They say it's your birthday
May. 24th, 2005 03:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charliesmumThirty-eight years ago today, during an unusally hot May, my mother gave birth to her first child, 2 months earlier than expected.
I came into the world at 4 pounds even; (the hospital mis-weighed me and didn't put me in an incubator, and as my grandmother was gazing upon me for the first time, saw me turning blue from lack of oxygen.) Fortunately (and obviously) the nurses got right on that, and I was okay.
1. Total number of books owned:
Hmmm…let me count. One…two…many…lots. Honestly, I don’t know. I think I’m afraid to count. I’m going to guess around 300 or so.
Anyway...meme from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
slammerkinbabe
2. The last book I bought:
I think it was Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde. A Thursday Next novel. It was pretty good. My biggest complaint about those books is the way he jumps into the world and expects you to keep up with it. I’m not good at that. It’s the same problem I have with the “His Dark Materials” stories. It took me the first few chapters to understand it was supposed to be some alternate England. I prefer the books that have a main character who is unfamiliar with the world so the author can explain it to me.
3. The last book I read:
I’ve been re-reading lately, so the last book I read was Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
4. 5 books that mean a lot to me:
I’m deliberately going to avoid Terry Pratchett references here. He’s pretty much a given.
Illusions by Richard Bach I’ve out grown him a bit now, but Illusions was a jumping off place for me as far as forming my own personal philosophy and I still think he makes some valid points. Also I read the book simply because of a crush on a boy who did eventually become my boyfriend, so there you go.
The Honey Bunch Series Not, strictly speaking a book, but very meaningful for me nonetheless. I had been given them by my Aunt at some point in my childhood, don’t know when, and those books were my solace and my escape during the harder parts of my childhood. They were written in the early part of the 20th century, and I loved escaping into that world where people and I could have adventures. I went all over the place with Honey Bunch – traveled on sleeper trains, took an auto ride when automobiles were the new thing, flew in an airplane for the first time, when commercial flights were in their infancy, went to the word’s fair, rode on the ‘new’ subway in New York City, and met all kinds of people, many of whom don’t exist anymore, and probably never did. When my sister gave birth to my niece, I gave her the first book, “Honey Bunch, Just a Little Girl” to carry on the tradition of an Aunt passing on the books to a niece. I hope Emmeline likes them as much as I did.
Nancy Drew Series – Again, not just a book, but a series of books, but they count. Loved Nancy Drew. What girl wouldn’t? It’s amazing how Nancy was always able to do whatever was required of her, whether it be ballet dancing, trick horseback riding or acting, and, as psychobabble as this is, it was empowering. The copies I own are from the 70’s and earlier, many of them having belonged to my mother and my aunt, and it is fun to see the word ‘chum’ used without a trace of irony, and the total innocence of her relationship with Ned.
The Secret Garden – I loved this story, that’s pretty much all there is to it. I loved the over description of the food, the softening of Mary, the colliquism of the ‘plain Yorkshire folk’ (Hizakkati! and the idea of a garden hidden by walls that could be completely my own secret. Another book I’ve read multiple times.
Audrey Rose – not because it was a good book (typical horror pulp novel) but because it was the first grown up book I ever read. I was nine, and many of the more adult things went over my head but I got through it, enjoyed it, and spent many a week pretending to be Audrey Rose (which consisted of flopping around, pretending to bang on a car window and wailing ‘momydaddymommydaddy hothothot. What do you want? I was a strange child)
5. Tag 5 people and have them fill this out on their LJs:
bikerchic37
zakkati
aurictech
cactus_wren
chaosdancer
I came into the world at 4 pounds even; (the hospital mis-weighed me and didn't put me in an incubator, and as my grandmother was gazing upon me for the first time, saw me turning blue from lack of oxygen.) Fortunately (and obviously) the nurses got right on that, and I was okay.
1. Total number of books owned:
Hmmm…let me count. One…two…many…lots. Honestly, I don’t know. I think I’m afraid to count. I’m going to guess around 300 or so.
Anyway...meme from
slammerkinbabe2. The last book I bought:
I think it was Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde. A Thursday Next novel. It was pretty good. My biggest complaint about those books is the way he jumps into the world and expects you to keep up with it. I’m not good at that. It’s the same problem I have with the “His Dark Materials” stories. It took me the first few chapters to understand it was supposed to be some alternate England. I prefer the books that have a main character who is unfamiliar with the world so the author can explain it to me.
3. The last book I read:
I’ve been re-reading lately, so the last book I read was Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
4. 5 books that mean a lot to me:
I’m deliberately going to avoid Terry Pratchett references here. He’s pretty much a given.
Illusions by Richard Bach I’ve out grown him a bit now, but Illusions was a jumping off place for me as far as forming my own personal philosophy and I still think he makes some valid points. Also I read the book simply because of a crush on a boy who did eventually become my boyfriend, so there you go.
The Honey Bunch Series Not, strictly speaking a book, but very meaningful for me nonetheless. I had been given them by my Aunt at some point in my childhood, don’t know when, and those books were my solace and my escape during the harder parts of my childhood. They were written in the early part of the 20th century, and I loved escaping into that world where people and I could have adventures. I went all over the place with Honey Bunch – traveled on sleeper trains, took an auto ride when automobiles were the new thing, flew in an airplane for the first time, when commercial flights were in their infancy, went to the word’s fair, rode on the ‘new’ subway in New York City, and met all kinds of people, many of whom don’t exist anymore, and probably never did. When my sister gave birth to my niece, I gave her the first book, “Honey Bunch, Just a Little Girl” to carry on the tradition of an Aunt passing on the books to a niece. I hope Emmeline likes them as much as I did.
Nancy Drew Series – Again, not just a book, but a series of books, but they count. Loved Nancy Drew. What girl wouldn’t? It’s amazing how Nancy was always able to do whatever was required of her, whether it be ballet dancing, trick horseback riding or acting, and, as psychobabble as this is, it was empowering. The copies I own are from the 70’s and earlier, many of them having belonged to my mother and my aunt, and it is fun to see the word ‘chum’ used without a trace of irony, and the total innocence of her relationship with Ned.
The Secret Garden – I loved this story, that’s pretty much all there is to it. I loved the over description of the food, the softening of Mary, the colliquism of the ‘plain Yorkshire folk’ (Hi
zakkati! and the idea of a garden hidden by walls that could be completely my own secret. Another book I’ve read multiple times.Audrey Rose – not because it was a good book (typical horror pulp novel) but because it was the first grown up book I ever read. I was nine, and many of the more adult things went over my head but I got through it, enjoyed it, and spent many a week pretending to be Audrey Rose (which consisted of flopping around, pretending to bang on a car window and wailing ‘momydaddymommydaddy hothothot. What do you want? I was a strange child)
5. Tag 5 people and have them fill this out on their LJs:
bikerchic37zakkatiaurictechcactus_wrenchaosdancer