Speaking of memes…
Ah, memes. What would blogging be without memes? What, real content I hear you whisper as if it was all some great government conspiracy to keep up with our entertainment habits while keep the quality of our content low? Surely not! #
Number of Books on the Shelf
5 in the living room, 8 on the bedroom floor, 4 in the bathroom and 105 on the bookshelves. Who knows how many have been lent out, never to be returned.
Last Book Purchased
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
Book Reading Right Now
I’m reading The Last Kingdom, by Bernard Cornwell, in tandem with A Son Of The Circus by John Irving.
Last 5 Books Read
Cradle by Arthur C Clarke and Gentry Lee
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
The Salmon Of Doubt by Douglas Adams
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Dubliners by James Joyce
Books That Mean a Lot to Me
I must have read hundreds more books than I’ve kept, so it’s a little overwhelming knowing where to even start.
Tolkien’s works have been quite an inspiration, and I’ve read not only The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, but have also managed to get through The Silmarillion and The Unfinished Tales.
I ocassionally terrify my bank manager by threatening to tackle the entire History of Middle-Earth.
Other authors I’ve read almost everthing by include Douglas Adams, Robert Rankin and Terry Pratchett. I’m slowly working my way through Arthur C Clarke’s immense back-catalogue, but the Odyssey series (2001, 2010, 2061 and 3001) will take some beating.
Moving away from fantasy and sci-fi, Chuck Pahlaniuk is probably my favourite contemporary author – Fight Club changed my life, and those of his other novels which I’ve read have been no less powerful. Wil Self is another favourite, alongside such diverse authors as Tom Sharpe, Corey Doctorow and Michael Crichton.
Undoubtably I’ll think of many more as soon as I click ‘Publish’.
Passing This Along To…
Martin
Jim and
Paul, if any of them have the time and/or inclination…