So basically I'm reposting the blog I just did on books with movies instead. At least maybe this will jumpstart me actually writing again...I swear it will happen :-)
* 1 – best movie you saw last year
Inception and Little Miss Sunshine (yes I only saw LMS for the first time last year).
* 2 – A movie that you’ve watched more than 3 times last year
If I get stuck on a movie, I'll watch it multiple times in a row. I watched Away We Go three times before I sent it back to Netflix. And then I bought it.
* 3 – Your favorite movie series
Oh dear. Well...most series have a way of letting you down at the end, but I do like the Pirates of the Caribbean series (mostly), and Back to the Future (the first two at least).
* 4 – Favorite movie of your favorite series
The first Pirates of the Caribbean. Why's the rum gone!?
* 5 – A movie that makes you happy
Oh so many since good movies make me happy...but some just make me smile like Little Miss Sunshine, Away We Go, the Birdcage, and the Seabiscuit.
* 6 – A movie that makes you sad
I am okay with watching a movie and feeling sad, in fact, often it means it is worth seeing, so Children of Men and Rachel Getting Married.
* 7 – Most underrated movie
Probably Lars and the Real Girl and Rachel Getting Married. I don't think enough people saw these and appreciated them.
* 8 – Most overrated movie
Avatar...Pass.
* 9 – A movie you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Love Actually. I thought it would be a gooey love story, but it was more realistic and had wonderful characters and humor.
* 10 – Favorite classic movie
Hmm...classic movie. I'll go with Hitchcock's Rear Window.
* 11 – A movie you hated
The Ring. I fell asleep...in the theater...I was that bored.
* 12 – A movie you used to love but don’t anymore
I used to adore the Pippi Longstocking movies, but now I find them incredibly annoying.
* 13 – Your favorite writer
Robert Altman, thanks to a film class in college.
* 14 – Favorite movie of your favorite writer
Gosford Park. It's brilliant.
* Day 15 – Favorite male character
Wow. I adore many characters, but for various reasons and usually based on the fact that I love the story too. I'll have to say Lt. John Dunbar from Dances With Wolves.
* Day 16 – Favorite female character
I'll go with the most interesting to me...and that would be Alabama in True Romance because she was both meek and strong, seductive and innocent, and ended up saving the day in the end.
* 17 – Favorite quote from your favorite movie
Well...I don't have a favorite movie, but I do adore this quote said by Maggie Gyllenhaal's character in Away We Go: "I LOVE my babies. Why would I want to PUSH them away from me?"
* 18 – A movie that disappointed you
I had high hopes for the newest Indiana Jones movie...but boy was it terrible :-(
* 19 – Favorite movie that was originally a book
Atonement was a good movie that was a book as well. Jurassic Park as well, oh and A Clockwork Orange!
* 20 – Favorite romance movie
Love story...has to be Love Actually.
* 21 – Favorite movie from your childhood
The Little Mermaid!
* 22 – Favorite movie you own
Oh dear...there are too many. I own every movie I've mentioned so far...so there you have it.
* 23 – A movie you wanted to see for a long time but still haven’t
I really want to see Rocket Science, but I've put my poor Netflix on hold since I haven't had time to watch movies lately. At least not under pressure to get them returned!
* 24 – A movie that you wish more people would’ve seen
Heathers. Seriously? Who hasn't seen Heathers? But apparently it's a lot of people! Also the Man From Snowy River.
* 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
Oh boy...I really don't know. Please feel free to let me know what you think...male or female!
* 26 – A movie that changed your opinion about something
Um...well Catch Me If You Can changed my opinion from disliking Leonardo Dicaprio to liking him.
* 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
Saw. I mean really. Who saw that coming?
* 28 – Favorite title
Ordinary People.
* 29 – A movie everyone hated but you liked
Dances with Wolves. I love that movie...I don't understand why more people don't.
* 30 – Your favorite movie of all time
Impossible to choose. But the title that has most affected me the most in the recent past is Rachel Getting Married.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Books!
Oh hello blog, how are you? I don't have much to say these days, but thanks to a certain someone for sending this my way so I could actually do a blog post :-)
Books are some of my best friends...
* 1 – best book you read last year
Hm...that would have to be Spook...a wonderfully told story of someone trying to find something to believe in.
* 2 – A book that you’ve read more than 3 times
I reread all of my books many, many times, which is why I prefer buying them over borrowing. A few that I've reread the most (we're talking 100+ times) include the Giver, Dicey's Song, the Awakening, and Silver.
* 3 – Your favorite series
As a child I loved the Thoroughbred series, but now I don't tend to read series of books so much. I suppose the last series I read was not really a series, but more of a saga about a family (the Tillermans) by Cynthia Voigt.
* 4 – Favorite book of your favorite series
That would be Homecoming.
* 5 – A book that makes you happy
I'm happy reading, so any book I enjoy. I don't tend to read happily ever after tales. But let's say As You Like It.
* 6 – A book that makes you sad
If I don't feel for the characters, it's not a good book. But we'll say After the Rain and Interpreter of Maladies.
* 7 – Most underrated book
Oh gosh...I don't tend to read "popular" stuff anyways, so I don't know if it would be underrated or not. Let's say Emily Dickinson's whole collection of poetry. It was underrated in her time at least.
* 8 – Most overrated book
That I've actually read? Probably Midnight's Children. It wasn't Rushdie's best.
* 9 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Gravity's Rainbow. It was a rocky, rough, and painful start, but I got sucked in and finished it quickly.
* 10 – Favorite classic book
Ohhhh....classics. Has to be the Catcher in the Rye and Wuthering Heights.
* 11 – A book you hated
The Great Gatsby. UGH!!!!
* 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore
Hm. It's hard to unlove a book, so I'm going to do the reverse and list a book that I didn't like the first time I read it (or second) but now I love, and that is Brave New World.
* 13 – Your favorite writer
Oh so many...I literally can't choose one. But we'll say T.S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, and Paul Auster.
* 14 – Favorite book of your favorite writer
In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster. I've read it five times now...it's better each time.
* Day 15 – Favorite male character
Hm. I don't tend to attach to characters: I attach to the story...but for the sake of the post: Dorian Gray.
* Day 16 – Favorite female character
Dicey in Homecoming.
* 17 – Favorite quote from your favorite book
Again, too many to track, but I particularly like: "I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself. I can't make it more clear; it's only something which I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me." ~from the Awakening
* 18 – A book that disappointed you
I really wanted to like the Harry Potter series. But I barely got through the first one and couldn't take any more. Oh well!
* 19 – Favorite book turned into a movie
Gosh. So many books turned into movies...but most are crappy versions! I loved Oil, but hated There Will Be Blood. However, I liked Jurassic Park and love the movie.
* 20 – Favorite romance book
Well. Let's go with love story, and that would be Wuthering Heights.
* 21 – Favorite book from your childhood
Oh dear...toughest question yet! How about the Giving Tree, Silver Eyes, Remember Me, Izzy Willy-Nilly, and all sorts of horse books.
* 22 – Favorite book you own
The Giver.
* 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
I want to read the Stranger, by Albert Camus, and the Wilding by Benjamin Percy.
* 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read
The Wedding Dress by Fanny Howe.
* 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
Probably Dicey in Seventeen Against the Dealer.
* 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
The Jungle.
* 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
The Dark Garden.
* 28 – Favorite title
On Bullshit.
* 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Well. I know I keep repeating titles, but I don't know many people who are in love with the Awakening the way I am.
* 30 – Your favorite book of all time
Impossible to choose. But the title that has most affected me is the Giver.
"A book is a gift you can open again and again."
Books are some of my best friends...
* 1 – best book you read last year
Hm...that would have to be Spook...a wonderfully told story of someone trying to find something to believe in.
* 2 – A book that you’ve read more than 3 times
I reread all of my books many, many times, which is why I prefer buying them over borrowing. A few that I've reread the most (we're talking 100+ times) include the Giver, Dicey's Song, the Awakening, and Silver.
* 3 – Your favorite series
As a child I loved the Thoroughbred series, but now I don't tend to read series of books so much. I suppose the last series I read was not really a series, but more of a saga about a family (the Tillermans) by Cynthia Voigt.
* 4 – Favorite book of your favorite series
That would be Homecoming.
* 5 – A book that makes you happy
I'm happy reading, so any book I enjoy. I don't tend to read happily ever after tales. But let's say As You Like It.
* 6 – A book that makes you sad
If I don't feel for the characters, it's not a good book. But we'll say After the Rain and Interpreter of Maladies.
* 7 – Most underrated book
Oh gosh...I don't tend to read "popular" stuff anyways, so I don't know if it would be underrated or not. Let's say Emily Dickinson's whole collection of poetry. It was underrated in her time at least.
* 8 – Most overrated book
That I've actually read? Probably Midnight's Children. It wasn't Rushdie's best.
* 9 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Gravity's Rainbow. It was a rocky, rough, and painful start, but I got sucked in and finished it quickly.
* 10 – Favorite classic book
Ohhhh....classics. Has to be the Catcher in the Rye and Wuthering Heights.
* 11 – A book you hated
The Great Gatsby. UGH!!!!
* 12 – A book you used to love but don’t anymore
Hm. It's hard to unlove a book, so I'm going to do the reverse and list a book that I didn't like the first time I read it (or second) but now I love, and that is Brave New World.
* 13 – Your favorite writer
Oh so many...I literally can't choose one. But we'll say T.S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, and Paul Auster.
* 14 – Favorite book of your favorite writer
In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster. I've read it five times now...it's better each time.
* Day 15 – Favorite male character
Hm. I don't tend to attach to characters: I attach to the story...but for the sake of the post: Dorian Gray.
* Day 16 – Favorite female character
Dicey in Homecoming.
* 17 – Favorite quote from your favorite book
Again, too many to track, but I particularly like: "I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself. I can't make it more clear; it's only something which I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me." ~from the Awakening
* 18 – A book that disappointed you
I really wanted to like the Harry Potter series. But I barely got through the first one and couldn't take any more. Oh well!
* 19 – Favorite book turned into a movie
Gosh. So many books turned into movies...but most are crappy versions! I loved Oil, but hated There Will Be Blood. However, I liked Jurassic Park and love the movie.
* 20 – Favorite romance book
Well. Let's go with love story, and that would be Wuthering Heights.
* 21 – Favorite book from your childhood
Oh dear...toughest question yet! How about the Giving Tree, Silver Eyes, Remember Me, Izzy Willy-Nilly, and all sorts of horse books.
* 22 – Favorite book you own
The Giver.
* 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
I want to read the Stranger, by Albert Camus, and the Wilding by Benjamin Percy.
* 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read
The Wedding Dress by Fanny Howe.
* 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
Probably Dicey in Seventeen Against the Dealer.
* 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
The Jungle.
* 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
The Dark Garden.
* 28 – Favorite title
On Bullshit.
* 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Well. I know I keep repeating titles, but I don't know many people who are in love with the Awakening the way I am.
* 30 – Your favorite book of all time
Impossible to choose. But the title that has most affected me is the Giver.
"A book is a gift you can open again and again."
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