Tagged even though I'm a Philistine

I wish to apologize in advance to Aput, who tagged me for the Book meme... My intellect and attention span are such that what few books I do read, I typically leave unfinished.  As such I'll have to "amend" some of the questions so I can formulate somewhat satisfactory answers (i.e., that won't be too humiliating).

1. One book that changed your life: Er... Many of the Jeffrey Archer ones, the first one being Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less.  Changed my life because...er...I realized I could actually become engrossed by and read an entire book from cover to cover. 

2. One book that you’ve read more than once: The Little House on the Prairie collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  Not to be confused with the vapid TV series.  I read the books many times during my childhood abroad, and through them learned quite a bit about life in America during its frontier days.

3. One book you’d want on a desert island: A really big, thick one so I could make signal fires with it.  Or maybe a survival handbook.  Or even better, a big, thick, survival handbook.

4. One book that made you laugh: Neither Here Nor There, by Bill Bryson.  Absolutely one of the most bitingly funny AND culturally astute travelogues I've ever read.

5. One book that made you cry: Another book that made you laugh:  Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding. Laugh-out-loud funny, and read in a couple of days--extremely unusual for me.  I am particularly fond of some of Bridget's expressions, like "Frrrrrrck."

6. One book that you wish you had written: Any of the Julia Child cookbooks, because then I'd really know what I was doing when cooking.

7. One book that you wish had never been written: Another of my favorite books of all time: Material World: A Global Family Portrait, by Peter Menzel, Charles C. Mann, and Paul Kennedy.  Just fascinating, with superb, contrasting photo portraits of families around the world and their material possessions.

8. One book you’re currently reading: La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind, by Beppe Severgnini.  Some of his commentary is spot-on, such as when he describes Italians' view of the traffic light as a suggestion, rather than a directive.  Funny if you've spent time in Italy with its inhabitants.

9. One book you’ve been meaning to read finish: 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers, by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn.  A devastating analysis and collection of first-person accounts of the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

10. Now tag five people:  Wanna play?  You're it!  (Dear reader, consider yourself tagged)