REVIEW - "B" IS FOR BURGLER

This book is for 2 of my reading challenges. They are both hosted by J. Kaye, over at her place, J Kaye's Book Blog. Support Your Local Library and
100+ Challenge.

"B" is for Burglar by Sue Grafton



(from the back cover)
Finding wealthy Elaine Boldt seems like a quickie case to Kinsey Millhone. The flashy widow was last seen wearing a $12,000 lynx coat, leaving her condo in Santa Teresa for her condo in Boca Raton. But somewhere in between, she vanished. Kinsey's case goes from puzzling to sinister when a house ie torched, an apartment is burgled or worthless papers, the lynx coat comes back without Elaine, and her bridge partner is found dead. Soon Kinsey's clues begin to form a capital M.....not for missing, but for murder: And plenty of it.

This is a wonderful mystery. You have a burned house, a murder, a missing person, and all kinds of clues that don't add up. What could be better? Kensey does a lot of traveling back and forth from Santa Teresa and Boca Raton. Plus throw in an old woman that can't hear, but hears something that connects the murder and a 17 year old drug dealer that sees something that connects the murderer. It all adds up to a brilliant murder mystery. I can usually guess who the murderer is, but I didn't figure this one out until the last page!!

MY RATING: 5

BOOKING THROUGH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY THUNKS

Deb is hosting Booking through Thursday. Here is the question this week:

Which is worse?

Finding a book you love and then hating everything else you try by that author, or

Reading a completely disappointing book by an author that you love?

I personally think reading a book by an author you love and finding the book is awful is the worse. I think I have read all of Patricia Cornwells books. They were all good and I liked each one. But "At Risk" just wasn't as good as her other ones. It was really disjointed(is that a word). The plot wasn't understandable at all and some of the characters from her previous books have come up missing with no explanation. But this is my opinion. You may like this book! How about you, got a bad book by a loved author?



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Kimberella is hosting the Thursday Thunks. Here are this weeks questions:

1. What color is your front door? WHITE
2. We discussed our folks in previous TT so now tell me about your siblings. If you are an only child, tell me whether or not you wanted siblings, older, younger etc. I HAVE 3 SISTERS, ONE BROTHER
PATTY, WITH ONE OF HER GRANDKIDS

CINDY, WE LOST HER IN 2007, MISS HER LOTS!

TINA, BY BABY SISTER, THERE IS 7 YEARS BETWEEN HER AND MY BROTHER

VICTOR, BY ONLY BROTHER


3. What color/type butterfly is your favorite? BLUE BUTTERFLIES OR RED
4. Will you be celebrating Cinco De Mayo? NO
5. Oprah- love her, hate her, or don't care? ACTUALLY I LOVE OPRAH, SHE'S A READER OF BOOKS
6. Are you worried about the spread of swine flu? YES, THEY NEED TO GET TO WORK ON A VACCINE
7. Hard or soft pillows? NEITHER, BUT FIRM
8. How many trees are in your neighbor's yard? 2
9. What was the color of the last car you saw? GRAY, MINE
10. When does your driver's license expire? 2012
11. Look at the clock on your computer and type the numbers backwards. 74:11AM
12. When you put your pants on, what leg do you put in first? MY RIGHT LEG
13. How would you respond to this letter if you were an advice columnist. THERE IS SOMEONE FOR EVERYONE, KEEP LOOKING!

I am an ugly woman. I was an ugly baby and child even! It is a fact. I am 36 now and I have never had a boyfriend, and I am still a virgin.

Due to me not having men in my life, I have poured everything I have in to education and my career. At 36 I am the youngest (and first female CEO) at a big, successful, tech company. I have over 200 personal patents and millions of pounds in investments.

I have everything: huge house, holiday villa in Spain, 3 cars, power boat, a race horse, etc. but as much I try to talk myself into everything being “great” I cannot help but to miss that special someone to share it all with.

Most of my friends are married with kids and I feel like I am gradually drifting away from them also.

Where can I find someone to marry an ugly woman?

REVIEW - LAST MANGO IN TEXAS

I won this book from Sally over at her place, Book Critique. Sally has lots of book give-a-ways. You should go check her place out. She also has great book reviews, you could get some great ideas for your next book! This is also for several reading challenges, you can see them at the bottom of this post.

"Last Mango in Texas" by Ray Blackston



(from the back cover)
Texas Tech student Kyle Mango is attending a fraternity party when he meets Gretchen, an artsy animal lover whose independent spirit sparks his attention. But after a month of bliss, they suddenly find themselves in rough waters. When Kyle inherits four oil wells from his uncle, he sees his affluence as an opportunity to impress Gretchen. But just before he makes his move, Gretchen joins a group of campus activists to clean oil from suffering birds in Alaska.
Kyle is torn between managing his business and being left lonely in the Lone Star state--and risking everything to fly to Alaska to pursue Gretchen. Kyle soon discovers that oil slicks are nothing compared to relationships slicks. The early bird may get the worm, but the oily bird can ruin romance!

This is a very good book. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, Kyle's pursuit of Gretchen takes him to the desert of Texas, the coast line of Alaska, a bed and breakfast in France and a small village in Africa. The whole time Kyle is chasing Gretchen he still has his oil wells and they are causing some trouble with his romance of Gretchen. Along the way Kyle picks up an employee for his oil business, it's his room mate from college, Chin. Chin is in charge of Oil Well Development. Chin's job is to find more oil and get the wells developed. Kyle also gets another employee, Sal, who also happens to be a reformed bookie, who also happens to be a well driller. Sal drills wells at Kyle's site and they get 2 more wells going.
Are you still with me? Well, that's all your going to get as I don't want to let the cat out of the bag and ruin the book for you. If you get a chance to read this book, you'll love it!

MY RATING: 5

This book is for 5 of my reading challenges. A to Z Challenge, Read Your Own Books, 100+ Challenge, and
New Author Challenge.
Spring Reading Thing Challenge

CONFUZZLED FAERIE BOOK CHALLENGE

I was reading my comments for Teaser Tuesday that the folks left. Went over to Confuzzledfaerie and found this book challenge. Shannon is hosting it. This is how it works:

What is the Confuzzled Faerie Book Challenge? Well I am glad you asked. The Confuzzled Faerie Book Challenge is a Book Challenge devoted entirely to books about Faeries.

What are the rules?

Basically to join the challenge you have to sign Mr. Linky. Put your name in and enter your blog. If you don't have a blog you may enter too. If you have any problems using Mr. Linky you can comment in this post and I will add you.

How many books do I have to read?

2 Books - 1st Stage

5 Books - 2nd Stage

10 Books - 3rd Stage

10+ Books - Final Stage

There will be one winner for each stage and I will be giving away prizes. What they will be I don't know but probably Faerie Related.

Is there a time limit?

Yes, You have until December 31st 2009 to read as many Faerie books as you can.

So I decided to jump in. I have been wanting to read The Spiderwick Chronicles for the longest time. I figured this would be a great book challenge to get started on them. I will be doing the 10+ Books - Final stage. This is my list of books.

1. Poison - Chris Wooding
2. Twilight Child - Sally Warner
3. Fairyopolis - Cicely Mary Barker
4. Return to Fairyopolis - Cicely Mary Barker
5. The Magic Key - Emily Rodda
6. The Star Cloak - Emily Rodda
7. The Field Guide - Tony Diterlizzi
8. The Seeing Stone - Tony Diterlizzi
9. Lucinda's Secret - Tony Diterlizzi
10. The Ironwood Tree - Tony Diterlizzi
11. The Wrath of Mulgarath - Tony Diterlizzi

IT'S TUESDAY, WHERE ARE YOU AND TEASER TUESDAY

Raidergirl is hosting It's Tuesday, Where Are You and MizB is hosting Teaser Tuesday. Hop over and see what all the fuss is about. You'll love it!!

IT'S TUESDAY, WHERE ARE YOU?

I am in the Caribbean, St. Honore at the Golden Palm Hotel. I have a nice little bungalow of my own, with friendly smiling girls to wait on me. An easy path from the bungalow to the sea front and the bathing beach. Where I sit in a comfortable basket chair and watch the bathing. There are also a few elderly guests for company. What more could I want?

TEASER TUESDAY

* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! ;)

Esther Walters opened her handbag and started searcing through it. She drew out her lipstick, saying, "I thought I'd lost it." The she asked, "I beg your pardon, what did you say?" P. 72
"A Caribbean Mystery" by Agatha Christie

What are you reading today? Where has your book taken you at?

IT'S MONDAY, WHAT ARE YOU READING? AND MONDAY MUSING

I thought I would try to do both of these memes. I like them both and I have a really hard time trying to decide which one to do. Got any suggestions on how to do this? Let me know!

J. Kaye is hosting What are You Reading? and Rebecca is hosting Musing Mondays. You should really check these out. They are both so interesting!!



So what am I reading? "Last Mango in Texas" by Ray Blackston is my current read. I am almost done with this one. It's pretty interesting. And it's NON-FICTION...I always have trouble trying to remember which is which on this question. Fiction or Non-Fiction. Had to go google it to find out. Found this great place to give me the explanation. FICTION: Books that are not true or made up by the author
NON-FICTION: Are true or about real things, people, events and places.
Seems simple enough, but it confuses me, it seems it should be the other way around!

The Musing Monday question is about this subject:

"Do you read non-fiction regularly? Do you read it in a different way or place than you read fiction?"

I like FICTION lots more than NON-FICTION. If I am reading a NON-FICTION book it usually takes me longer to read it. And don't ask why, I don't know. If I'm reading a FICTION book and it's really good I can usually read it in a couple days! For instance, James Patterson books go really fast!

All of my books that am going to be reading the next couple of weeks will be FICTION:

"The Woman Who Rides Like a Man" by Tamora Pierce
"Lioness Rampant" by Tamora Pierce
"Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
"Riders of the Purple Sage" by Zane Grey
"The Caribbean Mystery" by Agatha Chrisie
"G is for Gumshoe" by Sue Grafton
"Everlasting" by Kathlean Woodiwiss

BOOK REVIEW.......WORLD WITHOUT END

This book is for 3 of my reading challenges. 100+ Challenge, Chunkster Challenge and A to Z Challenge.

First off, this was a really loooong book!! Over a 1000 pages. But well worth it! So hopefully I can get back on track with my other challenges.

"World Without End" by Ken Follett



(INSIDE FLAP)

On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed.
As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. One boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful, corrupt nobleman. One girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible love. And always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood day.

This is a remarkable book Mr. Follett has written. Why, because it is so detailed in history and he lets your imagination roam and visualize the whole book while you are reading. All four of the children, Gwenda, Ralph, Merthin, and Caris are all connected by blood, marriage, or friendship.
As they all grow into adulthood and go on with their lives, they are all still together. Caris and Merthin are in love but can't be together because of trouble with the church. Gwenda loves someone she can't have but does eventually get the guy. And Ralph gains his highest ambition of becoming the Earl of Shiring.
The one thing that binds them all together is the fact that they all witnessed the murder in the forest. As war and breaks out between England and France, Ralph goes to war with the king. Merthin leaves to travel the world. And then the plague comes home to Kingsbridge, wiping out almost the whole town. As the town begins to rebuild and grow, Gwenda, Ralph, Merthin, and Caris all come together for a final time and all coming back to the murders they saw in the forest.

MY RATING: 5

AN AWARD............

Ms Ulat Buku over at her place, Ulat Buku in the City has given me an award. You should check her blog! She has lots of great book reviews and other neat stuff. It is the Proximidade award. Here is some info she posted along with the award.

About the Proximidade Award:

This blog invests and believes in the PROXIMITY-nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this clever-written text into the body of their award.

Since I have already gotten this award, I thought I would pass it along to all the folks that come by my place and make a comment. So if you make a comment on my blog or have already made a comment feel free to take the award for your place. Enjoy!!

BOOK MEME

I found this over at Carrie's place, Books and Movies. Thought I would post it!

1. To mark your page you: use a bookmark, bend the page corner, leave the book open face down?
I USE A BOOKMARK, IF I DON'T HAVE ONE HANDY, I'LL USE A RECEIPT, SCRAP OF PAPER, NAPKIN, ANYTHING TO MARK MY PAGE.

2. Do you lend your books?
I HAVEN'T LOANED A BOOK FOR AWHILE, BUT IF SOMEONE ASKED I WOULD!

3. You find an interesting passage: you write in your book or NO WRITING IN BOOKS!
I DON'T WRITE IN MOST BOOKS AS I GET THEM FROM THE LIBRARY. BUT IF THEY ARE MINE I MIGHT HIGHLIGHT A SECTION I LIKE.

4. Dust jackets - leave it on or take it off?
I USUALLY TAKE THEM OFF IF THEY ARE MY BOOKS. THEY GET IN THE WAY MOST OF THE TIME.

5. Hard cover, paperback, skip it and get the audio book?
I REALLY LIKE HARD COVER THE MOST, BECAUSE I CAN PROP THEM UP ON SOMETHING! BUT I ALSO LIKE PAPERBACKS. HAVE NEVER LISTENED TO AN AUDIO BOOK.

6. Do you shelve your books by subject, author, or size and color of the book spines?
I DON'T HAVE ANY ORDER, JUST PUT IT ON THE SHELF.

7. Buy it or borrow it from the library later?
99% OF MY BOOKS COME FROM THE LIBRARY. BUT IF I SEE A GOOD BARGAIN I WILL BUY A BOOK.

8. Do you put your name on your books - scribble your name in the cover, fancy bookplate, or stamp?
IF I REMEMBER I PUT MY NAME IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.

9. Most of the books you own are rare and out of print books or recent publications?
I HAVE SOME OLD BOOKS I HAVE PICKED UP AT RUMMAGE SALES OR USED BOOK STORES. BUT I DON'T HUNT FOR THEM, BUT IF I FIND THEM I WILL BUY THEM.

10. Page edges - deckled or straight?
I LIKE EITHER ONE.

11. How many books do you read at one time?
I USUALLY HAVE 3-5 BOOKS GOING AT ONE TIME. BUT RIGHT NOW I'M READING "WORLD WITHOUT END" BY KEN FOLLETT. WHICH IS TAKING UP ALL MY TIME. IT'S A REALLY BIG BOOK!!! OVER 1,000 PAGES. I'M ALSO READING "LAST MANGO IN TEXAS" BY RAY BLACKSTON.





12. Be honest, ever tear a page from a book?
NO, NEVER WOULD EITHER!

Let me know if you decide to play along on your own blog, so I can read your answer.

SOME RECENT COMMENTS

As I am still busy reading "World Without End" by Ken Follett. So thought I would make a post about some comments I received this week.

This comment is from Mishel:

This was from my post of Thursday Thunks.
"haha I love how you didn't want either a snake or a lizard but listed sean and rod!
And I love the picture of the calla lily on your calendar 8)"

I was over at Carrie's place last week end and found this great list of movies. So I decided to post about it and see how many of the movies I have seen. I have seen 63 out of 100 movies on the list. One of the comments I got was from Scrap Girl.

"If I add these to teh 1001 books to read before I die and to my personal list of 40 things to do before I am forty - I feel I might be a wee bit busy! great list."

Margot over at Joyfully Retired has a weekly feature called Favorite Places. I posted about one of my favorite places. This is what Margot had to say:

"What a great Favorite Place post. My granddaughter (in Portland, OR) and I go to Michaels when we can. They have some classes for children that she just loved.
I am not a scrapbooker. My money drain is knitting and quilting. My hands don't work well for quilting any more but I still have the fabric, the books, the gadgets and the half-done projects. Knitting I can still do.
Thanks for playing along today. Hope you have a happy week."

I am doing the Blog Improvement Project over at Kim's place Sophisticated Dorkiness. My post for this week was about comments and how to improve them. This is what Inkpot had to say about my post.

"Hi Sherrie
I love the templates on your blogs, they are very nice. :)
I like it when the blog author replies or acknowledges the comments on a post. It means I am more likely to revisit or follow their blog and it shows that they care about your comments and read them.
Anyway, good luck getting more comments!"

That's my wrap up of comments this week. Did you get any great comments this week? Let me know in your comment!

FRIDAY FILL - IN'S

Janet is hosting Friday Fill-In's. Want to play along? Hop on over to Janet's, it's really fun!

And...here we go!

1. Apparently there's some sort of MISSCOMMUNICATION ABOUT THE ECONOMY, I STILL DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY!

2. WONDERFUL sunny day.

3. 2009 HAS BEEN REALLY CRAPPY so far.

4. MY COMPUTER CRASHED LAST WEEK AND IT NEEDED SOME NEW STUFF, BUT MOSTLY IT NEEDED A NEW POWER SUPPLY SO that was it.

5. For too long I've been SO WANTING TO RETIRE FROM WORK, BUT CAN'T RIGHT NOW.

6. I am not obsessed with POTATO CHIPS; I am not!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to RELAXING AND PLAYING THE SETTLERS ON MY COMPUTER, tomorrow my plans include SPRING CLEANING OUR BEDROOM and Sunday, I want to RELAX AND TRY TO FINISH WORLD WITHOUT END BY KEN FOLLETT. I'VE BEEN OVER 2 WEEKS READING THIS BOOK! IT HAS OVER 1000 PAGES, BUT REALLY GOOD!

THURSDAY THUNKS

Berleen is the host for this meme, Thursday Thunks. This is my first time participating, thought I would give it a go!

1. If you could sky write anything you wanted, what would it be?
THINK SPRING!

2. Did you get drunk at your prom?
DIDN'T GO TO MY PROM AND I DON'T DRINK!

3. What is your favorite spice to use cooking?
SALT AND PEPPER

4. What color is your roof?
IT'S A MIX OF GREEN AND RED!

5. In a land far, far away I
LIVES MY FAIRY GOOD MOTHER, I HOPE SHE FINDS ME SOON!

6. In the Miss USA pageant, Miss California was asked; "Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit? Why or why not?" and her answer was; "Well I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. Um, we live in a land that you can choose same sex marriage or opposite marriage and, you know what, in my country and in, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman," Carrie said to a mix of boos and applause. "No offense to anybody out there. But that's how I was raised and that's how I think that it should be between a man and a woman." Do you think that cost her the crown?
I DIDN'T WATCH THE PAGEANT. AND MY OPINION WILL REMAIN MY OWN!

7. Do you watch Miss USA/Miss America pageants?
NO

8. Have you ever driven/ridden on a tractor?
ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT SIZE YOU CONSIDER A TRACTOR, HAVE DRIVEN MY HUBBY'S LAWN TRACTOR!

9. For the parents - what cartoon/children show did your child watch obsessively? (Hey, if you aren't a parent, maybe a niece or nephew...)
MY SON WATCHED BUGS BUNNY, ROAD RUNNER, TWEETY AND SILVESTER

10. If I set a level on your living room floor - would it show that it was level?
BOY, IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED THIS ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO NO, AS FOR NOW MAYBE!

11. What was the last restaurant you ate at?
LONG JOHN SILVERS, IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY DINNER.

12. What's the picture on your wall calendar for this month?

CALLA LILY



13. Are you superstitious?

UMMM, KIND OF!

14. If I get into your car and turn on the radio - what type of radio station will I hear?

AM, OLDIES MUSIC FROM THE 50'S, 60'S AND 70'S

15. Would you rather wake up with a snake in your bed or a lizard?

ACTUALLY NEITHER ONE, HOW ABOUT SEAN CONNERY OR ROD STEWART INSTEAD





16. Do you think schools have changed at all since the Columbine tragedy 10 years ago? In what ways?

SCHOOLS MAY HAVE CHANGED, BUT KIDS HAVEN'T. I HAVE WORKED WITH KIDS FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS AND OVER THE YEARS THEY SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN MORE MATERIALISTIC AND AGGRESSIVE

IT'S TUESDAY, WHERE ARE YOU AND TEASER TUESDAY

raidergirl is hosting It's Tuesday, Where Are You. Coversgirl is hosting Teaser Tuesday. Go check them out!!

It's Tuesday, Where Are You?

I'm in Abilene, Texas going to collage and falling in love.

"Last Mango in Texas" by Ray Blackston


Teaser Tuesday

Gretchen sensed an extreme reaction comeing, so she hurried around him and knelt beside me, one hand on my shoulder, the other tucked in her jean pocet. Maybe she sees me as her protector, though I'm not anticipating violence.

P. 54 "Last Mango in Texas" by Ray Blackston

100 MOVIES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE

Carrie over at Books and Movies posted this, so thought I would play and see how many I have seen. Carrie has moved her blog. This is her new place. Here is what Carrie had to say:

"I saw this at Storytime with Tonya and decided it would be fun to play along. Yahoo posted their list of 100 movies to see before you die, explaining their choices this way:

" To choose the titles for the list, we considered factors like historical importance and cultural impact. But we also selected films that we believe are the most thrilling, most dramatic, scariest, and funniest movies of all time."

Here’s the list - I’ve seen the ones in CAPITOLS:

1. 12 Angry Men (1957)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3. 400 Blows (1959)
4. 8 1/2 (1963)
5. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1952)
6. ALIEN (1979)
7. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
8. ANNIE HALL (1977)
9. APOCALYSE NOW (1979)
10. The Battle of Algiers (1967)
11. The Bicycle Thief (1948)
12. BLADE RUNNER (1982)
13. Blazing Saddles (1974)
14. Blow Up (1966)
15. BLUE VELVET (1986)
16. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
17. Breathless ( 1960)
18. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
19. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
20. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
21. CASABLANCA (1942)
22. CHINATOWN (1974)
23. Citizen Kane (1941)
24. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
25. DIE HARD (1988)
26. Do the Right Thing (1989)
27. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
28. Dr. Strangelove (1933)
29. Duck Soup (1933)
30. ET THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
31. Enter the Dragon (1973)
32. THE EXORCIST (1973)
33. FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
34. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
35. THE GODFATHER (1972)
36. THE GODFATHER, PART ll (1974)
37. GOLDFINGER (1964)
38. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (1968)
39. GOODFELLAS (1990)
40. THE GRADUATE (1967)
41. Grand Illusion (1938)
42. GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)
43. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964)
44. In the Mood For Love (2001)
45. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
46. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIVE (1946)
47. JAWS (1975)
48. KING KONG (1933)
49. The Lady Eve (1941)
50. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
51. THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2001)
52. M (1931)
53. M*A*S*H (1970)
54. THE MALTESE FALCON (1936)
55. THE MATRIX (1999)
56. Modern Times (1936)
57. Monty Python & the Holy Grail (1975)
58. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
59. NETWORK (1976)
60. Nosferatu (1922)
61. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
62. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
63. Paths of Glory (1958)
64. Princess Mononoke (1999)
65. PSYCHO (1960)
66. Pulp Fiction (1994)
67. RAGING BULL (1980)
68. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
69. Raise the Red Lantern (1992)
70. Rashomon (1951)
71. REAR WINDOW (1954)
72. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
73. ROCKY (1976)
74. ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
75. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
76. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
77. The Searchers (1956)
78. Seven Samurai (1954)
79. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)
80. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
81. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
82. SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
83. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
84. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
85. STAR WARS (1977)
86. SUNSET BLVD. (1950)
87. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
88. The Third Man (1949)
89. This is Spinal Tap (1984)
90. Titanic (1997)
91. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
92. TOY STORY (1995)
93. The Usual Suspects (1995)
94. VERTIGO (1958)
95. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989)
96. Wild Strawberries (1957)
97. Wings of Desire (1988)
98. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
99. Women on the Verge of Nervous Breakdown (1988)
100. The World of Apu (1959)

FRIENDLY BLOGGER AWARD

Bev over at Merry Weather gave me this Friendly Blogger Award last week. Thought I better post about it.

If you haven't been to Bev's place, you should check it out! She has lots of cute graphics over there. I love graphics, I have quite a collection of them on my computer.

Bev also has some great book give-a-ways and all kinds of little gadgets in her sidebar. You really need to check her blog out! I also like her profile info and her photo that is in her sidebar. She lets you know right up front what her blog is about. So why don't you take a hop over to Bev's and check out her blog, go on, you know you do!

MUSING MONDAYS

MisB is hosting Musing Mondays! The question this week is:

Coming towards the end of April, we’re a third of the way through the year. What’s the favourite book you’ve read so far in 2009? What about your least favorite?

I have two favorites so far. Actually I have liked most of the books I have read this year so far. With a few exceptions! The two I am picking today are "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd. Loved the book and the movie!! The other one is "Until You" by Beatrice Small. That would make a great movie!

My least favorite is "Middlesex" by Jeffery Eugenides. I know lots of folks have liked this book, but I just could not get into this book for some reason. Maybe I'll try again later in the year and see what happens.

Have you got a favorite book so far this year? Or do you have one that you just couldn't read?

FAVORITE PLACES

Margot over at Joyfully Retired is having here weekly feature Favorite Places. Have you got a favorite place to share? Go on over to Margot's and check it out!!

I am a scrapbooker! Yes, I'm guilty of the past time, hobby, craft, or money grab, whatever you want to call it! A few friends and I went on a scrapbook trip a few years ago. We went to Indy, for those that don't know it, Indy is short for Indianapolis. Now you know why we all say Indy, much easier to spell! Nancy took us all in her van.



We went to several scrapbook stores. Even went to Micheal's. That's the biggest craft store I ever saw!! They have anything your crafty heart could desire!!





We had a wonderful time on our trip. At our last stop, the lady at the store offered to take our photo! This is all of us. From left to right: Me, Lynette, Jenny and Nancy! We had a nice lunch and then we came home. It wasn't so much the trip as the time together doing something we all really enjoyed!!



Where's your favorite place? Do you scrapbook? What's your favorite medium? Chalk, Paint, Brads, Stickers or do you do digital scrapbook?

BLOG IMPROVEMENT PROJECT - WEEK 8(LEAVING COMMENTS)

Kim over at Sophisticated Dorkiness is the host for the Blog Improvement Project. Go check her blog out. She has all kinds of things to learn about improving your blog!

These past 2 weeks were given this assignment:

Week #7 is going to be all about making your blog more comment friendly. During the goal setting project (Week #1), a lot of people made it a goal to leave more blog comments. This is important, but I think it’s also vital that once you get a new reader at your blog it’s easy for them to engage with you by commenting on your posts. Don’t worry, Week #8 will more specifically address that because it’s going to be about leaving better comments.

Kim gave us several places to check out for info and suggestions for getting more comments. I went here to get some suggestions. Darren Rose at Problogger has “10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog.” Some of his suggestions include inviting readers to comment, leaving your posts open ended, setting a clear comment policy, and reward commenters. Again, read the post to go through the suggestions in detail — it’s really good.

I was trying Numbers 1, 2, and 4 on his list.

1. Invite Comments - I thing I have my comment section pretty easy to make a comment. But I have rephrased my comment to you when you make a comment.
2. Ask Questions - I have been trying to do this one in all my posts. But sometimes I forget! I guess it's something I need to work on.
4. Interact with comments left - This means to use your comment box to chat with folks when they come by your blog. But I'm not sure about that one. Do you come back and check out a comment you've made? I usually don't, why you might ask, my problem is I don't remember where I've been and who's blog I made a comment on! I would have sticky notes all over my desk to remind me!

As for keeping track of my comments, well I did that for the last 2 weeks. I have had 42 comments the last 2 weeks, which is good, don't get me wrong, I like getting comments. Some days there weren't any comments. My best comments came with the meme Booking Through Thursday, Teaser Tuesday and It's Tuesday, Where are you? So I guess that's my Blog Improvement for this two weeks. I'll just have to remember to use more questions in my postings! Have any questions about this post? Ask away!!!