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The Person Below Me - Part Deux
No! I was horrible at sports in high school!TPBM is very passionate about a certain sports team.
No.TPBM likes a hot mug of coffee while flipping through the pages of a novel on a gloomy afternoon!
Not me the reading part is fine but I don't drink coffee.TPBM enjoys cleaning up but not cooking.
Yes, England.TPBM recently discovered an excellent new author (who?)
I strongly object to the denigrating term "victim"! Well, yes, but at least not by email!TPBM has never read Infinite Meat by Jeremy Neeley. Just for the record, I have no connection with him other than having read the book, but it is something special!
I haven't read it.TPBM doesn't really enjoy short stories.
I like novel better than short stories or poetry, though I'm listening now Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte by Horacio Quiroga. I've already read it 20 years ago.TPBM has set some Christmas decoration at home.
We have a few Chanukah decorations in our home.WYR celebrate the winter holidays with guests or just your immediate family
Immediate family. Namely, my husband.TPBM makes holiday cookies.
No, I'm a rubbish baker.TPBM has read a page over 450 pages THIS month.
I wish I had!TPBM will give some books as presents this Christmas.
Don't think I've got any as gifts yet.TPBM has read over 50 books so far this year.
yes, over 200TPBM has a reading goal for the year.
It was 59 but not going to meet that :(TPBM hopes to read 100 books or more this year.
No. I don't set volume goals, just read what appeals when it appeals and try to enjoy them (or savor, if you want to be snotty) as I go along.TPBM likes to paint or draw for a hobby (not walls).
No, I've got no talent in that area.TPBM joined more than 1 reading challenge this year.
No, but the one I did join I failed. I think I've read the least amount of books this year. My new challenge will be to read at least one book a month!TPBM has started or finished their Christmas shopping.
I shop for Channukah which is next week.TPBM enjoys many ethnic foods.
Yes, Chinese and Indian are some of my favourites.TPBM uses audio books too.
Absolutely, more than "visual" books lately. Including right now. Multi tasking or reading myself to sleep. Also, less eye strain. (I love Indian food too).tPBM reads more fiction than non.
Yes.TPBM enjoys Swedish thrillers (ie Lckberg, Kepler . . .)
Nope.TPBM is wearing an ugly Christmas sweater right now.
Double answer, so I'll answer both. No
No
TPBM loved the movie 'Frozen.'
Haven't seen it.TPBM always opens their Xmas presents way too early.
Don't celebrate Xmas.TPBM has seen Frozen and does celebrate Xmas. And loves them both.
I celebrate Xmas and love it but have not seen Frozen.TPBM enjoys romance novels
Not usually TPBM is going on a winter vacation
Not that I know of TPBM owns an iPhone
Nope, still own a now-popular-again Razor flip phone. TPBM is not working between Christmas and New Year's Day.
Not, not, NOT! Yes! :DTPBM is impatiently waiting for George R.R. Martin to let go of Winds of Winter.
no, still behind on that series!TPBM is preparing to make candies for Christmas (I've been stockpiling ingredients)
No, too much trouble. (you are an awesome mom/grandma if you do!)TPBM will attend a Christmas concert.
Going to a cantata on Sunday!TPBM has finished their Christmas (holiday) shopping
No... not even started...TPBM has shoveled snow this morning.
NoTPBM is going to celebrate CHanukah
No, we celebrate Christmas. TPBM has had a wardrobe malfunction...zipper, shirt inside out, etc.
Yes, top inside out and buttons done up wrong.TPBM read a really good non-fiction book this year (if yes, what was it?)
Yes! The Possibility Dogs: What a Handful of "Unadoptables" Taught Me About Service, Hope, and Healing by Susannah CharlesonTPBM discovered an excellent author this year (if yes, who?)
Usually not, but I used to be.TPBM has a phobia that makes life difficult for them sometimes.
Not really. I don't like heights, but that doesn't limit me to doing much.TPBM decorated for Christmas.
No. We never have. But we're planning to do it next year for the first time...probably just indoor stuff though (like tree and stockings).TPBM has had a job working with children.
I was a volunteer working with children once.TPBM has children.
Yes, two. Chloe, 10 and Thomas, 8.TPBM goes to the library at least twice a week.
Nope. But I access their downloadables at least once a week. (Our library, while nice for a smallish town, is a little limited).TPBM access Amazon or whatever to browse/buy books at least once a week.
No. I mostly use the library.TPBM likes to sew.
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Cell (other topics)Birdbrain (other topics)
The Possibility Dogs: What a Handful of "Unadoptables" Taught Me About Service, Hope, and Healing (other topics)
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Stephen King (other topics)Virginia Arthur (other topics)
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TPBM played High School basketball when they were in high school