1. One book that changed your life?
I read Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut when I was going to a Catholic high school. The notion that religion could be something concocted by the government to keep its citizens in line really messed with my head and made me question a lot of things.
2. One book you have read more than once?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey. I’m fascinated with that thin line (or in this case, lobotomy) that distinguishes sanity from insanity.
3. One book you would want on a desert island?
Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook
4. One book that made you laugh?
I Am Not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell.
5. One book that made you cry?
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. The beginning of this book is the most painful, but honest thing I’ve ever read.
6. One book you wish had been written?
I’d love to see a collection of true “coming-out” stories.
7. One book you wish had never been written.
The Biography of the Idea of Literature. Too horrible for words. I considered tossing electrical appliances in the bathtub with me when I read it.
8. One book you are currently reading?
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby.
9. One book you have been meaning to read?
Aye-aye-aye…there are about five million, but to choose one at random, The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer.
10. Now tag five people.
Um…no.
