Top 5 Movies

Please, give me your feedback. Which of these does not deserve to be here? What are your top five? Remember, these are your favorites, not what you would pick if you were a movie critic.

Back to the Future - the first one earns the spot, though it’s most fun to enjoy all three

Lord of [...]

Top 5 Novels

Please, give me your feedback. Which of these does not deserve to be here? What are your top five?

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - This is my runaway #1.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck - This is a sentimental favorite. I’ve read many better books, but [...]

On Olga Grushin’s “The Dream Life of Sukhanov”

I have a top five list for almost everything: movies, books, places to visit, and concerts I’ve attended. If I am truly interested in knowing who you are, I’m likely to ask for your entries in these categories. I’m not sure where the drive to rank favorites originates, but I like to use that drive [...]