2006-09-23 01:19:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The last movie I saw was "Lady in the Water." It was a pleasant diversion for a hot summer afternoon, but I don't feel it was one of M. Night Shayamalan's best.
Books? Hmmmm--I'm generally reading anywhere from four to five at any given time--I'm a certified, card-carrying bookaholic (and no, I don't want to find a 12 Step program!). At the moment I'm reading Isabella, a biography by Alison Weir. It concerns the life of Isabella of France, the wife of Edward II of England. I'm also reading Queen of This Realm, a fictional biography of Elizabeth I by Jean Plaidy; Flames Along the Delaware by Jay Richards (a history of the French and INdian War in the upper Delaware Valley), The Unredeemed Captive (an account of a child taken in the 1704 Deerfield raid in Massachusetts who chose to not return to her family) by John Demos, and Stephen Brumwell's White Devil, concerning Richard Rogers' raid on the Abenaki village of St. Francis.
Top ten favorite movies? In no particular order:
Gone With The Wind
The Others
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
The Sixth Sense
Unbreakable
Fantasia (the original)
David Copperfield (the '30's version with Freddie Bartholomew and W.C. Fields)
Cars
Scrooge (a 1953 version starring Alastair Sim)
A Knight's Tale
The Reckoning (if I could ever see it from beginning to end--but hey, Paul Bettany isn't too hard to look at!)
Books? Again, in no special order:
Drums Along the Mohawk (Walter D.. Edmonds)
Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
The Awakening Land Trilogy (The Trees, The Fields, and The Town) by Conrad Richter
A Country of Strangers (Conrad Richter)
Light in the Forest (Conrad Richter)
Almost any of the historical novels of Jean Plaidy or Victoria Holt (who were the same person)
Most novels by Norah Lofts
2006-09-23 04:12:57 · answer #1 · answered by Chrispy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am currently reading the Xanth books by Piers Anthony. I am currently on #27!
The last movie I watched was an old Eddie Murphy movie, Coming To America
Top 10 books:
1. The Hobbit
2. The Lord of the Rings (OK, that's 3 books, but you can't read just one!)
3. The Sword of Shannara
4. The Clan of the Cave Bear
5. Lord Valentine's Castle
6. Split Infinity
7. Hawkmistress!
8. Dragonflight (and Dragonquest, and The White Dragon)
9. Dragons of Autumn Twilight
10. On A Pale Horse
Top 10 Movies:
1. The Lord of The Rings (again, really 3 movies)
2. The Green Mile
3. Splash
4. My Fair Lady
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
6. The Lion King
7. Jumpin' Jack Flash
8. Dirty Dancing
9. The Princess Bride
10. Lethal Weapon
2006-09-23 10:59:04 · answer #2 · answered by awanderingelf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Movie about the Twin Towers in New York
Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest
The Lake House
My ten top movies are
Fiddler on the Roof
In Her Shoes
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secerts
Anger Management
Doctor DoLittle the original movie
Jaws
Star Wars the original movie
Snidler's List
Must Love Dogs
Nicholas and Alexandra
Ten Top Books
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K.Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoneix by J.K. Rowling
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
Born Free by Joy Adamson
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Diviners by Margaret Laurence
Bird in the House by Margaret Laurence
The Commodore's Barge is along side by Max Braithwaite
The Night We Stole the Mounties Car by Max Braithwaite
Why Shoot The Teacher by Max Braithwaite
2006-09-23 11:55:15 · answer #3 · answered by Gail M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recent books...well, I'm mostly in Study Mode, so my only fiction has been The Lamp of the Wicked by Phil Rickman. Besides that, The Book of Thoth by Aleister Crowley and The Mystical Qabalah by Dion Fortune.
Top ten books, in no particular order...
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
American Gods, Neil Gaiman
Good Omens, Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susannah Clarke
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce (at least the first two-thirds or so, anyway)
Can I lump all of Sherlock Holmes into one?
The Principia Discordia
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, William Blake
More lumping...Phil Rickman's Merrily Watkins series
Alice in Wonderland + Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
2006-09-23 09:37:54 · answer #4 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't read the first one recently, but...
The Ingenuity Gap
Map Of Bones
Angels And Demons
Blink
Good Omens
American Gods
Shadowdale
Thief Of Time
Cryptonomicron
The Harry Potter books
Movies I liked...
District B13
The Protector
Clerks 2
Over The Hedge
Equilibrium
What The Bleep Do We Know
L.O.T.R. series
The Matrix series
Shrek 1&2
The Alien series
2006-09-23 10:33:42 · answer #5 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Books first:
Steppenwolf / Hesse · Arthur Gordon Pym / Poe ·
The Golem / Meyring · Hamlet — Macbeth / Shakespeare ·
Faust / Goethe · Silence of the Lambs — Hannibal / Harris ·
Blood & Gold / Rice · The Birdsman / Haider
Now the movies:
"Humoresque" ·
"The General" · "The Train" · "Apocalypse Now"
"Alien" (1979) · "Clockwork Orange" · "Deer Hunter"
"Once Upon A Time In The West" · "Shining" · "Barry Lyndon"
.... and more
2006-09-23 08:22:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Favourites:
The Gift - Julie Garwood
The Getbackers (dvd series)
Fruits basket
Princess diaries 2
BraveHeart
Harry Potter
An ideal Husband
Shrek 1 (2's good 2)
Robin Hood, Men in tights (cary elwes)
The Princess Bride
(These are from the top of my head, so im sure there are others i might like more but cant recall!!)
Recently read/watched:
1. harry potter bk 1&2
2. Water (indian movie)
3. Pride and Prejudice (colin firth)
4. Getbackers series (DVD)
5.Carolina Isle -bk by Jude devereux
6.His and her circumstances
7. The historian - bk by Elizabeth Kostova
8. The canterbury tales - Chaucer
2006-09-23 08:40:13 · answer #7 · answered by M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just finished reading 3 books by Rosemary Altea.
The Eagle And The Rose
Proud Spirit
You Own The Power
A Journey Towards Healing
Rosemary is a wonderful inspiring person who helps you understand life in a way no one else could. I encourage everyone to read her books.
2006-09-23 09:25:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distant Babylon
http://distantbabylon.tripod.com
2006-09-23 08:30:47 · answer #9 · answered by How e' ye Horse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Random list by memory:
V for vendetta
the mysterious flame of queen loana
the time travelers wife
the lovely bones
little miss sunshine
slaughterhouse 5
an ordinary man
cry, the beloved country
the secret life of bees
life of pi
the princess bride
snatch
fight club
boondock saints
watership down
foucaults pendulum
spy game
amadeus
2006-09-23 12:30:23 · answer #10 · answered by kermit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋