tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post4628916514280629506..comments2023-08-28T20:55:37.738+08:00Comments on Satima's Blogspot: My Top ThreeSatima Flavellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427849961195148899noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-66978663547982633392007-09-05T22:58:00.000+08:002007-09-05T22:58:00.000+08:00I would put LOTR among my top favourite books but ...I would put LOTR among my top favourite books but unfortunately I don't have the Shakespeare gene. I do enjoy reading the sonnets occasionally. Earlier this year tried watching Hamlet on DVD and thought it was never going to end - philistine to the max. Strange to be studying English Literature and hardly touched on the bards work - we devoted more time to Bridget Jones Diary!anudhara rolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17109294359031377073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-31715761719161345872007-09-04T16:04:00.000+08:002007-09-04T16:04:00.000+08:00I agree, Helen. I was thinking in terms of who had...I agree, Helen. I was thinking in terms of who had the most influence in regard to the development of novel - and especially fantasy - writing. After my top three I'm hard put to pick faves, too, because after the C17 the novel took off and diversified so much. <BR/><BR/>Modern faves are another matter. I tend to follow particular writers for a few years then move on when they no longer charm me. Fickle, aren't I? But probably a typical reader in that regard.Satima Flavellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427849961195148899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-2175072118053720152007-09-04T09:21:00.000+08:002007-09-04T09:21:00.000+08:00I'd agree about Shakespeare and LOTR. There's some...I'd agree about Shakespeare and LOTR. There's something universal in them. I'm not that much of a Chaucer fan. I'm not sure why. I'm usually not bothered by old style language as long as it is intelligible so it can't be that. Next in my list would be Jane Austen but really after that I find it very hard to select favourites. There are so many clever writers who have so much to say.Helen V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07989670682260643429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-20102587320237919662007-09-03T10:45:00.000+08:002007-09-03T10:45:00.000+08:00On another trip I read the entire 'Faraway Tree' t...On another trip I read the entire 'Faraway Tree' to them. They all liked that. But the 4 year old grew up to like dark fantasy, so maybe that's why he didn't mind the scary bits in the Hobbit.Carol Ryleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303656672609607055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-71116256059408291552007-09-03T06:57:00.000+08:002007-09-03T06:57:00.000+08:00Yeah, me too. Winnie 4ever. And Enid Blyton. I rea...Yeah, me too. Winnie 4ever. And Enid Blyton. I really think Tolkien is Too Hard for kids. Yet your 4 yr old liked it! Hm. Well, they grow up faster these days. It seems I'm not grown up yet. I still can't bear to read horror. And at 7, The Hobbit was horror:-)Satima Flavellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427849961195148899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-9968162272724966922007-09-02T20:53:00.000+08:002007-09-02T20:53:00.000+08:00My kids were aged from 4 to 9 when they heard an a...My kids were aged from 4 to 9 when they heard an audio dramatization of the hobbit during one of our car trips across the Nullabor. The youngest one liked it. The oldest thought it was boring. And middle child preferred Winnie the Pooh :)Carol Ryleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303656672609607055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-29262211446940053052007-09-02T19:53:00.000+08:002007-09-02T19:53:00.000+08:00Oh, please do, Carol. I'd love to know your faves!...Oh, please do, Carol. I'd love to know your faves!<BR/><BR/>The Hobbit would not be among mine, I fear. It was read aloud to my class in grade I, would you believe, and it scared the carp and all the other fish out of me.Satima Flavellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427849961195148899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718195565973839216.post-74199819512132445772007-09-02T18:05:00.000+08:002007-09-02T18:05:00.000+08:00I'm even more of a philistine than you. Dare I ad...I'm even more of a philistine than you. Dare I admit that I liked the LOTR movies more than I liked the books? I loved the books enough to read them twice, including the Hobbit; but the movies were just magnificent. Usually I'm the one that says 'I liked the book better' when I see a movie adaptation. But not in this case.<BR/><BR/>I might blog my favourite books soon too. Just for fun.Carol Ryleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303656672609607055noreply@blogger.com