 | 22 Jul 10 |
I am knee deep in a scene that is wrenching my guts out, it’s so heartbreaking, and I just realized it’s my Thursday… so let’s have some fun and cheer me up! I want to get to know you all better, and what easier way to do that than to ask some questions? And… to add some adventure to that idea, I came up with a game of tag. I have no idea if this will work, but what the heck, let’s try.
There are 8 questions… everyone who answers them all is eligible for a chance to win a $50 Visa online gift card. (Winner’s name is going to be randomly drawn from all legitimate entrants, and the winner’s card is going to be ordered on Sunday–hopefully it will arrive in time for those of you who might be going to the RWA con.) HOWEVER… as an added bonus, if you send someone here and *they* play and then mention YOUR name… if their name is drawn, you also win. So that would be a $50 online Visa for each of you.
Here are the questions (some of which were blatantly borrowed from this site)–and please do elaborate! You never know… there might be a random drawing for those who go the extra mile. 
Feel free to cut and paste these into your reply box below:
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
Okay… go.
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Toni McGee Causey lives in Baton Rouge, LA, and is the best-selling author of the BOBBIE FAYE trilogy. She has contributed a critically acclaimed short story to the KILLER YEAR: STORIES TO DIE FOR anthology edited by Lee Child and an essay in DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS. Additionally, she recently produced an indie film, LA 308. She and her husband, Carl, are licensed general contractors and, in order to support her writing addiction, they run their own company, specializing in civil construction.
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1) Junie B. Jones — don’t have A favorite, more like all of them!!! I identify a lot with Junie B.
2 ) Castle’s home as his lover??? Yup, I quite like the idea of that!!!
3) “Oops”, that can be considered a word. And it’s self-explanatory!
4) Pillow. It’s soft, round, wet and white with colorful circles. And I do mean the sound.
5) Teleport. Never stepping on a plane again and saving loads with transportation!
6) CRASH, STARDUST, THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
7) I’m a restaurant girl. My favorite is called “Dom Pastel”, here in Brazil.
(YAY! I love surveys!)
by Barbie July 22nd, 2010 at 3:12 am1 ) “Where The Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak
by Jane July 22nd, 2010 at 4:05 am2 ) The Victorian home from “Full House”
3 ) “Whatever”- It’s annoying and rude.
4 ) “Sophisticated”- Classy, I like what it stands for.
5 ) Telekinesis
6 ) “The Return of the King,” “The Hangover” and “Rope”
7 ) Penang(Malaysian cuisine)
8 ) “Dark and Deadly” by Jeanne Adams
1) I hadn’t one bec I hated reading at that time of my life …. (can’t understand why, glad it changed)
by Sabine July 22nd, 2010 at 5:42 am2) The wooden house of Dr Quinn
3) Scheisse…. german word for sh*t
4) huh?
5) Mind reading
6) Dances With Wolves
7) No Mercy .. but everyone who’s bloggin’ here already knows it.
Sorry, number seven should be number 8!! Of course No Mercy is NO cookbook. Oh man, I am so silly sometimes….
My favortie cookbooks are from Dr Oetker. Fav Restaurant: “Chicago Meatpackers” at Frankfurt/GER
by Sabine July 22nd, 2010 at 5:44 amAw, Sabine, thank you for the No Mercy mention!
by Lori G. Armstrong July 22nd, 2010 at 9:06 am1 ) Pinkalicious
2 ) the house from McKettrick’s Austin, Garrett, and Tate
3 ) specific, because alot of people say “pacific” instead
4 ) dude, I don’t know why but I use it alot, so it must be good
5 ) telekinesis
6 )Gone with the Wind, Star Wars, Pretty Woman
7 ) Bonefish Grill
8 ) any of the Christy Craig’s
by kris July 22nd, 2010 at 5:46 am1 ) Chronicles of Narnia
2 ) With Madeline L’Engle’s Murry family
3 ) Really? I use it waaaay to much. Really.
4 ) Excellent. I like the way it feels when I say it.
5 ) Flying. Oh, yes.
6 ) Lord of the Rings, Matrix, White Christmas
7 ) Company’s Coming series
8 ) Linda Howard’s “Now You See Her”
9 ) I’m a follower, so I referred myself!
by Zita July 22nd, 2010 at 6:58 am1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
The Little Engine that Could
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
I always liked the Echolls mansion in Veronica Mars
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
“Um.” Because it’s used way too often
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Squicky. I just think it’s fun to say
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
I’d love to be able to fly…
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Alice in Wonderland, My Fair Lady, and Dirty Dancing
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
I love Joanne Fluke’s recipes in her mystery books
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
by Ladytink_534 July 22nd, 2010 at 7:38 amBlood Magic by Jennifer Lyon
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
Are You There God?, It’s me, Margaret by Judy Blume
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
The Beaver’s house (Leave It to Beaver)- having Ward and June as parents and never having to grow up
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
Can’t – totally negative and can always be replaced with can
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Can – as in can do
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Telekinesis so I could clean with just a thought.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Casablanca, Notorious, Gladiator
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
My Rachel Ray cookbooks: I get a lot of good ideas from them.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
by MicheleKS July 22nd, 2010 at 8:10 amBeneath the Suface by M.J. Frederick (Samhain Publishing)
1) Little Women
On Writing by Stephen King … It’s not just for writers! It’s a great story.
by Laura Griffin July 22nd, 2010 at 8:22 am2) The Cullen’s house from Twilight
3) c*%#t
4) shimmer
5) read minds
6) The Graduate, Field of Dreams, American Beauty
7) The Houston Junior League cookbook
And we’re off…in oh so many ways…
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
Bilbo’s home in Lord of the Rings
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
shut-up…it is an angry word, cutting off and discounting another person’s attempt to communicate
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
orgasm..even the word makes me tingle
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
flying
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Mama Mia
Volcano
Men in Black
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
The Tassalajara Bread Book
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
Gay Friendly by Kim Dare
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
I come here every day.
by Donna July 22nd, 2010 at 8:25 am1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
by Terry Odell July 22nd, 2010 at 8:32 amSorry about this – must have hit enter instead of scrolling. My real answers are below.
by Terry Odell July 22nd, 2010 at 8:38 am1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? As much as I don’t want to live in New York, Roarke’s mansion in the IN DEATH books would do it for me! (Or Southfork Ranch, even if it is in DALLAS. *bwahaha*
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) I have two and they both refer to a certain part of the female anatomy. One starts with “C”, the other “P”. I used them in writing, but still cringe a bit and never use them in practice.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?) The one I use the most or the one I like the sound of the most? I’m guilty of “Dude” over-usage. Sad, but true. For some reason, my brain is stuck on “clerestory” as a cool word. (It’s an architectural term.) At even given moment, though, my favorite word is subject to change.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? I don’t really want one, but stopping time could be a big help. Everyone else stops, I can catch up, snap my fingers, and time moves on.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day Lewis)
McLintock (John Wayne/Maureen O’Hara)
The Quiet Man (Wayne/O’Hara)
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? I’m an old-fashioned girl: The Better Homes and Gardens “New” Cookbook. (I have the 1970 version AND the 2009 version LOL)
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) Leslie Parrish’s Black CATs books-Fade to Black, Pitch Black, and Black at Heart
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!] Ha! ME! I’m here every morning, LOL
by Silver James July 22nd, 2010 at 8:36 amSorry – premature send key problems
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
“B is for Betsy”
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
Roarke & Eve’s place-they probably wouldn’t even notice I’d moved in.
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
“Whatever” (too much of a brushoff in today’s context)
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
“Absolutely” because it’s positive
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
I’d just like to be able to sing. But as a kid, I always wanted to be invisible.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Star Wars (the first) Witness, Raiders of the Lost Ark
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
Mystery Lovers’ Kitchen (blog)
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
Any of mine.
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
by Terry Odell July 22nd, 2010 at 8:37 amI’m a ‘regular’ here, but I’ll tweet this post.
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? The Harry Potter books
by Margaret A. Golla July 22nd, 2010 at 8:42 am2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? Toughie, The Huxtable’s house
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) No, because I hear it a lot
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? Flying . . . no, bugs in teeth. Uhm, super hearing . . . no, I’d probably hear bad things about myself and I’m paranoid enough. Uh, super strength . . . uh, nope, I’d probably break everything. I got it, invisibility! Hell, who needs that? Everyone ignores me anyway!
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies. Harry Potter (yeah, I’m lumping them—what of it??), The Incredibles, The Mummy (love me some Brendan Fraser in that one!)
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? I have 13 binders full of recipes from Bon Appétit from over the last 30 years. They never fail me.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) SOULLESS by Gail Carriger, though I’m disappointed by her sophomore effort, CHANGELESS.
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!] Y’all are on my daily blog trog.
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
Eve and Roarke’s house from the In Death series – or Magnum PI’s house in Hawaii
3 ) What is your least favorite word?
Gingerly.
(Why?) It’s overused. My second least favorite word is padded. Ugh. Unless you’re writing a paranormal romance about shifters, it just reads wrong to me, that said, I’m sure I’ve used it at some point.
4 ) What is your favorite word? Retromingent
(Why?) Because a word devoted to the ability to pee backwards totally cracks me up and I’m trying like hell to find a way to work it into an upcoming book
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Super metabolism!
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Gone With The Wind
True Lies
The Princess Bride
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
I love those mini cookbooks you find at the checkout stands, some are holiday themed or summer themed. Some of the best recipes I’ve ever found are in those little booklets.
My favorite restaurant is anything with lots of meat, so Famous Dave’s or a Brazilian steakhouse where the sexy little gauchos deliver flaming hot meat right to my plate
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
Love My Rifle More Than You – Kayla Williams
by Lori G. Armstrong July 22nd, 2010 at 8:46 am1 ) The Mystical Beast by Alison Farthing. I must’ve read it a million times between 6th and 8th grade (when it was stolen from my locker).
2 ) I wouldn’t mind living in Gideon’s mountain cabin (Criminal Minds). It looks so peaceful and it has a gourmet kitchen.
3 ) It’s so bad I won’t type it here. Suffice it to say it starts with a C and refers to the feminine reproductive system.
4 ) Trapezoidal – because it’s just fun to say. Go ahead and say it. You know you want to.
5 ) I want Wolverine’s super power of immediate healing. Then it wouldn’t hurt when it rains. ;o)
6 ) Big Fish – because it makes me cry and there something so beautiful about it. Monty Python and the Holy Grail – not just because it’s hilarious, but because it brings back memories of sitting around my RA’s room in college watching it with all my friends. And finally, Armageddon – because it is heroic and funny and it inspired my first novel.
7 ) Allrecipes.com – the best place to find a random recipe when I really need it.
8 ) OMG, that would have to be FEED by Mira Grant. I was so totally floored that I reviewed it before I even finished it and then spent a week wondering if my own writing would ever turn out that good.
9) I stop here every morning, but in all fairness, I did see the link for this at Silver James’s blog before I got here today.
by B.E. Sanderson July 22nd, 2010 at 9:07 am1 ) Gone Away Lake
2 ) Any home is probably nicer than my apt. I’d say the home in Valerie’s Family (for those of you who remember that long ago) because it was in the Chicago area and I wouldn’t have to move.
3 ) “Why” when used by a child. You can’t win.
4 ) “Sure” cause someone is agreeing with me.
5 ) Invisibility
6 ) Fright Night, the LOTR triology (or Return of the King if I have to pick one) and The Gumball Rally
7 ) America’s Test Kitchen
8 ) The Hap and Leonard series by Joe Lansdale (Fun read2, the word “great” makes me always think it has to impart knowledge of some sort.)
9 ) No one, just stopped by.
by Anne July 22nd, 2010 at 9:49 am1 ) Corduroy
2 )Lords of the Underworld
3 )Don’t really have one
4 ) Yes, I think that’s self explanatory lol
5 ) Telekinesis
6 )Vegas Vacation, princess Bride, The Importance of Being Earnest
7 ) Allrecipes.com
8 ) all the books i read people have recommended to me!
9 )no one
by Amanda July 22nd, 2010 at 9:58 am1. Christina’s Ghost by Betty Ren Wright – it was this great, creepy ghost story. I read it over and over and it gave me chills every time
2. Does it have to be a home? Because I would totally live in the Great Library from Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next world. As far as actual homes go, I’d happily take Tom Hanks’ NYC loft from Big.
3. Hm, I think my least favorite word would have to be bling. In fact, a lot of the new slang drives me up a wall.
4. Frangipani! (aka plumeria) I love it. It’s a fun word.
5. I’d be psychic! But able to turn it off and on at will. Wouldn’t want to be bombarded with unconscious thoughts.
6. The Burbs
The Goonies
Willow
7. My favorite cookbook would have to be John Folse’s massive Encyclopedia of Cajun and Creole Cuisine. I love it! I can cook anything from home using this. My favorite site right now is Pioneer Woman Cooks. I just love her!
8. Hm, a great book that I’ve read in the last year that not enough people have heard about…Darling Jim by Christian Moerk was pretty fantastic. I also really loved Mira Grant’s Feed and Michael Koryta’s So Cold the River (which might have gotten more buzz than I recall).
by Becky LeJeune July 22nd, 2010 at 10:08 am1) The entire Little House on the Prairie series. I’ve always liked the books more than the TV series.
2) The B & B on Warehouse 13, so I could meet the characters and try to get in on some of the adventures!
3) Stupid. This is on the same level as a swearing in my house.
4) Glitter. Who doesn’t love glitter?
5) Body morphing. What would it feel like to look like Angelina Jolie for a few hours?
6) Frida, Men in Black, Shrek.
7) Beyond the Great Wall by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid. Surprisingly simple recipes combined with a stunning travel log.
9) Google Reader.
by Janel July 22nd, 2010 at 10:19 am1) Where the Wild Things Are
Karin Harlow’s Enemy Lover
by HollyD July 22nd, 2010 at 10:31 am2) The house on Dynasty
3) Can’t
4) Free
5) Fixing/cleaning things w/ the wave of my hand
6) Wizzard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Star Wars
7) China Cottage
9) No referrels, I read MSW every day.
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? Little House on the Prairie
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? The house on 7th Heaven always looked so inviting.
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) booger because it is gross
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
vacation because it means time off
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
mind control then my family would do what I want them to
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Gone With the Wind
Pride & Prejudice
And Justice For All
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
The Pioneer Woman
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
by Maureen July 22nd, 2010 at 10:35 amSomething About You by Julie James
1 )Charlotte’s Web
2 ) I would have liked to live with the Keatons from Family Ties.
3 ) Nubbin – I don’t like the way it sounds and it creeps me out.
4 ) Spectacular – cool word in my opinion
5 )I would want to be able to Teleport to different places and times.
6 ) Die Hard Part 1 (action movies), The Notebook (love stories) & The Breakfast Club (Comedies).
7 ) I always say its not that I can’t cook, its that I choose not to. I enjoy The Blue Water Grill restaurant (yummy).
8 ) Hmm, I’m not really up on what is popular or not. I will go with Sins of the Flesh by Caridad Pineiro.
9 ) I referred myself – I visit the blog frequently.
Thanks.
by Jennifer D. July 22nd, 2010 at 10:45 am1.The Big Snow (Berta & Elmer Hader)
2.Roarke’s New York home in J.D. Robb’s In Death series
3.No (It kills all possibilities.)
4.Love (It accepts all possibilities.)
5.I’d like to be able to remove pain from folks.
6.Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz
7.Talk About Good (1967, Junior League of Lafayette)
8.Chevy Stevens’ debut thriller, Still Missing
9.You did, Toni! Actually, I visit this site daily. I first learned of it from visiting your author site after reading those wonderful, wacky Bobbie Faye books.
Good luck writing that scene.
by GSM July 22nd, 2010 at 12:16 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
by Terri Molina July 22nd, 2010 at 12:20 pmWhen I was a child one of the first chapter books I read was The Boxcar Children. I read the whole series and for some reason could relate to the orphans (and I wasn’t even an orphan at that time).
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
I liked Tony Nelson’s house (I Dream of Jeannie)…I just thought the layout of it had a very at home kind of look to it. Of course, I’d make it more modern day if I lived in it now. ..the 70’s were ugly colors. haha
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
I have a lot of them but since childhood I’ve always disliked the word :Stupid . Mainly because my mother considered it an ugly word and we weren’t allowed to say it…if we did…we were punished. I tell my kids not to say it either because it’s just not nice.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
It’s not my favorite word, but I can’t help saying it: Awesome
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
I would love to be telekinetic so I could move traffic along faster. haha
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Armageddon; Frequency; West Side Story (yeah, weird mix but these I never get tired of)
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
Growing up my aunt had the first edition Betty Crocker cookbook. I have a ‘newer’ edition (it’s still twenty years old) but that’s the one I use most. It’s how I learned to cook. ïŠ
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
Aside from yours? ïŠ I recently read Robert Gregory Browne’s newest Down Among the Dead Men and was BLOWN. A. WAY! That was an awesome book! I even gave it to my 16yr old who was looking for something to read and she loved it!
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
Uh….you did a few years ago when you first started blogging. I’ve been coming back ever since. ïŠ
Terri, thanks for the kind words about Down Among the Dead Men. I’m glad you and your daughter enjoyed it.
by Rob Gregory Browne July 25th, 2010 at 2:57 am1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? The little Red Hen
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? Rick Castle’s home
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) No, because I don’t like to be told no
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)Yes because it always nice to be told yes.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? I would like to have the power to heal
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies. Dirty Dancing, The Holiday, Love Story
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? Don’t have a favorite cookbook, restaurant around here would be Craker Barrel
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
by Quilt Lady July 22nd, 2010 at 1:06 pmKaki Warner’s Open Country
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
Cinderella
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
The Cullen house in Twilight series
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
Disappointed because it’s not a nice thing to hear at all.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Hippo because it’s fun saying it.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
The ability to fly!
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
The Hangover, Pride & Prejudice, Toy Story 3
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
My favorite restaurant is Lucca’s
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
by Jeanette Juan July 22nd, 2010 at 1:21 pmShelly Laurenston’s The Mane Event
1 ) Now THIS one’s the toughie. I loved quite a few children’s books growing up, so I will have to name 2 off the top of my head: Ferdinand the Bull (thought it was highly appropriate that it came up in the movie The Blind Side), and the Garfield’s Pet Force series (what can I say? I’m a sucker for a good superhero comic!).
2 ) This one’s EASY. Richard Castle’s swanky apartment on the ABC series Castle.
3 ) Least favorite word is “tentatively”, even though I use it quite a bit. It usually means (to me anyway) that a certain plan isn’t set in stone.
4 ) Favourite word is “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” because I can actually SPELL it!
5 ) If I had any super power, I’d want the “Spidey Sense” to sense trouble before my subconscious ever saw it coming!
6) The Three Caballeros, Saludos Amigos, and Star Wars Episode IV (I refuse to call it “A New Hope”).
7) Fave cookbook: The series of books starting with Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes A Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe François.
Fave cooking website: http://www.artisanbreadin5.com/
Fave restaurant(s): McCormick and Schmick (don’t go there often enough), Legal Sea Foods, and P.F. Changs.
BJ
by BJ Wanlund July 22nd, 2010 at 1:46 pmOh, I am loving all of these answers! Reading every single one.
Here are my answers:
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
Both my sons loved the Shel Silverstein books. Another favorite was The Stinky Cheese Man.
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
Oh, I think I might be able to suffer nobly if I had to live in the house that Ryan Reynolds’ family lives in, in the movie THE PROPOSAL. That colossal thing on those cliffs overlooking all that water? Yeah, that one. It would be rough, wandering from room to room like that.
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
Stupid, for the same reasons Terri said above. Hate that word. There is almost never a good reason to use it.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Believe. As in, I believe in you. There is something so human about the need for people to believe in us, and it’s something we can give so easily to those around us. Tell them about our faith in them.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Invisibility. Because just imagine the things I could eavesdrop on! As a writer, that would be a gold mine, right there. But the places I could go? :::::evil laugh::::: Oh, dear.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
The BOURNE trilogy (can’t really pick one), THE MATRIX, and INSIDE MAN.
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
I second thepioneerwoman.com and also, allrecipes.com
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
I think Lori’s NO MERCY is up there on the top. Ack. I just listed about ten, but I’m deleting back to one. It is killing me. 
by Toni McGee Causey July 22nd, 2010 at 1:47 pmThere are so many. This was an unfair question. I’m surprised someone hasn’t smacked me for this.
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? Green Eggs & Ham
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? Charlaine Harris’ Julian House – the description of that house is just awesome.
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) politics – it seems like we’re trapped in middle school whenever politics are discussed and things get heated.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
sunshine – I live in the North, enough said?
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
indestructibility – imagine being able to do extreme sports without injury.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Rocky Horror Picture Show, Earth Girls are Easy, Pan’s Labyrinth.
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
allrecipes.com – great ideas on almost anything
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) In the past year? ack, um, Mortal Coils – Eric Nylund great twist on the god/mythology theme.
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!] Toni McGee Causey =)
by Deb Fett July 22nd, 2010 at 2:24 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? 101 Dalmatians
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? The house from Hart to Hart
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) Can’t (because I hate being told I can’t do something)
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?) Chocolate (you have to ask? *g*)
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? Teleportation
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies. Hello Dolly, Thoroughly Modern Millie and The Thin Man
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? I don’t much cook myself but I love the Cracker Barrel!
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) Enchanted Inc. by Shanna Swendson
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!] You did!
by Tori Lennox July 22nd, 2010 at 2:30 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
Into the Night Kitchen
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
Bonanza’s ranch house
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
screw–ugly, ugly sound
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Scrumpdili-icous–because it’s yummy in my mouth.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
To morph to look like anything I wanted.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Bull Durham
The Duellists
Arsenic and Old Lace
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
“Get Saucy”
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
“Immortal Engines”
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
by Lois Baron July 22nd, 2010 at 2:32 pmyou, on twitter
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? The Monster at the End of This Book – with lovable, furry, old Grover. I loved it when he tried to tie the pages together, or brick them up so they couldn’t be turned.
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? Pemberley
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) Maybe. I like definitive answers. I always want to know where I stand.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?) Positivity! Who doesn’t like a nonsense word that makes perfect sense?
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? Ooh. Well, the x-ray vision is out – too many scary things hidden away. I’m not good at being ignored, so being invisible is out. I don’t think I want to know everything or hear everything, that could be awkward. I guess I’ll go with always having the right shoes to wear with any outfit.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies. Gone With the Wind, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Philadelphia Story.
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? I still think The Better Homes and Garden cookbook is the best. Other may offer some more adventurous dishes, but BH&G is the benchmark IMHO.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen. I’ve recommended all three of her books to everyone I know. Throughly enjoyable, sweet, and charming.
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!] Technically, you did, via Twitter.
by Margaret July 22nd, 2010 at 2:41 pm1 ) TRIXIE BELDEN series and HORTON HATCHES AN EGG.
2 ) Tom Hanks’ NYC apartment in BIG
3 ) Whatever. After five kids, I cringe every time I hear the word.
4 ) Freedom.
5 ) Flying. Or maybe the golden lasso. Or maybe invisibility. Or . . . it’s too hard to choose!
6 ) THE THIN MAN, STAR WARS, INCEPTION (because I just saw it and it was amazing!!!) (I have many, many more faves, however . . . these were the three that came to mind first.)
7 ) Challenged: local restaurant fave was California Fats, which they closed a couple years ago. I have several I like, but none that came close to Fats.
8 ) Unfortunately, I haven’t read much other than ARCs and bestsellers . . . but one underappreciated author who I’ve read ALL his fiction (6 books) and he doesn’t write anymore: Keith Ablow. Love his stuff.
9 ) I’m ineligible!
by Allison Brennan July 22nd, 2010 at 2:49 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? Green Eyes
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? The Penthouse of Richard Castle.
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)Hate We should not.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Love – We should
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?See through things – m eyes are going to much reading. LOL
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
MCClintock
Singing In the Rain
Animal House
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
The Pioneer Woman site
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
Shut Up and Kiss Me by Christie Craig
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
by Sue Smallwood July 22nd, 2010 at 2:53 pmToni McGee Facebook page
) What was your favorite children’s book?
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
I would love to live in the house that JR Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood live in.
3 ) What is your least favorite word? C%nt (other word for vagina) (Why?) It is so insulting
4 ) What is your favorite word? snuggle(Why?) Makes me smile
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? To be able to teleport.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Dirty Dancing
While You Were Sleeping
National Treasure
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? love Foodnetwork site.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
by CrystalGB July 22nd, 2010 at 2:55 pmMark of the Demon by Diana Rowland.
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
by Marcia Carter July 22nd, 2010 at 3:02 pmThis is an out of print book. It was “Loblolly Farm” by Margaret Chastain. I loved it because it was the first book that brought home to me the idea that as much as people are the same, they are different, be it traditions, culture or location. It painted a mental picture of simpler times in the deep country in the South of a farmhouse with a porch all the way around and the family that lived there from the perspective of a girl that lived in the city visiting grandparents.
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
The farmhouse in the book I mentioned in question 1, located ideally within a mile or two of a small town. Ideally also, it would be paid for and in extremely low tax zone!
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
Sorry-Because it can’t undo whatever wrong that prompted someone to utter it.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
I suppose it shouldn’t be my daughter’s name, right? Barring that, I have to say “HARMONICA” because it evokes memories as well as the images related to the music that features harmonicas and the idea of harmony, which there is just too little of in our world.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
The power to make people smile, especially my baby girl. That is why I love humor, comedy, stand-up comics, etc. We need more comic greats like Jerry Lewis, Robin Williams, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg…the list goes on, too many to mention and I wouldn’t want to miss an important one.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Singing In The Rain-I can’t resist a good musical and the dancing. Must admit the reason this is my #1 is Donald O’Connor and the “Make ‘em Laugh” number – I told you, I am a comedy junkie!
Romancing the Stone-There is just something about romantic comedy and Michael Douglas (or his daddy) that make a movie. I love the tagline at the end with the publisher – “Hopeful romantic, I’m a hopeful romantic” and the sailing off into the sunset, in downtown NYC yet!
Independence Day (ID4)-Besides being an awe-inspiring movie, Jeff Goldblum, who knew Nerd could be this sexy?
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
My favorite cookbook is one that belonged to my Great Grandma that Julia is named for – The Modern Priscilla Cookbook circa 1894. I also like Paula Deen’s recipe collections. My favorite recipe site is recipezaar.com, except for microwave desserts, then it’s abc123 or something like that for microwave cooking. Oh and my favorite restaurant depends on type of cuisine, but I am a red blooded carnivore and nothing beats a good steak and Texas Roadhouse for ambiance in that genre.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster is what I am reading now. I have awakened the beast sleeping next to me (my hubby) laughing. Also, all Janet Evanovich works. I am a humor junkie. I reread her books periodically, but when it comes to humor, Toni, you and BF rule. Bobbie Faye fans of the world unite!!!
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
I guess you shouldn’t be surprised, but it’s Toni McGee Causey, this zany author that is my twitter buddy! Although I did refer my daughter who is working on her entry now. I confess I am curious to see her answers!
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton is my favorite children’s book. When I was little I took my very own brand new copy to a get together at my Grandma’s house. It was really rare for me to get a brand new copy and not a used copy of a book and I was so proud of it I paraded it around like a spoiled brat and wouldn’t share it with any of my cousins. When my cousin tried to rip it from my hands, I pulled back and we tore the cover and I began to sob. I still have that copy with it’s torn cover and pages yellowed with age.
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
Well… Friends should totally count as a family right? I mean, six people who lived in the same vicinity for ten years – they practically deserve an award (oh wait, that’s what emmys are for). Anyways, I’d of loved to be a part of that group sitting on the worn orange sofa sipping coffee listening to Phoebe’s wacky songs, Ross and Rachel’s crazy love affair, Monica’s manic cleaning frenzies, and Chandler’s sarcasm while getting hit on by Joey.
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
DELL Why? Because my computer that keeps 1) randomly shutting down 2) getting infected with malware 3) getting trojan horses and 4) is always needing repairs when I can’t get an English speaking person on customer service is from Dell and I’d personally like to throw it out the window of a 20 story building.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Basketball because basketball means a day where my dad and I are getting a long and are usually harassing my mother – the Purdon’t fan.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Invincibility – because after the life I’ve lead I’d like to be resilient to some crap for a change.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
1) Twister – I have been able to quote every line since I was seven.
2) My Best Friend’s Wedding – Julia Carter, Julia Roberts. Julia Anne Elizabeth, Julianne… you can see where I’m going with this can’t you?
3) The X-Files: I Want To Believe – Merely because I’ve been waiting for that kiss at the very end since I was one year old and my mom thought I was asleep on the couch beside her..
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
As I am severely cooking impaired – or at least that’s what I lead those who enjoy the sport to believe – I prefer to eat at Power’s Hamburgers. Power’s is a tiny little joint in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana and it just can’t be beat. I’m the third generation of my family to eat there and I can’t wait to take my own kids there some day for the tiny little onion smothered burgers that make White Castle seem like dog food.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
Follow The Stars Home By Luanne Rice is my all-time favorite book and I’ve read it more times than I can count. I never seem to grow tired of it. It’s the book I turn to when I’m happy, sad, mad, glad, or just blah.
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? The beautiful woman from which I got my life’s breath (and yes, I am misquoting Gilmore Girls), my mama, Marcia Carter.
by Julia Carter July 22nd, 2010 at 3:02 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? The Little Engine that Could.
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? The Gilmore Girls’ house – not because it was spectacular or gorgeous – but because there was so much love and laughter in it.
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) Can’t. It is negative.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?) Buffy. As in the Vampire Slayer. This word evokes for me the TV show and all that it means to me: friendship and love, valuing of intelligence and humor, multiple examples of different kinds of strength that has no gender;
and the character and all that she means: a woman who is strong, funny, courageous, a good friend, and imperfect;
and Joss Whedon: the writer, creator, and director of Buffy. His writing and vision inspire me to write.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? To eradicate violence and moronic behavior.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies. While You Were Sleeping. Good Will Hunting. Pirates of the Caribbean.
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? I love Nigella Lawson (http://www.nigella.com/recipe/nigella_recipes.aspx), more for her attitude towards food than for her recipes (which are good).
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) Beyond the Night by Joss Ware (interesting world building). Doppelgangster by Laura Resnick (hilarious). Truly, Madly by Heather Webber (interesting premise and good romantic tension).
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? you did, from Facebook.
by Melinda Maiden July 22nd, 2010 at 3:11 pm1 – Favorite children’s book was Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. I re-read it from time to time and I still love Anne with an E, and I still cry when Matthew dies and I still feel a thrill for her when she gets the dresses with the puffed sleeves. And Gilbert was a lovely young man.
2 – I would live in the apartment with Penny in The Big Bang Theory because, even though she is a slob, I don’t think Sheldon and Leonard have a spare bedroom for me. If Penny won’t have me, then I’ll live on the Green Gables farm.
3 – My least favorite word is mucus. Why? Because I once proofed a paper by my friend and neighbor, a pediatrics nurse, about how mucus is formed by the body and what it is composed of and that is information I have never been able to Clorox out of my brain. Just writing the word makes me gag.
4 – My favorite word is excellent. Why? Because it’s an excellent word.
5 – If I had a super power, it would be invisibilty. Especially useful on days I feel fat. Plus, as Tony said, the eavesdropping thing.
6 – Three favorite movies. Tough one. I will narrow it to Enchanted April, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
7 – I am newly addicted to Cajun Recipe Exhange on Facebook.
8 – I really enjoyed Drood by Dan Simmons.
9 – You did, from FB.
(Note: I loved reading everyone else’s answers!)
by Ramona July 22nd, 2010 at 3:45 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? That would be I Love You Forever by Sheila McGraw. Every parent should have a copy of that book and is something I usually get as part of my baby shower gift
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? I Love the Cullen’s house in the Twilight series
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) Hate. Growing up my mom drilled into us kids what a ugly offensive word that was and to never use it. Saying that you hated something or someone was almost like saying you wish the absolute worse upon them
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Proud. I tell my kids constantly how proud I am of them
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? To fly, who wouldn’t want to be able to fly?
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Rebel without a cause, A walk to Remember, The Notebook
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
I love finding random recipes in magazines. My fav. cookbook is the Disney childrens cookbook. My kids love it and my fav place to eat is The Olive Garden
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
The Shack. The story line sounds really dark, but it’s an amazing story and really makes you think
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
by Jolene Allcock July 22nd, 2010 at 3:28 pmWell, you did via Facebook
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? Hee. I’ll go with Stars Hollow from Gilmore Girls
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) The word that describes breasts and starts with T. I find it very crass.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?) I’m a fan of dude. It only comes out when I’m trying to emphasize something. And plus it makes my friends giggle.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? To be able to beam myself anywhere in an instant.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies. The Quiet Man, Sound of Music, Inn of the Sixth Happiness
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? I love the Food Network. The challenges are always so amusing and amazing.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published
by Laurie (lulu) Kransky July 22nd, 2010 at 3:30 pmWell, I had a great time reading a trilogy of Nora Roberts books. The In The Garden Trilogy.
9. I saw this on Toni’s FB and I’m all for cheering her up.
What a great set of questions! You don’t have to enter me in the contest, if it feels weird, I just want to answer these. (Okay, okay, yes, I’m procrastinating writing.)
Fave book as a child. Um, wow. So many. Gonna go with The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Or Once on a Time, by A.A. Milne. Obscure, probably out of print, hysterically funny and touching and wonderful.
A film/TV home I’d move into: hmm. The Braverman clan’s parents’ gorgeous sprawling Craftsman house in Berkeley on Parenthood. Might make it hard for Dan to commute to Brooklyn, though.
Least favorite word: “Whatever.†Why yes, I have a nearly-teen in the house, why do you ask?
Favorite word: Two, for two different reasons. “Sesquipedalian,†because it defines itself. (“A tendency to use long words when short ones will do.â€) And “Imagination.†Because we need it.
Super power: either teleportation or instant blink-and-the-house-is-organized. I guess that could fall under telekenisis, huh?
Three favorite movies: Wall-E. Gallipoli. (I wonder if my enjoyment of its haunting beauty would be compromised now by Mel Gibson’s shenanigans; hope not.) Four Weddings and a Funeral. (I want that circle of friends!)
Favorite cookbook: Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything. Followed closely by The Complete Cooking Light Cookbook.
I’m gonna name two books here: Alaya Johnson’s Moonshine, about a vampire suffragette in ‘20’s New York (absolutely delightful main character), and Justine Larbalestier’s Liar, which got some attention for the cover kerfuffle, but I don’t know how many people followed through and read it. Brilliant novel, both in construction and emotion.
I saw your tweet, does that count as a referral?
by Tamar July 22nd, 2010 at 3:54 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? Black Beauty
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? The ranch house in Return to Lonesome Dove
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) F**k I think it’s a crude word that has become far too socially acceptable.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?) Thank you. Two words I guess. I think people don’t acknowledge kindness enough.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? To create shields to protect people.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies. Lonesome Dove, Fellowship of the Ring, Return of the King.
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
Calf Fries to Caviar or the original Blue Denim cookbook it was based on.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell.
by Julie Weathers July 22nd, 2010 at 4:08 pm1 ) The Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I went as her on two different Halloweens.
2 ) The house from Practical Magic. I covet their kitchen, and their ocean view.
3 ) The c-word that rhymes with bunt. It’s such a horrible word, filled with loathing and disgust and it feels like something that only a true misogynist would say. I can’t even make myself type it right now.
4 ) I can’t think of just one. There are so many…how about “trebuchet” for today? It’s fun to say, and it’s an interesting siege engine to boot.
5 ) Weather control. I’d probably misuse it, though, and we’d have thunderstorms and snow all the time.
6 ) This is a hard question, since it all depends on my mood. Today, I’ll go with The Princess Bride, Chicago (I can’t stop singing and dancing along), and Independence Day – it’s cheesy and horrible, but I love it more than I should. Plus, it’s on right now.
7 ) I love my Little House on the Prairie cookbook, but I only use it for one thing, so…Whole Foods for the Whole Family. Best healthy cookbook I’ve found, and I use recipes from it constantly.
8 ) I’ve actually been pushing Bobbie Faye on a lot of friends this year. So I’ll go with those.
9 ) Ummm…you did. Twice. On Twitter.
by Sierra July 22nd, 2010 at 4:22 pmSierra — LOL. (on the “twice”) And thank you (the BF referrals). Very much appreciated!
by Toni McGee Causey July 22nd, 2010 at 4:29 pmWas it not twice? I could have sworn I saw two tweets about it…but I may be insane, so…*shrugs*
by Sierra July 22nd, 2010 at 4:31 pmLOL — no, you were right. It was just a mental image I got of myself going TWEET TWEET and well, my brain is a scary place.
by Toni McGee Causey July 22nd, 2010 at 4:34 pmAnd we all benefit from it.
by Sierra July 22nd, 2010 at 4:36 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? Velveteen Rabbit
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? Gilmore Girls! It was such a fun loving atomsphere.
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) Honestly, tit, I don’t know why I don’t like it, it just rubs me the wrong way.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Cinquante cinq, the french word for 55, it just rolls of your tongue.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? I’d say reading minds, but that could be a curse in disguise so let’s go with flying.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Moulin Rouge
Casablanca
Dogma
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
La Madeleine is my favorite restaurant, it’s a yummy little french bistro.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
American Gods by Neil Gaiman, I know he has a big following, but there’s still so many out there that have no idea who he is, I was one!
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!] Sierra Meintser!
by Heather N July 22nd, 2010 at 5:18 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? any of the Dr. Seuss classics
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? The Cunninghams on Happy Days.
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) HAD (can’t crop these weeds out of my WIP fast enough!)
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?) scrumptious (doesn’t it make your mouth water?)
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? ESP
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies. The English Patient, Moonstruck, Talledaga Nights (not apologizing, either!)
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? Allrecipes.com
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) WHAT REMAINS OF HEAVEN by C.S.Harris (adore her writing)
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
by Leslie July 22nd, 2010 at 5:47 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? – It would have to be the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? – I would like to live in Stars Hollow with Luke and Lorelai. (Gilmore Girls)
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) I don’t like the word loser. I think it is a terrible word to describe someone.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Vacation because it means that I am not at work!! (or possibly travelling)
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? I would love to have healing power so I could cure sickness.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Ever After, Pride and Prejudice and Harry Potter series.
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? I will go with Restaurant cause I don’t cook! I will go with Swiss Chalet cause I love their chicken and dipping sauce.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) Oh that had to be the Bobbie Faye series. I tell everyone all the time about the books.
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
by MichellekCanada July 22nd, 2010 at 6:14 pmThat would me my good friend Margaret Ethridge!
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? Winnie the Pooh, A. A. Milne
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? Tara in Gone With The Wind
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) Utilize. It is utilized when “used” would suffice.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
F**k. It can be used in a hundred diffrerent ways. In the right context it indicates a less than serious outlook on life.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? An unerring sense of justice.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Grapes of Wrath, Casablanca, Wizard of Oz
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? The Joy of Cooking — first edition
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) American Rust, Philip Myer
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!] Veronica Alderson,
http://www.veronicaalderson.com
Okay… go.
by Ray Fuentez July 22nd, 2010 at 6:34 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? Haha, id have to say that i never really read a children’s book. i started off with harry potter and the sorceror’s stone and still like it
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? The house on the first iron man… including the cars!
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) impossible, it makes people think that they cant do something when they actually can
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?) ploop. It’s just fun to say!
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? the ability to control fire! I love fire
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies. Alice in Wonderland, Sweeny Todd, The lightning Thief (I liked the books :])
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? The manderin restaurant in downtown Payette
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) The sevebn deadly sins series by Allison Brennan. I love those books (considering the fact that only the first two are out)
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest?
by Kyle Burgess July 22nd, 2010 at 6:43 pmToni Burgess… thats muh momma!
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?– Hansel And Gretel. Its always nice to see the wicked get what they deserve!
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?– The Charmed one’s house on the TV show Charmed! I love how old fashioned it looks;and its also one of my favorite shows!
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)– Lube. Dude, it just sounds disgusting! Ugh!
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)– Actually, its two words. For and Real. I say that all the time. Blah blah blah blah, for real. LOL!
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?– Levitation. I can’t drive, so that would come in real handy
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.– Pride and Prejudice (with Keira Knightley. Its so romantic! Sigh!), The Princess Bride (that movie has everything. Romance, action, adventure, humor. Awesome.) and The Holiday (that kiss between Cameron Diaz and Jude Law? Swoon!)
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?– Cooking challenged person, here! I love Cracker Barrel
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)– Thirteen Chances by Cindy Miles! She writes the sweetest, most romantic books ever! Love her writing!
by Chelsea B. July 22nd, 2010 at 6:58 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? The Black Stallion series
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? Either the house Ryan Reynolds family had in The Proposal or old Victorian in Full House
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) Can’t, because people say they can’t before they even try. Second choice would be F**Ker because it’s crude and well it also rymes with my last name.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
hope because all things are possible with it
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? the ablity to snap my fingers and the house work would be done.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Dirty Dancing
The Lake House
the Harry Potter series
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
The Purple Emporer
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!] Facebook
Okay… go.
by Double T July 22nd, 2010 at 10:08 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
Goodnight Moon
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
Andy Griffith on Matlock
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
Stupid because it’s so mean and usually used when someone voices a opposite opinion.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Mom because it represents so much love.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Knowing the right thing to say.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Grease, Braveheart, Goonies
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
allrecipes.com
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
by Lexie Chuhran July 22nd, 2010 at 10:18 pmAbraham Lincoln Vampire Slayer
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
I loved “Secret Garden”. It validated every childhood dream.
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
Manderley. I love the idea of being in an ancestral home.
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
Can’t. As my father said, there is no such word as can’t.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Relax. It is a mantra, a reminder, and a wonderful state of mind.
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
To overcome my procrastination. I’d get so much more accomplished.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Quite the gambit.
“The Killers”
“Enchanted April”
“It’s a Wonderful Life”
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
Biella, the quintessential neighborhood Italian restaurant in Minnesota
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
I loved Mary Logue’s book, “Bone Harvest” because it was set in an area that I’ve visited, giving it a whole new type of appeal.
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
by Chris July 22nd, 2010 at 10:35 pmYou did!
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
The Velveteen Rabbit
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
The New TNT Series- Rizzoli and Isles!
Not only is it based off Tess Gerritsen’s great books, it’s a fantastic show. I love it!
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
NO! I don’t like being told No nor do I like saying it either!
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
TaF**kYou! I just like saying it!
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Teleportation!
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Practical magic, To Kill a Mockingbrid and Sense and Sensibility
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
Good Ol’ Betty Crocker- she’s there for you when you need her. Lol!
The Hereford House in K.C.M.O.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
Eat, Pray, Love By Elizabeth Gilbert
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]
Since I have this bookmarked on my computer I’d have to say…Me!
by Lisa G. July 22nd, 2010 at 11:09 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
Trixie Belden
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
Lucy Sharpe’s estate from Rocki’s bulletcatchers
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
phlegm/mucus–cuz ick!!!!
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Winner!!! It means I’ve won!!
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Eat and not gain weight!
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Hellfighters-John Wayne
Princess Bride
Swiss Family Robinson
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
Food Network
Restaurant–PfChangs
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
Nalini Singh books
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest?
by Catherine July 23rd, 2010 at 12:35 amMSW–daily stop on the computer
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? Not so much a children’s book but one of my faves age 7 – 12 was Mark Twain’s Hukleberry Finn & unknown author The Tales of Finn MacCool
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? Rourke’s Estate in Eve Dallas series from J. D. Robb… not that far from the city & still secluded enough
3 ) What is your least favorite word? Can’t (Why?) I know I CAN
4 ) What is your favorite word? C’mon (Why?) the possiblities
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? To travel to wherever I wanted to go in an instant, including time travel, with the added bonus of taking anyone I wanted along with.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies. Casablanca, Young Frankenstein, The Thin Man series
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant? My grandmother & mother’s recipe books
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) I’m listing authors cuz I have too many fave books. So, here goes; Toni McGee Causey, Dakota Cassidy, Michele Bardsley, Jaye Wells, Carrie Vaughn, Janiene Frost, Kelley Armstrong, Angela Knight, Lilith Saintcrow, Rachel Caine & many more >.<
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!] Ms Toni McGee Causey via her Tweet *snicker*
by Kaz July 23rd, 2010 at 2:31 am1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? Paper Bag Princess
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? Jericho Barnes books store in the Fever series
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) Stupid – I don’t like how people use it.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Love – It can make you so happy
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? Invisibility
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Sliding Doors
The Thirteenth Warrior
Lord of the Rings
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
Boston Pizza
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
Butterfly Tattoo
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? No one. I started lurking after hearing about this site from Lorelei James yahoo site.
by Rory Girl July 23rd, 2010 at 6:08 am1 ) Harold and the Purple Crayon
2 ) Hogwarts – does that count?
3 ) c**t – it’s a very offensive word and is never ever used positively.
4 ) awesome – even though it’s from the 90′s, i use it all the time!
5 ) super-strength
6 ) 27 Dresses, Becoming Jane, The Wedding Singer
7 ) allrecipes.com
8 ) I read so many books in the summer (I am a school teacher), but they are mostly popular books that everyone has heard of… my recent favorite was Bobbie Faye and the Family Jewels… I read it back to back… the romance of it was wonderful (not trying to be a suck up – it was just really good)!
9 ) facebook
by Megan July 23rd, 2010 at 7:36 am1 ) The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
2 ) I would love to live in Ina Garten’s home from the cooking show, The Barefoot Contessa
3 ) Sh*t…for obvious reason & it simply sounds gross.
4 ) Hope
5 ) I’d like my special power to allow me to heal illnesses and brokenhearts.
6 ) Last of The Mohicans, Fever Pitch & Pride & Prejudice (2005).
7 ) Favorite restaurant: Mario Batali’s, Casa Mono in NYC
8 ) Pamela Clare’s, NAKED EDGE…it should be a NYT bestseller! It is SO good.
9 ) No referral, been posting on this site for a while now. Thanks!
by Scorpio M. July 23rd, 2010 at 10:03 amooh, how could I have left THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS off my list? :::bangs head on desk:::: I’ve watched that movie at least 20 times. I may go watch it again. So incredibly beautifully told.
by Toni McGee Causey July 23rd, 2010 at 2:07 pm1) A Little Princess – I loved the time period, the evil school mistress, and the man who went to India (her eventual adopted father). And the orphan theme.
2) Hogwarts
3) Literally. Because people overuse it and often, incorrectly.
4) Right now my favorite word is probably “cast.” You cast jewelry, cast spells, cast a play, cast as in forecast… I love that it has so meanings and some are mystical/plauful.
5) The ability to write amazing novels (in like, a month) out of any ideas I chose.
6) Savage Nights. Me Without You. Amelie
7) Jamie’s Kitchen
８) Zero to the Bone by Robert Eversz for the deep, dark portrayal of Hollywood and his rebellious, but very empathetic ex-con heroine.
by Shizuka July 23rd, 2010 at 10:10 am1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
Black Beauty (oh, and Farmer Boy. Why it was my fave from the Little House books, I’ll never know)
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
Tough one. I would probably fit in best at Roseanne’s house.
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
Uhhh… is the “c” word self-explanatory?
Sooo derogatory IMO.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
(again with the cussing)
F**k-a-duck. It just gets the point across so well while eliciting a laugh, so as not to offend
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
I’d love to stop time. Think of all the books you could read between 1:00 and 1:01 if time was stopped right there.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
Airplane!
The Princess Bride
16 Candles
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
I love Emeril’s Potluck. I’ve gotten some awesome recipes out of it.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
by Lori July 23rd, 2010 at 11:10 amThe Kite Runner. OMG – so amazing.
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
Nathan Ford’s flat on LEVERAGE
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
“irregardless”
It may have made its way into the dictionary, but it’s still not a real word!
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
“Serendipity.”
Ahhh, the possibilities…
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?
To never get sick.
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
HENRY V
COMPROMISING POSITIONS
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
Not cooking challenged, but I don’t have a favorite cookbook or website. My current favorite restaurant is CAFE LAFAYETTE in Seal Beach, CA.
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)
by Marlyn July 23rd, 2010 at 12:35 pmTHE LACE READER by Brunonia Barry
1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? Don’t remember the name but it was a Little Golden Book about a young Indian Warrior going on his first hunt
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be? The Gilmore Girls old Victorian
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?) Fart – ewww
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?) Ragdoll – breed of my snuggly cat
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? Flying
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
The Usual Suspects
Ever After
Pirates of the Carribean
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
The one my mom made me
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (be prepared to cry a little but there is also a sense of joy and wonder)
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? Rory Girl
by Marc Holiday July 23rd, 2010 at 5:51 pm1 ) What was your favorite children’s book? The Trixie Belden mysteries
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?
Castle’s Manhattan apt on CASTLE
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)
“Nice”–it’s so blah.
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
Chocolate–it fixes a world of hurts!
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be? Time travel
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.
The Mummy, Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?
allrecipes.com
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.) The Ghost Exterminator by Vivi Andrews
by MJ July 24th, 2010 at 2:30 am1 ) What was your favorite children’s book?- sweet valley high
2 ) If you could live in any home on a television series or a movie or a book, which would it be?- the brady bunch with a housekeeper lol
3 ) What is your least favorite word? (Why?)- any curse word- so yick
4 ) What is your favorite word? (Why?)
- love becuase everyone wants it
5 ) If you could have a super power, what would it be?- a little psyhic power
6 ) Name three of your favorite movies.- birdget jones diary
the big easy
the notebook
7 ) What is your favorite cookbook / cooking site — or — for the cooking challenged — your favorite restaurant?- red lobster- love seafood
8 ) What is a great book you’ve read in the last year that you don’t think enough people have heard about? (Doesn’t matter when it was published.)- hard and fast- erin mccarthy
9 ) bonus: Who referred you here for the contest? [You must name them here in the same comment as your answers for them to be eligible!]- just me
by kh July 25th, 2010 at 2:47 amvery fun thanks