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anneheart's journal.
1) Total number of books owned?
Ha. HAHAHAHAHAA. Oh my stars. Er. There is a room in the basement of my parents' house devoted to my books. In Corner Brook (well, Lord's Cove at the moment), there are two LARGE storage bins full of my books. I tried to count them once... didn't work because I ran out of time. I did alphabetise them all when I was fifteen or so, and there were more than a thousand then. Assume that there are more now.
2) The last book I bought?
Well, I bought several at once, but then realised I had the wrong edition of one of them and took it back to get another. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", by Douglas Adams. Now I have it in print as well as audio. Yay.
3) The last book I read?
See above. I'm also in the middle of "Mindscan", by Robert J. Sawyer.
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me?
"Stardance", by Spider and Jeanne Robinson. It's currently published as "The Stardancers" in the same volume as one of its sequels. I cannot put into words the joy and pride and catharsis this book gives me every time I read it.
"Lady Slings the Booze", by Spider Robinson on his own this time. This is not for the book itself (though the book is good), but rather what is written on the inside cover and how it came to be written there.
"The Third Magic", by Welwyn Wilton Katz. This was in my stocking on Christmas Morning when I was eight, and I loved it instantly for the Welsh names used in it. It's Arthurian legend, sort of. Also, my copy was signed by Katz at a writing workshop she taught, and says "To Emily, who is a Real Writer". Be the Circle white or red?
"Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers" (20 000 Leagues Under the Sea), by Jules Verne. This was my introduction to science fiction and adventure stories in which there was real peril (as opposed to the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew) when I was... seven? eight? I didn't read it in French until I was ten, though.
(I'm going to cheat and have six)
"The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton and "A Wrinkle in Time", by Madeleine L'Engle. If you know me, I'm sure you can guess why. Very different books, but both of them beautiful.
anneheart's journal.1) Total number of books owned?
Ha. HAHAHAHAHAA. Oh my stars. Er. There is a room in the basement of my parents' house devoted to my books. In Corner Brook (well, Lord's Cove at the moment), there are two LARGE storage bins full of my books. I tried to count them once... didn't work because I ran out of time. I did alphabetise them all when I was fifteen or so, and there were more than a thousand then. Assume that there are more now.
2) The last book I bought?
Well, I bought several at once, but then realised I had the wrong edition of one of them and took it back to get another. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", by Douglas Adams. Now I have it in print as well as audio. Yay.
3) The last book I read?
See above. I'm also in the middle of "Mindscan", by Robert J. Sawyer.
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me?
"Stardance", by Spider and Jeanne Robinson. It's currently published as "The Stardancers" in the same volume as one of its sequels. I cannot put into words the joy and pride and catharsis this book gives me every time I read it.
"Lady Slings the Booze", by Spider Robinson on his own this time. This is not for the book itself (though the book is good), but rather what is written on the inside cover and how it came to be written there.
"The Third Magic", by Welwyn Wilton Katz. This was in my stocking on Christmas Morning when I was eight, and I loved it instantly for the Welsh names used in it. It's Arthurian legend, sort of. Also, my copy was signed by Katz at a writing workshop she taught, and says "To Emily, who is a Real Writer". Be the Circle white or red?
"Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers" (20 000 Leagues Under the Sea), by Jules Verne. This was my introduction to science fiction and adventure stories in which there was real peril (as opposed to the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew) when I was... seven? eight? I didn't read it in French until I was ten, though.
(I'm going to cheat and have six)
"The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton and "A Wrinkle in Time", by Madeleine L'Engle. If you know me, I'm sure you can guess why. Very different books, but both of them beautiful.
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Date: 2005-05-15 11:38 am (UTC)I loved The Outsiders when I was younger. I need to get a good translation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
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Date: 2005-05-15 03:21 pm (UTC)As for a translation - I'll have a look in my (alphabetised!) basement library and see if I can dig out mine. It's been a while since I've read it; I'll read it again and see what the translation's like. If it's good, I'll let you know translator/publishing/edition information.