Little Willow created a book meme, which she posted on the Brotherhood 2.0 site, and which I am now going to answer. God I love procrastinating with surveys.

1. How do you organize your books? By genre, by last name, by title, by publication date?

Um, I do not organize my books. I once acquired a book called "The New York Public Library's Guide to Organizing Your Home Library." I read the book and became very excited about the prospect of organizing my home library. But that night I had to watch "The Office" or something, so I put the book away. I have not seen it since. Maybe you can find it for me in this video?

That said, I tend to remember where most of my books are, so I guess there is a weird cataloging system in my brain. I rarely have to look for something for very long.

2. Do you have a shelf reserved for your favorite books and/or authors?

No. I do sometimes put my favorite books at eye-level, partly because I refer to them the most and partly because I want visitors to my home library to be impressed that I own such excellent books.

3. What is the first title and author on your bookshelf?

I have several bookshelves scattered about the house, but the one nearest me begins with Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass."

4. What is the last title and author on your bookshelf?

Lauren Myracle's excellent middle-grade novel "Eleven."

5. What genre dominates your collection?

It's very diverse. I probably have more about the Islamic world and more books about conjoined twins than most people.

6. Which author is the most represented? (You own the most number of books by . . . )

Probably Mark Twain or William Faulkner

7. You own all of the books written by . . .

Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Richard Powers, David Foster Wallace, Harper Lee (get it?), J. D. Salinger, Toni Morrison, Markus Zusak, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and myself, among several others.

8. You own the entire series of . . .

I don't think I own any complete series (unless, like, the Narnia books or Lord of the Rings or the Uglies trilogy counts). But I do own some fantastic series books, most notably Everything You Need to Know about the Goth Scene.