1. Number of books I own: Together with Kaija, perhaps around four or five hundred, more than half of which are originally hers. Never been much of a collector.
2. Last book I bought:
The MLA Style Manual3. Last book I completed: Giles Foden,
The Last King of Scotland4. Ten books, essays, or stories that mean a lot to me (I’m resisting an almost intolerable urge to add 50 more plus commentary and to include my own work in progress):
- Stephen Crane, “The Open Boat”
- Herge,
The Adventures of Tintin (whole series)
- Don DeLillo,
White Noise-
Nykysuomen sanakirja (The Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish, five volumes)
- Mary Shelley,
Frankenstein- Henry D. Thoreau, “Resistance to Civil Government”
- Mauno Saari,
Juoksemisen salaisuudet (The Secrets of Running)
- Paul Auster,
The Invention of Solitude - H. C. Andersen, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
- Art Spiegelman:
Maus
5. Currently reading:
- Gaston Bachelard,
The Poetics of Space- Guy Debord,
The Society of the Spectacle - several articles on baseball
6. Tag? Yes, I know this is supposed to be the point. Not having a blogroll, I am a bad blogger. I would actually like to send this back to blogosphere with book replaced by album and only question 4 remaining. Here’s one of my several possible answers for that one:
- Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti
- Nirvana: Nevermind
- YUP: Homo sapiens
- Kent: Isola
- Metallica: Master of Puppets
- Rainbow: Rising
- CMX: Aura
- Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus: Rajaportti
- Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
- Weezer: Pinkerton