Top 10 Films To Books

Who doesn’t like a good Top 10 list? The Houston Chronicle has posted a great list titled “10 Great Films From Great Books” 10 GREAT FILMS FROM GREAT BOOKS This list could be much longer, but here are 10 movies that successfully made the leap to the big screen. 1. Gone With the Wind 2. The Wizard of Oz 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Apocalypse Now (from Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness) 5. The Godfather 6. Clueless (from Jane Austen’s Emma) 7. Howard’s End 8. The English Patient 9. The Lord of the Rings 10. No Country for Old Men I have to say I agree with this list for the most part. Although Clueless is a great movie I thought it was a little out of place on the list (since it was only loosely based on Emma). What about the actual movie “Emma”? What other movies would [...]

Snog, Marry, Kill: Mr. Darcy, Rhett Butler, or Holden Caulfield?

Okay, so the best ideas are borrowed…which is why I’m borrowing one from our friends over at Daemons TV They’ve started a fun game of “Would You Rather” with their favorite TV shows, and I’d like to try something similar with books. Let’s play a good ole’ fashion game of “Snog, Mary, Kill” with some of our favorite fictitious characters. So here are your choices: Mr. Darcy form Pride and Prejudice Rhett Butler from Gone With The Wind Holden Caulfield from The Catcher In The Rye So, out of these 3 guys, who would you snog (trying to keep it PG folks), who would you marry, and who would you kill? Remember, each one has to be used only once, no exceptions. Here are my choices: Snog: Rhett Butler (has a way with the ladies, but commitment issues) Marry: Mr. Darcy (rich, faithful,handsome) Kill: Holden (potty mouth, no ambition, currently [...]

Mr. Rochester Voted Most Romantic Hero in Literature

Mr. Rochester, from Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre, has been voted the most romantic hero in literature in a new poll by Mills and Boon. I guess some women like their romantic heroes dark and brooding with an insane wife locked up in the attic. Crazy wife aside, Mr. Rochester is just too moody and arrogant for my taste. My top pick would be Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. I’m really surprised that he was third in the poll, behind Richard Sharpe of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe series. Here’s a list of the top ten: 1. Mr. Rochester, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 2.Richard Sharpe, Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell 3. Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4. Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 5. Rhett Butler, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 6. Mark Darcy, Bridget Jones’ Diary by Helen Fielding 7. Captain Corelli, Captain Corelli’s [...]

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Top 10 Films To Books

Snog, Marry, Kill: Mr. Darcy, Rhett Butler, or Holden Caulfield?

Mr. Rochester Voted Most Romantic Hero in Literature

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