Book meme

A meme. From Kate. My first ever.

1. One book you have read more than once

I have two children, ages five and about to turn four, so many books are on current high rotation. More than once. More than twice. More than a thousand times. Some of the ones that I am happy to read over and over:
Mr McGee (but a lot of the other Pamela Allen is extremely difficult to read aloud - I know this is slightly controversial, but it's true);
Diary of a Wombat, Jackie French;
Gordon's got a Snookie, Wayne Harris:
Let's Get a Pup, The Gruffalo's Child, pretty much anything by Martin Waddell, Maurice Sendak, Pierre, a Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue. And for the nights when the day is just over: Rosie's Walk. 27 words (update: this is wrong, it is 32 words).
And the current favourite: Tashi. Tashi and the anything. Genie. Demon. Giant. Anything.

2. One book you would want on a desert island
Something about survival skills and how to light a fire and so on. Or else a phone book from a really big city - preferably the yellow pages. It would give you lots of ideas and new things to think about.

3. One book that made you laugh
I read The Commitments in a Las Vegas laundromat. It was very, very funny. And so was Las Vegas. One of the best nights of my life. Shane Maloney's books make me laugh, and I laughed a lot at the first couple of Janet Evanovich books I read. The first part of A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson was hilarious.

4. One book that made you cry
The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. And if I need a cathartic release, I go to bed with it, and read until one o'clock then cry myself to sleep.

5. One book you wish you had written
I'm not letting myself lust after other people's writing at the moment.

6. One book you wish had never been written
Every book has it's purpose? You have to write one crap book before you can write another, better book? This is copping out, isn't it? I get really annoyed by stuff like The Rainbow Fish, which was a full-on marketing exercise, not a book.

7. This week, the two books I am reading before I go to bed are:
Black Swan Green.
The Comedy Bible: from stand-up to sitcom - the comedy writer's ultimate how-to guide. Which I think says something about the true potential of my latest idea.

8. One book you have been meaning to read
Dark Victory. It's on my shelf, but I just can't bring myself to read it yet.

9. One book that changed your life
Vector Mechanics for Engineers.
You'd have to fall in love with someone who's got that on their bookshelf.

Now tag five people:
I think I've left it too late. Go and do it if you haven't already.
Thanks Kate. That was ace.