I got tagged by thedharmablues.
Total number of books owned:
Frankly, I've got no idea. A whole lot. I've never counted them, there's no catalogue either. I tried Library Thing, and I tried Shelfari, but those don't work for me. Most of my books aren't in English. Now Library Thing has a feature that let's you import books from Vox, but frankly, it sucks. I tried it, and I don't know whose books they imported but they sure as hell weren't mine. I might not have good taste, but I certainly have better taste than the person that seemed to love 'romantic' crap, and occult / vampire / science fiction litter.
So I can't give you a number. Best I can do is show you part of a bookshelf:
Last book bought:
I actually bought several books at once. The first one was 'Daughter of Agadir', by Ouarda Saillo.
I bought this book in Dutch. I'll translate the first paragraph:
My mother died September 19th, 1979, at 10 in the morning. My father killed her on the roof of our house in Agadir. He punded a knife in her belly, dragged her up the stairs, tied her to a ladder, stuffed her mouth with sand, poored fuel on her and set her on fire. My moter was 29 years old and 7 months pregnant when she died. I was 5.
Stout (naughty) is a book about 'flirting, success, power, lingerie and erotica'.
This book by Ann-Marie MacDonald is available in English, titled Fall On Your Knees.
A book to read on the tram, in English: To Speak For The Dead.
A book on Mind Mapping by Peter Weiler.
Last book read:
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg.
Five books that mean a lot to me:
Originally posted on irmavermaat.vox.com
May 24th, 2007 | 
