Friday, January 30, 2004
It's been requested of me to post the title of my favourite book to the site. I figure, hey, what the hell, I'll even go a step further. I'll just roll up my sleeves and dive right in.
When asked about my favourite book, the answer usually comes spitting up pretty quickly. The complete opposite happens when someone asks my favourite movie, but I'll get into that another time. Hands (and feet) down, the winner of the Chris Talbot Favourite Book of All Time Awards goes to The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. This tale set in the Middle Ages (well, a tale that's over 900 pages long in paperback) starts during the reign of England's Henry I and ends during the reign of Henry II, but the majority of the book takes place during the war of succession between Matilda and Stephen (kind of a boy versus girl war in which the boy won *grin*). However, although three of the four historical figures are characters in the book, the novel really focuses on the three generations of commoners and monks that are involved in building a cathedral.
I contacted Ken Follett a few years ago via email to thank him for a great read, and he wrote back within a few days to thank me for being a reader. So not only is he a talented author, he seems like a pretty cool guy. Thanks again, Ken.
However, there are several other books I'd like to mention here as being among my top ten list. In no particular order, I'd like to hand over the Super-Duper Effort Award to Sophie Kinsella's Confessions of a Shopaholic, Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho and Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask by Jim Munroe. (Yes, I realize that's not a full ten, but I didn't really promise you a top ten list, now did I? :P)
I figure of all of those, the Shopaholic book requires some ... uh ... explanation. For those who have seen the book sitting on the shelves, it's pink, it's obviously about a shopaholic and it looks like a chick book more than anything else on the shelf. Heck, it was even a couple of women who recommended it to me. Now, I'm not gay (although that doesn't stop the odd guy from trying to pick me up -- flattering, but ... ahem!), nor am I a shopaholic. However, the novel is about a trade journalist who works for a financial magazine and just abhors her job. Back when I read the book, I almost thought I was reading about my own career, so I immediately took to liking the story.
When asked about my favourite book, the answer usually comes spitting up pretty quickly. The complete opposite happens when someone asks my favourite movie, but I'll get into that another time. Hands (and feet) down, the winner of the Chris Talbot Favourite Book of All Time Awards goes to The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. This tale set in the Middle Ages (well, a tale that's over 900 pages long in paperback) starts during the reign of England's Henry I and ends during the reign of Henry II, but the majority of the book takes place during the war of succession between Matilda and Stephen (kind of a boy versus girl war in which the boy won *grin*). However, although three of the four historical figures are characters in the book, the novel really focuses on the three generations of commoners and monks that are involved in building a cathedral.
I contacted Ken Follett a few years ago via email to thank him for a great read, and he wrote back within a few days to thank me for being a reader. So not only is he a talented author, he seems like a pretty cool guy. Thanks again, Ken.
However, there are several other books I'd like to mention here as being among my top ten list. In no particular order, I'd like to hand over the Super-Duper Effort Award to Sophie Kinsella's Confessions of a Shopaholic, Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho and Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask by Jim Munroe. (Yes, I realize that's not a full ten, but I didn't really promise you a top ten list, now did I? :P)
I figure of all of those, the Shopaholic book requires some ... uh ... explanation. For those who have seen the book sitting on the shelves, it's pink, it's obviously about a shopaholic and it looks like a chick book more than anything else on the shelf. Heck, it was even a couple of women who recommended it to me. Now, I'm not gay (although that doesn't stop the odd guy from trying to pick me up -- flattering, but ... ahem!), nor am I a shopaholic. However, the novel is about a trade journalist who works for a financial magazine and just abhors her job. Back when I read the book, I almost thought I was reading about my own career, so I immediately took to liking the story.
// posted by Chris @ 8:35 AM 
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