His and Hers I
Starting this week, The Happy Husband will feature a weekly installment of a post called His and Hers. Every Friday, my wife and I will both ponder the same question and write a short answer from our differing perspectives. We're starting off with an easy one: Name your five favorite books, movies, and music albums. The only caveats are that each item in your list must be more than a year old, and that the Bible is not a book (the inspired Word of God inhabits a category all its own). I immediately bent the rules to the point of breaking, but Mrs. Happy actually stayed within the guidelines. Here are our answers:
Top Five Books |
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Mrs. Happy |
Curt |
| Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls | Ecclesiastes, Solomon |
| Holes, Louis Sachar | On Writing Well, William Zinsser |
| Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck | The House at Pooh Corner, A.A. Milne |
| The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett | My Life and Hard Times, James Thurber |
| I Know This Much Is True, Wally Lamb | The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis |
I also should have included A Wrinkle in Time, Great Expectations, Cannery Row, and The Killing Joke, but I couldn't squash them all into a five-item list.
Top Five Music Albums
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| All This Time, Sting | City on a Hill, Various Artists |
| Parachutes, Coldplay | Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 1979 Original Broadway Cast (Stephen Sondheim, composer) |
| Dulcinea, Toad the Wet Sprocket | All For You, Diana Krall |
| Greatest Hits, Simon and Garfunkel | Tonight: Live, Take 6 |
| I Am Sam Motion Picture Soundtrack, Various Artists | 25, Harry Connick Jr. |
Again, I should have included Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001, Appalachian Journey, and Alanis Unplugged, but for that draconian five-item limit.
Top Five Movies
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| Life is Beautiful | The Princess Bride |
| The Shawshank Redemption | The Sixth Sense |
| When Harry Met Sally | The Muppet Movie |
| Forrest Gump | Raising Arizona |
| Amélie | This Is Spinal Tap |
I also would have wanted to include Stand By Me, but figured two Rob Reiner movies were enough.
I should also note that Mrs. Happy is a little upset with me for sneaking in more than five selections in each category, since she had many more favorites she wanted to include. It's my blog, though, so she's just having to deal with her upsetness.
