Book & Love/Hate Meme (thx Jill)

Book Meme - Jill says whoever wants to play, play....so here we go...

1. One book that changed your life.
Alan and Naomi by Myron Levy. Read it as a kid and I'd love to read it again. First time a book really touched me and showed me that happy endings aren't the true mark of a good book.

2. One book that you have read more than once.
All of the Harry Potter books, except #5 - that one just doesn't do it for me. Shoulda cut out about 250 pages there, Jo.

3. One book that you would want on a desert island.
Awwww, only one? Ok...how about the His Dark Materials trilogy. Yeah, I have it all in one book, so that counts. So there.

4. One book that made you laugh.
So many here - how about the one I'm reading now - A Long Way Down by Nicky Hornby

5. One book you have been meaning to read.
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer


Love/ Hate Meme
I love to eat: Shrimp Scampi, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Crab-Stuffed ANYTHING, fall-off-the-bone ribs
I hate to eat: green peppers, olives, beets, sushi
I love to go: to the movies, to the bookstore, on a scrapbook weekend, play volleyball
I hate to go: to the dentist, to the grocery store, far away from the family for too long
I love it when: I have a good book, it's warm outside, and I'm all by myself with nothing planned...
I hate it when: the kids are sick, my budget never stretches the way I think it should, I say something stupid (!)
I love to see: first tulips in my yard in the Spring, the house freshly cleaned, the trees by my house right around the 3rd week in October...
I hate to see: piles of clean-but-unfolded-laundry (so why do I leave them around all the time?!)...I'm stealing this one. NEVER ENDING!
I love to hear: both kids trying to out-laugh each other, a song I havent' heard in ages but love, George Michael crooning (!)
I hate to hear: a baby screaming, a bad car sound (you know the types!), James Taylor singing (ick)

Whoever wants to play, play!