Susan Hated Literature

T. For Tag.
Or possibly M. for Meme. Maybe even H. For Heather.

1. One book that changed your life
   Hmmm. I don’t know if any one book has changed my life. But every book I read probably changes it a little. After all reading a book is like looking at life from someone else’s perspective, and, while you not always agree with it, it does have an impact. So, final answer, going orange, every book.
2. One book that you’ve read more than once.
   There are loads. But I’ll give you the first book I ever bought^[1] and probably the first book I ever reread. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.
3. One book you’d want on a desert island.
   I honestly don’t think I’d cope with just one if I was there for an extended period of time. The Never Ending Story would be good, if it actually was never ending :). Hmmmm. I’m tempted to say The Lord of the Rings, but I’ve read that loads of times already, so maybe it wouldn’t be a good choice. Actually, I think I’d go with Mary Gentle’s Ash: A Secret History. It’s pretty big. Got humour, violence, war. All the necessary ingredients.
4. One book that made you laugh.
   Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman. One of my very favourite books of all time.
5. One book that made you cry.
   Another tough one. I grew up in a house of boys, I don’t cry easy Erm. The last of Robin Hobb’s Farseer books. Not the Assassin trilogy, the other one. When Show Spoilers ▼
   Burrich died. I love Burrich.
6. One book that you wish had been written.
   None. Cause then I wouldn’t have been able to enjoy reading it But one author whose style I really admire is Neil Gaiman. And I love the fact that he is labelled as just one thing. It is all writing to him whether it is a comic or a novel or a children’s story.
7. One book that you wish had never been written.
   None. Again. Cause even the terrible have something to offer. If only fuel for a fire But all the bad books, or books I haven’t enjoyed just make me appreciate the good ones all the more.
8. One book you’re currently reading.
   Neil Gaiman’s Smoke & Mirrors which is a collection of stories. And all the more enjoyable because I just read a book I didn’t enjoy.
9. One book you’ve been meaning to read.
   The Squad, don’t remember the author, but it is about Michael Collins and his 12 apostles.
10. Now tag five people.
    I’m going to finish off by tagging no one. Or everyone. Anyone. Anyone who wants to.

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You’d think that I’d have enough of catalogues and that sorta stuff at work, wouldn’t you? But you’d be wrong. A while back I stumbled across Library Thing, but didn’t use it that often. But I’ve recently returned, and have been busy adding my books. Only I don’t have too many in Dublin, many, many more i gcontae Sligeach. So I’d less than 100 up there. I’m only adding books that I actually own. But then I spotted that a few people were adding dvds too. And I thought to myself, hmmmmm^[1] and started to add my dvd collection. Only it is slightly more time-consuming, so I don’t have too many up yet. Because instead of just going to amazon and hitting the “Add to LibraryThing” widget I have to do that and then edit the info.

So that is what I spent yesterday evening doing instead of upgrading wordpress. Guess I’m going to put that off for another week, at the least, seeing as I’m going to Sligo this Friday, and have the Horse Show next Friday.

Just after I’d finished adding Essex Boys, which I still have to watch, and to finish the entry, I spotted that there was yet more war on the telly. So I turned it off, thinking, they’re all as bad as each other, the cocksuckers^[2] Which got me wondering. Why are some words insults/curse words?^[3]

I mean, why is cocksucker an insult^[4] Is it really a bad thing for one to suck a cock? I know, I know, maybe the rooster doesn’t like it, but it’s not like it’s harming anyone?

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