I was tagged by Grace!

Total number of books owned: Not sure, and I just weeded a bunch.  Defintely less than 100.  Oddly, for a booklover and librarian I hate owning books.  I never read books I own.  I check books out mainly.  I only believe in buying books that you use a lot or won’t be able to find in the store/library.

Last book bought: Likewise, I never buy books.  I only buy the weird dollar books outside at used bookstores.  The last one I recall was a weird cheesy 1970s “Love Your Body” book that I intend to frame particularly great pages from.

Last book read: Currently reading “The Nasty Bits” by Tony Bourdain (pretty awesome) and “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan (struggling to finish).

Five Books that Mean a Lot to You: I also quickly forget books I read.  I elect to discuss books that have made me really excited about reading books semi-recently–i.e. books I couldn’t wait to finish and reread!

1. The Dirt: Autobiography of Motley Crue (Read in obsessive way, gave it to all my friends)
2. Cod by Mark Kurlansky (Picked it up on a whim, became obsessed, tried to explain to people why I was obsessed with a book about a boring fish.  Later on I used it as my first library school indexing project. I think, after taking time off from History stuff after college, this was one of the books that reminded me how much I loved reading history, and how well history could be written.)
3. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman (stayed up all night reading it)
4. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (Made me love/respect children’s books.)
5. American Psycho (Read over one night.  I don’t know that I even understand this book, or get it, but I found it incredibly compelling.)