Eva, over at A Striped Armchair, came up with this meme which was inspired in part by Dewey’s review of The Book that Changed My Live, in part by Verbivore’s clever twist on the seven random things meme, and in part by the fun she had the last time she created a meme.
This actually looks to be a fun one, so here’s the details and away I go…
It quickly becomes apparent from reading book blogs that books are not only a collection of words on paper, but also physical objects that we treasure. With that in mind, here’s a brief glimpse onto my bookshelves!
The Rules
- Tag 3-5 people, so the fun keeps going!
- Leave a comment at the original post at A Striped Armchair, so that Eva can collect everyone’s answers.
- If you leave a comment and link back to Eva as the meme’s creator, she will enter you in a book giveaway contest! She has a whole shelf devoted to giveaway books that you’ll be able to choose from, or a bookmooch point if you prefer.
- Remember that this is all about enjoying books as physical objects, so feel free to describe the exact book you’re talking about, down to that warping from being dropped in the bath water…
- Make the meme more fun with visuals! Covers of the specific edition you’re talking about, photos of your bookshelves, etc.
Tell me about…
the book that’s been on your shelves the longest: The book that has been on my shelf the longest is probably Voyager by Diana Gabaldon. It’s not the first book in the series, but it was the first one I read by the author (you can thank my mother for that). I love this series and I have to be honest, the book I have on my shelf right now hasn’t been there all that long, but it’s the third replacement I’ve had to buy. Whenever a new novel is due out (An Echo in the Bone is out sometime next year!), I always re-read the entire series. That may not seem all that bad with a series of 6 novels, but when each novel exceeds 1000 pages, it definitely shows love.
a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time, etc.): Strangely enough, the book that reminds me the most of something is Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. It’s a children’s book, but it’s the one book I truly remembering loving. I used to read it all the time, almost once a month, when I was younger and I did go through more than one copy. Now that I’m older, whenever I think of my childhood and how reading was always involved, I constantly remember reading Charlotte’s Web. I’m actually planning to buy my son his first copy of it for Christmas.
a book you acquired in some interesting way (gift, serendipity in a used bookstore, prize, etc.): The only book I can think of, at this moment, is Jeaniene Frost’s Halfway to the Grave. I kept seeing it whenever I walked the book aisle at my grocery store and I never picked it up for some reason or another. And then, as a spur of the moment, I decided “what the hell, I’ve been seeing it so much” that I went and grabbed it the next time I was grocery shopping. I had it read with in 24 hours. I could not put it down and Jeaniene Frost has become one of my favorite authors to date. I can’t wait for her novels to be released (and she has one coming out on Dec. 30th) and I’ve never been disappointed yet.
the most recent addition to your shelves: would have to be the Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance. Well,that’s the newest one that I have bought. The most recent addition, that I haven’t bought, would be What a Scoundrel Wants by Carrie Lofty. I won that one through an awesome contest with Ann Aguirre and I’ll have review of it up soon.
the book whose loss would traumatize you the most: A book that would traumatize me to lose? All of them? I honestly don’t know which novel it would be that would devastate me if I lost it or it was destroyed in some manner. I think, if I had to chose one, I would chose a category of books – all of my signed copies. I have about 14 novels that are signed by the author and that would probably be the hardest to replace. If you want one novel, then I would have to say it would be Karen Chance’s Midnights Daughter. Not only is it signed, but it’s an ARC without the cover art. I’m talking one of those first bound copies. That is pretty much irreplaceable in my opinion.
a book that’s been with you to the most places: This is a tough one. I can think of a couple that have traveled quite a bit with me. The first being several of the Harry Potter novels by JK Rowling. I can’t remember which ones, but I took 3 or 4 of them with me when I went to study in Guadalajara, Mexico for a few months. Then there is Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K Hamilton. I bought that novel (and the subsequential series at the time) at Union Station in Washington DC as I was getting ready to get on a train to New Jersey. But for a book that has been with me to the most places, that doesn’t include all the places I’ve lived, I really can’t think of one. Obviously, all of my books move with me whenever I changed locations, and I’ve lived someplace new every year for the first 10 years after college; but I don’t think there is one that I have picked up with me to go everywhere with.
a bonus book that you want to talk about but doesn’t fit into the other questions: I really can’t think of another book I want to talk about that I haven’t already. I know there is a book I’m interesting in reading, Kalayna Price’s Once Bitten, but that isn’t out yet (or at least I don’t think it is), so I’ll have to wait for that. I can talk about Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight. Has anyone seen the movie yet? I loved it. What did you think about it? I thought the adaptation was really well done. Probably one of the better adaptations I’ve seen in a while.
Okay, so now I get to tag a few people, here are my victims:
Eek, too much thinking! I’ll have to skip this one, but thanks for thinking of me, and have a lovely day! :-)
I’ll try to get this one dones ASAP as it looks like fun! Thanks for the tag Jackie :)
Before I even saw that I was one of the “victims”, I was anxious to give this meme a shot. LOL It looks like so much fun.
I got so jealous when you mentioned that you have an original signed ARC without to cover art. OMG. Seriously? Wow! (To use teen-speak.)
And yep, I admit that I’ve read each of the Twilight books and I’ve seen the movie too. I actually preferred reading the Twilight book more than the movie…it’s strange but the characters and rendering on screen simply did not live up to what I’d envisioned in my head. I believe I would have liked it a lot more had I not read the book first, but I did appreciate that it stayed fairly true to book.
You’ve just inspired me to collect all my thoughts about the movie and actually put up a proper review of it. There’s just so much I want to get out and I don’t want to clog up your comments with it. :D
Oh, I love this meme. I will definitely do it, but might be after Christmas. I wanna do it right.