Comments on: The 100 best novels of 20th century http://blog.gurdas.com/2007/09/18/the-100-best-novels-of-20th-century/ A bouquet of flowers picked along the way .... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:26:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: lori78 http://blog.gurdas.com/2007/09/18/the-100-best-novels-of-20th-century/#comment-804 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:02:33 +0000 http://guldasta.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/the-100-best-novels-of-20th-century/#comment-804 I’m absolutely in love with Peter Jackson’s LOTR Trilogy, my fave movies ever. It was so fantastically done! The characters just come alive…the scenery is breathtaking and what i really love about them is that you feel the emotions in the scene!

]]> By: gurdas http://blog.gurdas.com/2007/09/18/the-100-best-novels-of-20th-century/#comment-801 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:54:06 +0000 http://guldasta.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/the-100-best-novels-of-20th-century/#comment-801 For many people The Lord of the Rings can be intimidating at over 1200 pages, however, I was held captive by the storytelling and was through within a week or so. That I was coming from The Hobbit (read a few years before I read LOTR) was a help. That said, Tolkien’s work is a few levels above anything written in the past few hundred years simply because of the breadth – to create tightly bound characters and stories spread over vast spans of time, invent a language (elvish), and entertain people of all ages is no mean feat.
How did you find the 3-part movie series on LOTR? I loved the cinema version too. There is a Extended DVD Edition (11 DVDs if I remember correctly) which I very very highly recommend.

]]> By: lori78 http://blog.gurdas.com/2007/09/18/the-100-best-novels-of-20th-century/#comment-797 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:48:32 +0000 http://guldasta.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/the-100-best-novels-of-20th-century/#comment-797 The Lord of the Rings is on the top of my list!

Hmm… i’ll hunt for that book donstuff mentioned.

]]> By: gurdas http://blog.gurdas.com/2007/09/18/the-100-best-novels-of-20th-century/#comment-769 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:13:50 +0000 http://guldasta.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/the-100-best-novels-of-20th-century/#comment-769 donstuff,
That is sure a VERY inviting begining. I am tempted to read this work right away, but I must first complete the books already started.

]]> By: donstuff http://blog.gurdas.com/2007/09/18/the-100-best-novels-of-20th-century/#comment-766 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:08:41 +0000 http://guldasta.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/the-100-best-novels-of-20th-century/#comment-766 Owen Meany is one of the most unique, memorable and compelling characters in literature.
How can you go wrong with a book that begins, “I AM DOOMED to remember a boy with a wrecked voice – not because of his voice, or because he was the instrument of my mother’s death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.”
The book, however, isn’t about Christianity, although religion certainly runs through the pages.

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