Well that damn Sybil and Karen and the Smart Bitches all tagged me for this meme. I figure getting tagged three times means I can’t ignore it. That’s okay, this was kind of interesting and thought provoking.
Total number of books I own: I know there are actually people out there who know the exact number of books they own but I’m not one of them. I have three tall bookshelves with five shelves each. Each bookshelf holds 4 rows of books (they are double stacked). I also have a bookshelf for the baby’s room which is mostly full. And then I have about 4 boxes of books. You can guess some random number.
Last book I bought: After Sundown: Redemption by Eden Robins from Cerridwen Press
Last book(s) I read: Broken Wings by Lora Leigh from Cerridwen Press and NuWorld by Lorie O’Clare from Cerridwen Press (anyone sensing a trend here?) I also read Sunshine by Robin McKinley when I was at my parents last weekend.
Five books that mean a lot to me:
Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman- it’s a non-fiction book that I first read about 10 years ago. My mom died when I was 17 and I read it two years after that. It helped me realize that my ongoing grieving was perfectly normal- and always would be perfectly normal. I often recommend this book to women who have lost their mothers.
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards- it’s the first fantasy novel I remember reading as a child that I wanted to keep forever. I read it in hardcover and I remember the book was a beautiful red with gold writing. Unfortunately, it belonged to my aunt and it wasn’t until 20 years later that I got to own my own copy.
Clive Cussler- okay, he’s not a book but an author- he writes the Dirk Pitt books. It might seem weird that I chose these books but I started reading them as a way to have a way to connect with my dad as a teenager. It aided us in having conversations with each other we might not have otherwise had.
Naked In Death by J.D. Robb- it’s the first in the In Death series and I’d totally choose this book as one of five I’d like to have on a deserted island. It’s a comfort read for me.
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous- I read this book as a teenager and I tell ya, it scared the piss out of me. Now, it didn’t stop me from experimenting, but I always had visions of this book in my head. It had an impact. I’d be interested to know who wrote it.
I know as soon as I post this, I’m going to think of a bunch of other books that had an impact on me and will be whining to myself about forgetting.
Tag 5 people to do this: I tried to pick five people that haven’t been tagged yet.
Ooh, I remember GO ASK ALICE! It didn’t put me off, either.
The sad thing about it is for years, I completely believed that there was actually a fifteen-year-old girl who wrote the diary. 
Gullible is my middle name.