Angie's Entry - Aimee tagged me

so here goes.

I pursued my books yesterday in preparation for this tag and I forgot how many good books I have.

How many books do you own?

Looking at my book shelf yesterday? I'd have to guess around 175? In my lifetime I'm sure I've owned more.

The last book you bought?

Imitation in Death by JD Robb. Which is Aimee's fault. She bought me the first book for my birthday and someone here at work brings in their old books so we can have them and I picked this up. So technically I didn't buy it. Hm. Ok, the last book I bought was before I went to Hawai'i, I bought two. Tommyland - the biography of Tommy Lee. (whom, for the record I am also madly in love with)(besides Eminem) and a book Anthony Bozza wrote about Eminem. The name of it escapes me at the moment. Sorry.

The last book I read?

Seeing as six of the books I have on my bookshelf need to cracked open and read? I'm currently in the middle of reading Imitation in Death.

Five books that mean a lot to me?

Whew. This one is kinda hard, but I'll give it a go.

1) Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel. This book spoke to me from the first moment I read it and it still speaks to me now after so many years. If you've ever been diagnosed with depression, this book is like a freakin epiphany. While Elizabeth is on the extreme end of the depression spectrum, I can relate to 75% of the things she wrote about. I absolutely love this book. Love.

2) I have three books for #2. Mindhunter, The Anatomy of a Motive and Obsession by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. When I saw Silence of the Lambs a million years ago, that's when I decided that I wanted to go into Law Enforcement/Psychology. I wanted to be a profiler for the FBI. I wanted to be Clarise Starling. I wrote a letter when I was in college to the director of the profiling unit in Quantico, Virginia and got a letter and a booklet back!

3) Alienist by Caleb Carr. I love the murder/suspense/mystery books. I'm totally hooked on hunting serial killers. This one is set back in the day, I believe the early 1900's. I haven't read this book in quite some time, but when I ran my fingers over it last night, I was reminded how fantastic that book was.

4) Voices in Black and White, contributing authors include: Mark Twain, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, William Faulkner, Maya Angelou & Shelby Steele. This was a required reading book for an English class I took in my freshman year at St. Thomas. Most of us sell back our textbooks after the semester is over, but I found myself hanging onto quite a few. This one inparticular. Because I do come from a mixed background (my brothers dad is black and he's been around since I was a small child. He and my mom have known each other since highschool, but I digress), the stories and commentary moved me. It's writings on Race in America.

5) I can't think of a number 5.

I have to go find some breakfast now. I'l try and blog later about something more intersting! LOL

Ta!