Mind the Gap

It's Friday, which means I get free reign to be as random as I want! Of course, since I was looking forward to randomosity all week, I ended up with a real theme for this Friday's 5. I was inspired by a Nathan Bransford post about "gap" books. Basically, "gap" books/shows/etc. are things that everyone and their mom has read/watched/etc. - and indeed they're probably part of our cultural fabric by now - but somehow you haven't acquainted yourself with them yet. So my 5 this week will be about the "gaps" in various aspects of my experience.

1. Books I haven't read (childhood/YA edition): The Phantom Tollbooth, Catcher in the Rye, The Giver, Peter Pan, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (I know, I know...) A Wrinkle in Time, Lord of the Flies, Charlotte's Web (I saw the animated movie?), NONE of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie books.

• Roald Dahl books - I might've read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in class, but maybe I just saw the movie (both of them). So I can't really say.
• I think I read one Baby Sitter's Club book, if that counts? I've also got 2.5 books out of the Chronicles of Narnia.

2. Books I haven't read (classics edition): A lot of Shakespeare but notably Macbeth, NO Hemingway whatsoever, Slaughterhouse Five

• The Iliad - I know, I know. It's utterly shameful, considering my great and unabiding love for Greek mythology. I've read the Odyssey like a million times, but not this one. I don't know why!
• I've read 1.5 books of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

3. Movies I have not seen: The Godfather, The Shining, The Goonies, Miracle on 34th Street, The Breakfast Club, Breakfast at Tiffany's, none of the Rocky movies.

• I don't think I've ever seen an entire Hitchcock film either - just bits and pieces - but I don't like horror movies anyway. I always want to know what happens, but I can't really take sitting through them.

4. TV shows I haven't/don't watch: LOST, The Office, American Idol, never watched any Star Trek TV episode from any of the series.

5. Childhood games/toys I haven't played: Chess, checkers, Magic the Gathering, Pokemon (when this craze hit, I'm might've been a little old for it), Slip n' Slide (probably because I have a pool...and a real slide)

• I played with a Skip-It a couple of times, but I always really wanted one.

So there it is. At least, that's all I can think of right now. What are your gaps?


P.S. Look what I got in the mail this week!!!


Actually, it's been sitting on my desk in an UNOPENED white envelope for most of the week because I thought it was a book my sister had ordered for school. I know, big fail on my part. Also, the picture is flipped so that the words read the right way. :P

It's my copy of Joy Preble's Dreaming Anastasia that I won from the lovely LiLa last month! That's their snazzy LIAR SOCIETY authoresses calling card included in the book. :D Thanks, LiLa! Speaking of, have you entered their totally epic contest yet?

Happy Weekend!