My mom’s copy of Hawaii was one of the first book titles I remember. It was all in caps, but I was just learning to read, so I wondered if it was Hawall. Haven’t read it yet. Loved Michener’s Poland.

1) Hawaii, by James Michener. I have had a beat up paperback version of this book since around 1980 – my mom gave it to me after having it on her shelf since around 1965. I have read it three times – perhaps my alltime favorite novel

2) I am currently reading volume 2 of The History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea. I will probably read volume 3 when I am finished. I love archive.org for free older books like these. My last finished book was Experience, Reason adn Faith: A Survey in Philosophy and Religion by Eugene Bewkes, which was excellent.

3) I loathed Blue Like Jazz which everyone recommended to me. I also hated The Shack, but not everyone liked that one as much.

4) Gibbon’s History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. I have read Moby Dick, and you ain’t missing much (IMO).

5) I do not save books for later – but I do have a wish list of books I cannot afford.

6) I never read the end first.

7) Waste of ink. When I wrote and defended my thesis, my awknowledgment page was only two sentences long – basically, ‘Thank you to all who helped me. You know who you are’.

Moses. Does that count?

9) The lampost in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe always reminds me of a special place I once knew of.

10) nothing interesting.

11) I have given away lots of books to friends – I think the latest was Friedman’s ‘The Bible with Sources Revealed’ to a friend who wanted to learn more about the documentary hypothesis.

12) A tossup between my first bible (A tattered King James Thompson Chain Reference), my beat up freshman physics book, and a mangled Random House dictionary.

13) The Bible.

14) I picked up a used copy of Barrows’ ‘History of the Philippines’ published in 1905 for a steal – 5 bucks. Inside were copious notes that I thought marred the text until I read them and discovered they were handwritten by the author himself!!!!

15) Mostly used since I am on a budget. Most of my reading is older books, and I have read many books from archive.org

16) Last book I read from King was IT, and that was nearly 25 years ago. I don’t think I would like him now as much as I did when I was younger.

17) 2001 – A Boring Odyssey. You think the movie is slow? Try reading (the otherwise brilliant) Arthur Clarke’s novelization of it.

18) Number one on that list is the Big Hollywood production of Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Children kings and queens fighting battles with mythical creatures fits better in the child’s imagination than on the big screen.

19) I have followed great advice I found in a book and avoided terrible advice. I just call em as I see em.

Thanks for this chance to look down book memory lane..!!

xo, Suzi

xo, Suzi