Book Meme

Making the rounds...

The Big Read thinks the average adult has only read six of the top 100 books they've printed below.

01. Look at the list and bold those you have read.
02. Italicise those you intend to read
03. Underline the books you LOVE [I underlined books that I have read repeatedly, in their entirety.]

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_The Faraway Tree Collection_ sounds interesting -- anyone read it?

5 Things Meme

This morning it was three, but seems to have grown...

Rules: Post 5 things you've done that you believe nobody else on your F-list has done. Indulge in remorse if someone calls you out on a listed item.

1) Went to high school in Hong Kong

2) Viewed the public ladies restroom at the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet (it was too scary for me to use, as the trough opens over a steep slope that goes 300+ feet down...) -- had to be a little more specific on this one, since fitzw and I went to China and Tibet together.

3) Bought a Hello Kitty made with the traditional white clay in full kimono, at the Narita Airport, Japan (for my niece).

4) Worn Kamakura Period clothing with a neck-brace.

5) Worked part-time doing data entry for Smith College for one of my father's research projects at age 11 (yes, I got paid by the college). They were still using keypunch cards.

Pseudo-6) Pseudo because fitzw was there but otherwise I'm pretty sure that no one else on my f-list has had to fly into Narita Airport between three typhoons...

This was actually a bit challenging since I don't things about some of my f-list like if any of you were/are ballet dancers or scuba divers, for instance.