Book tag! {part 8, 9, 10 & 11}

08. The last book you acquired, and how (begged, bought, borrowed?)

I think it's the original Nutcracker stories (by Hoffmann and Dumas), which I ordered from B&N.

09. Your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next.

Last read, which I didn't finish, was Huntingtower, by John Buchan.

Current reads (subject to change):
The Mirror of the Sea, by Joseph Conrad
Five Weeks in a Balloon, by Jules Verne (re-reading)
Through the Magic Door, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

My next read...I have no idea.  :)

10. What author do you own the most books by and why?

I believe it's a tie between Doyle and Tolkien.  Doyle, because his minor works (i.e. The White Company, Sir Nigel, The Lost World) are great reads, too.  Tolkien, because there are so many editions of The Lord of the Rings.  And I have that paperback Children of Hurin still to be read...

11. Do you own multiple copies of any book? What are they? Why do you have multiple copies?

I own two or three paperbacks of The Fellowship of the Ring, a paperback TTT, and a paperback ROTK, in addition to the complete LOTR trilogy paperback.  I had some idea of loaning FOTR to some like-minded person, someday.  :P  I tend to pick up multiple copies at thrift stores and $1-bag garage sales, just to have on hand...