book list

I've been tagged by Will. I'll confess I dont' know what "tag" means. I know the term is to be taken in a non-literal sense. Other than that, though, I'm a little sketchy about the word's definition. Anywho, here's my book list of which he spoke:

1. One book that changed your life:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Also: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

2. One book that you’ve read more than once:
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Also: A Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

3. One book you’d want on a desert island:
A new almanac

Also: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterston

4. One book that made you laugh:
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Also: Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson

5. One book that made you cry:
Well, I guess I came close with Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

Also: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

6. One book that you wish had been written:
Mystery vs. Mastery, or Why Sometimes "I Don't Know" Should Be a Satisfactory Answer for Christians Living in a Post-Modernistic World

Also: You Really Can Play it Too Safe: or, How a Fear-Driven Asceticism is Not a Help to Your Faith and Could Damage Your Credibility with Those Whom You Lead

7. One book you wish had never been written:
Now, now, let's be nice...

Well, okay, how about those ridiculous devotionals that draw spiritually didactic lessons from the Simpsons or The Matrix or stuff like that.

8. One book you’re currently reading:
Sula by Toni Morrison

Also: The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis

9. One book you’ve been meaning to read:
Night by Elie Wiesel

Also: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Posted by jonsligh at August 21, 2006 10:00 AM