the book baton

kari just sent me one of those batons...ya know, music, books, etc. i have to admit, i am glad that i got the book one rather than the music one. i would have been stumped if i had to do the music one. let's just say, i like music and really all kinds of music, but i'm not so good at those "what is your favorite album" stuff. now that i think of it, i'm not so sure if i'm good at "what's your favorite book" stuff either.

Total Number of Books I Own:
well, definitely not as many as kari. but i still have a lot. one of the great things about my job is that they send me free books all the time. i love free books. i don't always read them but it still looks impressive. hehe. i just went and counted one row of a bookshelf and then multiplied it by the number of shelves in the house, let's say about 400ish. wow, that's more than i would have thought.

Last Book I Bought:
i recently bought The Mermaid Chair (which by the way is good, but not as good at Secret Life of Bees) and i also bought Real Sex by Lauren Winner. (sidenote: i can't find the underline button on my blog). i also bought United by Faith, but that was more for work.

Books I'm Reading Now:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, that is a re-read but i am gearing up for the sixth book. i think i still have a chapter or two in Real Sex and Long Obedience in the Same Direction.

Recently read:
The Kite Runner which i liked a lot! Harry Potter IV, Mudhouse Sabbath, Mermaid Chair (obviously since i bought it last)

Up next:
This summer is designated to "reading with eugene". i am planning on reading several books by eugene peterson. up next is running with the horses and his newest one Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places. i also am reading a few books for work including one called Lunch at the 5 & 10 which is about the Greensboro civil rights sit-ins. and of course the newest Harry book coming in july. i need to get a beach read book though since i am going on vacation in a week!

Books That Have Been Important To Me:
Blue like Jazz...ah so good, my kind of book so along with that Girl Meets God and Traveling Mercies. Also Celebration of Discipline, i love it. i am totally into all those spiritual disciplines.
I guess that isn't really a ton of books. Those are some of my favorites but there are probably more.

i don't know who i am passing this onto since i don't really have any blogging friends yet besides kari and mike. if you read this and you aren't kari and mike i am passing this onto you. so enjoy. :)