OK. Last one today. I swear.

[coffeesnob318]

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Stolen from wingsonwind

Up for suggestions....

What is your favorite piece of classic literature? And why?

What is your favorite book in general (non-classic) and why?

What band or singer should I check out? I am up for some new music.

What is the most memorable classic film that you have seen? And why?

What is the most entertaining movie (current) that you suggest I rent or go see?

Comments

[chicklet73.livejournal.com]

What band or singer should I check out? I am up for some new music.

Might I suggest Jane Monheit or Liz Callaway? I have seen both of them live and they have amazing voices. Jane Monheit is more jazz and Liz is more Broadway (though she has a great Oldies album).

If I try to pick out just ONE favorite book, my head will explode. But I can give you a random rec, if that's what you're looking for...

[coffeesnob.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestions - I'll have to check those out!

OK, OK - you can list three or four books. Or twenty. Whatever.

[chicklet73.livejournal.com]

I'll start with these:

1) The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
2) Fraternity of the Stone - David Morrell
3) Brotherhood of the Rose - David Morrell
4) Covenant of the Flame - David Morrell
5) anything written by Patricia Cornwell
6) Different Seasons - Stephen King (an anthology containing the stories from which the movies "Shawshank Redemptioin" and "Stand By Me" were made)
7) The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
8) A Wrinkle In Time - Madeleine L'Engle
9) A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L'Engle
10) Boy's Life - Robert McCammon

And these are just off the top of my head - books that I'd love to own so I can read again and again.

Someday, I'll have a library *sigh*.

[coffeesnob.livejournal.com]

Great suggestions. The only one out of that list that I've read is Different Seasons, which is one of my favorite Stephen King books. I own The Chronicles of Narnia, but I've never managed to read them. I love the way C.S. Lewis writes, so I probably will enjoy them when I get around to it.

I have had five people in the last three days tell me to read The Power of One. I think it's a sign...

[chicklet73.livejournal.com]

It's a sign!

Seriously, that may be the best damn book I've ever read.

I wouldn't swear on it, as I am incapable of picking just one. But that one's close. It's...peerless.

[stone-princess.livejournal.com]

What is your favorite piece of classic literature? And why? Pride and Predjudice. It's got it all, serious snark and storybook romance.

What is your favorite book in general (non-classic) and why? The Bridge on the Drina, I just like it, it feels like fiction and history and somehow like it's a story told by the bridge, not about the bridge.

What band or singer should I check out? I am up for some new music. Lucero.

What is the most memorable classic film that you have seen? And why? Um, maybe Ben Hur? Because it's so damned gay.

What is the most entertaining movie (current) that you suggest I rent or go see? Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind.

[coffeesnob.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check out Eternal Sunshine...heard so much good about it.

Would you believe that I have not seen Ben Hur? Even knowing that it's one of the slashiest movies of all time.

[stone-princess.livejournal.com]

I only saw it recently, my mom was getting rid of some VHS tapes and it wa sin there so I grabbed it. In all honesty, I couldn't make it all the way through the movie (It's a little long winded) but DAYUM was it gay.

[sevinish.livejournal.com]

Ummm...shit...uuhh...Romeo and Juliet? Because....people die? I dunno

White Oleander...because it rocks...its the most amazing story ever.

Flogging Molly, they're an irish folk punk band...at first its like.."What the hell am I listening to!?" but then you listen for a bit and its really enjoyable. (sp?)

Sabrina with Audrey Hepburn...because it rocks?

Go rent Big Fish :D My mom's boyfriend gave it to her and I haven't stopped watching it since.

[coffeesnob.livejournal.com]

Aw...Audrey. I love that movie.

I've actually not seen Big Fish, but I have heard great things from everyone who has.

And I love a good folksy punk band, Irish or otherwise, so that sounds good, too.

Great suggestions!

[nonnierms.livejournal.com]

What is your favorite piece of classic literature? And why?

What is your favorite book in general (non-classic) and why? Depends on what you mean by classic :p I suppose if you are going for literature with a capital L, I would choose Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. I have been fascinated with that book since first reading it in high school because of the complexities of the moral issues and Raskolnikov's struggle between theory and practice and his eventual "redemption". Slightly more contemporary and perhaps not yet on everyone's "Classic" list is James Joyce's Ulysses which I tend to read about every two years since I was thirteen. I do not think i shall ever fully understand it but it is an amazing journey through the world of stream-of-consciousness and the innerworkings of Leopold Bloom's mind. It isn't a book you can read once and walk away from but is, instead, one you must continually return to to find out what has changed since the last time you read it. And if you want to go back to Classic Classics, a good translation of The Odyssey is always a good choice (personally I prefer a good prose translation if you are looking for plot/story but a nice verse translation is good when you're looking for language and sound and rhythm).

What band or singer should I check out? I am up for some new music. Scrappy Jud Newcomb, not so much for singing but because he is an awesome guitar player--I saw him play live at the Austin Book Festival last year and wow. just wow. A recording could never do justice to actually seeing those magic fingers at work but even so, he's worth checking out. Even if you don't like the type of music (he played a mixture of country and soft rock when I saw him) he's playing, you can't help but admire the sheer talent of the man (and for you MR fans out there, he does bear a resemblance to the Man with hair :p). He used to play in Austin all the time live in local clubs and stuff but he's on the road so much now that he's more likely to be in your town than mine :( and just when I finally got somebody to go with.......

What is the most memorable classic film that you have seen? And why? Again, depends on your definition of classic :p Many wouldn't consider John Wayne's The Quiet Man a classic, but it certainly has stayed with me for many many years and remains to this day one of my very favorites. The issues of pride and love and the struggle with inner demons still resonates deeply.

What is the most entertaining movie (current) that you suggest I rent or go see? Finding Neverland :) Of course, I'm a sucker for any film that explores the hows and whys behind the creation of any good piece of writing.

[nonnierms.livejournal.com]

erm....cut & paste went all wonky on me and the answer to question number one appears to be on question number two and the answer to two is completely missing......

so here's number two: What is your favorite book in general (non-classic) and why? I think you already know the answer to that one :p The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, hands down. And it says a lot that that has been my constant favorite for nearly twelve years now, considering how much I read :p Why, you ask? (and, yes, I know you didn't ask because you already know but perhaps some of your other readers will brave this long post and will wish to know.....) The threads that tie the book together--themes of self-reliance, of overcoming the odds, of self-discovery, of finding the few people who irrevocably change your life for good or bad and learning to deal with those changes, of growing and learning, of not being afraid of who you are.

[coffeesnob.livejournal.com]

And I'm all about any movie with Johnny Depp, so win win!

I love Crime and Punishment, too. It's one of my favorites.

[nonnierms.livejournal.com]

hee! I stole the brain from g for the day and now we share it! :p