I like books, and I like Sabina, so I’m answering her call to share my answers to some book-related questions.

1. One book that changed your life.

The DMV manual.

2. One book you have read more than once.

I have quite a few books that I like to read again every few years. The Harry Potter books I re-read each time a new one came out. I also like to re-read Anne McCaffrey’s dragon books, Melanie Rawn’s sun runner books, and the Tightwad Gazette trio. Oh, and the newest multiple read book: Goodnight Moon (Goodnight, bowl of mush!)

3. One book you would want on a desert island.

Am I stranded on this desert island or merely visiting?

4. One book that made you laugh.

The Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich. Fluff, but funny fluff.

5. One book that made you cry.

Anything I read when I was pregnant.

7. One book you wish had never been written.

When I first moved to Michigan, I arranged all my books in alphabetical order and decided I would read them all one by one down the rows. I had a bunch of really old sci fi books I got from a neighbor who was moving and getting rid of them years ago. One of the first books on my shelf was from this batch. I don’t remember the name of the book or the author, but it was a really bad book. I only read it because of my silly idea about reading every single book I had. It was a story about this guy who lived in a garage or shed behind someone’s house, and he thought he was being watched. That’s pretty much the whole story. I abandoned my great alphabet plan after a few books and ended up giving most (or possibly all) of the neighbor’s old sci fi to the library.

8. One book you are currently reading.

The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. I insisted my parents get me this book, The Count of Monte Cristo, and There’s a Hair in My Dirt: A Worm’s Story for Christmas when I was in college. Can you guess which of the three was the only one I read? Well, after I finished Harry Potter, I didn’t know what to read during lunch at work. We haven’t been to the library for ages, so I went to my bookshelves. I figured it was about time I read The Invisible Man. I hated it the first 100 pages or so, but since I kept forgetting to put a new book in my bag, I kept reading. I’m about 100 pages to the end now, and I really want to know what is going to happen.

9. One book you have been meaning to read.

The Count of Monte Cristo? Haha.

I miss the AA library. (sigh) The libraries here are so pathetic in comparison.