good books and good works
I was tagged by Britt from Have Fun Do Good with this Book Meme last week.
Total number of books I own:
A lot. No really, imagine a lot of books. Now imagine that they reproduced. Asexually.
Last book I read:
Not For Bread Alone by Moe Foner. A really interesting, quick read memoir the guy who founded SEIU 1199’s Bread and Roses Project. Not a polished author, but a subject matter near and dear to my heart.
Last book I bought:
Hmmm. I bought a first edition of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard at a book sale last month. I think that was it.
5 Meaningful Books
I have to say, I’m having a hard time limiting myself to five. I’m picking five non-fiction, but there are many meaningful novels in my past, too.
Hey Waitress! The USA from the Other Side of the Tray by Allison Owings
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
Red Diapers: Growing Up in the Communist Left by Linn Shapiro
Dispatches by Michael Herr
Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools by Jonathan Kozol
…and of course, the tagging it forward:
Doppelganger (has there ever been a book blog I didn’t tag you with?)
Have a Happy Halloween, everyone!
Bumblebee Sweet Potato 
tag! I’m it! « alala replied:
[…] 1st, 2007 at 9:10 pm (bookblog) So Landismom tagged me with a book meme! And I’m sure she didn’t mean it in the “tsk tsk, you haven’t been reading […]
November 1, 2007 at 4:10 pm. Permalink.
alala replied:
Well, thanks for the tag. It made me realize I have a lot of catching up to do. (Meaning my actual life needs to move a little closer to my intentions, not that I’m in competition with anyone else. Remember reading contest in school? Win a prize for reading the most books? Ugh. As if reading wasn’t its own reward).
November 1, 2007 at 5:22 pm. Permalink.
Anjali replied:
Just noticed this tag. Thanks for the post idea — I’ll do it tomorrow.
November 2, 2007 at 2:59 pm. Permalink.