Here's a simple and fun meme. Mark Goren tagged me. To play, answer the 5 questions and tag 5 people. Its about books.
Up until 15 years ago, I was a lazy reader. There were many books started but few finished. One year I resolved to read a book a month. I figured if there were enough people to have a Book of the Month Club, I should be able to read one a month. You won't believe what happened...the more I read the less lazy I became about reading. The more I read the more fun it became. Along with more fun came that easy feeling. Now when someone asks about favorite pastimes, reading appears near the top of my list - along with cycling, walking and jamming.
The 5 questions are:
- How many books do you own?
- What was the last book you read?
- What was the last book you purchased?
- What five books are most meaningful to you?
- What is your most obscure favorite book?
- Far more than I've read. I'm a hoarder and really bad about hanging on to things in general but books in particular.
- Lately, I've had 2 books going at the same time - one business/professional growth, the other a "diversion" read. The last books I finished were Robin Hood Marketing - Katya Andresen - I love her publishing company Jossey-Bass. This happens to be the current MarketingProfs Book Club selection. The other was The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The link lands on a flash page of one sentence reviews. Currently, I'm reading Half a Life by V.S. Naipaul - excellent example of story telling -and looking for a professional book.
- The last two were Robin Hood Marketing and Citizen Vince - Jess Walter, a Spokane writer.
- *** Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary - I have a dozen dictionaries. If you're ever in a pinch for a gift, you can't go wrong giving someone a dictionary. It's the first "book" I ever remember reading. Words - what a concept! *** Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig - touched me at a critical time of growth. *** Be Here Now - Ram Dass - the hippie in me manifests itself...I've worn out a copy and lost a copy. *** Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling. The first in the series was fresh, engrossing and like nothing I'd read. I could not put it down. They've only gotten more fun to read. Wizards Unite! *** A Whole New Mind - Dan Pink. Here's my review.
- What is obscure to some is not so obscure to others. Charterhouse of Parma - Stendahl. Its a book written in 1839 that stands the test of time.
"Ostensibly a romantic thriller, interwoven with intrigue and military episodes, the novel also features Stendhal's acute grasp of human nature and psychology"
If they care to play, I'm tagging - Robyn McMaster, Mark Van Patten, David Brazeal, Jackie Cameron, Robert Hruzek. And remember - play even if you aren't tagged. I'd love to see what everybody is reading. Just link back to this entry so I can follow.
4 comments:
Great post, Bob. Thanks for playing along.
Your welcome and thank you, Mark - it was a fun entry and a terrific meme. Someday I'll count all these books :)
Reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance made a difference in my life. Few books affect me in that way.
Lewis - Two things I still remember from that book -
1 - Number of keys = amount of responsibility. I've always tried to limit my keys to a manageable level. That does not preclude me from hunting for the blasted things though I've never lost any
2 - If you don't wear an item of clothing within a years time, you don't need it anymore. This helps me clean out the closet and drawers every year.
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