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Total number of books I own: According to LibraryThing, 977.
Last book I bought: I bought about twenty all at once at Archon earlier this month at a charity auction. The last one that got entered into LibraryThing was Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain.
Last book I read: Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein. Currently, I am reading, Last Day of a Condemned by Victor Hugo
Five books that mean a lot to me:
- Les Miserables – by Victor Hugo
The book that made me obsess about Hugo. I’d seen the musical, and enjoyed it, but I’ve enjoyed other musicals. The book was my ruin.
- A Prayer for Owen Meaney – by John Irving
There are images from the novel that will remain in my mind forever.
- Translations from the Poems of Victor Hugo by Henry Carrington
Not that this collection of Victor Hugo’s poetry is better than any of my other collections of Victor Hugo’s poetry, but it’s my oldest edition, published in 1885.
- Skinny Legs and All – by Tom Robbins
Who would think it was possible to create characters out of a spoon and a can of beans?
- The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text
No explanation necessary.
If the number wasn’t five, some science fiction novels would make the list. I considered Hitchhiker’s Guide by Douglas Adams. And maybe Asimov’s I Robot. But I also wanted to include a collection of poetry by Howard Nemerov, and perhaps EB White’s Charlotte’s Web. Top Five is difficult for me when it comes to books. And I reminded myself this isn’t “Top Five Favorite” Adams usually makes that list.