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Top 10 books
This being "World Book Day", the BBC commissioned a survey of the UK's favourite books. The "top 10" were:
1. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. 2. "Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien. 3. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte. 4. Harry Potter books, by J.K. Rowling. 5. "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. 6. The Bible. 7. "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte. 8. "Nineteen Eighty Four" by George Orwell. 9. "His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullman. 10. "Great Expectation" by Charles Dickens. I've read 9 out of these 10 - the only one I'm missing is "To Kill a Mockingbird". Just wondered how many of these other forum members have read? |
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and have seen the Harry Potter movies, To Kill a mockingbird, Nineteen Eighty four and Wuthering Heights, does that count? <G> I tend to not read a book if I have seen the movie. Oh and Jane Eyre too, my mother loved that and watched it all the time so I have seen that one as well. |
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Harry, Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" (although very American) is one of the most powerful and best books I have ever read. |
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Have them all in eformat. Bible's in French though.
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There's so much more in the books than even the best movie. Movies work OK for short stories, but I just don't think that any movie can do justice to a book. |
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1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman 4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams 5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling 6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne 8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell 9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis 10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë |
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All of them. I've got to say though I only put Lord of the Rings, 1984 and the Bible in my 'to be read again' pile. The literature works were a good commentary on social conditions, but not something I enjoy reading time and time again. Pullman's stuff was just... ugh.
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Also, have to toss in my agreement with Wood on "To Kill a Mockingbird." One of my all-time books, though perhaps it is because I am American. Also have to agree that they are not really the 'read again and again' types for me, except Tolkien. Although, from the 2003 list, I would add Milne and and Adams! The first few Hitchhiker's books were just beyond the imagination, and yet logical in a rather silly way. Jack |
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The Potter series has a place there, not only because a youg readership has an influence on market but because it is beautifully written. I am not a fan of JK as a person, I do support her work and she has a knack with crafting well stringed stories without errors in their thread. You must read them, they differ greatly from the movies. All along the read you will not be able to erase the mental images of the actors though.
It is funny how people of my generation refuse to read this story, dismissing it as kid stuff. Their loss... |
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I am not missing as many as I thought I might be. Funny, I am re-reading Pride and Prejudice even now.
Once again, I will have to pre-order two copies of the new Harry Potter book so my daughters do not kill each other over who gets to read it first. But then since I am the one who picks them up, it might just be me. |
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It is often the case that most story-to-movie transitions leave a lot of the story behind, except for the occasional short story, such as Enemy Mine, or The Quiet Man, where the screenwriter adds so much you barely recognize the plot. In the case of the Potter books, however, so much is left out that I find the movies confusing. Jack |
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