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April 01, 2005
Book Meme
Snatched from Michelle and Amy;
Apologies for my narrow reading tastes. I am actually working on this by trying to encourage myself to read anything published after about 1940, particularly if written by a male member of the species.
So if you have any suggestions please let me know.
You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
I can’t make up my mind on this one. I either want to go with something along the lines of the Virago Book of Fairy Tales or else a good travel book like Pole to Pole, partly because it covers many of the places I want to go but mainly because I think Michael Palin would be a great travel companion.
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Edward Rochester, Heathcliff, and Mr Darcy. Then I got a dark brooding character of my own.
The last book you bought is:
For my Mum’s birthday I got her a copy of Mrs Dalloway, she is really in to Virginia Woolf since she saw The Hours. (Yes I did make her read the book) Last week I discovered Through the Tempests Dark and Wild which is a kid’s book about Mary Shelley, I have tucked that away on to the top shelf ready for when Littleone is a touch older, it’s too beautiful for her to get sticky fingerprints over just yet. The last book for me? I’ve been a bit short of money lately so it has been a while. Coincidently I actually think it was another Mary Shelley biography. Do you detect a theme yet?
The last book you read:
Perdita; The Life of Mary Robinson by Paula Byrne and yes I do have a review coming.
What are you currently reading?
I should probably finish L’Assommoir today. I’m also reading Mrs Gaskell’s The Life of Charlotte Bronte, I’m going through a female biography phase, can you tell?!
Five books you would take to a deserted island:
I hope it’s not cheating if I tell you that I have a sort of Virginia Woolf omnibus which has Orlando, Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse all in one edition. It was the book that first started my Woolf obsession way back when I was about 14. So I have the sentimental value thing going on that one.
I would also take a dictionary so I could work at extending my vocabulary.
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, no one should go anywhere without it.
Some sort of Ray Mears survival guide, so that there is a chance of me making it back in one piece.
For my final choice I can’t make up my mind, either a book with pictures; maybe Escher; or I might steal Michelle’s idea and go for one of the Norton anthologies, or possibly The Complete Oscar Wilde, or Testament of Youth.
Christ! I do hope I’m not going to have to swim anywhere with this pile of books.
Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 people) and why?
I’m the nosey cow who sits on the train/ bus craning her neck to see what everyone else is reading, so if you are reading this, I want to know. NOW!
Posted by purple elephant at April 1, 2005 08:18 AM