That book meme...

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First seen, I think, on chickenfeet2002, but this one came from f3f4.

• One book that changed your life?

The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell): it made me look at things differently.


• One book you have read more than once?

Eyeless in Gaza (Aldous Huxley)


• One book you would want on a desert island?

“How to Survive on a Desert Island”, obviously. Failing that, a practical flora to tropical botany.


• One book that made you laugh?

I have just finished Mil Millington’s “Love and Other Near Death Experiences”; that made me laugh a lot.


• One book that made you cry?

There are many; one which sticks in my mind is “The Amber Spyglass” by Phillip Pullman – specifically, the scene on a bench in Oxford Botanic Garden.


• One book you wish had been written?

All the books I’ve read.


• One book you wish had never been written?

I really can’t think.


• One book you are currently reading?

Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (Sue Townsend).


• One book you have been meaning to read?

I have a long list. “Schindler’s Ark” (Thomas Keneally) has probably been on the list longest.


• A really obscure book you have read?

Tropical Trees and Forests: An Architectural Analysis (Halle, Oldeman and Tomlinson).


• Which book do you most frequently recommend to friends?

Whatever book I am most excited about at the time. Over the years, probably The Alexandria Quartet.