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I don't count very well, do I? My only defense is one of enthusiasm . . . and the fact that Top Ten List sounds
much better than Top Seventeen or Top Twenty-Two. Anyway, I love lists, no matter how long or short they are and
invite you to share some of your favorites with me.
Send your lists to me at: Email Barbara
and I'll post them right here for everyone to enjoy.
Top Ten Writing Books
- Telling Lies for Fun and Profit - Lawrence Block
- Writing Past Dark - Bonnie Friedman
- Spider, Spin Me A Web - Lawrence Block
- Write for Your Life - Lawrence Block (see a pattern developing here?)
- Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott
- Becoming a Writer - Dorothea Brande
- If You Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence, and Spirit - Brenda Ueland
- Writing from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writer's Manual - Rita Mae Brown
- The Writer's Journey - Christopher Vogler
- Make Every Word Count - Gary Provost
- A Writer's Time - Kenneth Atchity
- Writing Down the Bones - Natalie Goldberg
- Wild Mind - Natalie Goldberg
Top Ten Reference Books
- The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue - far and away the best dictionary ever compiled. A word-lovers delight.
- What's What
- Woe Is I - Patricia T. O'Conner
- Words Fail Me - Patricia T. O'Conner
Isn't this a sad little list? I seem to be doing most of my research these days on the web.
Top Ten TV Shows:
- Mary Tyler Moore Show
- thirtysomething
- Barney Miller
- Taxi
- Mad About You
- Seinfeld
- McLaughlin Group, Meet the Press, all the Sunday morning news shows
- Judge Judy (so sue me)
- Anything on Discovery, AMC, History or Food channels
- Family
Top Ten Movies:
- Gone With The Wind
- Miracle on 34th Street
- Holiday Inn
- Joy Luck Club
- My Cousin Vinny
- Some Like It Hot
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- The Quiet Man
- 1776
- Shakespeare in Love
- Analyze This
- Ghost & Mrs. Muir
- Rob Roy
- Rocky (all of them)
- When Harry Met Sally
- Jaws
- Wizard of Oz
- Pirates of Penzance
- Independence Day
- The Bishop's Wife
Top Ten Books:
- Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
- Moving On - Larry McMurtry
- Ladder of Years - Anne Tyler
- Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
- Light A Penny Candle - Maeve Binchy
- September - Rosamunde Pilcher
- Family Blessings - Laurie Colwin
- Shanna - Kathleen Woodiwiss
- A Fine & Private Place - Peter S. Beagle
- A Moveable Feast - Ernest Hemingway
- Almost Paradise - Susan Isaacs
- Sophie's Choice - William Styron
- Enemies: A Love Story - Isaac Bashevis Singer
- The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCulloch
- Rebecca - Daphne duMaurier
- Skye O'Malley - Bertrice Small
Top Ten Songs:
- Nessun Dorma - Luciano Pavarotti ("Turandot")
- Apres Moi - Eartha Kitt (just about anything by Eartha, to be honest)
- Rumour and Sigh - Richard Thompson (every single song on the CD, especially "Read About Love"
and "1952 Vincent Black Lightning")
- Groovy Kind of Love - Mindbenders
- Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
- Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Temptations
- (I Heard It Through The) Grapevine - Gladys Knight & Pips (or by Marvin)
- Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
- When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
- (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - by anyone at all
- Beast of Burden - Rolling Stones
- Miss You - Rolling Stones
- Granada - Placido Domingo
- Cheek to Cheek - Fred Astaire
- Come Rain or Come Shine - Ray Charles
- Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffett (and Volcano and Fins and . . . )