memoirs and books

Jill at Charming and Delightful tagged me for a six word memoir meme. All I have to do is describe myself, memoir style, in six words. So, my six words are:

She didn’t stand idly by, ever.

Also, Heidi tagged me a while back for another meme. I will do my best to answer the questions. They are hard for me and I’ve found I can’t name just one book for most of the questions. But it’s my blog, so:

1. One book that changed your life. I believe that any book that touches the soul deeply changes one’s life. But I think I learned to love being a woman and appreciate my femininity after I read The Mists of Avalon.

2. One book that you have read more than once. SO many! The Mists of Avalon, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Pride and Prejudice, Beaches, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, The Color Purple, Talk Before Sleep.

3. One book you would want on a desert island. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I love everything about it. Its grittiness. Its optimism. Its realism. Its hope.

4. Two books that made you laugh. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg and Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns.

5. One book that made you cry. Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg. I cry in great heaving sobs when I read that book.

6. One book you wish you’d written. I wish I could have written any book in the style of Elizabeth Berg. (I was talking to Jellyhead about this just a few days ago.) I always imagine that my writing would be a lot like hers because she is so emotive and you can feel everything that her characters are feeling. Talk Before Sleep was an exquisite kind of agony to read because I loved it so much but I really felt like I was watching my best friend die.

7. One book you wish had never been written. Any of the books that spew hatred and intolerance. Pretty much anything Ann Coulter has written and many others like her. I won’t name more names because I don’t want to politicize my blog

8. Two books you are currently reading. Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H Lawrence (loaned to me by Sharon) and Empty Without You — a compilation of letters between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok.

9. One book you’ve been meaning to read. Gone With the Wind. My mother wants me to read it in the worst way!

10. Five people that I’ll tag: I don’t tag but feel free to take it if you want it.