Several weeks ago, my brother (http://sjaustin.blogspot.com/2005/09/bookish-blog-virus.html) "tagged" me in this little game of blog ...tag. I guess it's kind of like a chain letter, only more interesting and actually kind of thought-provoking. Read on.
Total number of books you own:
Ayeesh. Um, I'd say there are less than 100 on our shared bookshelves. I'm sure I have more books somewhere.
What was the last book you bought?
Extraordinary Faith by Sheila Walsh. I was so impressed with her at the Women of Faith Conference in Albany that I tracked down her book on one of the breaks.
What was the last book you read?
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, if we're talking in entirety. Otherwise, Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing. It's all I ever read these days; I haven't read anything enjoyable in months. Unless you count excerpts of 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (and Al Franken is #37) by Bernard Goldberg. That's one you can read a chunk at a time and put down without feeling like you are lost when you pick it back up.
List five books that are particularly meaningful to you (in no particular order).
I'm glad that says in no particular order; it's hard to recall the full titles of books in addition to prioritizing them, geesh. And I'm going to go with the first five I think of, so grant me some grace if they seem crazy.
1. Native Son by Richard Wright. That was a powerful, powerful book. I read it one summer in high school. I had heard a lot about Black Boy (same author), but we happened to have a copy of Native Son at our house, so I read that one instead. (Aside: I just looked at Scott's blog and saw that he put Black Boy - how weird is that?)
2. How to Survive (and maybe even love) Nursing School, by Kelly Dunham. Ha! I don't think I've gotten to (or will ever get to) the point of loving nursing school, but I'm surviving. Pretty good book with some decent insight about how to deal with your clinical instructors and the like.
3. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. I always remember this one part that says the more you know, the more you have to be afraid of. Yikes, aint that the truth.
4. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I don't know why, but I just love this book. My dad hates it. I've always liked it; I've read it probably five times. "A sense of the fundamental decencies are parceled out unequally at birth" is probably my favorite quote from all the fiction I've read.
5. Saunders' NCLEX-RN Review text. It's the Bible of nursing school at this point. They try to tell you that the Fundamentals text is your Bible, but I'm going to go ahead and say that the book that will help me pass state boards is the most valuable, and therefore most like the Bible.
Tag five people, any five people who read.
I figure I can tag anyone, even folks who don't have a blog. And I'm going to go ahead and invite people to leave their list on my comments page. Yeah, I know you have to create some kind of blogger account to leave me a comment, but go ahead and do it. It'll be good for you. So here goes, you five:
1. Jono
2. Susan
3. Dad
4. Mum
5. Josh
You are among the few who actually read my blog... so TAG! You guys are it! I expect 5 new comments by this time tomorrow... ;)
2 comments:
I'm impressed! ;)
I think you can just create a blogger identity without actually creating a whole blog; that's what I meant for people to do anyway. But since you now HAVE a blogger identity, you can just go ahead and make a blog... hint hint. :)
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