So I just read an article from the BBC about a survey conducted to see which books are the most re-read. Here's the Top Ten:
1. The Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
4. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
5. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
6. 1984 - George Orwell
7. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
8. The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
9. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
10. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
It seems I pretty much conform with British public opinion, though my order would be a bit different. I've probably read P&P at least 40 times, followed by HP, and then LOTR. The Hobbit, Jane Eyre, and Da Vinci Code have been read by me between 4-6 times. Wuthering Heights has also been reread but not by choice, as in it was assigned reading. (Am I the only one that wants to smack Heathcliffe and Catherine around? God, they annoy me.) And now I digress from the list. I've only read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and 1984 once. I just can't handle the Christian allegory in Lewis and 1984 was rather depressing. Finally, I tried reading Catch-22 once and just couldn't get through it. I should probably try again. Other authors that I love rereading are Lucy Maud Montgomery, Edward Rutherford, George R.R. Martin, Larry McMurtry, and Colleen McCullough.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
What's the deal with the name?
Madam Irma Pince is the crotchety librarian that works at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. (Now, if you don't know what that is, you might as well stop reading this blog as it will be of absolutely no interest to you.) Madam Pince is a thin, vulture-like old lady who is rather strict and sucpicious and might harbor a romatic interest in the caretaker Filch (gross!). While we share a profession, I hope we have few other similarities.
However I do want to add Madam Pince's highly amusing note that resides on the inside of all Hogwart's books:
"A warning: If you rip, tear, shred, bend, fold, deface, disfigure, smear, smudge, throw, drop, or in any other manner damage, mistreat, or show lack of respect towards this book, the consequences will be as awful as it is within my power to make them."
Awesome.
However I do want to add Madam Pince's highly amusing note that resides on the inside of all Hogwart's books:
"A warning: If you rip, tear, shred, bend, fold, deface, disfigure, smear, smudge, throw, drop, or in any other manner damage, mistreat, or show lack of respect towards this book, the consequences will be as awful as it is within my power to make them."
Awesome.
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