Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Brought to you by the letter...


Last week, Simon at Stuck in a Book hosted this fun meme...you get assigned a random letter of the alphabet and then you tell your favorite book, author, song, film, and object beginning with that letter. I got the letter 'O', and while I wouldn't have chosen this particular letter, I did manage to come up with the required list of favorites. (Some more easily than others.)

For a favorite book, I scanned my bookshelves for any and all titles that start with O. I found a couple: O Pioneers! by Willa Cather and The Odd Women by George Gissing. Either would have been a good choice, but then I spotted my favorite Kay Hooper novel which, happily, starts with just the right letter:


Choosing an author was even easier because I could only think of one: 
WHITNEY OTTO.

There were several options for an 'O' song, like Ingrid Michaelson's Overboard or Sam Phillips' One Day Late, but in the end I had to go with Joan Osborne's One of Us. 


Coming up with an 'O' movie actually didn't take me as long as I thought it would. I had this DVD sitting on my shelf...a quietly suspenseful ghost story starring Nicole Kidman that I happen to love:



So that left the object, which was surprisingly hard. I mean, ornaments seemed too vague, and I don't really like opera glasses, octagons, or obtuse angles. So I settled on Origami Yoda instead.


Awesome, is he not?

9 comments:

  1. "O" my goodness, you did it! ;) This was a tough letter but I love your selections -- Origami Yoda is particularly charming!

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    1. Thanks! I'm just glad I didn't get stuck with Q. :)

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  2. Very difficult letter to work with, but you did it!! The Others is a very good movie, it is also one of my favorites.

    Kind regards,

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    1. Nicole Kidman is always great; and this is one of my favorite movies of hers.

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  3. Nice to see totally different O choices from mine. I was expecting this letter to be more difficult than it was, but there are actually quite a few options. Origami is a good one!

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    1. I was surprised at how many 'O' choices there were. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

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  4. Origami Yodi is awesome--excellent O object :)

    I haven't heard of your O book or author, but I love learning about who fellow bloggers admire and resonate with.

    This was such a fun meme.

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    1. Whitney Otto has some great novels...my favorite is The Passion Dream Book.

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  5. Origami Yoda made my day! I also love Out of the Shadows and The Others. Great list.

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