stolen from JPD

My Reading:

I love books – I read a lot on the bus travelling to and from work and
at night. I usually read at least two books at the same time to suit
different moods.

I'm mostly a fiction reader - that's the escapist part of me. I rarely
read non-fiction.
I love books that make me think and feel like I'm in a different world.

I love Terry Pratchett for being able to combine intelligent comedy
and absurdist slapstick together with some terrific characters,
thoughtful social commentary, while setting the whole thing in a
fantasy world with strange parallels to our own. He's my type of guy.

And I love Neil Gaiman for his dark humour. And I am falling for
Margaret Atwood because of her style.

I also read lots of random crap on the Internet.

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Total Number of Books Owned:

Dunno. Not heaps as I borrow stuff from my brother, from the book
exchange at work (what a fantastic idea that was!) and from the
library. Maybe a couple of hundred.

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Last Book Bought:
Wintersmith – Terry Pratchett. I buy all his Discworld novels.

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Last Book Read:

The Girl with a Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier – because the movie
was beautiful and haunting and I never could forget the images and the
feelings I felt at the time – both of frustration at identifying with
Griet and her relationships - and of the feelings I imagined *she*
much have felt, and also of being immersed in such a lovely, graceful
film. The book was just as lovely and allowed the reader to get inside
Griet's head.

Alias Grace – Margaret Atwood. Everything I read by this woman
impresses the hell out of me. Oryx and Crake was fantastic too –
reminded me of Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami for some reason.

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Currently Reading:

Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden - because I've meant to read it for ages.

Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger (author of The Devil Wears
Prada) – because a girl needs some easy reading with a bit of romance
for her bus trip.

Wintersmith – Terry Pratchett – because he makes me think and laugh
out loud at the same time – what a guy! *sigh*)

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Five Meaningful Books:
Can I really answer this? I don't know if I'm a fan of the
"meaningful" book genre so I have nothing to add here!

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I tag you!