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Bree Sharp
Switchblade Kittens
Fall Out Boy
No Doubt
Shakira
Old School Madonna
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Juliana Hatfield
Eminem
Whatever else you send me
Star Wars—A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back
28 Days
Cold Comfort Farm
Sean of the Dead
Reality Bites
Land of the Dead
Some Kind of Wonderful
Napoleon Dynamite
House
Weeds
America’s Next Top Model
Dexter
House Hunters
Everyday Italian
Life
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My Super Sweet Sixteen
The Office (BBC & US version)
YA Humor:
There are dozens of ultra talented new humorous YA writers out there...
too many for me to keep up with! Ask your local bookseller or librarian for recommedations...here are just some I've enjoyed:
Anything by Louise Rennison
Anything by Susan Juby
Anything by Michele Jaffe
Anything by Rachel Vail
Anything by Sue Townsend
Anything by Judy Blume
Anything by Paula Danzinger (loved her as a tween!)
YA Sci-Fi/Fantasy:
There are so many great new talented sci-fi/fantasy writers out there--
I could never keep up! Below are just a select few I love, but there are many, many more I've enjoyed!
Anything by Tamora Pierce
Anything by Susan Cooper (loved her as a tween!)
Anything by Mary Stewart (hers are more romancey)
YA Historical:
These are historicals I loved as a tween:
"The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Spear
"Christy" by Catherine Marshall
The Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace (the high school years)
Animal Stories:
"All Creatures Great and Small" by James Herriott
"My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Malcolm Durrell
Classics:
"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
"Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons
"Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell
"The Scarlet Pimpernel" by Baroness Orczy
"Lorna Doone" by RD Blackmore
Romance:
Here are some romances I've enjoyed/admired, though the list is far from complete:
"Ashes in the Wind" by Kathleen Woodiwiss
"Gentle Rogue" by Johanna Lindsay
The "Born In" trilogy by Nora Roberts--
"Born in Fire, Born in Ice, Born in Shame"
"A Rose in Winter" by Kathleen Woodiwiss
Memoirs:
Here are some memoirs I've read lately and loved:
"Happy Birthday or Whatever" by Annie Choi
"Hyperchondriac" by Brian Frazier
"Plan B" by Anne Lamott
Mysteries:
I love mysteries! Here are some of my favorites:
The No 1 Ladies Detective series by Alexander McCall Smith
Anything by Agatha Christie
The "Miss Silver" series by Patricia Wentworth
Anything by Ngaio Marsh
Lord Peter Wimsey (especially with Harriet Vane) series by Dorothy Sayers
The Spenser series by Robert B Parker
Other authors whose work I enjoy reading:
Stephen King, Carl Hiaasen, Jasper Fforde, Megan Crane, Liza Palmer, Sophie Kinsella, Marian Keyes....
Books on Writing:
"Bird By Bird" by Anne LaMott
"On Writing" by Stephen King
Anything not on this list doesn't mean I didn't like it...
there are just too many books I DID like to list!
Margaret Sanger, Joan of Arc, Anita Loos, Lisa Simpson, Cyndi Lauper, Nigella Lawson, Princess Di, Audrey Hepburn, all the writers above under Books!