I've been tagged by Michael Foster with this meme about influential books in my life -- here goes:
1. One book that changed your life: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
2. One book that you’ve read more than once: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison; Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (OK that's two, but I couldn't resist)
3. One book you’d want on a desert island: SAS Survival Handbook: How to survive in the wild, in any climate, or at sea)
4. One book that made you laugh: The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy series (the first three, forget the last two)
5. One book that made you cry: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
6. One book you wish had been written: Why Russell Smith is a really great guy -- an anthology.
7. One book you wish had never been written: Dianetics
8. One book you’re currently reading: Augustine's City of God
9. One book you’ve been meaning to read: Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars
10. Tag 5 others: Michael Kruse, Beau Weston, Markus Watson, Dyah Kartikawening, Presbyterian Bloggers (that last one should make this meme viral!)
6 degrees of separation of Links to others in Michael's chain who have been tagged:
* Drew Goodmanson (Tagged Michael)
* Steve McCoy (Tagged Drew)
* Garrett (somebody) (Tagged Steve)
* John Barach (tagged Garrett)
* Steven Wedgeworth (Tagged John)
* Barbara Harvey (Tagged Steven)
Here are my tagged siblings who have posted as of this date:
* Mike Edwards
* Bob Franquiz
* Steve Carr
Excelsior
Russell