Book Meme

Jason snuck up behind me and tagged me with a Book meme.
Hmmm, let me think.

1. One book you have read more than once:
The Stranger - Albert Camus

I read it twice because I didnt get it the first time. I still don't like this book but I respect it and would definitely call it a classic.

2. One book you would want on a desert island:
5. One book you wish you had written:
One Hundred Years Of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Its not a cop out that two of the questions are answered by this book, I just liked it. Its not for everyone and of the people I've talked to about this book, there was no gray area, they either loved it or hated it. I found it to be a discourse on everything important and trivial in life, but it takes slow, patient reading to absorb. If you want to be passively entertained, this one is not for you.

3. One book that made you laugh:
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

Sledgehammer satire and sobering reality make this 60's novel shine as one of the most entertaining and thought-provoking.

4. One book that made you cry:
Schindler’s List - Thomas Keneally
No explanation required here.

6. One book you wish had never been written:
Survival Analysis, Techniques for Censored and Truncated Data - John Klein
Don't ask :)

7. One book you are currently reading:
Deception Point - Dan Brown

Havent actually started it yet but its in my carry-on and ready to go. Wait, can we still take books on planes? :)

8. One book you have been meaning to read:
Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie

If its good enough to net the author a death sentence and asylum, I should probably read it :)

9. One Book That Changed Your Life:
Cathcer In The Rye - JD Salinger
Red Badge Of Courage - Stephen Crane
Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne

What? You expected just one? :)