tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post115485562358675301..comments2023-10-26T20:05:14.669+07:00Comments on intrepid flame: Tag, You're it!Jabizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15060918134697370964noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-1155015478332756842006-08-08T12:37:00.000+07:002006-08-08T12:37:00.000+07:00Hey,I wasn't tagged but I am still going to answer...Hey,<BR/><BR/>I wasn't tagged but I am still going to answer these questions as a voracious reader:<BR/><BR/>1. One book that changed your life:<BR/>"The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck. Read it at 10 years old and suddenly realised there was a lot more to the world than middle class New Zealand life<BR/><BR/>2. One book you have read more than once:<BR/>"Eight Ball Chicks" - written with first hand accounts of female gang members in LA. Scary, amazing, frightening, couldn't put it down.<BR/><BR/>3. One book you would want on a desert island: The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King<BR/><BR/>4. One book that made you laugh: anything in the Shopaholic series<BR/><BR/>5. One book you wish had been written: a codice of the ancient Maya........there are way too many conspiracy theories :-)<BR/><BR/>6. One book you wish had never been written: none - everyone is entitled to tell a story even if it is completely rubbish<BR/><BR/>7. One book that made you cry: "Man and Boy" by Tony Parsons<BR/><BR/>8. One book you are currently reading: "Teacher Man" by Frank McCourt<BR/><BR/>9. One book you have been meaning to read: "A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth and also something my husband bought "A guide to the state of the world"Fiwibabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14294953361026493468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-1154921009187196822006-08-07T10:23:00.000+07:002006-08-07T10:23:00.000+07:001. One book that changed your life: Cat's Cradle, ...1. One book that changed your life: Cat's Cradle, Vonnegut (during the formative years, you know)<BR/><BR/>2. One book you have read more than once: Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Wolfe<BR/><BR/>3. One book you would want on a desert island: Brother's K, Wallace<BR/><BR/>4. One book that made you laugh: Most poem collections by Bukowski<BR/><BR/>5. One book you wish you had written: Artist of the Floating World, Ishiguro<BR/><BR/>6. One book you wish had never been written: DaVinci Code, Brown<BR/><BR/>7. One book that made you cry: Stones in the River, Hegi<BR/><BR/>8. One book you are currently reading: Corrections, Franzen<BR/><BR/>9. On book you have meaning to read: Atonement, McEwan<BR/><BR/>Good list man! Thanks for the tag...Jefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07228982925434097618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-1154906943904499202006-08-07T06:29:00.000+07:002006-08-07T06:29:00.000+07:00Oh, lordy BZ. I just got double tagged, by you AN...Oh, lordy BZ. I just got double tagged, by you AND Spooky Pete. So I put it up on my blog.<BR/><BR/>It's an interesting community exercise to see what people are reading. Thanks.DivaJoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534571327558009753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-1154896261957048952006-08-07T03:31:00.000+07:002006-08-07T03:31:00.000+07:00Interesting choices, BZ. I need to read Trotsky an...Interesting choices, BZ. I need to read Trotsky and Das Kapital also. Time is the hardest commodity to find, though.MC Fanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04966360672502646830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-1154871242079165732006-08-06T20:34:00.000+07:002006-08-06T20:34:00.000+07:00thanks bz- i hope everything is going goodly for y...thanks bz- i hope everything is going goodly for you and your family. i have been heavy hearted lately but my husband and i had a good talk last night and i am going to continue the good fight. maybe i will get a chance to read my books- but i enjoy reading the living blogs by others more lately.billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-1154870988312632352006-08-06T20:29:00.000+07:002006-08-06T20:29:00.000+07:001: One book that changed your life:"the years of t...1: One book that changed your life:<BR/>"the years of the locust" by loula grace erdman<BR/><BR/>2: One book you have read more than once:<BR/>i am embarrassed to say it is a book called "serial killers" and has bundy, gacy, and quite a few more<BR/><BR/>3: One book you would want on a desert island:<BR/>"war and peace" unabridged. i keep meaning to read it.<BR/><BR/>4: One book that made you laugh:<BR/>i don't read many funny books- but i do have fun reading the harry potter series.<BR/><BR/>5: One book you wish had been written:<BR/>perhaps someone should write a coffee table book about ancient serial killers if and when they were caught.<BR/><BR/>6: One book you wish had never had been written:<BR/><BR/>"cujo" was like watching paint dry.<BR/><BR/>7: One book that made you cry:<BR/>"the yearling," "a separate piece," "the red pony"- i am very emotionally involved in my reading.<BR/><BR/>8: One book you are currently reading:<BR/>"our endangered values" by jimmy carter, "lord of chaos" by robert jordan(book six in wheel of time series)<BR/><BR/>9: One book you have been meaning to read:<BR/><BR/>"founding mothers" by cokie roberts(it's a loaner from a friend), "the complete book of american presidents" by william degregoriobilliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.com