I would not wish to disappoint Daisy by not joining in with this literary mememe.
You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
I think I would want to be Lady Chatterly’s Lover, not only is it beautifully written but I would never be short of company!
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Oh, yes. I used to harbor a wee flame for Mr Rochester and Mr de Winter, but few years ago they were dethroned by Captain Wentworth.
The last book you bought:
I have a British Amazon parcel winging its way to me, that contains:
- Goddess, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Woman in Classical Antiquity
- Learn Ancient Greek
- Closer (the Patrick Marber play – I want to know what was left out of the film)
The last book you read:
Acqua Alta by Donna Leon, one of the Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries. A very enjoyable cosy read.
What are you currently reading?
I am ashamed to admit it, but yet again I have several books lurking on my bedside table. Starting from the top of the pile…. Les Liasons Dangereuses, In the footsteps of Alexander the Great, A Winter’s Tale, Portrait in Sepia and Middlemarch.
Five books you would take to a desert island:
Really I should take the five mentioned above, but in case I leave them behind on the bedside table I could make do with:
- The Quiet American by Graham Greene
- The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- A complete works of Jeeves and Wooster by PG Wodehouse
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Who will I pass it on to?
Whomever is interested, but I think that the Giver of Life needs to get a blog.
