Book Meme

Well, I managed to blog for over a year before my first tag, but I just got hit by Dan at Necessary Roughness! So here goes:

1. One book that changed your life:
Besides the Bible? I know people think there is questionable spirituality in some of the Franklin-Covey books, but I liked the The 10 Natural Laws of Time and Life Management by Hyrum W. Smith, back when it was still Franklin Quest. It talks about the importance of not just managing your time, but using it on things that are most important to you. And I love my Franklin Day Planner.

2. One book that you’ve read more than once:
I read all my books over and over, if I like them. I like reliving the experience of the book.

3. One book you’d want on a desert island:
Besides a desert island survival book? Probably a long, well-written biography or autobiography of a former royal or royal family.

4. One book that made you laugh:
The Joy of Work by Scott Adams. So sadly true that it's hilariously funny.

5. One book that made you cry:
Merlin by Stephen R. Lawhead. The scene where Merlin finds the dead bodies of his wife and unborn child after the Saxons have raided. This simple scene is more moving and intense than other scenes with more intense and massive carnage that he writes in other books. It's also a testament to the humanity of unborn life.

6. One book that you wish had been written:
I can't think of anything besides "just that one more story" by a favorite author that everybody wants. Another mystery by Agatha Christie, or another good Sherlock Holmes by Conan Doyle

7. One book that you wish had never been written:
I'll say Friedan's The Feminine Mystique. One of the books that started the whole modern liberal feminism crap.

8. The book you are currently reading:
I'm not reading anything right now. :O I usually page through favorite parts of books I've already read, or I sit down and devour a book at one sitting.

9. One book you’ve been meaning to read:
Dan recommended The Constitution in Exile by Andrew Napolitano to me a week or so ago and I agree it sounds like a good choice.

10. Now tag five people:
Marie, Susan, Lucy, Des Moines Girl and Kate.