Top 10s

While perusing someone else's site, I ran across a bunch of top 10 lists. Naturally, I started thinking about what would go on my own top 10s.

So here are a few lists with the proviso that they are subject to constant flux, as is my brain:

Most memorable childhood books:

• The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S Lewis
• The Secret Garden - Frances Burnett
• A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain
• Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
• Winnie the Pooh - A. A. Milne
• The House at Pooh Corner - A. A. Milne
• Legends of Vancouver - Pauline Johnson
• Sue Barton Nurse; series of about 6 books - Helen Dore Boylston
• Pippi Longstockings - Astrid Lindgren
• Heidi - Johanna Spyri

Sci-fi and Fantasy books:

• The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov
• Dune - Frank Herbert
• A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter Miller Jr.
• Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
• The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein
• The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Once and Future King - T. H. White
• The Hobbit - J. R. Tolkein

Films

• Jaws
• Shawshank Redemption
• The Joy Luck Club
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Glory
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Das Boot
• The Princess Bride
• Gone With the Wind
• A Fish Called Wanda

Favourite foods/snacks:

• Chocolate-covered macadamia nuts
• Linguine with white clam sauce
• Sushi - in particular, Uni
• Salmon - poached, oriental style, drizzled with a ginger-green onion-soy-oil mix
• Grand Marnier souffle
• Winter melon soup
• Rocky Road ice-cream
• My grandmother's steamed lemon chicken with garlic and black bean
• Roast turkey with mushroom/giblet gravy
• Creme brulee