What was your favorite book as a child?

Can't You Sleep Little Bear? was one I had read to me all the time before I went to sleep

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Last 76 Films Watched in 2011

101} Rebecca {June 4, 2011}
102} Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story {rewatch}{June 4, 2011}
103} Leon: The Professional {June 7, 2011}
104} Unstoppable {June 11, 2011}
105} Machete {June 11, 2011}
106} Super 8 {with Justin} {June 13, 2011}
107} Seven Samurai {June 20, 2011}
108} Yojimbo {with Ben} {June 21, 2011}
109} Killshot {June 21, 2011}
110} Eastern Promises {rewatch} {June 21, 2011}
111} Neo Ned {June 22, 2011}
112} Misery {rewatch} {June 23, 2011}
113} Rabbit Hole {June 27, 2011}}
114} Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream {June 28, 2011}
115} Hausu {June 28, 2011}
116} The History Boys {rewatch} {July 5, 2011}
117} Brian Regan: The Epitome of Hyperbole {rewatch} {July 9, 2011}
118} Centurion {July 10, 2011}
119} Human Centipede: The First Sequence {July 11, 2011}
120} Rashomon {July 16, 2011}
121} Horrible Bosses {July 16, 2011}
122} The Great Escape {July 16, 2011}
123} The Hidden {July 19, 2011}
124} Mamma Mia! {July 22, 2011}
125} Captain America: The First Avenger {with Justin} {July 22, 2011}
126} Threads {July 29, 2011}
127} Hall Pass {July 29, 2011}
128} Wyatt Earp {with Kara} {August 12, 2011}
129} Fanboys {rewatch, with Kara} {August 12, 2011} {x2}
130} Aliens {rewatch} {August 18, 2011}
131} The Help {August 26, 2011}
132} The Losers {September 4, 2011}
133} The Children's Hour {September 4, 2011}
134} The Fugitive {rewatch} {September 4, 2011}
135} Inglourious Basterds {rewatch} {September 4, 2011}
136} The Rocker {rewatch} {September 5, 2011}
137} Watchmen {rewatch} {September 5, 2011}
138} Wall-E {rewatch} {September 6, 2011}
139} The Music Within {rewatch} {September 7, 2011}
140} Flightplan {rewatch} {September 10, 2011}
141} Fish Tank {September 19, 2011}
142} The Road to El Dorado {rewatch} {September 21, 2011}
143} The Lion King {rewatch} {September 22, 2011}
144} Grave of the Fireflies {September 26, 2011}
145} Changeling {rewatch} {September 26, 2011}
146} Milk {rewatch} {September 27, 2011}
147} Frost/Nixon {rewatch} {September 28, 2011}
148} Contagion {with Justin} {September 29, 2011}
149} Bridesmaids {October 2, 2011}
150} Anchorman {rewatch} {October 6, 2011}
151} The Last King of Scotland {rewatch} {October 10, 2011}
152} 12 Rounds {October 13, 2011}
153} Day of the Dead {October 14, 2011}
154} The Breakfast Club {rewatch} {October 22, 2011}
155} The Frighteners {rewatch} {November 1, 2011}
156} Jarhead {rewatch} {November 5, 2011}
157} V For Vendetta {rewatch} {November 5, 2011}
158} Hot Rod {rewatch} {November 22, 2011}
159} Burn After Reading {November 22, 2011}
160} Reservoir Dogs {rewatch, with Kara} {November 25, 2011}
161} Just Friends {rewatch, with Kara} {November 25, 2011}
162} The Princess Bride {rewatch} {November 29, 2011}
163} Immortals {with John} {December 1, 2011}
164} Love Actually {rewatch} {December 3, 2011}
165} The Hangover {rewatch} {December 3, 2011}
166} Tangled {December 6, 2011}
167} Nobody Knows {December 18, 2011}
168} Fright Night (2011) {December 18, 2011} {x2}
169} Sherlock Holmes {rewatch} {December 18, 2011}
170} Return of the Jedi {rewatch} {December 18, 2011}
171} The Reader {rewatch} {December 18, 2011}
172} Finding Nemo {rewatch} {December 20, 2011}
173} The Kite Runner {rewatch} {December 23, 2011}
174} A Christmas Story {rewatch} {December 24, 2011}
175} The Devil's Double {December 30, 2011}
176} Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring {rewatch} {December 31, 2011}

2012 Reading List

1. John Adams by David McCullough
2. A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin
3. A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
4. The Book of Common Dread by Brent Monahan
5. Schindler’s List by Thomas Kenneally
6. Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
7. Song of Susannah by Stephen King
8. The Dark Tower by Stephen King
9. The Stand by Stephen King
10. Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
11. Mythology: Epic Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
12. The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
13. Plagues and Peoples by William H. McNeill
14. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
15. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
16. Emma by Jane Austen
17. The Tudors: The Complete Story of England’s Most Notorious Dynasty by G.J. Meyer
18. The Chronicles of Chrestomanci Vol. 3 by Diana Wynne Jones
19. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin
20. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien {re-read}
21. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
22. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
23. Royal Affairs: A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy by Leslie Carroll
24. Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey
25. Elizabeth’s London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard
26. Whores of the Devil by Erik Durschmied
27. Death in Salem: The Private Lives Behind the 1692 Witch Hunt by Diane E. Foulds
28. Pox Americana by Elizabeth A. Fenn
29. Don’t Know Much About the Civil War by Kenneth C. Davis
30. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
31. The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
32. The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown by Lorri Glover
33. The Devil In the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England by Carol F. Karlsen
34. The King’s Speech by Mark Logue
35. 1776 by David McCullough
36. The Great Filth: The War Against Disease in Victorian England by Stephen Halliday
37. English History Made Brief, Irreverent and Pleasurable by Lacey Baldwin Smith
38. Spice: The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner
39. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century by Barbara W. Tuchman
40. The Peasant’s Revolt: England’s Failed Revolution of 1381 by Alastair Dunn
41. Witchfinders: A Seventeenth Century Tragedy by Malcolm Gaskill
42. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
43. Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
44. John Dies At the End by David Wong
45. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
46. London: A History by A.N. Wilson
47. The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
48. Everything’s Eventual by Stephen King
49. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
50. The American Revolution by Edward Countryman
51. The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
52. Shinsengumi: The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps
53. Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine by Roy Porter
54. Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir
55. The Medieval Underworld by Andrew McCall
56. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly
57. Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
58. The Wealth of Wives: Women, Law & Economy in Late Medieval London by Barbara A. Hanawalt
59. Unsinkable by Daniel Butler
60. Great Tales From English History, Vol. 2 by Robert Lacey

What do you like to do on your days off?

Sleep in as late as possible, read or catch up on my movies

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Last 20 Books Read in 2011

31} Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson {re-read}
32} The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga {re-read}
33} Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor {re-read}
34} Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh {re-read}
35} Food and Feast in Medieval England by Peter Hammond
36} Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause {re-read}
37} The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause {re-read}
38} Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home by Nando Parrado
39} In The Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes {re-read}
40} Demon In My View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes {re-read}
41} Shattered Mirror by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes {re-read}
42} Midnight Predator by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes {re-read}
43} Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
44} Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi {re-read}
45} Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich {re-read}
46} The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom {re-read}
47} The Ways of the Samurai by Carol Gaskin
48} House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
49} The Short and Bloody History of Pirates by John Farman
50} Hide This Spanish Book by Berlitz Publishing Company

What do you do on really cold days?

I bundle under a blanket with a hoodie on and drink tea while watching movies or reading.

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What do you like to do on long road trips?

If I'm not driving, I like to read and listen to music. Sleep if I can. If I am driving, then listen to music or talk with the person I'm driving with.

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What do you do to relax?

Lay on my bed with a book and a mug of tea.

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First 30 Books Read in 2011

1} Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede {re-read}
2} Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
3} The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History; 1300-1850 by Brian Fagan
4} A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain
5} The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
6} Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
7} Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
8} On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
9} The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
10} 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
11} Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
12} Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
13} Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870 by Liza Picard
14} Royal Pains: A Rogues' Gallery of Brats, Brutes, and Bad Seeds by Leslie Carroll
15} The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
16} Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by Steve Dublanica {re-read}
17} A Break With Charity by Ann Rinadli {re-read}
18} Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
19} It by Stephen King
20} A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
21} The Help by Kathryn Stockett
22} Bar Flower: My Decadently Destructive Days and Nights as a Tokyo Nightclub Hostess by Lea Jacobson {re-read}
23} Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
24} A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
25} America the Edible: A Hungry History, from Sea to Dining Sea by Adam Richman
26} A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 by Kathryn Lasky {re-read}
27} The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory {re-read}
28} Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 by Kristiana Gregory {re-read}
29} Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison {re-read}
30} A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

First 100 Films Watched in 2011

1} Winter's Bone {January 2, 2011}
2} The Iron Giant {January 3, 2011}
3} Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain: Uncensored {January 3, 2011}
4} The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day {rewatch, with Kara} {January 3, 2011}
5} Kramer vs. Kramer {January 5, 2011}
6} The King's Speech {January 6, 2011}
7} Inside Deep Throat {January 6, 2011}
8} Big Fan {January 6, 2011}
9} Ghost Ship {rewatch} {January 7, 2011}
10} The Lost Boys {January 8, 2011}
11} Air Force One {January 10, 2011}
12} Becket {January 10, 2011}
13} The Special Relationship {January 11, 2011}
14} The Girl Who Played With Fire {January 12, 2011}
15} My Left Foot {January 18, 2011}
16} Jaws {January 19, 2011}
17} Rosemary's Baby {January 19, 2011}
18} Easy A {January 21, 2011}
19} Tombstone {rewatch} {January 22, 2011}
20} My Big Fat Greek Wedding {rewatch} {January 22, 2011}
21} Bright Star {January 22, 2011}
22} Jesus Camp {January 28, 2011}
23} The Stoning of Soraya M. {January 28, 2011}
24} Kick-Ass {January 30, 2011} {x2}
25} Lawrence of Arabia {January 30, 2011}
26} True Grit (2010) {January 31, 2011}
27} Matinee {rewatch} {February 1, 2011}
28} Capote {rewatch} {February 1, 2011}
29} The Shawshank Redemption {rewatch} {February 1, 2011}
30} Pan's Labyrinth (rewatch) (February 1, 2011}
31} The Town {rewatch} {February 2, 2011}
32} Superbad {February 2, 2011}
33} Run Fatboy Run {rewatch} {February 2, 2011}
34} Up {rewatch} {February 2, 2011}
35} A Bug's Life {rewatch} {February 4, 2011}
36} How to Train Your Dragon {February 5, 2011}
37} The Social Network {February 7, 2011}
38} Nowhere Boy {February 9, 2011}
39} The Green Mile {rewatch} {February 10, 2011}
40} Due Date {February 11, 2011}
41} The Gold Rush {February 12, 2011}
42} Tootsie {February 12, 2011}
43} The Young Victoria {rewatch} {February 13, 2011}
44} Dawn of the Dead (1978) {rewatch} {February 14, 2011}
45} The Kids Are Alright {February 17, 2011}
46} Good {February 19, 2011}
47} Julia & Julia {rewatch} {February 19, 2011}
48} Dolores Claiborne {rewatch} {February 19, 2011}
49} The Bounty Hunter {rewatch} {February 21, 2011}
50} Just Wright {February 23, 2011}
51} Schindler's List {rewatch} {February 23, 2011}
52} Swimming With Sharks {March 1, 2011}
53} Black Swan {March 6, 2011}
54} The Graduate {March 7, 2011}
55} Monsters, Inc. {March 7, 2011}
56} The Godfather {March 8, 2011}
57} The Descent {rewatch} {March 9, 2011}
58} The Pianist {March 14, 2011}
59} Now, Voyager {March 15, 2011}
60} Patton {March 15, 2011}
61} Never Let Me Go {March 20, 2011}
62} Fried Green Tomatoes {rewatch} {March 20, 2011}
63} Bent {March 23, 2011}
64} Vertigo {March 23, 2011}
65} Zoolander {rewatch with Rebekah and Elizabeth} {March 29, 2011}
66} Limitless {with Rebekah and Elizabeth} {March 30, 2011}
67} Death on the Nile {rewatch with Rebekah and Elizabeth} {March 30, 2011}
68} Alive {rewatch} {April 4, 2011}
69} Rear Window {April 13, 2011}
70} Scream {rewatch} {April 19, 2011}
71} Your Highness {April 19, 2011}
72} Journey to the Edge of the Universe {April 21, 2011}
73} Star Trek (2009) {rewatch} {April 21, 2011}
74} The Boondock Saints {rewatch} {April 23, 2011}
75} Titanic {rewatch} {April 25, 2011}
76} The Joy Luck Club {rewatch} {April 25, 2011}
77} On the Waterfront {April 26, 2011}
78} The Silence of the Lambs {rewatch} {April 26, 2011}
79} Little Miss Sunshine {rewatch} {April 26, 2011}
80} Blade {rewatch} {April 27, 2011}
81} The Queen {rewatch} {May 1, 2011}
82} Pretty in Pink {May 3, 2011}
83} Airheads {rewatch} {May 7, 2011}
84} Thor {with Justin} {May 13, 2011} {x4}
85} Into the Storm {May 14, 2011}
86} Night of the Living Dead {rewatch} {May 21 2011}
87} Iron Man 2 {rewatch} {May 21, 2011}
88} Going the Distance {rewatch} {May 23, 2011}
89} A Clockwork Orange {May 24, 2011}
90} The Thing {May 24, 2011}
91} North Country {rewatch} {May 26, 2011}
92} Jurassic Park {rewatch} {May 27, 2011}
93} The Kingdom {rewatch, with Kara} {May 28, 2011}
94} The Haunting (1963) {rewatch, with Kara} {May 28, 2011}
95} The Sea Inside {May 30, 2011}
96} S.W.A.T. {rewatch} {May 31, 2011}
97} Tropic Thunder {rewatch} {May 31, 2011}
98} Take {June 2, 2011}
99} 12 and Holding {rewatch} {June 4, 2011}
100} Dead Again {June 4, 2011}