Katie sent me a message - with her blog, so now I have a choice. Either I can continue the meme, or I can kill it. I’ve always maintained that I’m a meme-killer, so why should I stop now? Well, there are still two ways I can kill it - 1) I can ignore it and hope it goes away, or 2) I can fulfil it’s destiny and just simply not pass it along.

I’ve decided on 2)

Number of books I own - a lot less than Erin. I’m not big into book ownership, but some of the series I’ve really enjoyed, I’ve picked up. Paper-book wise, I probably own several dozen (not counting textbooks etc.) Electronic-book wise, Blackmask is my friend, amongst others.

Last book I bought - The Premature Baby Book for Erin’s birthday.

Last book I read - Last book I finished was “The Colour of Magic”. Book one of the Discworld series, which I haven’t read in a while.

Five books that mean a lot to me - I don’t get attached to books. Maybe that means I haven’t read the right ones or something. I can’t come up with one book that means a lot to me, let alone five.

New Question - Favourite books/series - Discworld is good. A song of Ice and Fire (as mentioned in Katie’s post) is good - in fact I’m currently reading a “prequel” - “The Hedge Knight” which is quite good, and “A Feast for Crows” is apparently actually going to production (no kidding.) I also really enjoyed the “Myth” series by Robert Asprin, and the Hitchhikers trilogy - all five books.

The Lord of the Rings is also quite good - if you haven’t heard of it, you should check it out (tongue firmly planted in cheek.) I’ve started reading the “Garrett P.I.” books (by started, I mean I read the first one) by Glen Cook - I think I’ll check out that series next. I’ve read too much Piers Anthony (enough to know to stay away from his Xanth books) though some of it was quite good - the Incarnations of Immortality was a favourite for a while, I also really like the world he created in the “Battle Circle” trilogy.

When it gets right down to it though, my favourite fiction genre is alternate history. In that vein, Harry Harrison (Of “Stainless Steel Rat” fame) has written my favourite series of all time - Number one on the chart is “The Hammer and the Cross” followed by the “Eden” series. I also recently discovered the “Wildcards” series which is/was edited by George R. R. Martin, and has it’s moments.

There are probably a bunch of other series that I’ve enjoyed over the years, and doubtless there were single books that should be mentioned, but due to their brief span, didn’t manage to get themselves lodged in my memory.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “this is not a lending library. Put down that magazine or I’ll blow your heads off!” - Apu