i’ve been memed

08/04/2005


number of books i own:
tough question. there are books in every room of my home. so…a couple of hundred – maybe.

reading style:
my favorite time to read is during rainy days and nights. i have an old oversized chair next to the bay window that provides the perfect setting for reading. also, reading music is important. i always choose instrumentals like miles davis, john coltrane, or linford detweiler.

last book i bought:
plan b by anne lamott

last book i read:
currently reading: the wizard of oz by l. frank baum

five books that mean a lot to me:
the sonnets of william shakespeare
traveling mercies by anne lamott
screwtape letters by cs lewis
ordinary people written by judith guest
the bible by many writers

books and book sales are the quickest way to get me all hot and bothered. i’m a book nerd but that doesn’t bother me. the only time i remember not being excited by books was during high school. the required reading list killed my love of the written word. i basically hated each book we were assigned to read. i know "catcher in the rye" is a couple of my friend’s favorite book but i hate, hate, and hated it more than i dislike george w. bush! – now that’s saying something.

A guy named phil from the church I used to attend introduced the works of anne lamott to me. he was so excited about her work that i just had to submit to his entreaty and check her out. i now blame him for the $100+ dollars gone from my wallet.

screwtape letters – wow! what can be said that hasn’t been said a million times? i think i need to pick the book up again soon.

ordinary people is the first book i remember reading that i finally said – "ahhh that’s it. that’s the way to describe indescribable human emotions."

and billy shakey – if he wasn’t old and dead, i would probably stalk him. his sonnets resonate deeply in my heart. the wisdom he has – the true gift he shares…especially sonnet 29. the 29th is the first sonnet i memorized. i something believe he knew i would be placed on this earth to read those words. how less alone i feel after sipping tea with the sonnets in my hands.

the bible requires no explanation imnsho. i don’t read it as much as i wish i did but the years of steady reading are stuck in and with me.

so, dan, how did i do - i'm passing this on to k-dawg (http://thesecretroom.blogspot.com/) !

peace,
zss
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