I've been hit with the Book Meme!

Thanks a lot, scarletangel68. Now I actually have to think about this stuff. If someone hits me with the movie meme, I am so screwed....

*cough* Anyway.

Last book you bought: How Few Remain, by Harry Turtledove. Alternate Civil War history where the South won, sequel to Guns of the South, which I am now reading. Interesting stuff. And I also bought Gator Aide, by Jessica Speart, a mystery novel about a female Federal Game Warden, first of a series, which I've been looking for for quite some time...because I'm anal about reading first books in series first. And dude...you can't just buy one book.

Last book you read: Currently, as already stated, I'm reading Guns of the South, and I've been reading it for quite some time, as it's long and involved and detailed. Before that, it was either the last Hank the Cowdog book or something by Terry Pratchett. Me=shallow.

Five books that mean a lot to you: I have to pick five? Argh. I may go with series, here, instead of individual books.
[1] Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss. I learned to read with that book, so it will always have a special place in my heart. In fact, I still have the original copy I learned to read on when I was four.
[2] Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell. *glances up at "Book I'm currently reading" and begins to detect a pattern* Except, it's not a pattern, not really. I don't know that I have any other historical novels about the South at all. Anyway, Scarlett's spunky and ruthless and does what she thinks she needs to do in order to save her plantation...sacrificing what's actually good for her personally along the way. And Rhett loves her to distraction, but he can't tell her because she'd use it against him, and she loves him but can't tell him for the same reason, and it all comes crashing down because these two people won't sit down and talk to each other. Gone with the Wind introduced me to the archetype of the "honorable rogue," and I've loved that character in all his (and her) incarnations ever since.
[3] Executive Orders, by Tom Clancy. I love all Clancy's books, but Jack Ryan (and to a lesser extent, John Clark) is my favorite character. Jack is so much like me in his views it's scary, and I'd love to see someone like him as President. It's also nice to have my own political views validated in a best-selling novel.
[4] The Pendragon Cycle, by Stephen Lawhead. This series of five (or six, if you count the one that takes place in modern times) books made me fall in love with the King Arthur story all over again. It's a bit different than most retellings of the tale; it starts with Merlin's parents and goes from there, incorporating the legend of Atlantis and quite a bit of Christianity along the way. I also love his Song of Albion series. Oh, heck, anything by Lawhead. I have them all.
[5] James Herriot's books about his life as a veterinarian in Yorkshire. They solidified my own dreams and made the life of a vet come alive for me in a way no one else ever had. Of course, those dreams came to naught for a variety of reasons, but I still love the books.

I'm not going to tag anyone with this, because (a) I'm lazy, and (b) I think most of my flist has done it already.

I've been hit with the Book Meme!

Thanks a lot, scarletangel68. Now I actually have to think about this stuff. If someone hits me with the movie meme, I am so screwed....

*cough* Anyway.

Last book you bought: How Few Remain, by Harry Turtledove. Alternate Civil War history where the South won, sequel to Guns of the South, which I am now reading. Interesting stuff. And I also bought Gator Aide, by Jessica Speart, a mystery novel about a female Federal Game Warden, first of a series, which I've been looking for for quite some time...because I'm anal about reading first books in series first. And dude...you can't just buy one book.

Last book you read: Currently, as already stated, I'm reading Guns of the South, and I've been reading it for quite some time, as it's long and involved and detailed. Before that, it was either the last Hank the Cowdog book or something by Terry Pratchett. Me=shallow.

Five books that mean a lot to you: I have to pick five? Argh. I may go with series, here, instead of individual books.
[1] Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss. I learned to read with that book, so it will always have a special place in my heart. In fact, I still have the original copy I learned to read on when I was four.
[2] Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell. *glances up at "Book I'm currently reading" and begins to detect a pattern* Except, it's not a pattern, not really. I don't know that I have any other historical novels about the South at all. Anyway, Scarlett's spunky and ruthless and does what she thinks she needs to do in order to save her plantation...sacrificing what's actually good for her personally along the way. And Rhett loves her to distraction, but he can't tell her because she'd use it against him, and she loves him but can't tell him for the same reason, and it all comes crashing down because these two people won't sit down and talk to each other. Gone with the Wind introduced me to the archetype of the "honorable rogue," and I've loved that character in all his (and her) incarnations ever since.
[3] Executive Orders, by Tom Clancy. I love all Clancy's books, but Jack Ryan (and to a lesser extent, John Clark) is my favorite character. Jack is so much like me in his views it's scary, and I'd love to see someone like him as President. It's also nice to have my own political views validated in a best-selling novel.
[4] The Pendragon Cycle, by Stephen Lawhead. This series of five (or six, if you count the one that takes place in modern times) books made me fall in love with the King Arthur story all over again. It's a bit different than most retellings of the tale; it starts with Merlin's parents and goes from there, incorporating the legend of Atlantis and quite a bit of Christianity along the way. I also love his Song of Albion series. Oh, heck, anything by Lawhead. I have them all.
[5] James Herriot's books about his life as a veterinarian in Yorkshire. They solidified my own dreams and made the life of a vet come alive for me in a way no one else ever had. Of course, those dreams came to naught for a variety of reasons, but I still love the books.

I'm not going to tag anyone with this, because (a) I'm lazy, and (b) I think most of my flist has done it already.