[quote=Shelly McCall,Aug 14 2005, 03:06 PM] So many favorites for me. Mostly historical, with war and all that goes with it, but a few that aren't. I LOVE Titanic (Ioan Gruffudd as an officer... hehe), Have you seen any of the Horatio Hornblower series that was on television. If you like historical ...

Favorite character in the movies, hmmm. Although he's not my favorite character in the book, I'd have to say Gilderoy Lockhart. I thought Kenneth Brannagh really did an excellent job of catching the "spirit" of the character, not to mention that he was hilarious.

I forgot one. Has anyone read the Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud? The first one is The Amulet of Samarkand and the second is The Golem's Eye . They are wonderful! The third one comes out this fall, I can hardly wait. Also I listened to them on tape, which I don't usually do, but I think they'r...

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I'd have to say Lord of the Rings is my favorite book series. I also really like George R. R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series, and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, although those would be for more "mature" HOL students-18+ years.