Hi Ann and welcome. Gee I haven't thought of the band "Bowling for soup" in a while. Loved them before they went mainstream and I haven't heard of them since.

Name: Ann E.
Where do you live: Columbus, OH
Age (Optional): 42
What are you studying/What are you working as: Working as an ESL teacher, taking classes for my Master's in Curriculum
What makes you happy: Family, friends, running, reading, coffee
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Anything with a good beat for running. I am addicted to techno remixes!
An interesting fact about you: I left teaching for 15 years to raise kids and just returned last year.
Favourite place to be: Home, drinking a margarita with the girls, running, on vacation with the fam (not all at the same time!)
Favorite lyric: Hold on to your dreams
Favourite book: Whatever book I just finished....I'm fickle
Favourite movie: Too many to choose one....depends on the mood

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Julie and Julia
2. A book: Mennonite in a Black Dress
3. A song: No Habla Ingles (Bowling for Soup)
4: A band: Kind-of...Glee (Soundtrack)

Name: Alycia J
Where do you live: Fort Worth, TX
Age (Optional): 28
What are you studying/What are you working as: Preschool teacher
What makes you happy: friends, family, my dorky cats, good books, coffee, etc.
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Anberlin "feel good drag". I love various genres, but especially alternative rock
An interesting fact about you: I have a masters of science degree in animal science, I have a second degree black belt in Taekwondo
Favourite place to be: Um? I don't know if I can answer just 1
Favorite lyric: We are
We are the shaken
We are the monsters
Underneath your bed
Yeah
Believe what you read
We are
We are mistaken
We are the voices
Inside your head
Yeah
Believe what you see (chorus from Monsters by Matchbook Romance)
Favourite book: so hard to name one, but I guess "Pride and Prejudice"

Name _ Monica

Where do you live _ New Brunswick, Canada

Age (Optional) _ 22 in January 2010

What are you studying/What are you working as _ Changing to a new job from call center to waitress (I completed some university and considering college in the fall)

What makes you happy _ traveling, boating, my pitbull Chopper, coffee, board games

What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Christmas music on TV

An interesting fact about you _ I don't know about interesting... But I have a blog...

Favourite place to be _ inside the warm house with the fire going and a mug of hot chocolate, after being outside in the snow, building forts, snowmen, and sledding. Childhood flashback!

Favorite lyric _ "I'm in a hurry to get things done, I rush & rush until life's no fun.."

Favourite book _ The Glass Castle

Favourite movie _ Breakfast At Tiffany's

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film _ Memento director Chris Nolan
2. A book _ Water for Elephants
3. A song _ Photograph by Jamie Cullum or Maria's Beautiful Mess by Ellis Paul
4: A band _ Fleetwood Mac's album Original Fleetwood Mac if you like jazzy blues

Kathy wrote: "Hi Connie, I agree the movie definitely inspired me to read White Oleander too! Love Janet Fitch's style of writing - have you managed to read her other book, paint it black?"

No, I haven't read anything else by her yet.

Hi Connie, I agree the movie definitely inspired me to read White Oleander too! Love Janet Fitch's style of writing - have you managed to read her other book, paint it black?

Kathy wrote: "Name: Kathy
Where do you live: Durban, South Africa
Age (Optional): 22
What are you studying/What are you working as: Web Developer, studying programming
What makes you happy: Happy people, new ex..."

Kathy - I love White Oleander too. It's one of my favorite movies and when I found out it was based on a book I finally got around to reading that!!!

Name: Kathy
Where do you live: Durban, South Africa
Age (Optional): 22
What are you studying/What are you working as: Web Developer, studying programming
What makes you happy: Happy people, new experiences, art
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: All American Rejects
An interesting fact about you: I'm veryvery wise/mature for my age
Favourite place to be: home - and new places
Favorite lyric: I survive by these memories, these memories of you.
Favourite book: White Oleander - Janet Fitch
Favourite movie: Crazy/Beautiful

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: The Virgin Suicides
2. A book: White Oleander - Janet Fitch
3. A song: Great White Bear - Dear Reader
4: A band: Taking Back Sunday

Carol wrote: "Connie, is the picture on your thread really you? I mean, is that your picture? You look like a laid-back person with no need to complain...but I guess that's something that's in all of us. LOL ..."

It is me in the picture!!!

Connie, is the picture on your thread really you? I mean, is that your picture? You look like a laid-back person with no need to complain...but I guess that's something that's in all of us. LOL When I figure out how to download a photo, I will do it too.

Rachel wrote: "Name:Rachel
What makes you happy: reading, art, complaining."

Complaining (hahahaha) and I thought I was the only one that made happy!!! I'm really good at it too!!!!

Name: Michelle
Where do you live: Ohio
Age (Optional): 24
What are you studying/What are you working as: Study - Web Design/Interactive Media & Working: Customer service for a cable company.
What makes you happy: Reading, writing, and my fiance.
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Counting Crows
An interesting fact about you: I was born backwards and I've been doing things that way ever since.
Favourite place to be: The library.
Favorite lyric: "And she used to fall down a lot. That girl was always falling again and again. And I used to sometimes try to catch her. But never even caught her name."

Favourite book: The Secret Garden
Favourite movie: Breakfast at Tiffany's

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Gone with the Wind. If you've never seen it, it's wonderful.
2. A book: Candy by Mian Mian
3. A song: The Piano Song by A Cursive Memory
4: A band: Ivoryline

Name:Rachel
Where do you live: Hudson Valley NY
Age (Optional): 37
What are you studying/What are you working as: Stay at home
What makes you happy: reading, art, complaining.
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: holiday jazz
An interesting fact about you:
Favourite place to be: i know it may sound corny, but I'm happy where I am. I moved here from a hellish situation in NJ, so I'm very grateful.
Favorite lyric: "you have no right to ask me how I feel" phil collins separate lives.
Favourite book: Wuthering Heights
Favourite movie:Lolita (newer version)

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Alive
2. A book: Yes Yoko Ono
3. A song: Poinciana
4: A band: The Police

Name: Cheryl
Where do you live: About 1/2 way between Providence and Boston, in MA.
Age (Optional): 40
What are you studying/What are you working as: I'm a planner/scheduler, but I went to art school.
What makes you happy: camping
What are you listening to now/have listened to last:At the moment, it's all about Christmas/Yule. I just dug out an old Laurie Anderson album (yes, an album).
An interesting fact about you: I just participated in my first NaNoWriMo event and finished with more than 57,982 words.
Favourite place to be: I really enjoy Plymouth, MA but I have a feeling if I ever make it to the Ireland...
Favorite lyric: "I wish for just one time, you could stand inside my shoes, and just for that one moment, I could be you then you'd know what a drag it was to see you." with thanks to Bob Dylan
Favourite book: Too many to pick just one, but The Stand will always be on my top 10.
Favourite movie: Again, too many to pick Bound is always up there.

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Dangerous Beauty
2. A book: Thinking in Pictures
3. A song: Rubycon part 1
4: A band: Dropkick Murphys

Julie, I loved your 'Who Are You' post...laughed out loud at it...my best friend Thom had an eccentric aunt like the grandmother in Prince of Tides, it brought him back to my mind (he is now deceased).

Name:Julie

Where do you live:Ohio

Age (Optional):Almost 52

What are you studying/What are you working as: Sitting on the chair .........................(AKA housewife ...... retired LPN for many years )

What makes you happy: Playing with my grandson .

What are you listening to now/have listened to last:
Not a big music person, but would probably choose music from the 60's if I was choosing .

An interesting fact about you: Hmmmmmmm...I'm about as interesting as white bread ....I used to be really funny ,and still can be if the right mood hits .

Favourite place to be: Home .

Favorite lyric: ~~~~~~~~~~

Favourite book: The one currently in my hands .

Favourite movie: The Grass Harp

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Last movie I saw in a theater ? Bambi....
2. A book: The Prince of Tides
3. A song: Remember When -- Alan Jackson
4: A band: Lawrence Welk .... sorry, folks, I live a REALLY dull life .

Name: Genia (Gina, just spelled different)
Where do you live: Maryland
Age (Optional): 52
What are you studying/What are you working as: I am a department manager for a Healthcare Organization
What makes you happy: Books, my two kitties, coffee/tea, my children, art.
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Nothing, but the sound of a house late at night.
An interesting fact about you: I'm Bipolar.
Favourite place to be:In a book store, the smell of all those new books is intoxicating!
Favourite book:Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Favourite movie: You've got Mail & Sleepless in Seattle (Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan are great together!)

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: August Rush
2. A book: Vision in White by Nora Roberts
3. A song: Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues
4: A band: Rusted Root

Name: Kerry
Where do you live: New York
Age (Optional): 21
What are you studying/What are you working as: Adolescent Education: Social Studies
What makes you happy: Books, of course! But coffee, rowing, flannel and snow are all high on my list as well.
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: I just finished listening to "Blue Shades" by Ticheli.
An interesting fact about you: I can play five instruments: French horn, trombone, mellophone, trumpet, and euphonium.
Favourite place to be: Under the covers on a snowy day.
Favourite book: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Favourite movie: Dogma

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: City of God
2. A book: Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist
3. A song: "Jazz Man" by Carole King
4: A band: They Might Be Giants

Name: Alicia
Where do you live: Florida
Age (Optional): 19
What are you studying/What are you working as: Elementary Education
What makes you happy: Seeing my boyfriend after a week apart, writing letters, reading on a rainy day, and browsing library shelves
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: I have a Criminal Minds repeat on the television behind me.
An interesting fact about you: I taught my younger brother how to read.
Favourite place to be: with family during the holidays
Favorite lyric: "i'm right where I need to be"
Favourite book: Night by Elie Wiesel or Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
Favourite movie: Remember the Titans

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Taking Chance
2. A book: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni
3. A song: Everything by Lifehouse
4: A band: Kings of Leon

Name: Bella
Where do you live: Sydney, Australia
Age (Optional): 18
What are you studying/What are you working as: Waiting to go to uni to study nursing
What makes you happy: my boyfriend, reading, my kitty and gummi worms
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: when the war is over- Cold Chisel
An interesting fact about you: I can bend my knees backwards
Favourite place to be: in the park near my house with my boy and my dog
Favorite lyric: Try to realize it's all within yourself no one else can make you change/and to see you're only very small and life flows on within you and without you.
Favourite book: Alice in Wonderland- Lewis Carroll
Favourite movie: La Vita E` Bella

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: The Sum of Us
2. A book: A Fortunate Life- A.B Facey or No Great Mischief- Alastair McLeod
3. A song: Wake Up - The Arcade Fire
4: A band: Horsell Common

Hola! I think I am the 1st Spanish here!!! I love this thread and I wish you were all a bit closer to me, specially since my friends don't like reading and I don't have anyone to talk about books with!!!

Name: Deni

Where do you live: Although I'm from the north of Spain, i live in Godalming, United Kingdom.

Age (Optional): 32

What are you studying/What are you working as: I am a Languages and Translation (mature) student.

What makes you happy: my husband, my family, traveling, sitting on a beach/park with a good book...

What are you listening to now/have listened to last: I'm afraid I don't listen to music very often... but I am addicted to BBC7

An interesting fact about you: I hung my clothes with the hangers facing the same way

Favourite place to be: Cobas, the village in the north of Spain where my family lives

Favourite lyric: "freedom is just another word for nothing else to lose", Janis Joplin

Favourite book: I couldn't chose just one, maybe "And then there were none", by Agatha Christie

Favourite movie: The lord of the rings

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: The green mile
2. A book: The kite runner, Khaled Hosseini
3. A song: One love, Bob Marley
4: A band: Jefferson Airplane

Arlene wrote: "Carol, It is easy to start your own list. Just go to the discussion > A-E and click on the link to the right that says "New Topic". Then you can add your own topic title (something like Carol's ..."

Carol - I actually sent you a message yesterday about how to do this as well. Go to your Inbox (top right of the page - between "Hi Carol" and "signout" - on Goodreads and you'll find the same instructions from me there.

Name: Michelle
Where do you live: North Carolina
Age (Optional): 34
What are you studying/What are you working as: Marketing specialist for a publishing company and mom to a 2 year old
What makes you happy: My little girl, sipping a good cup of coffee, knitting, getting a chance to read, spending time with my friends, a beautiful day at the park, dinner out at my favorite restaurant with my husband, visiting family
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: at the moment, it's a Lucky Star radio station on Pandora (love Pandora). I'm also addicted to the Glee soundtrack which reminds me how much I love musical theater and has me needing to listen to Rent again.
An interesting fact about you:I have a blog
Favourite place to be:New York
Favorite lyric: at the moment, I'm loving Defying Gravity - Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Favourite book: Gone with the Wind

Carol, It is easy to start your own list. Just go to the discussion > A-E and click on the link to the right that says "New Topic". Then you can add your own topic title (something like Carol's books - whatever you want) and start with your first post in the comment box. You can use the "add book/author" on the top to search and put in the cover or title of a book. Then when you click on "post" you have done it!! I put a "bookmark" so that it is easy to get back to my own list to add my books. Welcome and enjoy!

Name: Laura
Where do you live: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Age (Optional): 25
What are you studying/What are you working as: English teacher
What makes you happy: Art
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Lou Reed's "Perfect Day"
An interesting fact about you: I teach British and American literature at university in Buenos Aires
Favourite place to be: Home sweet home!
Favorite lyric: Mmm, tough one. "You Ought To Know" by Alanis Morisette
Favourite book: "Beloved" by Toni Morrison
Favourite movie: "Apocalypse Now"

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: "Across the Universe" - absolutely inspiring
2. A book: "Kiss of the Spider Woman", by my fellow countryman Manuel Puig
3. A song: "Smithereens" by Annie Lennox
4: A band: The Velvet Underground

Tim wrote: "Name:Tim
Where do you live:Manitoba, Canada
Age (Optional):45
What are you studying/What are you working as:I work as a tobacconist!
What makes you happy?: Reading...relaxing.
What are you listeni..."
Glad to meet you too, Tim. I've been reading these blogs for several months and have yet to learn how to get my own headline and start listing my books! I just the other day discovered that if I click on the little square that some people add that shows the cover of the book it would take me to a page that gives all the information I seek about the book, plus a synopsis! I was getting really p...d that people just put that and no author or title, now I think it's better than just listing the author and title. Next I want to learn how to do that, too, and how to get the clickable underline under the title...so many things to learn. I hope you have many happy nights (if sleepless) perusing GoodReads.

Name: Sweetman
Where do you live: Beverly, MA
Age (Optional): 40ish
What are you studying/What are you working as: RN
What makes you happy: writing, husband, sons and sisters, 2 little terriers, bicycles, the great outdoors
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Jazz on the radio; I alternate between classic, jazz, NPR
An interesting fact about you: I'm a beekeeper
Favourite place to be: cities people watching
Favorite lyric: "You've got a face with a view"
Favourite book: "Pride & Prejudice" or "Emma"--so I usually say Jane Austen
Favourite movie: "Snatch"

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: "Son of Rambow"
2. A book: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"--hilarious, better than the movie
3. A song: "If you want me to stay" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
4: A band: Cambridge Choir directed by John Rutter (for the holidays)

Name: Heather
Where do you live: Yigo, Guam
Age (Optional): 29
What are you studying/What are you working as: paralegal
What makes you happy: strong wine, good friends, music and a good book in the absence of the second two things
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: my fingers tapping along the keyboard
An interesting fact about you: My son is a medium.
Favourite place to be: beach
Favorite lyric: Wrap her up in a package of lies, send her off to a coconut island-Anna Begins, Counting Crows
Favourite book: too many to numerate, please see my list =)
Favourite movie: Across the Universe

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Four Rooms
2. A book: Life of Pi
3. A song: December Baby by Ingrid Michaelson
4: A band: Nouvelle Vague

Name:Tim
Where do you live:Manitoba, Canada
Age (Optional):45
What are you studying/What are you working as:I work as a tobacconist!
What makes you happy?: Reading...relaxing.
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Billy Bragg and Wilco
An interesting fact about you: Hmmm..I have three kidneys.

I skipped the favourites section because I can never answer those sort of questions.

I found this group at 1:30 in the morning. Thank you insomnia. I had to laugh because when I began this personal challenge to read 50 books this year I thought it was fairly original...little did I know that there were a group of these folk.

Glad to meet you all.

Name: Sami
Where do you live: Acme, PA
Age (Optional): 35
What are you studying/What are you working as: Programmer/IT
What makes you happy: Writing, reading, my family, and my new puppy.
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Owl City - Fireflies
An interesting fact about you: I ride a motorcycle.
Favourite place to be: At home.
Favorite lyric: "Hate your next-door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace"
Favourite book: Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
Favourite movie: Serenity

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
2. A book: Evolution, Me, & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande
3. A song: Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson
4: A band: Greenday

Name: Donna
Where do you live: Rockaway BEach NY
Age (Optional): 29
What are you studying/What are you working as: Library Science / Records Management
What makes you happy: Family
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Oliver twist
An interesting fact about you: I work full time, go to Grad School, and have two babies under 2 and somehow I can get in 50 books a year!
Favourite place to be: On the Beach
Favorite lyric: Why can't we just be sober? I just want to start things over..."
Favourite book: The Rice Mother - Rani Manicka
Favourite movie: Amadeus

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Amadeus
2. A book: The Rice Mother - Rani Manicka
3. A song: Anema - Tool
4: A band: Tool

Name: Lauren
Where do you live: Nebraska
Age (Optional): 28
What are you studying/What are you working as: Retail
What makes you happy: My family and my books!
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Lamb of God
An interesting fact about you: I am a Wizard of Oz fanatic!
Favourite place to be: Home
Favorite lyric: Save your scissors for someone else's skin. My surface is so tough I don't think the blade will dig in.
Favourite book: The Thief of Always, The Bell Jar, anything by Octavia E. Butler
Favourite movie: The Wizard of Oz, Labyrinth, Mirrormask, The Devil's Rejects

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Dancer In The Dark
2. A book: Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
3. A song: Shout At The Devil by Motley Crue
4: A band: Black On High, City and Colour

Hi, everybody, another newbie here:)
Name: Anya
Where do you live: Denver area, CO
Age (Optional): 27
What are you studying/What are you working as: currently stay at home mom
What makes you happy:family, kids, "me time", chocolate
What are you listening to now/have listened to last:Muse "The resistance"
An interesting fact about you: I never leave a book store without buying a book for my kids (sometimes several books actually)
Favourite place to be: San Francisco
Favorite lyric: I can't find the words to say/
They're overdue/I've traveled half the world to say/
I belong to you
Favourite book: anything by Steinbeck
Favourite movie: at the moment " Dear Frankie"

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: "Driving lessons"
2. A book: "A shadow of the wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
3. A song: "Perfect day" by Miriam Stockley
4: A band: Muse

Name: Josephine Singh
Where do you live: Auckland, New Zealand
Age (Optional): 23
What are you studying/What are you working as: In my 2nd year of Nursing one more year to go. Woohoo!
What makes you happy:
My husband and two daughters
Getting lost in a book
Music
Partying and Socialising
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Tik Tok by Kesha
An interesting fact about you: I can roll my tongue. LOL
Favourite place to be: Home, down on the east coast with my family.
Favorite lyric: "On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night" Haha this reminds me of my parents.
Favourite book: Its forever changing.
Favourite movie: Now and Then, The Harry Potters, Dirty dancing to name a few

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Harry Potter and the half blood prince. I really enjoyed it, although it isn't better than the book.
2. A book: The day after forever by Erin Skiffington
3. A song: Brother by Smashproof ft Gin
4: A band: Nesian Mystik or Midnight Youth, both awesome Nz Bands

I hope this is okay. I just thought it would be fun to get to know each other a little better!

Name: Claire
Where do you live: Michigan
Age (Optional):
What are you studying/What are you working as: well, i'm under the age of 18 so I am not really studying anything in particular...
What makes you happy: making other people happy, laughter, life, reading and acting.
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: i don't remember actually...
An interesting fact about you: I love to read.
Favourite place to be: almost anywhere
Favorite lyric: there's nothing you can do that can't be done.
Favourite book: too hard to answer.
Favourite movie: too hard to answer.

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: The Bucket List
2. A book: Forget About it by Caprice Crane.
3. A song: eet by Regina Spektor
4: A band: The Beatles

Well, I guess it's my turn, I kept meaning to give y'all my vital statistics, but kept forgetting...I was gonna reply to Marco anyway, and say...I am very interested in Egyptology, it probably started with the Boris Karloff 'Mummy' movies, and now have expanded to include in my curiosity the culture and mores of present-day Egypt. There is a Rosicrucian compound in San Jose, California, where I took a tour of a recreated pyramid and the guide explained what the artwork on the tomb walls meant...very fascinating.
Oh, yeah, MY stuff...
Name: Arletta Carol Buckwitz Neman Gullatt Neman
(first, middle, maiden, 1st married, 2nd married, 3rd married names)(I married brothers - at different times)
Where I live - Long Beach, CA
Age: 66 - it's still amazing to me when I think about it.
Studying/Working as: Working for the same company 43 years, Boeing Aircraft
Makes me happy: My grandchildren, being around family
Listening to now/have listened to: NPR - radio stays tuned - Garrison Keilor and Car Talk and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me
Interesting fact about me: See above re husbands, I also love to sing - in a choral group and at Karaoke.
Favorite place to be - home, visiting friends/family, also love to travel, so make hotels my home sometimes.
Favorite lyric - 'Comes love and nothing can be done' - Norah Jones
Favorite book - Right now, Dog On It by Spencer Quinn - I tend to like the arc of a series like Ellery Queen or other mystery writers, too numerous
Favorite movie - Recently: Star Trek; previously: All time favorites (don't know why) include "Clash of the Titans", "Jumping Jack Flash", "The Fifth Element" - The Matrix series, X-Men I could watch these over and over again
Favorite Music/Group - Pink Martini, they play 'World Music' in many languages, plus 30's/40's

Recommend to the group:
Film: Anything that makes you think about it for three days
Mini-Series: The Lost Room, very supernatural
TVLand Series: EMERGENCY!
Book: Dog On It
Song: Anything you can sing along to
Band: Again, Pink Martini, but that's more like a 13 pc orchestra

hey, guys amazing group
Name:Marco
Where do you live: Egypt,cairo
Age (Optional): 21
What are you studying/What are you working as: last year with electric engineering
What makes you happy: sunshine on the beach , good book
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Eric Carmen - All by Myself (so sad)
An interesting fact about you: am so ambitious and want to run my own business oneday
Favourite place to be: place you call home , wherever the people i love , dark side of the moon ( still curious),
Favorite lyric: with or without you - U2
Favourite book: Tuesdays with morrie
Favourite movie: The Game , One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


just to make this fun i think each one might write something he liked about the previouse poste ( it will make us really care to know each other) tc guys:)

Name: Jessi
Where do you live: Cincinnati
Age (Optional): 22
What are you studying/What are you working as: Political Science
What makes you happy: my girlfriend
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Bruce Springsteen
An interesting fact about you: I'm a vegetarian
Favourite place to be: Half Price Books
Favorite lyric: "Cut your finger on the edge cause it's sharper than they told you, take a leap from out the window cause it's way too far to go through the door."
Favourite book: Harry Potter
Favourite movie: V For Vendetta

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: Across the Universe
2. A book: Revolutionary Road
3. A song: Winning Days by The Vines
4: A band: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Name: Krista
Where do you live: Southern California
Age (Optional): 26
What are you studying/What are you working as: I have a BA in English and I'm working on my masters in higher education with an emphasis in counseling
What makes you happy: Reading, sunshine, spending time with my five-year-old sister
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Well, I have Pink on my iPod now, but I recently became really obsessed with Sugarland (a country band)
An interesting fact about you: Usually I say that I try to read 50 books a year, but that's a given in here so... I went to 10 elementary schools, so the fact that I love to read and write as much as I do is pretty amazing!
Favourite place to be: Anywhere with my family
Favorite lyric: I don't remember a voice/On a dark, lonesome road/When I started this journey so long ago/I was only just trying to outrun the noise/There was never a question of having a choice
Favourite book: The Power of One
Favourite movie: Steel Magnolias or Beaches

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1. A film: Honestly, I am not a good movie-watcher... too impatient
2. A book: The Book Thief or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
3. A song: I can never think of these in the heat of the moment...
4: A band: Sugarland!

Name: Jayme
Where do you live: Ft. Worth, Texas
Age: 18
What are you studying/What are you working as: I am studying music education and hoping to get my Doctorate. I am working as a section leader at First United Methodist Church in Fort Worth and as an AVID Tutor for the Eagle Mountain Saginaw ISD
What makes you happy: Reading, laying in bed listening to the rain beat on the ceiling, and cuddling with my fiance
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Savior by Rise Against
An interesting fact about you: By the time I left my elementary school, I had the reading IQ of a freshman in college and I had read ever book in the school's library (sadly it was a very small library; they expanded it after I left)
Favourite place to be: Broken Bow, OK or Albuquerque, NM
Favorite lyric: From there, pray don't sense my saddened heart. Know only this, that my love goes on. From there, pray forgive my failings if I lack the grace to let you go. But where is this I'm calling? In my earthly attire, shall I ever see beyond? Shall I know whither kindly angels have carried off your soul? Can I run to you? How I long to. Promise me you're not far away. -From There Alisa Bair (Composer) and Dina Gregory (Author)
Favourite book: The Naming by Alison Croggon
Favourite movie: Ever After

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1. A film: Howl's Moving Castle
2. A book: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
3. A song: Lacrymosa by Mozart
4: A band: Eisley

Name: Anthony
Where do you live:Milwaukee
Age: 21
What are you studying/What are you working as: Studying math and physics, not entirely sure why.
What makes you happy: been workin on this one for a while
What are you listening to now/have listened to last:
Dan Auerbach.
Favorite place to be: Libraries. Really peaceful.
Favorite lyric: "At least I've still got my guitar.. look out baby!"
Favourite book: The call of the wild
Favourite movie: Fight Club

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1. A film: Cinema Paradiso. (greatest ending I've ever seen. By far. Really.)
2. A book: "The Elephant Vanishes" by haruki murakami
3. A song: "I asked her for water" by howlin' wolf
4: A band: The black keys

i would NEVER have pegged Danine as a TOOL fan. That is awesome!!

Name: Chris
Where do you live: Illinois
Age (Optional): 31
What are you studying/What are you working as: Import/Export
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: a totally rockin' iTunes playlist I made, called, no joke, "Short, Like YOUR Shrivelfig", consisting entirely of songs under 3 minutes. I know, I should grow up.
An interesting fact about you: voted Best Lover in Illinois 3 consecutive years (unfortunately, 1995-1997
Favorite lyric: "She don't hold me right, she's never going to get me there"
Favourite book: The Long Walk / Stephen King
Favourite movie: Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre

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1. A film: STREET TRASH
2. A book: The Book of Disquiet / Fernando Pessoa
3. A song: "The Woman Who Was Also a Mongoose" by the Dead Milkmen, only so many songs incorporate a righteous recorder solo.
4: A band: Sarge....no wait, Texas is the Reason. No, Sarge.

Name: Antoinette
Where do you live: Metuchen, NJ
Age (Optional): 29 (slowly approaching the big 3-0)
What are you studying/What are you working as: Communications Associate for an education nonprofit
What makes you happy: Good music, good books, time with family (especially my 3 yr. old nephews), mom's cooking, breezy, sunny days...
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Pandora Quickmix, current song playing "Photograph" by Nickelback
An interesting fact about you: Ummm...
Favourite place to be: Walking outside on a nice day
For all of these favorites below there's really so many but I just gave the first that popped into mind:
Favorite lyric: "So what is love then? Is it dictated or chosen? Does it sing like the hymns of 1000 years? Or is it just pop emotion? And if it ever was here and it left does it mean it was never true?..." - "Language or the Kiss," Indigo Girls
Favourite book: Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
Favourite movie: Love Actually

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: 21 Grams
2. A book: Ellen Foster
3. A song: "Between the Lines" - Sara Bareilles
4. A band: Indigo Girls

Name: Efe
Where do you live: Brooklyn, New York
Age (Optional): 30
What are you studying/What are you working as: Economic Development exec
What makes you happy: my boy, bookstores, cooking, travelling, movies, shoes...
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Murs
An interesting fact about you: I'm a global citizen
Favourite place to be: In the pages of a book
Favourite book: Half of a Yellow Sun
Favourite movie: The Godfather

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1. A film: Inglourious Basterds
2. A book: Firtress of Solitude - Jonathan Lethem
3. A song: Superstar - Lupe Fiasco
4: An artist: Jazmine Sullivan

Name: Josée
Where do you live: Gatineau, Québec, Canada
Age (Optional): 25
What are you studying/What are you working as: Architectural Draftsperson
What makes you happy: cats, new books, a good film, shopping...
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Billy Talent
An interesting fact about you: I'm french.. But mostly read in english
Favourite place to be: Home or in a good restaurant
Favorite lyric: ...
Favourite book: Harry Potter serie..
Favourite movie: Dirty Dancing

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1. A film: Coraline
2. A book: Stephanie Plum serie by Janet Evanovich.. SO addictive...
3. A song: Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
4: A band: Muse

Name: Elisabeth
Where do you live: Austria
Age (Optional): 22
What are you studying/What are you working as: Sociology
What makes you happy: reading, meeting my friends, listen to music, drawing,...
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Hanabi by Ayumi Hamasaki
An interesting fact about you: I have a twin sister
Favourite place to be: by my friend Brigitte
Favorite lyric: Non, je ne regrette rien
Favourite book: right now "Just Listen" by Sarah Dessen
Favourite movie: The Lake House

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: The Lake House
2. A book: Oscar et la dame rose by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
3. A song: The man, who can't be moved - The Script
4: A band: Papermoon

Name: John
Where do you live: London, England
Age (Optional): 16
What are you studying/What are you working as: Singer/ guitar player
What makes you happy: books and music :D
What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Fake Empire by The National (Boxer)
An interesting fact about you: i Compose my own Classical music for the piano
Favourite place to be: Here, in the present :D
Favorite lyric: the first verse in Plane, by Jason Mraz
Favourite book(s): Harry Potter
Favourite movie: Enter the dragon, Tehe:)

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1. A film: The Karate kid two
2. A book: Leven Thumps
3. A song: Mr. November, by The National
4: A band: Alien Ant Farm

Name: Kate
Where do you live:Cave City A.R.
Age (Optional): More than 10 less than 20
What are you studying/What are you working as: Elementry/middle school
What makes you happy: Mints,gum,pickles,books,bffs
What are you listening to now/have listened to last:Eye of the tiger by:???
An interesting fact about you: I have been around the world
Favourite place to be: Home
Favorite lyric: Love Story bySwift
Favourite book: can't deside
Favourite movie: Airplane

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film:
2. A book:The Girl who could fly
3. A song:
4: A band:Toto

Hi everyone! I am excited to keep track of my books! I am at 51 for the year so far, so my goal is to hit 50 more by the end of 2009!

Name: Stephanie

Where do you live: Ohio

Age (Optional): 28

What are you studying/What are you working as: I teach high school Spanish and JUST finished my MA two weeks ago! Hurray!

What makes you happy: Pretty much everything, but especially my husband, seeing little kids laugh, being near the water, and my family.

What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Haha...the 80s mix channel on cable as I cleaned

An interesting fact about you: The CIA attempted to recruit me when I graduated college.

Favourite place to be: On the water!

Favorite lyric: So many to choose from, especially from just about any Dave Matthews song, but I will go with Little River Band's "I was born in the sight of water, and it's there that I feel my best."

Favourite book: The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, East of Eden, The House of the Spirits, To Kill a Mockingbird

Favourite movie: Waaaaay too many to pick.

RECOMMEND TO THE GROUP
1. A film: 12 Angry Men
2. A book: The Poisonwood Bible
3. A song: Dancing Nancies
4: A band: Dave Matthews Band