Top Ten Tuesday #2: Books I’d Recommend to People who haven’t tried the Classics

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Top Ten Books I’d Recommend to people who haven’t tried the Classics

 

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee – “Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ’em. But remember, it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

 

 

2. Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery – “There’s such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I’m such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be everso much more comfortable, but then it wouldn’t be half so interesting.”

 

 

3. The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank – “Although I’m only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite independent of anyone.”

 

 

4. Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell – “Sir,”she said,”you are no gentleman!”

An apt observation,”he answered airily.”And, you, Miss, are no lady.”

 

 

5. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë – “Reader, I married him.”

 

 

6. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo – “‎”Dost thou understand? I love thee!” he cried again.”What love!” said the unhappy girl with a shudder.He resumed,–“The love of a damned soul.”  

 

 

7. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson – “Fifteen men on the Dead Man’s Chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”

 

 

8. The Scarlett Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne – “Hold thy peace, dear little Pearl!” whispered her mother. “We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.”

 

 

9. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen – “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

 

 

10. The Time Machine – H. G. Wells – “Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.”

Which books would you recommend to Classic newbies? And which are your favourite lines from them? Let me know in the comment section below!

 

Top Ten Tuesday #1: Characters I Would Want With Me On A Deserted Island

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

Top Ten Characters I Would Want With Me On A Deserted Island

1) Mr Darcy (Pride and Prejudice) – Ah, Mr. Darcy. I can see Mr. Darcy and I, living in an almost domestic routine on one of them deserted islands. I’d make him crappy fish soup and he’d say “You have bewitched me body and soul.”

2) Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games Trilogy)  –  For obvious reasons, Katniss would definitely be on the characters I’d take with me  on a deserted island. This woman has seen more hostile environments and she’d be the perfect companion in case I want to, you know, survive and shit.

3) Katherine Pierce (The Vampire Diaries) – The perfect bitch. No, really. And there’s no one else as resourceful as Katherine. She uses every situation to her advantage. That’s absolutely awesome and overall useful if you find yourself on a deserted island.

4) Rosalie Hale (The Twilight Saga) – Rosalie, had she been given more of a plot in the books – would have been my book boyfriend. Rosalie is exactly the type of person I’d need with me on a deserted island – she wouldn’t let me lose my morale, she’d bitch and whine about me (and then protect me from crazy bugs) and Emmett would find a way to get to her, thereby assuring my rescue as well 🙂

5) Neville Longbottom  (Harry Potter) – Neville is one character that has undergone one of the most classiest transformations from book one to book seven. By the time his seventh year at Hogwarts rolls by, gone is the scared, awkward, almost bumbling Neville; replaced by this  fearless, strong and angry Neville, ready to pull Hogwarts out of its little “situation.”

6) Ansel Guillaume (Sweet Filthy Boy) – Ansel, admittedly, would be with me on a deserted island based on his pure hotness. And if the guy said “cerise” to me more than once a day, I’d keep him there with me. Forever.

Also: He’s into roleplay. *squee*

7) Holden Caulfield (The Catcher in the Rye) – I’ve connected with Holden on a personal level, just like thousands of other teenagers who’ve had access to his voice. He evokes a sense of I’m-not-alone-in-what-I’m-feeling in me, and who better for company than this guy with hands down the best inner  dialogue ever?

8) Grayson Wyatt (Only With You) – I’ve only just finished reading Only With You and may I tell you that Grayson Wyatt can make the best food! All the very many times his cooking has been mentioned, I’ve drooled. But that’s pretty much for everything he’s done. He talks, I drool. He yells, I drool. He breathes, I drool.

9) Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby) – Now who wouldn’t want to be on a completely isolated island with Jay Gatsby? He’s the typical American hero; he’s rich and in the company of glamorous women and drives these amazing cars. And I’d probably spend all of our time grilling him about his shady past.

10) Aspen Yellow-Sunrise Taylor (Aspen) – Aspen is one of my favourite characters from 2014. She’s new and fresh and all types of funny. She’s also real, and while she deals with a lot of issues, her strength pulls her through. But, the reason she’s on this list is because, I’d honestly love to meet her. She’s got this entire I-can-survive-no-matter-what-you-throw-at-me thing going around her, and I’d love to be around to witness!

What about YOU? Which bookish characters would you take on with you to a deserted island? Let me know in the comments below!