Book survey.
By Withoutwings
@Withoutwings (6992)
United States
December 27, 2006 4:59pm CST
1) Total number of books owned?
At least 200
2) The last book I bought?
The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton
3) The last book I read?
"Searching for Dragons" by Patrica C. Wrede
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me?
* "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath.
* "The Prophet" by Khalil Gibran
* "Hyperion" by Dan Simmons
* "Dangerous Angels" by Francesca Lia Block
* "The Celestine Prophecy"
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15 responses
@starr4all (2863)
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27 Dec 06
1) Total number of books owned?
At least 1000 but I probably have more. I have a lot in storage.
2) The last book I bought?
The Half Blood Prince-J.k. Rowling
3) The last book I read?
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone-J.K. Rowling
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me?
Witching Hour-Anne Rice
Ten Little Indians-Agatha Christie (Got me into her books!)
Guilty Pleasures-Laurell K. Hamilton
The Stand-Stephen King
Dune-Frank Herbert
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@mcrowl (1050)
• New Zealand
28 Dec 06
Total number owned: somewhere in the low thousands. Total number I've ever owned would be heaps more.
The last book I bought was Learning to Dance, by Michael Mayne. It's a reflective book on the Christian faith, but also on much more.
The last book I read - well, more to the point, the most recent book I've been reading is Everything Bad is Good for You: how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter. It's by Steven Johnson, and turns out to be a little gem of a book, showing how we're biased against people who like popular culture because we think it's dumbing them down, when it fact much of it is making them more intelligent.
5 books that meant a lot to me: where do I start? The Bible, obviously. Bleak House, by Dickens. This Sunrise of Wonder, by Michael Mayne. What's so Amazing about Grace, by Philip Yancey. Is God to Blame? by Greg Boyd. But there are heaps of others, too
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
30 Dec 06
1) Total number of books owned?
300+
2) The last book I bought?
"Letting Go of the Person You Used To Be" by Lama Surya Das (its a replacement for the one I had lent out and never got back)
double book "Dark Lover/Eternal Lover" by J.R Ward
3) The last book I read?
"Desperation" by Stephen King
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me?
* "Courage to Heal" Laura Davis
* "Awaken the Buddha Within" Lama Surya Das
* "Love You Forever" by Robert Muinch
* "Letting Go of The Person You Used to Be" Lama Surya Das
* "When Rabbit Howls" by the "troops" and their therapist
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@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
5 Feb 07
1) I have no exact number. I've never counted but there have to be well over 1,000. they're in every room.
2)Last Book I bought (for me) - my Life by Bill Clinton
3)Last book I read - The Forest - Edward Rutherford
4)Five books that mean a lot to me
1) Charlotte's Web - E. B. White
2) This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald
3) Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
4) Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
5) A Brief History - Donna Tartt
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@AngEngland (320)
• United States
29 Dec 06
1 - Oh dear....one entire room full plus what is littering my computer desk this very second. 1,000+ probably.
2- "Bringing Up Baby" by John Lyons about training foals and beginning to work with young horses
3- "On Writing Well" by I dunno who but it is a VERY good book for anyone who writes anything anywhere to read through
4- "Gentle Birth Choices" ; "The Thinking Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth" by Henci Goer (the absolute Bible of all things baby and pregnancy); "The Slight Edge" about how to have success by mastering the mundane....fascinating book!; "By Divine Design" a call to Christian womanhood; and last but most importantly "The Holy Bible" :-D
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@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb 07
I'm not much of a bookworm I'm afraid and probably have about two dozen books the most. The last book I bought was from the charity shop, I refuse to buy overly priced books from shops, when I can support a charity and recycle books. I bought the autobiography of Tony Adams, a footballer for Arsenal football club, and that was the last book I read. Books that mean a lot to me, well I'll be honest here and say any of the Harry Potter books! I also love horror and Richard Laymon and Stephen King novels.
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@Withoutwings (6992)
• United States
7 Feb 07
There's nothing wrong with that! Recycling is always good.
I love Harry Potter too. Are you looking forward to book 7?
@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
6 Feb 07
Wow, what a great discussion topic! I love to see what other people are reading and the last question you posted is perhaps even more interesting than all of them put together. So here are my answers, for the record:
Total number of books owned: Just guessing but 10,000 or more
Last book I bought: Thomas Friedman, "The Earth is Flat"
Last book I read: Italo Calvino, "A Hermit in Paris"
Five books that mean a lot to me:
"The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
"The Coast of Chicago" by Stuart Dybeck
"Simple Abundance" (this is a book about living each day to the fullest by seeing your life as abundant)
"Distortions" by Ann Beattie
"1,001 Places to see Before You Die" (a wonderful travel book that covers the greatest places on earth, a subjective list, but very inspiring)
@Withoutwings (6992)
• United States
6 Feb 07
Wow! That is a lot of books. I've been wanting to read "The Earth is Flat" since we saw a clip of the author talking about it my business management class.
The "1,001 Places to See Before You Die" sounds very interesting.
@wickedstepma (940)
• United States
7 Feb 07
Wow, total books owned, I don't have any idea, I would guess in the thousands.
The last book I bought was The Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling.
The last book I read was "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire.
Five books that meant alot to me? Well, there would be more than 5, but the ones on my shelf that I read over and over include the five Earth Children books by Jean M. Auel. Clan of the Cave Bear, Mammoth Hunters, Valley of Horses, Plains of Passage, and Shelters of Stone.
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@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
6 Feb 07
Number of books owned? At least five hundred by now.
Last book bought? Oy..I don't remember it was so long ago.
Last book read? Fearless FBI: Agent Out
Books that mean alot to me? Jaguar by Loup Durand, Master of Murder by Christopher Pike, The Animorphs Series by K.A.Applegate, Circle of Three series by Isobel Bird, The Portrait of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wild
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@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
7 Feb 07
I love C.P. too, his books are pretty much always interesting :)
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@MrCoolantSpray (1005)
• United States
6 Feb 07
1) over 500
2) Naruto vol 12
3) The End, Lemony Snicket
4) Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein
The Alchemist, don't know the author
Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Zafon
Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
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@Withoutwings (6992)
• United States
6 Feb 07
Naruto... is that Manga? do you have a lot of Manga? My brother spends like $50 a week or more on Manga.
@glowsinthedark (189)
• United States
6 Feb 07
1) Total number of books owned? Hundreds, I couldn't begin to count!
2) Last book I bought? Psyche in a Dress & Ruby by Francesca Lia Block
3) Last book I read? Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
4) 5 books that mean a lot to me:
Dangerous Angels FLB
Practical Magic Alice Hoffman
Tuck Everlasting
Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
White Oleander Janet Fitch
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@Withoutwings (6992)
• United States
6 Feb 07
I just finished Anansi Boys too. What did you think about it?














