The Media Drop

Across the pond pal dabitch tagged yours truly with a passalong post about books, and I’m more than happy to oblige.

Total number of books owned?

Hm, probably a few hundred. I was pretty good for about three years with our in-office library when I worked in NYC, so I tended to leave my books there after purchasing them. Otherwise, I listen to quite a few from Audible now, and pick up some here and there, especially when I’m prepping to fly.

The last book I bought?

The Associated Press Style Guide, actually. Sorry, not so sexy, but a necessity.

The last book I read?

The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown. Loved it to death, recommended it to everyone. Read that badboy straight through on a Newark to Frankfurt nonstop with time to spare.

Five books that mean a lot to me?

The books in the Harry Potter series - really enjoyed reading them, love the character development and ability to come up with something new and exciting each time around.

Fahrenheit 451. Got into this book in like fourth or fifth grade, and have always enjoyed it. Wished they would just create an actual good movie out of it for once.

Hunt for Red October. The early Clancy books rocked, now they’re just goofy. I have a thing for spy series, and this one did a good job with the whole action/adventure/drama thing.

Point of Origin. Patricia Cornwell always put out a quality few hundred pages, and you actually like her characters.

Timeline. A Michael Crichton book that was just as good as the movie it was adapted into, who would’ve thunk it. A bit of a history lesson with a timewarpy twist. Entertaining all the way through.

As for tagging five people who aren’t slackers enough to not reply to this, it’s a tough one, but I can do it.

Suzette, Prop, Kimberly, K. Paul and Matt Sheffield should all consider themselves “it!”