June Employee of the Month & Challenge ~ Cait

[Jenne]

is......

Cait

Congrats Cait! So tell us a little about yourself:
1. What are your 5 favorite books?
2. What is your favorite genre?
3. Where do you live?
4. What's your favorite color?
5. Name 2 books that you didn't like.
6. What is/was your profession?
7. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
8. What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
9. If you could have lunch with an author, who would you choose?
10. What are your hobbies besides reading?
11. What's your favorite thing about/at TCF?
12. Who's your top 3 authors?
13. Do you have any pets, and if so what are they and what are their names?
14. What's your favorite thing to eat?
15. What method of reading do you prefer i.e. Kindle, paperback, audio, etc?
16. What are you currently reading?
17. What book did you just finish?
18. Name a book, author, or series that you loved and wouldn't of know about if it weren't for Goodreads.
19. If you could be any character from a book who would it be and what book is he/she from?
20. Where's your favorite place to go on vacation to?

Bonus:
Tell us 3 things about yourself

⇏⇏⇏⇏Cait's Answers (TBD)⇍⇍⇍⇍


This challenge will run for the month of June, feel free to think outside the box!

[Cait S]

Thanks! Alright, let's see here:

1. What are your 5 favorite books?

2. What is your favorite genre?
I go through three month phases. Last winter it was a lot of cozy mysteries. Before that it was horror. Before that it was YA fantasy. Every three months I have to move on to something new. Right now it's up in the air! But probably mystery/thriller.
3. Where do you live?
Right now I live in New York but as I'm married to the military we move around quite a bit.
4. What's your favorite color?
Blue.
5. Name 2 books that you didn't like.

6. What is/was your profession?
I'm a stay at home mom to two boys, 6 and 3 years old. Before that I was an adoption consultant at my city's humane society.
7. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
Of all the places we've lived so far, I really loved San Diego. I would probably go back there or move home to Wisconsin.
8. What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
Mint Chocolate Chip!
9. If you could have lunch with an author, who would you choose?
Tyler Knott Gregson (who writes beautiful poetry, if you haven't read his stuff you totally should.)
10. What are your hobbies besides reading?
I don't have time for other hobbies, I'm in too many challenges! :P I enjoy cooking and baking, video games and going to movies.
11. What's your favorite thing about/at TCF?
I love the team challenges! SS is always fun.
12. Who's your top 3 authors?
John Green, Stephen King, and Juliet Marillier.
13. Do you have any pets, and if so what are they and what are their names?
Yes! We have a 5 year old Golden Retriever named Peach. And we are waiting right now for our new puppy to come home in a few weeks! He's a Swiss White Shepherd and we are taking any and all name suggestions because...we got nothing.
14. What's your favorite thing to eat?
Another thing I go through phases on. Right now, bagels and cream cheese. I'll eat something every day until the sight of it makes me sick and then move on to other things.
15. What method of reading do you prefer i.e. Kindle, paperback, audio, etc?
Hardcover books are by FAR my favorite.
16. What are you currently reading?

17. What book did you just finish?

18. Name a book, author, or series that you loved and wouldn't of know about if it weren't for Goodreads.
Joe Hill! For all the Stephen King I read it never occurred to me to read Joe Hill's work until I saw NOS4A2 on Goodreads. He's an incredible writer, I've loved everything I've read by him.
19. If you could be any character from a book who would it be and what book is he/she from?
Good question. Hmm... I mean my favorite character of all time is Gale Hawthorne from the Hunger Games series but I don't know that I'd want to be him. Kid had it rough. I really don't know. Someone who survives in Harry Potter probably.
20. Where's your favorite place to go on vacation to?
Stay-cations are the best vacations. I'm a total homebody.

Bonus:
Tell us 3 things about yourself

1. If I could have any job in the world, I would be a veterinarian.
2. I hate, hate, hate being hot. Cold/windy/rainy weather is my favorite.
3. I just saw Mad Max: Fury Road the other day and it immediately moved into my #1 all time favorite movie slot and I'm literally only telling you this because everyone needs to see it.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Congratulations, Cait.
You've mentioned some great books.
I'm in for this challenge.

4. blue - Silent in the Sanctuary 6/11/15 **** (blue cover)

7. loved San Diego - In the Shadow of Blackbirds 6/2 **** (set in San Diego)

8. mint chocolate chip - The Caprine Caper 6/5 *** "...a double mint chocolate chip..." p. 157

10. hobbies -
cooking and baking
video games Flying Dutch 6/14 **** "...this was no ordinary playing-video-games computer..." p. 205
go to movies - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 6/3 (made into a movie)

11. team challenge - SS - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 6/1/15 **** (read for SS)

15. hardcover book - Letters to a Young Gymnast 6/13/15 **** (hardback book)

[LaurLa]

Congrats Cait!

[Colleen]

Hi Cait!!!!
Woo Hoo! I'm gonna read three "Cait-inspired-stuff" this month. :)


1. I've already read 2 of these and liked them, so I'll read The Dog Stars 07/07/2015
10. Never Cook Sober Cookbook: From Soused Scrambled Eggs to Kahlua Fudge Brownies, 100 (Fool)Proof Recipes 06/20/2015
20. A+ for stay-cations and homebodies. Home 06/14/2015

P.S. I've heard good things about the new Mad Max, I hope I get around to seeing it before it's out of theaters.

[Cait S]

Hello all! Thank you!

Colleen, I'm so excited you're going to read The Dog Stars. Probably my favorite book of all time. The style can be a little jarring at first but stick with it.

((PS Mad Max has awesome mafia characters okay bye))

[Barbara ★]

Congrats Cait.
2. I hate, hate, hate being hot. Cold/windy/rainy weather is my favorite.
People think I'm nuts when I say that same thing but I hate being hot as much as you do.

And I'm so there....
20. Where's your favorite place to go on vacation to?
Stay-cations are the best vacations. I'm a total homebody.

I hate going on vacation and would much rather just stay home too.

I'm going for 6 "Cait" books this month.

READ: 6/6

✔2. What is your favorite genre?
I go through three month phases. Last winter it was a lot of cozy mysteries. Before that it was horror. Before that it was YA fantasy. Every three months I have to move on to something new. Right now it's up in the air! But probably mystery/thriller.
Exposed - Alex Kava 6/24

✔3. Where do you live?
Right now I live in New York but as I'm married to the military we move around quite a bit.
Archangel's Legion - Nalini Singh 6/19

✔4. What's your favorite color? Blue.
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker - Leanna Renee Hieber (blue cover) 6/14

✔8. What's your favorite ice cream flavor? Mint Chocolate Chip!
Tell the Wolves I'm Home - Carol Rifka Brunt (green cover) 6/11

✔10. What are your hobbies besides reading?
I don't have time for other hobbies, I'm in too many challenges! :P I enjoy cooking and baking, video games and going to movies.
Courting Disaster - Joanne Pence (cooking mystery) 6/19

✔15. What method of reading do you prefer i.e. Kindle, paperback, audio, etc? Hardcover books are by FAR my favorite.
Invisible Murder- Lene Kaaberbøl (hardcover) 6/15

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Jenne]

Lol Cait I do the same thing with food, just burn myself out on something.

[Cait S]

Jenne wrote: "Lol Cait I do the same thing with food, just burn myself out on something."

I knew it couldn't just be me! My husband says I'm weird. But once I find something I'm in the mood for, nothing else sounds good...until I eat it so often that I am literally repulsed by the idea of eating it again. Then I won't have it for a year or so lol

[Cait S]

Those look like great books, Barbara! I hope you enjoy them! I've been meaning to get around to Tell The Wolves I'm Home too.

[Jenne]

I do it, my mother in law did too. You're not alone :)