"And to this purpose"

"If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into, to be labouring only for the torment of little boys and girls, always struck me as a hard fate; and though I know it is all very right and necessary, I have often wondered at the person's courage that could sit down on purpose to do it." (In other words: rambling analyses, opinions, ideas, views, and comments from an English major, Essay/paper-writing enthusiastic, Austen-loving Master Librarian on, well, Jane Austen...and a whole lot of other things, too.)

"Celebrated Passages are Quoted"

Heidi's favorite quotes


"What is it really like to be engaged?" asked Anne curiously. "Well, that all depends on who you're engaged to," answered Diana, with that maddening air of superior wisdom always assumed by those who are engaged over those who are not."— L.M. Montgomery

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

"Your Favorites of Some of My Favorites" Poll Results

We had 6 votes this time. Not bad.

These Happy Golden Years - Laura Ingalls Wilder 3 (50%)
Persuasion - Jane Austen 4 (66%)
The Giver - Lois Lowry 2 (33%)
Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson 1 (16%)
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine 3 (50%)
The Blue Castle - L.M. Montgomery 1 (16%)
Tennis Shoes and the Feathered Serpent Part 2 - Chris Heimerdinger 0 (0%)
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen 0 (0%)
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens 1 (16%)
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 0 (0%)
Fifteen Animals - Sandra Boynton 0 (0%)
Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux 1 (16%)
Wrinkle in Time (series) - Madeleine L'Engle 0 (0%)
The Story of My Life - Helen Keller 1 (16%)
Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank 1 (16%)
Maniac Magee - Jerry Spinelli 1 (16%)
Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas 1 (16%)
Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamilo 0 (0%)
Antigone – Sophocles 0 (0%)
Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett 3 (50%)
Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt 3 (50%)
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 3 (50%)
A Grief Observed - C.S. Lewis 0 (0%)
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Sheffer 1 (16%)
Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale 2 (33%)
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak 2 (33%)
Sara, Whenever I Hear Your Name - Jack Weyland 0 (0%)
Who's a Pest? - Crosby Bonsall 0 (0%)
How the Sun was Brought Back to the Sky - Mirra Ginsburg 0 (0%)
Goose Girl - Shannon Hale 2 (33%)
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 5 (83%)
A Single Voice - Kristin Oaks 0 (0%)
As the Ward Turns - Joni Hilton 1 (16%)
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen 2 (33%)
Mouse Soup -Arnold Lobel 0 (0%)
Anne of the Island - L.M. Montgomery 3 (50%)
The Book of Mormon - ancient prophets 4 (66%)


And the majority (though it didn't include one of my allowed 5 votes of these favorites of mine) was Pride & Prejudice. I suppose that wasn't too surprising. Thanks for the discussing and the listing of other books! It helped me enjoy this poll a lot more.

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