The Stick Stchick

My friend Stuart has handed me The Stick, a list of questions that I am to answer and pass along to three other bloggers.  Here's the meme, at its finest:

Without further ado, questions and answers:

You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?  The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?  Of course! Both characters in movies and in books.  First one that came to mind: the Jodie Foster character in Hotel New Hampshire, viewed at age 20 or so. 

The last book you bought is: Under Flag by Myung Mi Kim

The last book you read: NEST by Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge

What are you currently reading? Great American Prose Poems, ed. David Lehman

Five books you would take to a deserted island:  Tender Buttons, The Great Gatsby, Collected Emily Dickinson, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and a cook book.

That's the Stick.  And now, I pass the stick on to:

• Shannon (because she can only blog about baby bliss for so long, right?)
• Robyn (because she needs distraction while C experiences all these contractions)
• Mieke (because I'm curious to see her answers)

And anyone else who feels like playing.  Enjoy!

Comments

[kat]

Great book choices --- especially those you chose for the deserted island. And hopefully the cookbook would come in handy! ;)

[tina]

You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?

Maybe I'm lacking in imagination, but this question confuses me. Is the question about which book you'd like to see burned? I'm not for burning books, really, but if I have to pick, it's got to be _Who Moved My Cheese?_ by Spencer Johnson, MD. (Hoo-man, yeah! This is dangerous.)

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? Nancy Drew and Joe Hardy (sandwich--hahaha)

The last book you bought is: _Lipstick Jihad_ by Azadeh Moaveni

The last book you read: _Under the Banner of Heaven_ by John Krakauer

What are you currently reading? _People Magazine_ and _Us_ [must needs understand why Charlie Sheen is getting dumped (gambling FYI)] also _World Oil_

Five books you would take to a deserted island: Mark Strand, _Blizzard of One_, _The Gift: Poems by Hafiz (trans Ladinsky), _How to Build your Own Guitar Out of Palm Trees_ by MacGyver, _The Case of the Missing Message_ by Carolyn Keene, and the Bhagavad-Gita.

[Mieke]

Alas I am too bleary-eyed to write anything or think of anything creative; so I will answer the questions I can.

The last book I bought: Bird by Bird,Anne Lammott for a writer friend. It's a must read for any writer. Also love her Traveling Mercies!

The Last Book I read: The Temple Bombing by Melissa Faye Greene. One of my favorite non-fiction writers (I prefer non-fiction by the way).

Currently Reading: TONS AND TONS OF F*CKING SCRIPTS. Haven't had time to start a new book under the weight of these damn scripts.

I'll get back to you on the rest of the questions.

[Sylvia]

Hello.

You have a nice blog here! I hope it is okay that I add you to my blogrollinglist? We are a lesbian couple that is trying to get pregnant now, and it is great to read about someone that has made it. :)

[Robyn]

oy Robin.

i'm soooo on the spot here! i guess i'll finally come out as a "former reader"...and not a very well rounded one at that.

never having read Farenheit 451..not exactly sure what the question is. and as for answers to your questions, all i can say is that since Harris was born...i seem to have lost my concentration. can't remember more than 2 books i've read all the way through in the last 4 years or so. so sad. i'm in an austinmama bookgroup...but mostly i go for the mom-company. and try as i might to keep current with my New Yorker subscription, i'm horribly behind. sigh.

last two books i actually read for the bookgroup were: _Time Traveler's Wife_ and _Gate to Women's Country_. really enjoyed the first.

last book i bought was: _Parenting Made Difficult_ by british humorist Phil Hogan. haven't cracked it yet.

crush on a fictional character: hmmm...having just watched the first two episodes of L-Word, season 2 last night, i can certainly see the appeal of Shane. but i also had a thing for Candace. but my main squeeze is Abby Lockhart from ER. fictionally...ah...maybe i need to go peruse my bookshelf and it will refresh my memory?

desert island: maybe some Anna Quindlen essays; or some Ellen Gilchrist short stories; a Ruth Reichl food memoir might be good for when eating fish starts wearing me out.