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One reader's thoughts as she steps from book to book.
Books I've Finished
- "A Christmas Memory"
- by Truman Capote 12/8/12
- "Child's Christmas in Wales"
- by Dylan Thomas 12/7/12
- "One Christmas"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- "The Thanksgiving Visitor"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- Inside Mrs. B's Classroom
- by Leslie Baldacci 11/28/12
- The Bee Eater
- by Richard Whitmire 11/15/12
- There Are No Shortcuts
- by Rafe Esquith 10/28/12
- I'd Like to Apologize to
- Every Teacher I Ever Had
- by Tony Danza 10/21/12
- Corked
- by Kathryn Borel 10/15/12
- Year of Learning Dangerously
- by Quinn Cummings 9/30/12
- A Hologram for the King
- by Dave Eggers 8/23/12
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- by Harper Lee 7/18/12
About Me
- Christine
- I often have a few books with bookmarks in them at once. I enjoy classics more than contemporary works of fiction, often read historical fiction, and love to get glimpses into other people's lives by reading memoirs and biographies.
10 comments:
Bill Sykes, Dracula, Sauron, Big Brother and Napoleon from Animal Farm. And Chris chimes in with Iago, from Othello.
Ooh, villains. Um, Light from Deathnote, Mrs. Coulter from His Dark Materials (though arguably she's not entirely villainous), the silver haired gentleman from Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and Javert from Les Mis. My favorite kind of villain is the kind that you secretly sort of want to win, even as you cheer the good guys on. DRD
Blue Duck from LONESOME DOVE is a bad
mother. I would also have to agree with
Sauron, although he does make a number
of stupid mistakes. And the Nine Riders no longer
scare me like they once did. How many times can
you be two feet away from the ring and not realize
it?
I have to agree with Sophia about Big Brother from 1984. The worst villain for me in any book, has to be an oppressive, intrusive, thought-controlling government or regime. They are the hardest to escape, the most powerful, all-consuming and ubiquitous. AND in many cases WAY too close to a possible future reality. There are so many books and movies with this theme. One of my "favorites" is Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut.
Voldemort has to be on the list as well as Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lastrange.
I've not read the book but in the movie version of The Patriot, Jason Isaacs is about as evil as you can get as Colonel Tavington.
Oh and I forgot Mrs. Danvers in Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca". Nasty piece of work!
The Overlook Hotel from The Shining, Flagg from Eyes of the Dragon, The Crimson King from assorted Stephen King books (can you see a King theme here?), and Hannibal Lecter.
Hmm. Mary Poppins?
Eric listed Sauron, Lord Foul, and Richard III. I say "It" from the Stephen King book, and more recently, the faerie from Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
I have to agree with DRD about villians you can't help but like (excuse my terrible memory, Danika...is the silver haired gentleman the faerie? I read your post after I posted). Eric had to add that he enjoys the unrepentent villian.
Yeah, the silver haired gentleman's the faerie. DRD
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