TAG: About Me

My adorable friend Megan did an "about me" post, and I thought that it was a fabulous idea.  I have a bunch of new followers, so I hope this tells you a little about who I am.  :-)

Feel free to fill it out yourself {be sure to tag the post to my blog} so that we can all get to know one another!


1. Do you have a middle name?

Jean.  It's my mom's middle name, and I hope to pass it along to my daughter one day.

2.What is/was your favorite subject in school?

In high school - English.  In college, Art History and Sociology.

3. What's your favorite drink?

Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha is one of my guilty pleasures!  However, I'm never more than an arm's reach from a glass of water.
:-)

4. Favorite songs at the moment?

I can't tell you how much I love music.  There's just no way for me to pinpoint just one song that is my "favorite" right now.  Two songs that I adore right now are Bon Iver's "Skinny Love" and The Black Keyes "Tighten Up".





5. What would you name your children?

You guys won't steal my names, right?!  I'm not even close to having kids...but right now I really like Noah and Jackson for a boy & Ainsley and Harper for a girl.

6. Do you participate in any sports?

Now?  No.  I danced (ballet, tap and jazz) from the time I was three right through college and I did marching band in junior high and high school.  And, yes...I do consider marching band a sport.  Long distance marching and choreographed routines while playing an instrument.  It requires stamina, ladies!

7. Favorite book?

Here's another category that I can't limit to just one.  Right now, I'd say A Discovery of Witches and the Harry Potter series.

8. Favorite color?
Pink!!!  Though you can't tell from my closet.  Most of my clothes are black.

9. Favorite animal?

Dogs, of course!


10. Favorite perfume?

Romance by Ralph Lauren

11. Favorite holiday?

Hmm...that's a tough one.  Probably Thanksgiving.

12. Have you graduated High School?

Yes, Class of 1996

13. Have you been out of the country?

You could say that...  I've been to Canada, Mexico, England, Scotland, Wales, France and Belgium.

14. Do you speak any other languages?

Five years of Spanish...and I barely remember most of it!

15. Do you have any siblings?

I have a younger brother, JC.

16. What's your favorite store?

Macy's, The Paper Store, Kohl's and Barnes & Noble.  What?  No one said just clothing stores!

17. Favorite restaurant?

Either Cheesecake Factory or Pacini's.

18. Do you like school?

I did enjoy school.  I was a goody two-shoes, who spent all my free time volunteering in the school office.

19. Favorite YouTubers?

Hmm...that depends on my mood.

20. Favorite Movie?

Again, I can't limit myself to just one! 

(Representative of the whole Twilight series.  So far...)

21. Favorite TV show?

I am a TV junkie, so picking just one is completely out of the question.  Or maybe I just don't do well with picking a favorite in general.  Hmm.

Anyway, I lurve Combat Hospital, Royal Pains, True Blood, Covert Affairs, Suits, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS and whole bunch of others!

22. PC or MAC?

PC


23. What phone do you have?

Droid Incredible

24. How tall are you?

5' 2".  I'm OK with being vertically challenged.

25. Meet the family.

We've established that I don't have kids.  Well, two-legged ones anyway.  :-)  These two are my kids!

Meadow

Beckett

8 Questions

I was tagged by the super-fabulous (What?  It's a word in my dictionary!) Jill at Confessions of an Enginerd to answer eight questions of her choice.

1. do you have any nicknames? inappropriate = acceptable.
Oh, I have lots of nicknames. Cole, Coley, Bean, Nic, Nikki, Neen, Nitz, and last (and certainly longest) - the walking post-it note.

2. what's the last book you read? (and would you recommend it?)
One of the last books I read was Hope In A Jar.  Great book.  Super cute, and easy read and it brings back some high school memories!

3. martini. shaken or stirred?
If I have to have a martini, I want it shaken.  However, my alcoholic beverages of choice are white sangria and margaritas.  YUMMY!!  It's like summer in a cup!

4. if you could go on vacation anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?
My answer may change tomorrow...but today, I want to go to San Diego. So many awesome fabulous childhood memories!  Plus it's always sunny and 70 degrees!

5. what is your biggest pet peeve?
Oh, that's an easy one.  People who create DRAMA.  I'm very passive and I hate nothing more than someone who created problems where none actually exist.  If you need to be the center of attention THAT badly - go become an actor.

6. what is your favorite disney animated movie? (i.e. little mermaid, cinderella, etc.)
Snow White!!  She's so sweet.  I wish I had a better explanation...

7. what is your favorite little debbie?
Um, I'm not really a fan of little debbie.  Please don't disown me!

8. who is your hero?
Without a doubt, my mom!  She taught elementary school for 34 years; such a noble profession.  Then she is diagnosed with breast cancer only a few months after retiring (and a week after returning from her Hawaiin vacation).  Mom fought through a lumpectomy, three revisions, a mastectomy, five months of chemo and a pulmonary embolism (or three).  She's now going through HER2 treatments every few weeks and has just started a long term substitute teaching position.  If that's not a hero, what is?!?!
 
And, guess what?!?!  The amazarific Tiffany at Memoriors of A Munchkin Mommy tagged me too!

1. What is your favorite book? Pick a good one because I'll be adding them to my To Read list!

Oh, I don't have one favorite.  I'm really into Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and Second Time Around by Beth Kendrick.  Oh...and the Bride Quartet  (though the fourth one isn't out yet) by Nora Roberts.

2. What is your favorite alcoholic beverage? Non-alcoholic?
As mentioned above, my favorite alcoholic beverages are margaritas and white sangria.  Though a Riesling is super yummy too.  My favorite non-alcoholic beverage is water.  I know...how boring.  But it's true!

3. What is your favorite childhood memory?
This is such a cop-out, but I'm skipping this because I know someone else asked it on my "You ask, I'll answer" post.

4. If you could have dinner with any three people, dead or alive, who would they be and why?
Hmm.... My grandma (dad's mom), Einstein and Cesar Milan.  I know it seems really random, but in my mind, they all connect.  My grandma had this fantastic sense of humor, and I heard that Einstein did too.  Then Einstein was this brilliant mind - and Cesar Milan has been able to get into the minds and instincts of dogs.  Plus each of these people had a great love of animals - something I identify with quite a bit!

5. If you aren't married, what is your dream wedding? If you are married, was your wedding your dream wedding? And if not, tell us why and describe your dream wedding?
Don't revoke my "girl" card, but my dream wedding is extremely small.  I really respect other people's wish to be a princess for a day and have 200-300 people take part...but that's just not me.  I don't like being the center of attention.  I want to get married on the beach, in a pretty - but simple wedding gown, barefoot and surrounded by the people that mean the most to me.  I want to let my bridesmaids (likely 2-4 people) pick out the dresses that they LIKE, not what I dictate to them.... I will NOT be throwing my bouquet. 

6. What are your favorite names for a boy and a girl?
My favorite boy names are Jackson & Sawyer and my favorite girl names are Brenna & Harper.

7. What type of animals do have, if you have any? (Be species and breed specific please!) What are their names?
I have two miniature dachshunds.  Meadow is short haired and Beckett is long haired.
8. If you could pick any one store to serve as your own personal closet, what store would it be? What is your ideal outfit from this store?
Oh...that's hard.  I still haven't found a store that I like to wear ONLY their clothes.  But, I can usually find what I need at Macy's.  I'd love to find a store that caters to me love of cardigans, cute tops, well cut slacks, the perfect pair of jeans and shoes galore!
The eight people I'm tagging are:
Jane - My favorite med student and "OMG, you won't believe this" email buddy. (Jill tagged you, and I'm hoping that if I tag you too...you'll give in and do it!)
Kirstren- My fave cousin, and well, cuz I'm not opposed to nepotism from time to time.
Julie - Who has two of the cutest little girls I've ever seen and I owe lots of follow-up emails to!
Janet - A woman who I'm sure is going to find the job of her dreams soon.  :-)
Casey - Who travels like nobody's business and is now discovering all the joys of living in Turkey.
Sara - Has a new culinary blog coming soon!
Sara - My book blog partner in crime. :-)
Hailey - Well, Hailey can have her typist (aka mom) answer for her!
 
And my eight questions are:
1. Team Edward or Team Jacob?
2. Who's your hero?  I hope you don't mind me keeping your question, Jill!
3. If you could be an animal, what would it be?
4. What TV show's season premier are you most looking forward to?
5. What's your favorite book of all time?
6. If you  had to give up a sense (sight, hearing, taste, etc), what would it be?
7. What's your favorite holiday?
8. What's your dream job?
 
And...just a reminder that if you have a question you want me to answer, click here and submit it!  Great questions so far and I can't wait to answer them for you!

Have You Ever...

Have you ever?


I stole borrowed this from Sara because I think it's such an interesting diverse list.  Let me know you participate.  I want to read your answers!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disney
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David in person
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Been sky diving
66. Visited a Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (only if being laid off counts?)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Lucky Tag

I saw this on Amy's blog, and thought it would be fun to play along.  Drop by and check out her answers too.  :-)

8 TV Shows I Watch:

• NCIS
• Grey's Anatomy
• Private Practice
• Brothers & Sisters
• Bones
• Ugly Betty
• Ghost Whisperer
• Tabatha's Salon Takeover
  

8 Favorite Places to Eat and Drink:

• Cheesecake Factory
• Margarita's
• Rebecca's Cafe
• The Brew Moon
• Chipotle
• Panera Bread
• Bertucci's
• Rustic Kitchen
  

8 Things I Look Forward To:

• Knitting
• Reading
• Weekends
• Bowling with the girls
• Twilight: Eclipse coming out
• The new season of True Blood
• Cuddling with the pups
• Mom making it through treatment successfully
  

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:

• WAY too many meetings
• Watched TV
• Knitted
• A little online window shopping
• Wrestled a plastic container away from Meadow
• An impomptu department lunch
• Paid bills
• Thanked heaven for caffeine

8 Things I Love About Winter:

• The smell of snow
• Watching the dogs play in the snow
• Hot chocolate
• Snow days! (though very rare)
• That snow makes everything look new (for a while)
• Cuddling up with a good book
• Short, sleepy days
• Knowing that Spring is right around the corner

8 Things on My Wish List:

• A real vacation
• Pay off bills
• Help my friends and family
• Buy a house
• Find Prince Charming
• Get a promotion
• More hours in the day :-)
• Write a book

8 Things I'm Passionate About:

• My family
• My friends
• My dogs
• Reading
• Crafting
• Blogging
• Photography
• Cooking

8 Words/Phrases I Use Often:

• Thank you
• SERIOUSLY?!?!
• He/She had an attack of stupid
• I'm like a walking post-it note
• Love
• Drop it! (directed towards the dogs)
• Eventually, I'll learn to say "no"
• Of course I'll help

8 Things I've Learned From the Past:

• Give of yourself, as much as you can
• Surround yourself with people you can trust
• When in doubt; laugh.  It'll be funny later.
• It's OK to cry now and then
• Friends and foes are found when you least expect it
• Find joy in the small things
• Time is a precious comodity
• You can't fix stupid  :-)

8 Things I Currently Want/Need:

• Money Tree (this was Amy's but I totally agree)
• To find the perfect pair of jeans
• More books
• More hours in the day
• A hug
• A new TV
• A massage
• A mani/pedi
  

I tag all of you!  Let me know if you decide to participate.  I'd love to read your answers!!

Christmas Meme

I got tagged by Amy @ Keeping Up With The Schultz Family for a Christmas meme.  It seems like fun, so I'm going to play along.  :-)

After you finish this tag be sure to link up with Heather@ Top 10 Christmas; she orginated the meme and wants to share everyone's posts.


1. Have you started your Christmas shopping?
Yes!!  I'd be freaking out if I hadn't.

2. Tell me about one of your special traditions.
Every year we put up the nativity scene that my mom made back in the '70's.  :-)  And everyone in the family gets a new ornament each year.

3. When do you put up your Tree?
Usually the first weekend in December.

4. Are you a Black Friday shopper?
I've been on both sides; the consumer and the retailer.  NEVER AGAIN!  Though I do have some funny stories from working retail!

5. Do you Travel at Christmas or Stay home?
As a kid - I traveled every other year to my see my dad's family in TX/NM.  These days, it's celebrated a few towns away at my Aunt's house.  Last year, I was up at Ft. Drum most of Christmas Day.


6. What is your funniest Christmas memory?
Ah, that's an easy one!  That would be the year we picked out a tree that had been sprayed by a moose/deer.  Once it had been inside for a few hours, the tree (and very soon after, the house) REALLY STUNK!!  That was the last year of getting a "real" tree.


7. What is your favorite Christmas Movie of All time?
Hmm... I'd have to say Love, Actually.


8. Do you do your own Christmas Baking, what’s your favorite treat?
Yep, I certainly do my own Christmas baking.  I don't have one favorite - I do chocolate chip cookies, fudge, turtles, biscotti and many more.  :-)


9. Fake or Real Tree?
Um... fake.  See #6.


10. What day does the actual panic set in to get it all done?
The panic starts Thanksgiving Day if I don't have all the Christmas shopping done.


11. Are you still wrapping presents on Christmas Eve?
With any luck - no!


12. What is your favorite family fun time at Christmas?
I take great joy out of everyone being together and talking over each other, watching TV and just enjoying the organized chaos.


13. What Christmas craft do you like the best?
All of them!!  Making little stocking for co-workers, doing Christmas cards, wreaths, etc.

14. Christmas music? Yes or No, and if yes What is your favorite song?
I love Christmas Music, but only AFTER Thanksgiving. I think "O Holy Night" and "Carol of the Bells" are my favorites.


15. When do you plan to finish all your shopping?
Usually- I'm done by Thanksgiving.  This year - I hope to finish this weekend.


Do you want to play along?

Just simply copy and paste the questions into your blog, and then answer them.

•Then tag 5 or more of your favorite blogs, and leave them a comment telling them they’ve been tagged.

•When you post on your blog, please spread some Christmas Cheer, and leave a link back to Heather's blog (Top 10 Christmas), and the blog that you were tagged by. (which is All The Small Stuff.)

Heather would like any blogger to participate in this meme, even if you have not been tagged She will go back and add your blog link to the list if you wanna play along.

I tag:

• Jane @ Moonflowers Mojitos and Me
• Sara @ This Beautiful Thing
• Sara @ Unwrap Life
• Kathie @ My Net Finds
• Janet @ Stuff I Think About
• Tiffany @ Memoirs of a Munchkin Mommy

Anyone else that wants to join in!  Just let me know that you took part too.

And finally - today's Christmas song.

I've Come To Realize That...

The fabulous Tiney did this survey, and after warning her...I stole it. :-)

1. I’ve come to realize that my chest-size … means I need to invest in bras that give good support.
2. I’ve come to realize that my job …. is something that I excel at, but not what I really enjoy.
3. I’ve come to realize that when I’m driving … I relax.
4. I’ve come to realize that I need … to take a vacation.
5. I’ve come to realize that I have lost … the ability to do one thing at a time.
6. I’ve come to realize that I hate it when … I'm supposed to know the answers to everyone's questions all the time.
7. I’ve come to realize that if I’m drunk … something is drastically wrong. I drink; but I'm too much of a control freak to let myself get drunk.
8. I’ve come to realize that money … has the ability to change your life in the best and worst possible ways.
9. I’ve come to realize that certain people … will always hold a piece of my heart.
10. I’ve come to realize that I’ll always … try to take on more things than I should.
11. I’ve come to realize that my sibling … is my hero and one of my best friends.
12. I’ve come to realize that my mom … is way more competitive than I thought.
13. I’ve come to realize that my cell phone … is darn near surgically implanted to my ear/hand.
14. I’ve come to realize that when I woke up this morning … that there were multiple dog noses in my face.
15. I’ve come to realize that last night before I went to sleep … I prayed for a good long time.
16. I’ve come to realize that right now I am thinking …about making a to-do list for the coming week.
17. I’ve come to realize that my dad … knows someone everywhere he goes.
18. I’ve come to realize that when I get on Facebook … I have to choose my words wisely. People from work are FB friends.
19. I’ve come to realize that today … I was happy that it rained, but a little sad to see my grandmother fly to my aunt's house.
20. I’ve come to realize that tonight … I'm going to cuddle with the puppers and read or knit.
21. I’ve come to realize that tomorrow … and every day is a fresh start.
22. I’ve come to realize that I really want to … make other people happy.
23. I’ve come to realize that the person who is most likely to repost this is … Kathie.
24. I’ve come to realize that life … is unpredictable and frequently surprising.
25. I’ve come to realize that this weekend … is half over (almost) and I'm looking forward to hanging with my cousin tomorrow.
26. I’ve come to realize that marriage … is something I have not yet accomplished and one of the few things that I truly want in life.
27. I’ve come to realize that my friends … are part of my family.
28. I’ve come to realize that this year … has been a roller coaster ride. Exciting and a little scary.
29. I’ve come to realize that my ex is … a good guy, but not who I belonged with.
30. I’ve come to realize that maybe I should … probably speak my mind more often.
31. I’ve come to realize that I love … the people who can read my facial expressions and appreciate my sarcasm & shyness.
32. I’ve come to realize that I don’t understand … people who purposely set out to upset other people.
33. I’ve come to realize my past … is best left in the past. It's the future that matters.
34. I’ve come to realize that parties … bring out the shy side of me.
35. I’ve come to realize that I’m totally terrified … heights. Seriously. Planes and roller coasters are ok; but ladders - FORGET IT!

A Stolen Survey...

I stole this survey from Jane. It just looked like fun, and I didn't think she'd mind. :-)

I give you money and send you into the grocery store to pick up 5 items. You can only pick one thing from the following departments.. what is it?
1. Produce: Tomatoes
2. Bakery: Focaccia
3. Meat: Pork ribs
4. Frozen: Edy's Moose Tracks Ice Cream
5. Dairy: chocolate milk

Let's say we're heading out for a weekend getaway. You're only allowed to bring 3 articles of clothing with you. So, what's in your bag?
1. Sundress
2. flip flops
3. light sweater

If I was to listen in on your conversations throughout the day, what 5 phrases or words would I be most likely to hear?
1. Seriously
2. Now serving #883 (or other random numbers)
3. I have NEW messages? I only walked away for a minute!
4. Now I've seen it all
5. Someone pass me the notebook (yes, we document the dumba$$ things our customers say)

So, what 3 things do you find yourself doing every single day, and if you didn't get to do, you probably wouldn't be in the best mood?
1. Drink coffee
2. Cuddle with my dogs
3. LAUGH!

We're talking a 3 hour block with nobody around. What 5 activities might we find you doing?
1. Reading
2. Knitting
3. Cuddling the dogs
4. Playing computer games
5. Reading all the blogs I've been missing lately.

We are going to the zoo. But, it looks like it could start storming, so it'll have to be a quick visit. What 3 exhibits do we have to get to?
1. Lions
2. Seals
3. Giraffes

You just scored tickets to the taping of any show that comes on t.v. of your choice. You can pick between 4, so what are you deciding between?
1. Red Sox game
2. Patriots game
3. Oprah's "favorite things"
4. Finale of Dancing With The Stars

You're hungry for ice cream. I'll give you a triple dipper ice cream cone. What 3 flavors can I pile on for ya?
1. Breyer's Peppermint Chip
2. Edy's Moose Tracks
3. Friendly's Vanilla

Somebody stole your purse/wallet…in order to get it back, you have to name 5 things you know are inside to claim it. So, what's in there?
1. Wallet
2. Camera
3. Stila lip glaze in 3 colors
4. Phones...You heard right. PLURAL; My blackberry and my work phone aka "The batphone".
5. Gum

You are at a job fair, and asked what areas you are interested in pursuing a career in. Let's pretend you have every talent and ability to be whatever you wanted, so what 4 careers would be fun for you?
1. Mom
2. Event planner
3. Author
4. Interior designer

If you could go back and talk to the old you, when you were in high school, and inform yourself of 4 things, what would you say?
1. Stop following all the rules.
2. You are smarter than you think you are.
3. Embrace your geekiness. It'll pay off later.
4. Have more fun; you know your homework is already done. You don't NEED the extra credit.

The BBC book list

It's been a bit of a long week, and my brain is fried...so I'm taking the easy way out and doing a survey - kind of.

The BBC has a theory that people are reading less (which I actually believe) and that most have only read 15-20 books that they have deemed "classics". I've mentioned before that I'm an avid reader and I've marked the books I've read in bold.

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible (well, most of it)
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare (ugh, I've read a lot of it...but not ALL)
15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19. The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20. Middlemarch - George Eliot
21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34. Emma - Jane Austen
35. Persuasion - Jane Austen
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50. Atonement - Ian McEwan
51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52. Dune - Frank Herbert
53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68. Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69. Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75. Ulysses - James Joyce
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78. Germinal - Emile Zola
79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80. Possession - AS Byatt
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87. Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

Guess I'm above average...huh?! :-)

How do you fare on this list? And do you have any book recommendations? I'll read just about anything.