intro/interests post
I've been meaning to make an intro post for ages, and since I've recently added some new people I decided it was about time that I sat down and wrote one. However, since I can never come up with enough snazzy factoids about myself, this has ended up as a list of my favorite things
Books
(Alphabetically by author's last name. Also, I'm on Goodreads, if you're curious about what else I have read/am reading/plan to read.)
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, by William Blake
The Gemma Doyle Trilogy, by Libba Bray
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell, by Susanna Clarke
The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
The Iliad, by Homer
The Odyssey, by Homer
The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Earthsea series, by Ursula LeGuin
The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis (favorite volume: The Magician's Nephew)
Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis
Einstein's Dreams, by Alan Lightman
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
White Fang, by Jack London
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
Suite Française, by Irène Némirovsky
The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
The Abhorsen Trilogy, by Garth Nix
Metamorphoses, by Ovid
Awake and Dreaming, by Kit Pearson
Discworld, by Terry Pratchett (favorite volume: Reaper Man)
His Dark Materials, by Phillip Pullman
Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint Exupéry
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut
The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
Dogsbody, by Diana Wynne Jones
Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Movies
Atonement
Beauty and the Beast (1991 Disney)
The Brothers Bloom
The Chronicles of Narnia
Enchanted
Kingdom of Heaven
Little Miss Sunshine
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Pan's Labyrinth
Penelope
The Pianist
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Sense & Sensibility (1995)
Whale Rider
Up
Music
Andrew Bird
The Beatles
The Decemberists
Eisley
A Fine Frenzy
The Hush Sound
Muse
Regina Spektor
Sigur Ros
Snow Patrol
Stars
The Submarines
Brahms
Beethoven
Chopin
Corelli
Debussy
Dvořák
Rimsky-Korsakov
Rachmaninoff
Saint-Saëns
Vaughan Williams
Vivaldi
Actors & Actresses
Stephen Colbert
Keira Knightley
James McAvoy
Katie McGrath
Edward Norton
James Phelps
Oliver Phelps
Jim Sturgess
The entire cast of LOTR
Television
The Colbert Report
Merlin
A few things that I am not a fan of, just so you know
Batman
Britney Spears and all her ilk
The first three Harry Potter movies
A Song of Ice and Fire
Hermione Granger
Renesmee Cullen
Books
(Alphabetically by author's last name. Also, I'm on Goodreads, if you're curious about what else I have read/am reading/plan to read.)
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, by William Blake
The Gemma Doyle Trilogy, by Libba Bray
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell, by Susanna Clarke
The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
The Iliad, by Homer
The Odyssey, by Homer
The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Earthsea series, by Ursula LeGuin
The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis (favorite volume: The Magician's Nephew)
Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis
Einstein's Dreams, by Alan Lightman
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
White Fang, by Jack London
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
Suite Française, by Irène Némirovsky
The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
The Abhorsen Trilogy, by Garth Nix
Metamorphoses, by Ovid
Awake and Dreaming, by Kit Pearson
Discworld, by Terry Pratchett (favorite volume: Reaper Man)
His Dark Materials, by Phillip Pullman
Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint Exupéry
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut
The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
Dogsbody, by Diana Wynne Jones
Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Movies
Atonement
Beauty and the Beast (1991 Disney)
The Brothers Bloom
The Chronicles of Narnia
Enchanted
Kingdom of Heaven
Little Miss Sunshine
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Pan's Labyrinth
Penelope
The Pianist
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Sense & Sensibility (1995)
Whale Rider
Up
Music
Andrew Bird
The Beatles
The Decemberists
Eisley
A Fine Frenzy
The Hush Sound
Muse
Regina Spektor
Sigur Ros
Snow Patrol
Stars
The Submarines
Brahms
Beethoven
Chopin
Corelli
Debussy
Dvořák
Rimsky-Korsakov
Rachmaninoff
Saint-Saëns
Vaughan Williams
Vivaldi
Actors & Actresses
Stephen Colbert
Keira Knightley
James McAvoy
Katie McGrath
Edward Norton
James Phelps
Oliver Phelps
Jim Sturgess
The entire cast of LOTR
Television
The Colbert Report
Merlin
A few things that I am not a fan of, just so you know
Batman
Britney Spears and all her ilk
The first three Harry Potter movies
A Song of Ice and Fire
Hermione Granger
Renesmee Cullen