tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post5775885262763169213..comments2023-05-14T08:18:09.346-04:00Comments on The Fictionistas: My turn to drink the kool-aidKristen Painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07984459504977637298noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-3792869419512474202008-10-16T14:48:00.000-04:002008-10-16T14:48:00.000-04:00Shakespeare rocks, Dana! :-) And for every "Tro...Shakespeare rocks, Dana! :-) And for every "Troilus and Cressida" or "Timon of Athens" (neither of which I care to ever see again, or particularly want to read), there's a half-forgotten gem like Richard II or Prince John... And Shakespeare takes so darn long to read that by the time you finish reading all the plays, you'll have been rescued! ;-)<BR/><BR/>(Yep. Total nerd. Sorry.)<BR/><BR/>Okay, now to prove that I have low tastes as well as high, I will confess that I loved the Hitchhikers movie! Well, half of it, anyway! And the rest was sort of okay too.<BR/><BR/>CaraCara Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930608028959652445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-32994355028714536542008-10-16T01:41:00.000-04:002008-10-16T01:41:00.000-04:00Have you all read the complete works of Shakespear...Have you all read the complete works of Shakespeare? I had to do it at Oxford and I can say there are a bunch of those I'd pass on.<BR/><BR/>I would want:<BR/>1) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (I know, the movie sucked the big one)<BR/>2) To Kill a Mockingbird (the reason I went to law school)<BR/>3) The complete collection of John Steinbeck. <BR/><BR/>In High School it would have been:<BR/>1) Jane Eyre<BR/>2) Tom Jones (so I'd never run out of available toilet paper)<BR/>3) To Kill a MockingbirdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-57809197972315740052008-10-16T01:30:00.000-04:002008-10-16T01:30:00.000-04:00Hmmm...I'd have to take The Mists of Avalon! Lov...Hmmm...<BR/><BR/>I'd have to take The Mists of Avalon! Love that book!<BR/><BR/>Then I'd take The Shining! I never get tired of that one!<BR/><BR/>And I can't decide on the third one! Yeek! This is too hard... Maybe Good Omens by Neil Gaiman just to give me some giggles while I wait to be rescued... :)<BR/><BR/>Fun question!<BR/><BR/>Lisa :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-34442110939539934012008-10-15T21:37:00.000-04:002008-10-15T21:37:00.000-04:00For me, I think1) Complete Shakespeare2) Pride &a...For me, I think<BR/><BR/>1) Complete Shakespeare<BR/>2) Pride & Prejudice (or, if allowed, the Complete Jane Austen!)<BR/>3) Something by Diana Wynne Jones...maybe one of those two-books-in-one-volume Chrestomanci books...<BR/><BR/>My high school list would probably have been:<BR/><BR/>1) Lord of the Rings<BR/>2) Little Women<BR/>3) Charmed Life (Diana Wynne Jones) or maybe The Dark is Rising (Susan Cooper)<BR/><BR/>CaraCara Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930608028959652445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-19385644795242622312008-10-15T21:24:00.000-04:002008-10-15T21:24:00.000-04:00OK, don't kill me but I don't like Shakespeare. H...OK, don't kill me but I don't like Shakespeare. His stories, yes. Some of his words, yes. But it hurts my brain sometimes to interpret him when I'm not SEEING the play. Yes, I am bad. :)<BR/><BR/>I think I'd want THE OUTSIDERS by Hinton.DeenaMLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01093257361683249174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-35191663866083278982008-10-15T20:52:00.000-04:002008-10-15T20:52:00.000-04:00GWEN, I'm cracking up. LOLOLGWEN, I'm cracking up. LOLOLRhonda Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855833088957182413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-14831564489075550632008-10-15T19:39:00.000-04:002008-10-15T19:39:00.000-04:00This one is EASY:1. How to Build Sea-faring Boats ...This one is EASY:<BR/><BR/><BR/>1. How to Build Sea-faring Boats from Palm Fronds <BR/>2. Tasty Island Treats That Don't Include Grubs <BR/>3. What Gilligan KnewGwen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07372049662768907328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-88320563411806535642008-10-15T12:19:00.000-04:002008-10-15T12:19:00.000-04:00Okay...I'm not a big movie watcher and I don't lis...Okay...I'm not a big movie watcher and I don't listen to music (sound annoys me. Books...that is something else entirely. <BR/><BR/>1. Complete Harry Potter (yes, I'm a nerd)<BR/>2. To Kill a Mockingbird<BR/>3. A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)<BR/><BR/>...and if I could smuggle another one, Generation X by Douglas CouplandBitchy Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15735174610500590749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-90328953582110148852008-10-15T10:59:00.000-04:002008-10-15T10:59:00.000-04:00Ooooh I love The Scarlet Letter, too. Actually, I'...Ooooh I love The Scarlet Letter, too. Actually, I'm putting that into my current novel! LOLRhonda Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855833088957182413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-42432040391740254272008-10-15T10:23:00.000-04:002008-10-15T10:23:00.000-04:00My high school list1. Scarlet Letter (yes, I loved...My high school list<BR/><BR/>1. Scarlet Letter (yes, I loved that book. Still do)<BR/>2. Shanna (Kathleen Woodiwiss)<BR/>3. Deenie (Judy Blume)<BR/><BR/>My now list:<BR/><BR/>1. Scarlet Letter (yes, I loved that book. Still do)<BR/>2. Shanna (Kathleen Woodiwiss)<BR/>3. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)The Girl You Used to Knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03785178792832979385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-54064710633965294722008-10-15T10:20:00.000-04:002008-10-15T10:20:00.000-04:00LOL I know...I didn't even get to address some of ...LOL I know...I didn't even get to address some of my fav YA books in there. Gah--my question is too hard! hahaRhonda Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855833088957182413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-11957867067341864802008-10-15T09:54:00.000-04:002008-10-15T09:54:00.000-04:00OK, here's where I shock Rhonda (and Diana, an...OK, here's where I shock Rhonda (and Diana, and many others) by saying that I hated Jane Eyre. I actually can't stand the Bronte sisters. Blech. Wuthering Heights? Wish Catherine had just died on the moor.<BR/><BR/>Although I will admit I haven't read Jane Eyre as an adult, and I think I probably should, since so many friends of mine adore it, and I tend to have similar reading habits.<BR/><BR/>OK...my list as a teen:<BR/>1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee<BR/>2. Howard's End by EM Forster<BR/>3. Princess by Jean P. Sassoon<BR/><BR/>Today:<BR/>1. Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (loved it as a teen, but love it even more now)<BR/>2. Hmmm...<BR/><BR/>OK, this is too hard. I can't limit it to 3. So I'll just name some of my faves of all time:<BR/>Spying in High Heels by Gemma Halliday<BR/>The Kiss by Sophia Nash<BR/>A Great & Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray<BR/>The Collected Works of Shakespeare<BR/>Welcome to Temptation by Jenny Crusie<BR/>Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding<BR/>About a Boy by Nick Hornby<BR/>Kiss the Girls by James Patterson<BR/>The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (one of my faves as a kid and still today)<BR/>Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell<BR/>The Great Gadsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald<BR/><BR/>Plus the ones on my high school list.<BR/><BR/>Looks like I'm bringing along a lot of books with me to this island...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38053992.post-31124542486681320972008-10-15T09:40:00.000-04:002008-10-15T09:40:00.000-04:00The Collected Works of W. Shakespeare is a good on...The Collected Works of W. Shakespeare is a good one. I might add to that the tales of the Brothers Grim and the Bible. Another good one would be 1001 Arabian Nights.Kristen Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07984459504977637298noreply@blogger.com