I have been tagged by Paul Tuns in a blog tag game. You have to answer the following questions and tag five new people. So, here are my answers:
Number of Books That You Own:
I don't know. Guesstimate: 200.
Last Book Bought:
The Right Nation by John Micklethwait & Adrian Wooldridge. Very good history of the U.S. conservative movement.
Last Book I Read:
Promised Land by John Ibbitson. It's a history of the Common Sense Revolution. Another source for our new book. Pretty much anything I read these days is related to conservatism.
Five Books that mean a lot to me:
The Trouble with Canada by William Gairdner. This book turned me from an un-ideological centrist (but Tory-party supporter) into a small "c" conservative. It was lent to me by a friend when I was 16. Had a major impact on me.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Yes, one of my favourite books is one I was forced to read for high school English class. Many life lessons in this masterpiece. I never want to become Jay Gatsby.
Harvey Penick's Little Red Book. This is the best-selling sports book of all time, and definitely the best golf guide you can buy. After reading this, I realized how much time I had wasted as a kid reading golf magazines and instructional books. This book is all a golfer needs.
Contenders by Allan Gregg, Patrick Martin and George Perlin. This is the best book on a leadership race I've seen -- the 1983 federal Progressive Conservative battle, won by Brian Mulroney. Lots of anecdotes, analysis and even polling of the delegates. It's also fun to read books about people you've personally encountered.
FDR: Champion of Freedom by Conrad Black. Hey, the subject is books that mean a lot to me.
I am tagging the five following people:
Justin Lambert
Aaron Lee-Wudrick
Dave Mader
Lanny Cardow
Patrick Dubreuil Reynolds
UPDATE: Make that six people. Tagging Postie extraordinaire J. Kelly Nestruck.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 10:59 AM
