a challenge!
A relative of mine challenged me to answer a few questions, so here goes:
1. One book that changed your life: The Marrige of Sense and Soul (Ken Wilber) -- This book effectively and persuasively makes you think about the nature of consciousness and reality, and promotes self-exploration on an unusual level.
2. One book you’ve read more than once: Mountains Beyond Mountains
(Tracy Kidder)
3. One book you’d want on a desert island: The Worst-Case Scenario Little Book of Survival
4. One book that made you giddy: Any of the Harry Potter Books
5. One book that wracked you with sobs: ??? I'm sure there is one, but I honestly can't remember a title!
6. One book that you wish had been written: A biography of my mother. She died a few years ago, and I wish that I knew more about her life.
7. One book you wish had never been written: I can't think of anything! I really believe in having things written down so that one can always look back and lend thought to events and situations.
8. One book you’re currently reading: Invisible Enemies: Stories of Infectious Disease (Jeanette Farrell)
9. One book you’ve been meaning to read: Collapse (Jared Diamond)
10. Now tag five bloggers: Erin, Clare, Andrew (ack! I don't know two others to tag!)
posted by Abi @ 7:33 AM
2 Comments:
Thanks! Have you read the whole set of Harry Potters? I have read only two. The first one in English and the second in Finnish.
Your answer to #7 is really wise. Everything has some kind of reason.
Hmm. I liked Guns, Germs, and Steel, but Collapse disappointed me a bit, mostly out of seeming far more speculative.
BTW, would you mind looking at a cello part to make sure it's all playable? (It's the first movement of my piano quartet, there are a couple spots where I think the cello part may or may not need revision.) I can e-mail a PDF score some time tomorrow...
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