About Me

  • About Me: "Real life has extravagances that would not be permitted to appear in a well-written romance." Attributed to John Newton

Books

  • Favorite Books: Persuasion, Little Women, Original Sin, Jane Eyre, Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin Series
  • Favorite Authors: P. D. James, Jane Austen, Angela Elwell Hunt, Patrick O'Brien, Jon Hassler, Vinita Hampton Wright
  • Favorite Genres: Women's Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Fantasy
  • Favorite Characters: Captain Wentworth, Jane Eyre, Edward Rochester, Adam Dalgleish, Kay Scarpetta
  • Favorite Quotes: "You peirce my soul ... " Captain Wentworth in a letter to Anne Elliot in "Persuasion"
  • Recent Reads: The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards, "At Home in Mitford," Jan Karon, "A Civil Contract," Georgette Heyer

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: A&E's Horatio Hornblower,Master and Commander, Far Side of the World, Persuasion (1995),
  • Favorite Actors: Morgan Freeman, Judi Dench, Ciaran Hinds, Sean Connery, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman
  • Favorite Genre: Period, Romantic Comedy,
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "I saw that going differently in my head," Hitch
  • Movies I can watch over and over: A&E's Horatio Hornblower, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Master and Commander, Far Side of the World, Persuasion (1995), Hitch, Notting Hill,
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Kathy Bates

Style

  • Where I shop: Target
  • Brands I love: Nine West
  • I like to wear: Casual Classic
  • Can't live without: slip on shoes
  • Prized Possessions: Liz Caiborn bag snagged at Goodwill
  • Guilty Pleasure: fancy undergarments

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Dirty Jobs, The Amazing Race, any cooking show
  • Favorite Channels: Food Network
  • Favorite Reruns: Malcolm in the Middle, Mad About You, Fraizer, Designing Women
  • Characters you relate to: Jill Taylor of Home Improvement
  • Favorite Theme Song: Rockford Files

Music

  • Favorite Artists: The Eagles, Chicago, Bread, Alabama, Reba McEntire
  • Favorite Albums: Hotel California,
  • Favorite Genre: '70s
  • Favorite Lyrics: "The days they pass so quickly now, the nights are seldom long."
  • Guilty Pleasure: Disco
  • Songs I repeat the most: Brandy

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Travel

  • Places I love: Home
  • Places I've been: Grand Canyon, Disneyland
  • Places to see before I die: England, Ireland, Scotland, North Ireland, Italy, New York City
  • Dream Vacation: UK for a month

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Chinese, Mexican
  • Favorite Dishes: Enchiladas, General Tsao's Chicken, Garlic Eggplant
  • Favorite Desserts: Cherry, Strawberry Rhubarb, Lemon Meringue pies
  • Favorite Drinks: Pepsi, Earl Grey tea
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Cheetoes (Is there any other junk food?!?)