---
title: "You’re It — Let’s Play Literary Tag"
description: "Two weeks ago, James Sherrett tagged me in a game of literary tag. Although I hate to be left out, I'm also not a joiner. Like a fish on the line, I've resisted long enough. I am IT. 1. How many..."
url: https://somisguided.com/2005/08/05/youre-it-lets-play-literary-tag/
date: 2005-08-05
modified: 2005-08-05
author: "Monique"
type: post
lang: en
---

# You’re It — Let’s Play Literary Tag

Two weeks ago, (http://www.upinontario.com) tagged me in a game of literary tag. Although I hate to be left out, I’m also not a joiner. Like a fish on the line, I’ve resisted long enough. I am IT.

**1. How many books do I own?**

I suspect that I own more than 1,000 books. I have a large number of them stored in my mother’s apartment. She keeps the less loved books in boxes but the first editions and antiquarian books on display (as if they are hers).

**2. Last Book I Bought:**

June: Malcolm Gladwell’s BLINK in BookCity in Toronto in The Beaches.

**3. Last Book I Read:**

This weekend: The Great Stink by Clare Clarke.

**4. Five Books That Mean A Lot To Me:**

1. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

2. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

3. The Lost Salt Gift of Blood by Alastair MacLeod

4. You Went Away by Timothy Findley

5. The Canadian Oxford English Dictionary

**5. Tag Five More:**

(http://storms.typepad.com/)

(http://www.moorishgirl.com/)

(http://www.kevinsmokler.com)

(http://www.hopstudios.com/blog/) et al.

(http://stoweboyd.typepad.com/awm/) and Stowe Boyd of (http://www.corante.com/getreal/). I proudly display my Get Real sticker.