I'm It.

[ksmith]

I've been tagged by amyirene_40

1. Total number of books I've owned:

How can anyone answer this? Thousands, roughly.

2. Last book I bought:

Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell

3. Last book I read:

Thief of Time by T. Pratchett

4. 5 books that mean a lot to me:

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People by John le Carre. A two-fer, since I love them for the same reasons: The descriptions of places and people. The characters. Office politics that can get people killed. The long distance chess match between Smiley and Karla. My first exposure to the mindset of a spy.

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers. I think Lord Peter was my first literary crush. The fine detail of Harriet's growing physical attraction to Peter was a pleasant awakening.

Asimov's I, Robot short stories--my first SF

GWOT!, by forgotten author. I was in grade school. This book was in the kid's section. It was funny horror. "Who's got my hairy toe? Who's got my hairy toe?" "Gwot! I ate it!" It scared me at the time because the illos were gross and the story was spooky. I figure anything that's stuck with me for 40 years counts as memorable.

Horror Times Ten--horror antho from the early 70s. Forgot the editor. My first exposure to horror--I loved it.


5. Tag 5 people and have them fill this out in their LJs:

alfreda89
jacardie
trolleypup
equesgal
christymarx

Comments

Yet another reason to love Google

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

There's a children's book illustrator named Stephen Kellogg, and one of his first works was: Gwot! Horribly Funny Hairticklers, George Mendoza (auth) Harper, 1967.