally read books that come highly recommended so I can’t really remember the last time I read something obscure.
Tags to Mark my bro, Ben my bro, Neil, Tim Y, and…. Chunks and Rosie you don’t have blogs but I’d be interested in your answers if you feel like leaving a comment.
That goes out to anyone else, really.
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November 19, 2007 at 9:42 am
Pete Aldin
Sounds like your tastes are comparable to mine, my friend, although I think you’ve read far more WW2 history than I have. (Have you read Ghost Soldiers?)
Don’t get too excited about being tagged. I was once tagged 3 times in one month and it gets really annoying. Once in a while is cool, and I thought you’d liike this one so thanks for playing…
November 19, 2007 at 10:30 am
Mat
Maybe we do but I’m not into science fiction, that’s where we divert
You’re right in that I have read stacks of WW2, since I was in grade 3 I have been reading that stuff (although when I was that young I obviously wasn’t reading large books of analysis, mainly concentrating on books with heaps of photos.. :D). Haven’t heard of Ghost Soldiers… checked it out on Amazon which annoyingly had no description, but the comments left make it look quite interesting.
November 19, 2007 at 11:54 am
Anthony
My favourite book is probably Secrets Of Super Achievers by Phillip Baker. It’s one of the books I’ve read 2 or 3 times.
Apart from that whenever I go to the Library to get a book I usually look for a science fiction or fantasy novel.
November 20, 2007 at 12:41 am
Tim
haha i think ive already done one of these things awhile back
you can go to http://timyao.blogspot.com/2005/06/taking-up-challenge.html if you wanna have a look at what i wrote a few years back..
or you can look at my facebook to see what i’ve read and which ones are favourites hehe..
November 23, 2007 at 8:25 am
Rosie Brehaut
1 I don’t know…I have 250 in my bedroom, but I don’t think they’re all mine.
2 Kematian Lord Edgware…Indonesian translation of an Agatha Christie book. It usually takes me a couple of hours to read a book of this size…but this one has taken me a month. I still don’t know whodunit…
3 Cadddy Ever After and Indigo’s star by Hilary Mackay
4 The Bible…but it doesn’t count because what other book could be more meaningful for a Christian? Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger, Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton, Disappointment with God by Phillip Yancey Broken windows, Broken lives by Adrian Plass and The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
5 How you define obscure? Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Done!
November 25, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Benjamin Newton
Ayo. I’ve posted my entry on this.
http://benjaminties.blogspot.com/2007/11/non-music-blog-woo.html