One book
1. One book that changed your life:
The Bible.
(I nicked this from Mandy but it's still true.)
2. One book that you’ve read more than once:
Almost every book I own. Possibly the most re-read book is Little Women/Good Wives. I'm always hoping that Jo will accept Laurie's proposal but she never has yet. Ah well, there's always next time.
3. One book you’d want on a desert island:
I can never decide whether you should take a book you know and love or something you've been meaning to get round to reading. Just at the moment, I think I'd like England in Particular which looks like a fun, and satsifyingly long, collection of England's social, historical, geographical and other peculiarities.
4. One book that made you laugh:
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde.
You MUST read this if you haven't. Comic genius with lots of literary allusions to make you feel clever and puns to make you feel stupid when you haven't spotted them earlier.
5. One book that made you cry:
I think we're back to Little Women. Though actually lots of books make me cry. Especially when there's a happy ending.
6. One book that you wish had been written:
My commentary on the Song of Songs. Think of all the hard work it would save if someone had already done it.
7. One book that you wish had never been written:
Hmm. Tricky. How about Recovering the Scandal of the Cross by Green and Baker? Though I sort of think that if people really think this kind of rubbish it's better they write it down so it can be properly dealt with.
8. One book you’re currently reading:
A Parliament of Whores by PJ O'Rourke
Part of my American education.
9. One book you’ve been meaning to read:
Inspiration and Incarnation by Peter Enns
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
How Long O Lord by Don Carson
Sorry - did you say one?
10. Now tag five or six people:
Isn't this how the internet gets brought down by chain letters and mafia gangs of teenage hackers?
If you want to see what Mandy wrote, check it out here.