Don't you love memes (and that color of blue)? Anyway, I lifted this one from Bookgirl, so feel free to use it as well if you're in need of a blog topic. :)On your nightstand now: Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Good before bed reading.
Book you’ve “faked” reading: Usually, I'm pretty honest about what I've not read, but it's been so long since I've read The Grapes of Wrath that I think I've actually forgotten it. Or maybe I just blocked it from my memory. :)
Book you’ve bought for the cover: Most of my coffee table books. Most recently, a Mary Cassatt book. Well, actually, it's a combination of the cover and what's inside. Does anyone really buy a book only for the cover?
Favorite book when you were a child: The Monster at the End of This Book (by Grover, from Sesame Street). It's really scary.
Book that changed your life: Many, many, many. So many, in fact, that I'm now wondering if I'm too easily influenced by books! Most recently, though, Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell.
Favorite line from a book: "Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold." From The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
Top five favorite authors: C.S. Lewis, Amy Tan, Dr. Seuss, J.K. Rowling, Ann Patchett (But as Bookgirl said, my list might be different tomorrow.)
Books you recommend as regeneration when people say, “I’m bored by almost all contemporary American writers”: The Best American Short Stories from that year
Book you can’t believe that everyone has not read and loved: Life of Pi
Book you are an “evangelist” for: I couldn't pick one. I don't feel so great about picking two. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis and The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Book you most want to read for the first time: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I've gotten more recommendations for this than for anything else!
