My Favorite . . Book Mom

My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen’s Books. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let’s face it.. The world can be a dark place and it’s time to share something positive. For more info: My Favorite Meme. There are a lot of great book moms. Some are warm, some strong, some misunderstood, some doing their best in a given situation, but I don't have many favorites. In all honesty, I tend to avoid books featuring kids, which means I don't see women characters in their mom roles very often. It's been a while since I've read Room by Emma Donoghue and it was not one of my favorite books, but Ma deserves a place in the best book moms list. She was kidnapped and raped repeatedly, held captive and had a child, but she loves her son, Jack, with all her heart and does everything she can to help him be happy,...
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My Favorite . . Thing About My Job

My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen’s Books. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let’s face it.. The world can be a dark place and it’s time to share something positive. For more info: My Favorite Meme. My actual job, how I make money, is pretty boring. I'm an insurance agent at an independent insurance agency. It's a convenient job for me, I literally live a five minute walk away, even though I usually drive so I can go out to lunch or to take the deposit to the bank. I work nice hours: 9-5 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and 10-2 on Tuesday and Thursday, and it's pretty flexible, so if I need to run out and pick Amber up or take the day off to drive my mom to an appointment it's not a big deal. Most of our clients are nice, I can only think of one real...
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My Favorite . . Restaurant

My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen’s Books. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let’s face it.. The world can be a dark place and it’s time to share something positive. For more info: My Favorite Meme. I love restaurants - I admit it. It's so hard to pick a favorite though. There's Lidia's, which I've only been to once but was delicious. There's my favorite take-out Chinese place - Hong Kong Chinese. There's my favorite pizza place - DiCarlo's - but that probably doesn't count, since you can't actually eat there. There's my favorite quick, close American food - Murray's. My favorite Greek place - Theo Yianni's, even though I haven't been to their new building yet. And so many Italian places I love - Olive Garden, Naples, Mario's. I think my favorite though might be La Cucina. It's close enough that we can eat there whenever we want. It has...
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My Favorite . . Bookmark

My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen’s Books. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let’s face it.. The world can be a dark place and it’s time to share something positive. For more info: My Favorite Meme. I don't use bookmarks. I'm one of those monsters who dogears the pages. The cute fuzzy kind of monster. I do own lots of bookmarks though. Below are some of my favorites. My brother brought the one on the right for me from one of his vacations. Amber made the one in the middle years ago, and I bought the one on the right for myself. (Sorry the picture isn't great but I was in a hurry.) What's your favorite bookmark? Join in at Maureen's Books....
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My Favorite . . Fantasy Novel

My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen’s Books. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let’s face it.. The world can be a dark place and it’s time to share something positive. For more info: My Favorite Meme. I have enjoyed many fantasy novels over the years, from the Narnia series to The Lord of the Rings to Claire North's Gameshouse trilogy. Why are all my favorite fantasies series? Does it give the author more time to fully develop the world, to make me fall in love with the place and the characters? One of my favorites is City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett, the second of the Divine Cities. (I haven't read the third entry yet. I own it, but I'm a little afraid of what's going to happen.) A couple of bits from my review last year: "Our main character this time around is retired General Turyin Mulagesh. she may be one of...
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My Favorite . . Time to Blog

My Favorite.. is a weekly meme hosted by Maureen’s Books. In this meme we share every week something we love with each other. Because let’s face it.. The world can be a dark place and it’s time to share something positive. For more info: My Favorite Meme. My favorite drink time to blog is probably in the evening on the couch snuggled up in my blanket, preferably when everyone else is out of the house for a while. Needless to say, that doesn't happen very often. When I actually do most of my blogging is during slow times at work - shh, don't tell anyone. I'm still on the computer and can switch windows easily when I have something to do. And, happily, my screen doesn't face clients unless I turn it for them to see. What's your favorite to blog? Join in at Maureen's Books....
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