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Huh. So proof that this stuff I post here isn't just going out into the ether or, at least, only to the five people who read this little space ... it appears that I've been tagged with a "Book Meme" by The Truffle. Until today, I'd never heard of this. Flattering, though, I must say. So. No real surprises in my list (as I've discussed most of them in detail previously), I had a really difficult time keeping it to a choice of just one title each, so I mostly didn't ...

A book that changed my life:
The Fortress of Solitude, Jonathan Lethem; Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates

A book I've read more than once:
Oh, lordy, I'm nothing if not a creature of habit, so many ... including: The Favorite Game, Leonard Cohen; The Color of Light, William Goldman; Women, etc., Charles Bukowski; Sombrero Fallout, Richard Brautigan; The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger; Superfudge, Judy Blume (ha!)

A book I would take with me if I were stuck on a desert island:
A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving; (see also "A book that changed my life")

A book that made me laugh:
Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut; Straight Man, Richard Russo; anything by Bukowski or Brautigan

A book that made me cry:
Microserfs, Douglas Coupland; 25th Hour, David Benioff [possible post on this one TK]

A book that I wish had been written:
Uh ... wow. Tough one (and I'm not going to beat The Truffle's response on this one ... heh. Though, after receiving my absurd ConEd blackout bill, I might just go ahead and grant the wish). I suppose the opposite of the topic for one of the titles I list below, which would be, The Day the Towers Stood.

A book I wish had never been written:
I like (parenthetical remarks) suggestion of the Bible, however, I have two ways I want to respond to this. First is, "A book I wish hadn't needed to be written," which is: American Ground, William Langewiesche. Second would be under "Books that made me want to throw them across the room," and they would be: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers and Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, by err .... what's her name? (Don't even want to look it up, frankly, I hated that book so much ... and please don't ask why I even had it to read ... it was in the "free book" bin at the place I used to work ... I should have left it there.)

A book I've been meaning to read:
By Night in Chile, Roberto Bolano

I'm currently reading:
I'm afraid I'm still without a current book in my hand, so I will say that the last book that I read in full was, It's All Right Now, Charles Chadwick.

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And now the five other bloggers I'm wont to recommend as part of who I'll meme, a mix of friends and strangers both:

Short Term Memory Loss
Glass Under My Skin
Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant
Amy Loves Books
BookLust