tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194311577077217097.post814744309086410206..comments2023-05-30T01:11:11.657-07:00Comments on Patti's Pen & Picks: Cool Questions from Shelf AwarenessPatti Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460326906159795642noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194311577077217097.post-80322917016774032072008-08-10T16:20:00.000-07:002008-08-10T16:20:00.000-07:00On my nightstand (next to a very cold, very good g...On my nightstand (next to a very cold, very good glass of Fat Tire beer): Hold the Enlightenment by Tim Cahill (adventure travel re-read); Structure and Flow (about writing), David Fryxell; Words of Wisdom, Dalai Lama; House of Rain (Anasazi/Travel re-read), Chraig Childs; Soul of Nowhere (travel), Craig Childs; The Day of Battle (WWII), Rick Atkinson.<BR/><BR/>Book I've "faked" reading: "When Harry Met Sally" aside, I've never faked it!<BR/><BR/>Book I bought for the cover: Well duh, Playboy!<BR/><BR/>Favorite book when I was a child:<BR/>Island of the Blue Dolphin and The Call of the Wild. Can't count how many times I've read those two.<BR/><BR/>Book that changed my life: The Mismeasure of Man, by Stephen J. Gould.<BR/><BR/>Favorite line from a book: "Nothing I see or hear is perfect, but right there in the imperfection is perfect reality." Not Allways So", by Shunryu Suzuki.<BR/><BR/>Top five favorite authors: <BR/>1. The Dalai Lama <BR/>2. Tim Cahill<BR/>3. David Quammen<BR/>4. Stephen J. Gould<BR/>5. Tolstoy<BR/><BR/>For people bord with most American writers: Turn off the t.v. you slug and read!<BR/><BR/>Book I can not belive everybody has not read and loved: Ishi.<BR/><BR/>Books I'm an evangelist for: Ishi. Wonderful Life.<BR/><BR/>Book I want to read again for the first time; "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424634174690107520noreply@blogger.com