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1) Total number of books owned: Including comic books, around 400. Excluding, more like 150. That's combining mine andleapfish's. I love to read, but seem to go through phases where I have no time at all.
2) The last book I bought: Likethespos, I usually buy more than one at a time. But I think the last one I bought was A Brief History of Almost Everything, by Bill Bryson. If you're not a big science reader, but you've wondered where we're at in terms of human existence, discovery, and knowledge, this is the book for you. Short, light, hilarious, and only two years old -- therefore, pretty much up to date. It tells you what we used to think, and what we now think, about all sorts of physics, chemistry, biology, archaeology, paleontology, and other fun ologies.
3) The last book I read: Stone Country, by George Bowering. A short, light, hilarious look at Canadian history. Very recent, and very odd. Hard to describe. Like attending a history class where the prof is one term short of forced retirement.
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me:
- Canadian Oxford World Atlas. I love atlases, could sit and read them for hours. They're like having a small subset of Google in your home.
- the script to Lilies, by Michel Marc Bouchard. A Canadian play with queer content and nudity and boy-boy kissing and all that. It was turned into Canada's best picture in 1996 by John Greyson (great director, did Zero Patience as well), and I directed a staging of it with Theatre UNB in Fredericton during university. Autographed copy from when he visited town.
- Long Walk to Freedom, by Nelson Mandela. Fascinating, engrossing read on his life, and one of the few books that gripped me from the first page, rather than a little bit in. Reminds me of my family's trip to South Africa, and keeps my mind thinking about oppression and discrimination too.
- Summer Point, by Linda McNutt, a friend who I worked with at UNB. Her first novel is about a family cottage and the experiences there and around -- reminds me very much of my family, and our cottage experiences in PEI. I miss talking with Linda, she is such an exciting soul to be around.
- Guitar for Dummies, my regret-filled dust-gathering-device. I got it to teach myself guitar, but have it read-and-played precisely once. I really ought to put time in my schedule for it, that's the only way it'll ever happen. I don't want to be a virtuoso (if that's even possible on guitar), I just want to be able to sit around the campfire and play and have everybody sing along.
5) Tag 5 people and have them fill this out on their ljst:
Tag! You're it!
simplisticton
nihilicious
jpman
halfwitted
adamos
thespos...1) Total number of books owned: Including comic books, around 400. Excluding, more like 150. That's combining mine and
leapfish's. I love to read, but seem to go through phases where I have no time at all.2) The last book I bought: Like
thespos, I usually buy more than one at a time. But I think the last one I bought was A Brief History of Almost Everything, by Bill Bryson. If you're not a big science reader, but you've wondered where we're at in terms of human existence, discovery, and knowledge, this is the book for you. Short, light, hilarious, and only two years old -- therefore, pretty much up to date. It tells you what we used to think, and what we now think, about all sorts of physics, chemistry, biology, archaeology, paleontology, and other fun ologies.3) The last book I read: Stone Country, by George Bowering. A short, light, hilarious look at Canadian history. Very recent, and very odd. Hard to describe. Like attending a history class where the prof is one term short of forced retirement.
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me:
- Canadian Oxford World Atlas. I love atlases, could sit and read them for hours. They're like having a small subset of Google in your home.
- the script to Lilies, by Michel Marc Bouchard. A Canadian play with queer content and nudity and boy-boy kissing and all that. It was turned into Canada's best picture in 1996 by John Greyson (great director, did Zero Patience as well), and I directed a staging of it with Theatre UNB in Fredericton during university. Autographed copy from when he visited town.
- Long Walk to Freedom, by Nelson Mandela. Fascinating, engrossing read on his life, and one of the few books that gripped me from the first page, rather than a little bit in. Reminds me of my family's trip to South Africa, and keeps my mind thinking about oppression and discrimination too.
- Summer Point, by Linda McNutt, a friend who I worked with at UNB. Her first novel is about a family cottage and the experiences there and around -- reminds me very much of my family, and our cottage experiences in PEI. I miss talking with Linda, she is such an exciting soul to be around.
- Guitar for Dummies, my regret-filled dust-gathering-device. I got it to teach myself guitar, but have it read-and-played precisely once. I really ought to put time in my schedule for it, that's the only way it'll ever happen. I don't want to be a virtuoso (if that's even possible on guitar), I just want to be able to sit around the campfire and play and have everybody sing along.
5) Tag 5 people and have them fill this out on their ljst:
Tag! You're it!
simplistictonnihiliciousjpmanhalfwittedadamos
