Horked this meme from wordnerdy. (Sarah's right; these things are like potato chips. Or crack. Or crack-flavored potato chips...)
1) Total number of books in your house:
Around 700
2) The last book you bought was:
Sandman, vol 2: the Doll's House by Neil Gaiman, et al.
3) What was the last book you read before reading this message?
Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany by Ben Schott
4) Write down 5 books you often read or that mean a lot to you.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Malingering by Susan Compo
5) Who are you going to pass the stick to (to three people) and why?
no one (i stole this meme so i don't need to play by the stinkin' rules, man!)

1. Not as many as you might think (remember a. I work for Borders, and b. we can borrow stuff)
2. Revolution in the Valley, Andy Hertzfeld
3. Bandbox by Thomas Mallon
4. Dictionary of the Khazars, Milorad Pavic; Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami; The Sheltering Sky, Paul Bowles; The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand; A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson
5. Any three people at work, because that means 21 more recommendations