Book Meme

[autographedcat]

Stolen from gridlore:

1. What book is in your bathroom?

"The Bride Wore Black Leather (And He Looked Fabulous): An Ettiquite Guide For the Rest of us" by Drew Campbell

2. What book is in your purse/backpack?

I don't have a purse or a backpack, so none, currently.


3. What book is on your bedside table?

"The Nodwick Chronicles" by Aaron Williams
"The Adventures of Moominpapa" by Tove Jansson

4. What was the last book you lent someone?

I just gave away a copy of "Borders of Infinity" by Lois McMaster Bujold.

5. What was the last book you lent out that someone brought back to you?

Just got back a box of about 20 or so books I had loaned out to someone who was put on three months of bedrest last year, including the entire Vorkosigan series, the Diana Galbadon historical romances, a Get Fuzzy collection, and some other assorted stuff.

6. What book do you have loaner copies of, solely for the purpose of foisting it on unsuspecting friends and relatives?

I buy used copies of Mark Helprin's "Winter's Tale" and give them away to people.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Gah. Of all the authors mentioned in the entry and the comments, I've only heard
of four - LMB, D*ane D*ane, RAH and Darby Conley. Generation gap? Dancing to a
different beat? (Not that I dance).

2. What book is in your purse/backpack?

Same answer as Autographed Doc, but... there was a delightful lass at the last
Contata who carried her paperback around tucked in the back of her waistband.
How about in a canvas bag? Lots of fen use those, and my Chosen One always
has a couple of books in it.

0. None of the questions actually asked what book(s) you're currently reading. Me?
Roberta Rogow's "FutureSpeak - A Fan's Guide To The Language Of Science Fiction".

Ann Onynous.

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Don't feel bad, I'm older than most of those in this thread (I'm old enough to be the father of some <g>) and there are several I haven't heard of either (including Darby Conley) and I've only read one LMB.

As regards "currently reading" -- well, none, I'm typing in LJ! But with a loose definition of 'currently', either the one beside the bed or the one in the bag/pack/bathroom would seem logical (the one which was in my briefcase went up to beside my bed and is now back on the shelf, and the one next in the series which is beside my bed will be in the briefcase on Monday if I don't finish it by then, unless I decide to put a different book in my briefcase).

Confused? You will be...

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Currently? Just finsihed working my through the first four collections of Alison Bechdel's comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For". I'm about to get back immersed into some of the Pratchett I bought over in the UK.

Love,
-R

[(Anonymous)]

"Don't feel bad, I'm older than most of those in this thread (I'm old enough to be the
father of some )"

Hee hee. Tell me about it. I'm not quite old enough to be a grandparent to some of
these young uns, but... [G]

"and there are several I haven't heard of either (including Darby Conley) and I've only
read one LMB."

Darby Conley (another young un) is the creator of the "Get Fuzzy" comic strip. Yay,
Satchel! Go, Mr. Fungo! (This from someone who's been a long time companion to cats
and who gives ferrets the evil eye).

Think I've read two LMBs, back in the late '80s.

"Confused? You will be..."

I always keep my copy of The Complete Works Of Confusedus by my side.

Ann O.