Book Meme

Challenge from Upsidedown Bee 

A Reading Meme:

What was the last book you bought: 

No Graven Image by Elizabeth Elliot

Name a book you have read MORE than once:

Confessions by Augustine

Has a book ever fundamentally changed the way you see life? If yes, what was it:

Future Grace by John Piper

How do you choose a book - eg. by cover design and summary, recommendations or reviews:

All of the above

Do you prefer Fiction or Non-Fiction:

non-fiction

What’s more important in a novel - beautiful writing or a gripping plot:

I am really attracted to both aspects, but if I had to choose, it would be a great plot.

Most loved/memorable character (character/book):

Jean Valjean in Les Miserables

One book you'd want on a desert island:

The Bible; but if you want me to choose a book it would have to be Lord of the Rings

One book that made you laugh:

It's a shame, but I don't read things too often that make me laugh.  I am re-reading The Hobbit, and the exploits of Bilbo and the Dwarves make me laugh.

One book that made you cry:

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

A book you didn't enjoy:

The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

One book you are currently reading:

Paradise Lost by John Milton; one of the best books/poems I have ever read!

One book you've been meaning to read:

All of The City of God by Augustine.  I have only read parts.

Book you remember as a real page-turner:

Angels and Demons by Oh his name escapes me.

Non-fiction books that you have enjoyed:

Oh, there are so very many.  Habits of the Mind by James Sire, How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler, The Call by Os Guiness (one that had also changed my life), How Should We Then Live by Francis Schaeffer, and many, many more.

Your favorite place to read:

At my lake house either in my big chair or on the bed.