Book surveys are acceptable...

I love books, so what the hell. In case you're interested, I stole this
from www.goingjesus.com.

Total number of books I own: Hundreds (hey...I work part-time at a
bookstore. What do you expect?!

Last book I bought: Meet the Beatles (a new cultural history of the
group)

The last book I read: Out (a Japanese mystery)

5 books that mean a lot to me: (oh geez) the Bible (duh), The Handmaid's
Tale by Margaret Atwood, In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez,
House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski, and Geek Love by Katherine Dunn.

2 major books that as a kid I had on me all the time: anything by Judy
Blume and the Sweet Vally Series
--radicalflower