kgbooklog

Since this account exists solely for me to talk about books, I don't have any excuse not to participate...

As requested by kate_nepveu.

1. Total number of books I've owned:

I think I own about 300-400 now, and about an equal number sold back. We are counting non-fiction too, right?

2. Last book I bought:

It's been a slow year so far. I think Nix's Sabriel (for re-reading). Most recent unread book would be Erikson's Midnight Tides.

3. Last book I read:

Last finished: Carole Nelson Douglas's Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit

Currently reading: Rosenberg's Not Quite Scaramouche and Erikson's Midnight Tides (during breaks at work)

4. 5 books that mean a lot to me:

Kirstein's The Steerswoman's Road, underappreciated and no one else is writing anything like this (every time I ask for similar books, people recommend things like MacAvoy which are the exact opposite of what I want).

The Lord of the Rings

Gonick's Cartoon History of the Universe
Gleick's Chaos: Making a New Science
Gardner's Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers
(making history, science and math fun)

5. Five people to take up the meme and answer in their own lj.

Heh, only six people read my journal, and at least one has already done this meme.