100th Post!

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: my 100th blog post.

This is actually a pretty momentous occasion for me. I've mentioned before that all of my attempts at blogging in the past failed miserably, so the fact that I'm still blogging and that I've reached my hundredth post is astounding. What's even crazier is that I haven't even hit my two month blogoversary yet. Now, what that says about me is up for debate, but I'd like to think that it means I'm a dedicated blogger.

Anyway, in honor of my 100th post, I've decided to give you 100 book-related tidbits. None of the lists are in any particular order.

10 Favorite Novels
1) The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
2) The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
3) House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
4) Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
5) A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
6) Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
7) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
8) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
9) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
10) Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

10 Favorite Trilogies, Series, etc
1) Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
2) Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
3) Discworld by Terry Pratchett
4) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
5) The Time Quartet by Madeleine L'Engle
6) The Lady Julia Grey Series by Deanna Raybourn
7) Dante Valentine by Lilith Saintcrow
8) Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
9) Madd Adam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood
10) Redwall by Brian Jacques

10 Favorite Authors
1) Victor Hugo
2) Neil Gaiman
3) Margaret Atwood
4) Kurt Vonnegut
5) Jane Austen
6) Douglas Adams
7) David Sedaris
8) Tim O'Brien
9) Terry Pratchett
10) Deanna Raybourn

10 Favorite Book Characters
1) Severus Snape from Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
2) Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker
3) Zaphod Beeblebrox from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
4) DEATH from Discworld by Terry Pratchett
5) Charles Wallace from The Time Quartet by Madeleine L'Engle
6) Clopin Trouillefou from The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
7) Duncan Idaho from Dune by Frank Herbert
8) Skulduggery Pleasant from Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
9) Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
10) Major Major Major Major from Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

10 Favorite Book Baddies (as seen in this post)
1) Severus Snape from Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
2) Dowd from Imajica by Clive Barker
3) Crowley from Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
4) Teatime from Hogfather (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett
5) IT from A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
6) Francis Begbie from Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
7) Lord Havelock Vetinari from Discworld by Terry Pratchett
8) Dom Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
9) Inspector Javert from Les Miserable by Victor Hugo
10) Billy-Ray Sanguine from Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

10 Characters I Absolutely Despise
1) Uriah Heep from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
2) Delores Umbridge from Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
3) Amy Henderson from The End Is Now by Rob Stennett
4) Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
5) Jean Valjean (and Marius and Cosette) from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
6) Bella Swan from Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (okay, I despise pretty much every character)
7) Charles Marlow from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
8) The Man from The Road by Cormac McCarthy
9) Catherine (and Heathcliff) from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
10) Kelly from Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates

10 Favorite Films Based on Books
1) Stardust (based on the novel by Neil Gaiman)
2) Chocolat (based on the novel by Joanne Harris)
3) The Lord of the Rings trilogy (based on the novels by J. R. R. Tolkien)
4) Trainspotting (based on the novel by Irvine Welsh)
5) A Clockwork Orange (based on the novel by Anthony Burgess)
6) M*A*S*H (based on the novel by Richard Hooker)
7) The Princess Bride (based on the novel by William Goldman)
8) Stargate (inspired by the premise of Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Däniken)
9) Apocalypse Now (based on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness)
10) The Never-ending Story (based on the novel by Michael Ende)

10 Favorite Literary Couples
1) Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2) Lady Julia Grey and Nicholas Brisbane from The Lady Julia Grey series by Deanna Raybourn
3) Wesley and Buttercup from The Princess Bride by William Goldman
4) Hermione and Ron from Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
5) Yvaine and Tristan from Stardust by Neil Gaiman
6) Jody and Tommy from Bloodsucking Fiends, You Suck and Bite Me by Christopher Moore
7) Cecily, Gwendolen, Jack, and Algernon from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
8) Winston and Julia from 1984 by George Orwell
9) Gentle and Pie 'Oh' Pah from Imajica by Clive Barker
10) Meg and Calvin from The Time Quartet by Madeleine L'Engle

10 Books that Should be Movies (as seen in this post)
1) Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
2) Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
3) Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
4) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
5) The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
6) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
7) Hell by Robert Olen Butler
8) Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
9) House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
10) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

10 Favorite On-Screen Portrayals of Book Characters
1) Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) in Harry Potter
2) Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) in The Princess Bride
3) Francis Begbie (Robert Carlyle) in Trainspotting
4) Prince Septimus (Mark Strong) in Stardust
5) Alex (Malcolm McDowell) in A Clockwork Orange
6) R. P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
7) Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) in M*A*S*H (television series)
8) Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
9) Duke Leto Atreides (William Hurt) in Dune (television mini-series)
10) Ruby (Renee Zellweger) in Cold Mountain