Found this on Flora’s Musing. Seemed like a good tag to do mid-summer when blockbusters used to be the dominant force in America for the plebe masses.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A book that kept you up all night
Monster Hunter Bloodlines was, as I described in my review, balls to the walls action. That’ll keep you up reading all night!
The Princess Bride
A WONDERFULLY quotable book
For me, that would be The Lord of the Rings. I’m not a big “remember quotes” kind of guy, but “you shall not pass” has always stuck in my head.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
A character who loves breaking the rules
Saul from Neal Asher’s Owner trilogy. He’s not all adorable and funny like Bueller, but Saul will break the rules with the best of them, forging his own as necessary.
When Harry Met Sally
A couple that took eternity to get together
Montrose and Raina from the Count to the Eschaton Sequence by Wright. 18-19 billion years seems like eternity to me!
Back to the Future
A book involving time travel
The Aunt Paradox by Chris Dolley. Reeves and Worcester have to combat a Legion of Time Traveling Aunts to help the multiverse!
Pretty in Pink
A character with a unique style
Luffy from the One Piece manga. That kid’s got Style, what with his straw hat and all.
The Karate Kid
Favourite book involving the training/mentoring trope
Way-farer by Dennis Schmidt. Jerome and the Old Man on the Mountain are absolutely perfect examples of this.
Die Hard
A book with a trip that doesn’t go as planned
The Color of Magic. Nothing on Discworld ever goes planned! 😀
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
A book with the central character’s name in the title
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians. Great stuff!
Dirty Dancing
A female character who comes out of her shell
Anne Elliot from Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Best Austen story ever.
Top Gun
A death that took you by surprise
The drug addicted woman who is rescued by the main character and ends up being killed, thus propelling the entire story of Without Remorse by Tom Clancy.
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
An ending that left you both happy and sad
The Crippled God, the final book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. I was happy it was over and was sad I had been forced to read t he whole thing to get an ending.
No comments:
Post a Comment