Meme Madness

It seems like everytime I open a blog or a social networking site there is another meme. You know those posts asking you to list "25 Random Things" or "Memories" or "In Your Senior Year of High School Did You...." . I truly enjoy reading them, but find completing them more difficult. It is hard to think up 25 random things about myself or remember what I did in high school. But I may have found the perfect meme.....or at least I may have "borrowed" other people's ideas and created the perfect short meme for me. Here it is.....Bookmama's Book Meme:

1. What was your favorite book as a child?

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
2. What is the one book you recommend to almost everyone?

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
3. Do you read books while you do other activities, and if so, which activities?

Yes, cooking, bathing, watching TV, listening to music and any activity which allows it.
4. Which book has been on your shelves the longest?

Gift From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
5. What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?

Hot Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman, Eclipse by Richard North Patterson and

Above the Law by Tim Green
6. What book did everyone like and you hated?

Atonement by Ian McEwan

7. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life?

All of the Travis McGee books remind me of off-season in Colorado.

8. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?

The Hours by Michael Cunningham
9. Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take?

Jessica Howard
10. What was the last book that you bought?

A book on hydroponics for the home gardener for my daughter.
11. What was the last book you checked out from the library?

Above the Law by Tim Green
12. What do you wish you had time to read?

Raj Quartet by Paul Scott

13. What is one of your favorite reading memories?

Listening to my friend Jane reading The Monster at the End of the Book complete with

Elmo and Cookie monster imitations and hearing my daughters shrieking with laughter.

I could continue to ask questions about books for hours. You can find out a lot about a person by asking what they read, why they read it and what kinds of books touch them. I hope you enjoy thinking about how you might answer the questions. I would love to hear your responses.....

Oh Mexico....

The sale of The Open Book has eaten up every waking minute and I have sadly neglected Bookmama's World.  While the sale of the store is still in limbo, I am leaving in about an hour for a long anticipated trip to Playa del Carmen, Mexico.  While I am there, I hope to regroup and recharge and READ!

I tend to be sensible when it comes to packing.  I throw in a few pairs of shorts, a bathing suit and a skirt.  I take the necessities.  But when it comes to taking books on vacation, I am, admittedly, ridiculous.  For this vacation I am taking two mysteries download to an MP3 player and the following books:

The Rose Labyrinth by Titania Hardie

Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani

Eclipse by Richard North Patterson

Exile by Richard North Patterson

Quietly in Their Sleep by Donna Leon

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 

 

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz 

You may not believe it, but I am concerned that I will run out of books.  Luckily, my sister and my mother will have backups waiting for me.  I will give you an update on how many I read when I get home.  In the meantime, thanks for checking in on my world.