Favorite books: (Was: New poll for HPFGU-OTChatter)

[dumbledore11214]

> Carol responds:
> 
> I'm torn between "Post and let us know" and "Do not respond to this
> post." I'm assuming that the second instruction means don't submit
> your vote by posting!
> 
> So, having voted by poll, I have the following comments:
> 
> Have read and would reread and recommend is not quite the same thing
> as "favorite." I have reread and would recommend the Bible (must
> reading for anyone who wants to be culturally literate with regard 
to
> Western culture regardless of religion or the absence thereof, and 
for
> sheer beauty and poetry and effect on Western culture, I would
> recommend the King James version. If your concern is an accurate
> translation, try a more recent one).


Alla:

Agreed about the Bible. I read and reread and reread at some point in 
my life, did not do it for several years now, but this book has so 
many beatiful stories.



Carol: 
> I have also reread and would recommend "Gone with the Wind" and "To
> Kill a Mockingbird," but I never reread (and discussed) them
> obsessively as I have with favorites like LOTR and HP.


Alla:

Never read Kill a Mockinbird yet but adore Gone with the wind and if 
there would be a discussion, I would love to participate. I reread it 
once or twice, but the desire to slap Scarlett was tooo strong for me 
to read it more.

Yes love LOTR and that other book ;)

 
> One favorite book of mine that didn't make the list is "Moby Dick."
> There aren't many books that I feel passionate about, as opposed to
> enjoy reading or rereading. "Jane Eyre" comes close, but I've never
> discussed it with anyone other than freshman comp students. I enjoy
> Austen's works and some of Dickens', but I wouldn't put any of them 
in
> the same class in terms of my personal response (I'm not considering
> literary merit at the moment) as the HP books.


Alla:

Jane Eyre is another one which I love and reread, but I tried Moby 
Dick and could not continue, maybe translation was bad hehe. I picked 
it up in russian book store here, read few pages and decided that my 
mood was not for this book.



Carol: 
> As for the books that I didn't vote for, the reasons for not doing 
so
> vary. "Da Vinci Code" I've never read. Somewhat surprisingly, I've
> never read "Catcher in the Rye," either. I probably thought, at age
> fourteen or so, that I wouldn't like it and never gave it a chance.
> And Ayn Rand's books, I simply hate. Maybe the poll should be 
reworded
> to make that distinction?
>

Alla:

Yes, I am aware of all defects Da Vinci Code has, having said that 
even if his research sucked and if many other things did, I just, 
well enjoyed the ride, I thought it was plotted well.