books

I KNEW as I came to the end of KaiNYC's post I would be tagged!

1. One Book That Changed Your Life: Do I have to pick one? The Mary Stewart romance novels when I was younger - thriller type books with just the right dash of romance and intrigue set in an era I never knew.

2. One Book That You've Read More Than Once: Do I have to list just one? I've read a lot of books twice. Anything ranging from Harry Potter to any of Jane Austen's books to Mary Stewart's books to Phillipa Gregory's books... I could go on and on...

3. One Book You'd Want on a Desert Island: Arthur Ransome's Swallows & Amazons series... it's a childhood read of mine and I loved it so much.

4. One Book That Made You Laugh: There are so many... can you guess what I'm going to say? I can't pick one! I'd have to think about it some more.

5. One Book That Made You Cry: I'm such a sap - I'll confess that Harry Potter has made me cry. The Mermaid's Chair is currently choking me up right now - I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact it deals with marraige and infidelity, and now being married I can identify how it might feel to be cheated on and the impact of this on a relationship.

6. One Book That You Wish Had Been Written: No matter what I say, I am sure there is a book out there for whatever I need. How about one that keeps me focused on the job at hand?!

7. One Book That You Wish Had Never Been Written:The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl. By far one of the worst written stories I have ever come across - disjointed and poorly written, it is one of the few books I have ever had to force myself to keep turning the pages. I actually regret buying it. And I never regret buying books.

8. The Book That You Are Currently Reading: The Mermaid's Chair by Sue Monk Kidd. I gave this book to my mother for her birthday and she's kindly loaned it back to me for my enjoyment.

9. One Book That You've Been Meaning to Read: Witness to AIDS by Edwin Cameron and Nelson Mandela. Mr. Cameron is brother to an old family friend and a prominent public figure in South Africa, and I am intrigued by his story.

KaiNYC - I am sure this is not as inspiring as you would like! I would like to tag fat little pug for this!