The Tick and favourite books

[erilyn]

Last night, iibnf and edgehd showed me a number of episodes of the short-lived live action series of "The Tick". Fucking hilarious show, and so incredibly slashy. I need more *g*. And I swooned with jealousy over one of iibnf's purchases from her trip that I hadn't heard about.

Gacked from dream517. Pop fans, you must check out this short film, the adventures of Nsync marionette *g*. Hysterical and clever, and if anyone can save it (it's streamed) and share, I would love and worship you :)

You know, JC is still on the Aussie charts. He's #19 on the ARIA dance singles chart, has been in for 15 weeks, high point was #3. Why did they stop bothering with Schizophrenic, why? And I saw an official Justin calendar for sale when I was out shopping today.

ABC (public broadcaster here in Australia) held a big poll for what is Your Favourite Book? They got tens of thousands of responses (though the host joked on radio the other day that probably means about fifteen thousand *g*), and announced the top ten results on a live show this evening. I hope they put the top hundred up on their site here.
Australia's Top Ten Favourite Books
#10 - A Fortunate Life
#9 - The Da Vinci Code and Catch 22
#8 - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
#7 - 1984
#6 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
#5 - Cloudstreet
#4 - To Kill a Mockingbird
#3 - The Bible
#2 - Pride and Prejudice
#1 - Lord of the Rings

I've read all of them but A Fortunate Life, Cloudstreet and Catch-22 (which I tried to read in my teens but could not get into). Interesting that I haven't read either of the two Australian novels in the top 10. Ok, I haven't read all of the Bible, but I have read quite a bit of it.

Comments

[akire-yta.livejournal.com]

The Tick rawks my socks. Soooo funny. And read Cloudstreet. Amazing, amazing book.

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

What's Cloudstreet about? I've never heard of it.

[akire-yta.livejournal.com]

Its about two families growing up in Subiaco (points THATAWAY) from about the fifties to the seventies. But it has all these mystical elements. One of the families, the darling boy is nearly drowned and is mentally disabled, so he sees things differently, and sometimes others see it to. It's...it's like reading a dream. And it is very, very engrossing.

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Sounds interesting... I shall have to add that to my wish list :D

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

It's one of those books I've felt I should read, but have never got around to. Actually, the same could be said for all of Tim Winton's stuff. Oops.

[proteinscollide.livejournal.com]

Cloudstreet is great, but my favourite is Dirt Music. Depressing for most part, but so beautifully written.

I loved watching the show tonight. Books! Discussed intelligently and amusingly on TV! I'm amazed at the idea of that many people voting though (yeah, there might be some juggling of numbers).

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I didn't actually see all of it, and I missed the Umbilical Brothers, which my sister said was great. But it was very interesting :)

[lydia-petze.livejournal.com]

You're not alone. I've heard people rave about Tim Winton, but both of his that I've read, The Riders and In The Winter Dark, have left me pretty cold.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I've seen the top 100 list, and there are several more Tim Winton novels on the list.