{"id":682,"date":"2006-10-12T07:25:22","date_gmt":"2006-10-12T12:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/index.php\/?p=682"},"modified":"2020-01-03T12:31:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T17:31:29","slug":"okay-he-tagged-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/index.php\/okay-he-tagged-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Okay, he tagged me"},"content":{"rendered":"

John aka Duke of Earle<\/a> says I HAVE to play . . . who am I to argue?<\/p>\n

1) One book that changed your life:<\/strong> Outwitting Squirrels<\/em> by Bill Adler<\/a>, because encountering it triggered a chain of events that eventually led to my co-writing Outwitting Dogs<\/a>\"\". ‘Nuff said.<\/p>\n

2) One book that you’d read more than once:<\/strong> Hmmmmm. Anna Karenina<\/em><\/a>, might as well use that one. Blogged about my second read of that book here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3) One book you’d want on a deserted island:<\/strong> A honkin’ big blank book. Five subject college ruled notebook would do, although if the pages were unruled I could write really tiny and it would last even longer, even if later I wouldn’t be able to read a bit of it. Also a box of halfway decent pens.<\/p>\n

4) One book that made you laugh: <\/strong>To the Nines<\/em>, the first Janet Evanovitch<\/a> novel I ever read, comes to mind. I laughed out loud a LOT reading that book. And later asked whether there was much higher to aspire to, as a writer, than to make people laugh . . .<\/p>\n

5) One book that made you cry:<\/strong> Reading in the Kipling short story collection Debits and Credits<\/em> <\/a>some months ago I came across the “The Bull that Thought,” and sobbed uncontrollably at the end because of the redemption of brutishness by Art — by a mutual recognition of Art.<\/p>\n

6) One book you wish you’d written: <\/strong>Pilgrim at Tinker Creek<\/em><\/a> by Annie Dillard.<\/p>\n

7) One book you wish had never been written:<\/strong> Hey, how about A Confederacy of Dunces<\/em> <\/a>by John Kennedy Toole, since maybe if he hadn’t of written it he wouldn’t have offed himself. Don’t throw in your hand, Mr. Toole . . .<\/p>\n

8) One book you’re currently reading:<\/strong> Memories, Dreams and Reflections<\/em> <\/a>by Carl Jung.<\/p>\n

9) One book you’ve been meaning to read:<\/strong> Tristram Shandy<\/em><\/a>. Started it, got distracted, will pick it back up one of these days.<\/p>\n

10) Tag five people: <\/strong>Is this like a chain letter? All my doorknobs will fall off if I don’t? Is it okay if I ask people first? Hey, I can start with my dad :-) — Dad, want to be tagged? Erik, have you<\/a> done this one yet? Carrie? E is for Editrix has probably done it, she gets tagged a lot . . . Zinn, how about you, interested in doing a book post?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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