As if I didn’t have plenty of other stuff to do…
My friend Clarissa tagged me on this meme, and I’m one who tries to always accept a challenge - especially when it means I can procrastinate something I don’t want to be doing!. So without further ado, I present to you a book meme…
1. One book that changed my life: That’s saying alot. How about one that made a big impact? Gosh, even then, it’s hard to narrow it down. Tozer’s The Pursuit of God is up there along with some C.S. Lewis and Lover of My Soul, by Alan Wright
2. One book you have read more than once: Sadly, I read very few books more than once - at least as a grown-up. I read aloud Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White, a blue-million times as well as several from the Ramona series by Judy Blume Beverly Cleary every year to my class when I was teaching.
3. One book you would want on a desert island: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes. No explanation needed.
4. One book that made you laugh: Phillip Gulley has a couple of great, short little books (Front Porch Tales, Hometown Tales, and For Everything a Season) which Brian and I read aloud to each other while travelling in the days before kiddos.
5. One book that made you cry: Nearly all Angela Hunt novels, but then again, it doesn’t take much! I know the meme is referring to books, but this category would not be complete without my favorite Christmas story, “Barrington Bunny,” which is found in a neat little book called The Way of the Wolf, by Martin Bell. Oh my, how the tears flow every time…
6. One book you wish had been written: How to Detect Sarcasm: Dealing with Your Supercilious Spouse (I love you, Bri!)
7. One book you wish had never been written: Oh, the list is long. My dear husband would shoot me, though, if I missed the opportunity to shed some light on Gary Ezzo’s Babywise. No trip to the bookstore is ever complete without paying a visit to the aisle containing this plethora of parenting poppycock for the sole purpose of hiding said books from sight.
8. One book you are currently reading: Llama, Llama, Red Pajama, by Anna Dewdney, is currently being requested nightly.
9. One book you have been wanting to read: Just one? Brian’s been talking big about Winter’s Tale, by Mark Helprin, for years and I’ve been wanting to try it out again. Also, I promised him that I’d really read Friesen’s Decision Making and the Will of God – well, at least scan through it somewhat thoroughly.
10. One book you would like to see made into a movie: Oh, I don’t know. I don’t get to go to the movies much these days. I guess maybe a kid book – maybe something Junie B. Jones would be cute to see with my girls.
11. One children’s book you always recommend: There are too many to mention here. I could go on and on and recommend one for each age group, but I won’t bore you. At the moment the aforementioned Llama, Llama, Red Pajama is a favorite, as well as Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild! by Mem Fox.
12. One young adult book you always recommend: The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis comes to mind first but I’m sure I could come up with more. I guess it depends on how you define “young adult.”
13. Booktag some other people: Any takers? Help yourselves…
And there’s no way that I can just stick to one book for some of these.
