As today is one of those dreaded organizing and cleaning** sorts of days, I thought I would grab Sylvia's meme. Personally I don't mind a good romance now and then. Here are my answers:
I've read it
I want to read it
I've seen the movie*
I have it on DVD
I want to marry the leading man/lady!
The list:
1 Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë, 1847 -- I loved this book. I know Cathy and Heathcliff get on some people's nerves, but there was something about those windswept moors! It's due for a reread soon!
2 Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, 1813 -- Oh yes, Mr. Darcy. Colin Firth. Yummy. Nothing more needs said.
3 Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, 1597 -- I just read and watched this earlier this year. Very sad, but very good!
4 Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, 1847 -- Good old Jane. The first time I read this I liked it well enough. Not sure about Jane. The second time I loved it.
5 Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell, 1936 -- I know I should at least see the movie, but I just haven't the inclination.
6 The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje, 1992 -- I never did get around to seeing the movie. Is it worthwhile?
7 Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier, 1938 -- Love Daphne Du Maurier. Rebecca is great!
8 Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak, 1957 -- I did see the recent remake of this film, but not the original. It's another case of I want to read the book and then see the movie (the Julie Christie verion).
9 Lady Chatterley's Lover, DH Lawrence, 1928 -- I plan on reading Lawrence soon.
10 Far from The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy, 1874 -- Loved Tess, and I want to read more Hardy now.
11 = My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner, 1956
The African Queen, CS Forester, 1935
13 The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald, 1925* -- I've read this one several times and saw the recent remake of it. I want to read more of his work as well, as this is the only work of his I've gotten to so far.
14 Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen, 1811 -- I haven't read this one, but I plan on reading all of Austen in the coming year. Of course I've managed to see all the films...
15 = The Way We Were, Arthur Laurents, 1972* -- Oh, yeah. Saw this one when I was younger.
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy, 1865 -- Yes! Is there a worthwhile movie adaptation? Not sure how it could be done.
17 Frenchman's Creek, Daphne du Maurier, 1942* -- This was another great Du Maurier book and the film was pretty good, too.
18 Persuasion, Jane Austen, 1818 -- My favorite Austen novel. The movie is very good, too!
19 Take a Girl Like You, Kingsley Amis, 1960 --Not familiar with this one, must look it up.
20 Daniel Deronda, George Eliot, 1876* -- I'd love to read this, I've seen the movie within the last year.
Addition:
Maurice, E.M. Forester, 1971 (posth.) -- Another one I want to read. I've even heard it has a happy ending!!
**I've been working on cleaning and organizing. Blah. So far it has meant shifting things from one place to another. So while my bedroom is starting to look quite nice, I will now have to clean the areas where odds and ends have been shifted to. Do you ever feel like you have "too much stuff"? I am feeling that way. I wish (at least for the moment) that I had one of those nice, neat Scandinavian homes with the light colored wood, and all simple lines. And it was quite empty of stuff (only my books of course). I hate to admit that I am some sort of packrat, but I have come to the conclusion that I am indeed just that--at least on a small scale. I am trying to get rid off loose papers and magazines (remember that nasty silverfish problem? Actually I haven't seen any, but I am still weary there are more hiding). It is just so hard to get rid of things people might have given you or letters or cards that people sent. But I am working to find some sort of happy balance. It's weird to think you come into the world with absolutely nothing and you leave...well, like I said, too much stuff.