Based on the reference from ABC’s My favorite book. We were assigned to undertake the similar principles of a comparative “Before & After” The aspect in which was analyzed is based on the projected behavioral changes and impact of books upon the author.
Author 001
Name
James Burling
Subject
My world in relation to a good book (or books)
Postcode
2340
Visit Time
5/12/2004 9:37 PM
Remark
I was pretty much born with a book, for want of a better phrase, ‘glued’ to my hand, so I spent most of my life, to say the very least, reading my way through it. And the book helped me understand my world a little better too: Dinotopia, by James Gurney, opened me up to a land unaffected by the passing of time, and undiscovered (or so it supposed); Gulliver’s Travels by Johnathan Swift did the very same (although I only read the first two adventures; I don’t know why I haven’t got the other two, or why they weren’t published at the time). Thomas the Tank Engine by The Reverend W Awdry (better known as the Railway Series) brought about my love of trains, and the interaction between the steam loco and its driver (it’s almost a fraternity between the two). And the enlightenment stories are completely endless.
But back to the real stories. I have had a couple of interesting ’situations’ with books in my life; I’ll give three now. Do not worry; they are very short stories. One involved the first volume of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy (Inferno). In the hope of getting the book (I had purchased the other two that day), I ordered it through one bookshop. After doing so, I ran frantically back to my ‘home’ bookshop (I have my allegiences when it comes to things like bookshops) and told them. They set up the challenge of getting the very same book faster than the first. Unfortunately, the first bookshop won by getting it in in a week and a bit; the other is still waiting for it.
The second involves a book that ran out of print before it arrived, after waiting for it for four (maybe five) months. We’re still in search of a copy of the Tagbook.
The third concerns the Holy Bible. I found it (again) after deciding to clean myself up in action, and ended up going to church as a result. (Yes, I am a Christian now; Anglican, to be precise.)
Rough analysis of the area.
KINGSWOOD & TAMWORTH
Guitar production, music, 5 hrs out of Sydney
Greens, laidback, connected community, Small community feeling, small city, prices from 290,000…Peel St..cafes etc, 6.5 % return investment property. Outdoor activities, Country feel & Values. Thriving development with retail prospects.
Author 002
Name
Sarah
Subject
Where does one start…..
Postcode
2036
Visit Time
2/12/2004 4:05 PM
Remark
When you think about your favourite novel where do you really start? Is it the story you read as a seven year old that took you away to faraway wishing places? Or is it the inspirational To Kill a Mockingbird when you were 15? Or the more sophisticated Amis, McEwan?
I was always read to by my parents as a child, then when I was six or seven my aunt gave me copies of Enid Blyton stories. This lead me to the Famous Five and Secret Seven, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and Trixie Beldon. I was 11 when my father gave me Murder on the Orient Express and Agatha has been a favourite of mine ever since.
School opened up the world of Henry James, Jane Austen, Evelyn Waugh and Virginia Woolf. Then onto The Lord of the Rings trilogy and George Orwell.
I love most books and while looking at the rest of the reviews realised that most of my favourites had already been listed. I hope to be able to pass this love to my three young children. But to give you my ultimate favourite – I just don’t think that is possible, every book is a favourite, every book is a treasure.
Rough analysis of the area.
Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, 13KM to Sydney
Price 800K, Chifley Suburb,Upperclass rich area
Author 003
Name
Hei
Subject
my *favourite* book?
Postcode
6157
Visit Time
2/11/2004 3:38 PM
Remark
This has been much harder to vote in than any election… At first I was sure I’d vote for “The time traveler’s wife”, because I loved it and it made me cry but it also made me extremely happy, and made me want my relationship to be as powerful as Clare and Henry’s. But then I realised that I was only thinking of that title because I read it recently… So I thought I’d vote for an old favourite – say “To kill a mockingbird” or anything by Neil Gaiman or any one of the “Olivia” children’s books or Dr Seuss’ amazing “Oh, the places you’ll go!” or “The surgeon of Crowthorne”… And it was all just getting too hard, when I realised that my favourite book could be the book that I not only love, but also that I look at at least once a week – “The cook’s companion” by Stephanie Alexander. This book is my bible, and although I may not have read it cover to cover, and though I originally was sure I would vote for some brilliant work of fiction, I realised this was my only choice. But I wish I could have voted more than once!
Rough analysis of the area.
12km to perth
Upperclass areas, About 500k per house
