Comments on: BOOK ‘EM, DYL-O http://markhasty.com/archives/2005/04/18/book-em-dyl-o/ E AHO LA'ULA Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:35:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Walking? In Houston!? http://markhasty.com/archives/2005/04/18/book-em-dyl-o/#comment-5241 Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:20:42 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2005/04/18/book-em-dyl-o/#comment-5241 <strong>Book-tagged</strong> Mark Hasty tags me as someone who reads. (It's the librarian job that tips people off, isn't it?) You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be? I've never read Fahrenheit 451, but I think I understand... Book-tagged
Mark Hasty tags me as someone who reads. (It’s the librarian job that tips people off, isn’t it?) You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be? I’ve never read Fahrenheit 451, but I think I understand…

]]> by: The Kudzu Files http://markhasty.com/archives/2005/04/18/book-em-dyl-o/#comment-5197 Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:23:35 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2005/04/18/book-em-dyl-o/#comment-5197 <strong>That Book Meme</strong> Mark says I have to do this. Mark's still about the most interesting blogger I read, so In have no choice but to respond. (To be fair, Joe tagged me with this a month or so ago, but I was... That Book Meme
Mark says I have to do this. Mark’s still about the most interesting blogger I read, so In have no choice but to respond. (To be fair, Joe tagged me with this a month or so ago, but I was…

]]> by: Kennedy http://markhasty.com/archives/2005/04/18/book-em-dyl-o/#comment-5196 Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:32:53 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2005/04/18/book-em-dyl-o/#comment-5196 Since I'm the nonblogging librarian in question, I'll go ahead and post my responses to these questions. You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be? Tough question. I'll go with a book published this year-- The Lonely Planet Road Trip: Blues and BBQ. Informative and entertaining. What else can one ask for? Have I had a crush on a fictional character? Oh, yes. Margaret Maron and Sharyn McCrumb are two authors who've created excellent female characters in Judge Deborah Knott (Maron) and Elizabeth MacPherson (McCrumb). The last book you bought: The Complete Peanuts 1955-1956. Volume 3 of the 25-volume set that'll be published over the next 11 years. Charles Schulz was a genius. The last book you read? Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing is Turning America into a One-Party State by Sheldon Rampton & John Stauber. It's mostly a rehash of things I've previously read. It's kind of disappointing. I was hoping for something original or at least a different take on things. What are you currently reading? I'm between books at the moment. I've got a book club meeting Friday. We're discussing The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death by Corinne May Botz. It's a very interesting & bizarre book. I wouldn't have thought of it as a book club selection, but it's intriguing. I'll likely skim through it sometime before Friday. Five books you would take to a deserted island: Rick Bass, Oil Notes. Bass is one of the best nature writers in the US. This book is about his experiences as a petroleum geologist in Mississippi. Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch. A memoir of a fan and his love for Arsenal FC. Classic. Unfortunately, I can only choose so many Nick Hornby books & there's no such thing as a Complete Works of Hornby. I can't wait to read his new novel coming out in a couple months-- A Long Way Down. Mario Puzo, The Godfather. It's not great literature, but I could read it over and over again. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, America (the Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction. Brilliant. Mark Twain, Mark Twain: Mississippi Writings. Okay, I’m cheating somewhat with this Library of America compilation of four Twain books (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, & Pudd’nhead Wilson), but he’s awesome. Since I’m the nonblogging librarian in question, I’ll go ahead and post my responses to these questions.

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

Tough question. I’ll go with a book published this year– The Lonely Planet Road Trip: Blues and BBQ. Informative and entertaining. What else can one ask for?

Have I had a crush on a fictional character?

Oh, yes. Margaret Maron and Sharyn McCrumb are two authors who’ve created excellent female characters in Judge Deborah Knott (Maron) and Elizabeth MacPherson (McCrumb).

The last book you bought:

The Complete Peanuts 1955-1956. Volume 3 of the 25-volume set that’ll be published over the next 11 years. Charles Schulz was a genius.

The last book you read?

Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing is Turning America into a One-Party State by Sheldon Rampton & John Stauber. It’s mostly a rehash of things I’ve previously read. It’s kind of disappointing. I was hoping for something original or at least a different take on things.

What are you currently reading?

I’m between books at the moment. I’ve got a book club meeting Friday. We’re discussing The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death by Corinne May Botz. It’s a very interesting & bizarre book. I wouldn’t have thought of it as a book club selection, but it’s intriguing. I’ll likely skim through it sometime before Friday.

Five books you would take to a deserted island:

Rick Bass, Oil Notes. Bass is one of the best nature writers in the US. This book is about his experiences as a petroleum geologist in Mississippi.

Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch. A memoir of a fan and his love for Arsenal FC. Classic. Unfortunately, I can only choose so many Nick Hornby books & there’s no such thing as a Complete Works of Hornby. I can’t wait to read his new novel coming out in a couple months– A Long Way Down.

Mario Puzo, The Godfather. It’s not great literature, but I could read it over and over again.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, America (the Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction. Brilliant.

Mark Twain, Mark Twain: Mississippi Writings. Okay, I’m cheating somewhat with this Library of America compilation of four Twain books (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, & Pudd’nhead Wilson), but he’s awesome.

]]> by: Ted http://markhasty.com/archives/2005/04/18/book-em-dyl-o/#comment-5192 Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:21:42 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2005/04/18/book-em-dyl-o/#comment-5192 I posted the 451 question on RSFC a few years ago. My answer for that one would have to be <i>The Moon is a Harsh Mistress</i> by Robert Heinlein. I posted the 451 question on RSFC a few years ago. My answer for that one would have to be The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein.

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