Top 10 Favorite Books (as of December 4, 2011)

This was a serious assignment that I was given in Literature. Surprisingly, it was a very difficult job. There are SO MANY that I could have chosen from. I will probably keep this list and add to it as I keep reading, but, to date, this is as close I could possibly get to my top ten favorites.

#10: A Tale of Two Cities - Dickens
#9: Tom Sawyer - Twain
#8: Castaways of the Flying Dutchmen - Jacques
#7: Redwall Series - Jacques
#6: The Sword in the Stone - White
#5: The Hobbit - Tolkien
#4: Inheritance Series - Paolini
#3: Narnia Series - Lewis
#2: Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Doyle
#1: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Tolkien

T.H. White rocks.

I just finished reading The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White, and I must say that it has to be one of the best books I have ever read. For all you illiterates, the above book is about young King Arthur (then called the Wart, which rhymes with Art, which is short for his real name) and his adventures living in the castle of Sir Ector. He is taught by his tutor, the wizard Merlin, and in the process of learning all the boring stuff he is turned into several different animals and is able to defeat a giant, go on a rescue mission with Robin Hood, see a real live wizard's duel, and see a joust or two. Or three. The book culminates in the well known legend of him pulling the magic sword out of the magic anvil in the magic stone in the magic courtyard and thus fulfilling his destiny and becoming king of England and a future Knight of the Round Table.

I highly recommend this book for anyone, young or old, who is looking for action, comedy, peril, and the occasional sobering moment.

How long, oh Lord?

I'm really feeling the effects of high school this year. And I'm not even into second semester of my freshman year yet! I mean, Dr. George Grant rocks, but his curriculum throws rocks. At me. Hard.
Fail.
You get the point. It's tough. Informative, but tough.

On the other hand, the lectures themselves are pretty fun filled. This years' are the loosest, from what the others tell me. They can actually be pretty fun to watch, if you don't get bogged down in all the info.

...And now, back to the grindstone.

A little help please...

"The road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say."

-Bilbo Baggins, or, more correctly, J.R.R. Tolkien

This is one of my favorite quotes from the Lord of the Rings, and it seemed a fitting beginning for this blog. So I decided to make it the very, very, very, first post on my very, very, very, first blog. : ) Hope you enjoy it.

(the blog, I mean)