For the book lovers

I saw this out in blog land so I wanted to give it a try.

“The Big Read" reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed.”

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Strike out the books you have no intention of ever reading, or were forced to read at school and hated.
5) Reprint this list in your own blog so we can try and track down these people who’ve read 6 and force books upon them ;-)

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
4 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding (didn't get it - school read)
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple, Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince – Antoine de St. Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

17/100

No strikethroughs as I never say never when it comes to a book!

10 Things about me!

I am posting the answers to these questions as I want to win the Father Figure set by Verv on Julee's blog Poetic Artistry.

1. Last music you listened to - Radio this morning
2. Last thing you watched on TV - Brothers and Sisters
3. Last movie seen - Made of Honor
4. Last book you read - Mercy by Jodi Picoult
5. Last person you spoke to - co-workers
6. Last thing you ate - fresh veggies
7. Last time you laughed - last night with Ian
8. Last place you visited - Airdrie, AB on Friday or Regina, SK at Easter!
9. Last web site you visited - Julee's Blog -[http://poeticartistry.blogspot.com/]
10. Last thing you crafted/created - Stamp Club project last week, I'll post this week some time

Getting to Know Me

I thought I'd post this Getting to Know me that is appearing on blogs this week.

1. If your doctor told you TODAY that you were pregnant, what would you say? I'd sorry Ian, I really did try to wait until summer. - Watch out retail industry - my Mom is on a mission. (I repeat I am not pregnant right now!)

2. When was the last time you flew in a plane? To Halifax - May 2007

3. What did the last text message you sent say? I don't text.

4. What features do you find most attractive in the opposite sex? I like kind eyes and a nice chest and back side.

5. What is a goal you would like to accomplish in the near future? I'd say clean my basement but my Mom is reading this laughing so I will say ....... pass my P.Eng exam.

6. Shoe size? 8 1/2

7. Been to Mexico? Yes, Puerto Vallarta in November 2006 for my 30th birthday. Ian and I got engaged while there.

8. When is the last time you had a massage? Last Friday, March 7th

9. What was the last TV show you watched? One Tree Hill on Tuesday night

10. What are your plans for the weekend? I plan to stamp for the Riley release, stamp club and do some studying plus I have bathrooms to clean.

11. If your significant other asked you to marry them TODAY what would you say? Yes, but I'd elope rather than plan a wedding.

12. What is in the back seat of your car right now? Probably garbage that I threw back there.

13. What were you doing at 8 am this morning? on the bus to work

14. If you could marry any celebrity today who would it be? how about some hockey player that still had his teeth but not Ryan Smith as his nose is too crooked.

15. Have you ever been to a strip club? Not for a girls night but rather, I played pool in the High Level bar in the back when the ballerina were on stage entertaining the men. We'd been in the hotel for 3 days in High Level, AB - I was bored and the crew was going to play pool - I was going regardless of the show.

16. What is the best ice cream flavor? Fish Food by Ben&jerrys not sold in Canada!

17. What is the last sporting event you watched? Flames game

18. Ever go camping? not that often

19. Last phone call? to a field operator to get the new well on production

20. Are you allergic to anything? coedine, no T3's for me

21. What is one thing you have learned about life recently? One door closes so a better door can open up for you. Sometimes the grass is green if you make the leap.

22. What do you do at work? I'm a production engineer for a major oil and gas company in Calgary. I'd give you details but I can see your eyes glazing over already.

23. What is your mom's name? Mom - or as others call her Rita

24. Ever cried for no reason? I think I had reason - I cried when watching The Game Plan on Tues evening - Ian laughed at me but it was sad - the little girl was leaving her new dad!

25. Can you do the Crank Dat dance? huh?

26. What is your favorite color to wear? red and black

27. What is the longest plane ride you have ever been on? Dallas/Forth Worth to Edinburgh, Scotland

28. What is the longest road trip you have ever taken? Lawton, Oklahoma to Allegan, Michigan

29. What are your turn-offs? smelly people, cheaters

30. What was your last alcoholic beverage? Vodka Paralyzer last week

31. What are you craving right now? like I crave all the time - chocolate - specifically mini eggs today!

What color rose are you?

This is very appropriate for today. I love roses. I can't wait for my 3 step roses from Kitchen Sink Stamps to get here.

You Are a White Rose

You represent youthfulness and purity. Your vibe: Sweet and heavenly Falling in love with you: is like falling in love for the first time

What Color Rose Are You?

I'm a total dork

as I thought the math questions were fun!

Your IQ Is 110

Your Logical Intelligence is Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Above Average Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Exceptional

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

What Shannon Means?

What Shannon Means

You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong. You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know. You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do. You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out. Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia. Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life. You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you. At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Old, Tired Dog

I got this story via email and had to share. I sometimes feel like a tired, old dog.

An old, tired-looking dog wandered into the yard. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home . He followed me into the house, down the hall, and fell asleep in a corner .

An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out . The next day he was back, resumed his position in the hall, and slept for an hour . This continued for several weeks.

Curious, I pinned a note to his collar: "Every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap."

The next day he arrived with a different note pinned to his collar:
"He lives in a home with ten children -- he's trying to catch up on his sleep."

Socks .....

You Are Socks!

Cozy and warm... but easily lost. You make a good puppet.

What Crappy Christmas Gift Are You?

It's not easy being GREEN!

You Are Kermit

Hi, ho! Lovable and friendly, you get along well with everyone you know. You're a big thinker, and sometimes you over think life's problems. Don't worry - everyone know's it's not easy being green. Just remember, time's fun when you're having flies!

The Muppet Personality Test

However, last weekend when the Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Grey Cup it was pretty easy to be green. Before, I did this I thought I'd be Kermit and I was! He was always my favorite.

Newly married with a PhD?

You Have Your PhD in Men

You understand men almost better than anyone. You accept that guys are very different, and you read signals well. Work what you know about men, and your relationships will be blissful.

How Well Do You Understand Men?