The One Book Meme
Tyler F. Williams at Codex has tagged me in a meme. So, I figured I better respond. I have never been tagged before, and I am told it is an honor just to be nominated. I would like to thank the academy . . .
1. One book that changed your life.
It would be easy and certainly true to say the Bible, as that book occupies most of my life. If we are referring to books other than Scripture, I would have to say Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Cost of Discipleship (although of course he discusses the Bible).
2. One book that you have read more than once.
Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land.
3. One book you would want on a desert island.
Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov.
4. One book that made you laugh.
W.P. Kinsella’s The Iowa Baseball Confederacy. Baseball and apocalyptic literature — a great combination!
5. One book that made you cry.
John Irvin’s A Prayer for Owen Meany.
6. One book that you wish had been written.
I am going to cheat a bit on this one and name two books that were written but did not survive. I would love to get my hands on the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel and the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah that are referenced throughout the DtrH.
7. One book that you wish had never been written.
Since Tyler already took The Prayer of Jabez, I guess I will say anything by Ann Coulter.
8. One book you are currently reading.
You can see the currently reading section to the right for academic books. For non-academic things, I am reading King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard.
9. One book you’ve been meaning to read.
War and Peace by Tolstoy.
10. Tag five other people.
I tag Chris Heard, Stephen Cook, Charles Halton, Kevin Edgecomb, and Sean Boisen.