Bree's Favorite Things

It goes without saying that I love to read. It's a huge part of being a writer, and a huge part of who I am as a person. Here are a few of my favorite books (in no particular order):

1. Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff
2. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
3. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
4. Avalon High, Pants on Fire, and All American Girl by Meg Cabot
5. Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
6. The Way He Lived by Emily Wing Smith
7. The Amelia Peabody Series by Elizabeth Peters
8. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Again, in no particular order, here are some of my current favorite bands:

1. The Postal Service
2. The Kooks
3. The Shins
4. Radiohead
5. Death Cab for Cutie
6. The Notwist
7. Flaming Lips
8. Peter Bjorn and John
9. Band of Horses
10. Cake
11. Fleet Foxes
12. Flight of the Conchords
13. Spoon
14. Kings of Convenience

I couldn't go on living without food... even if I could. Wait... you know what I mean :P. Here are some of my favorite dishes:

1. The salmon at Market Street Grill
2. The filet mignon at Biaggi’s
3. Chicken Marsala with the suga rosa sauce on penne at Carraba’s
4. Ghirardelli’s triple chocolate brownies (oh, that made me really want brownies)
5. Turkey ala king (anything else the day after Thanksgiving is forbidden)
6. The broccoli cheese soup from Kneader’s with a slice of their fresh country bread
7. Caribbean chicken (a favorite family recipe)
8. Café Rio grilled chicken salad
9. Massaman curry
10. Pad Thai
11. Chicken Tika Masala
12. Caramel Apple Pie

. . . ok, I’ve got to stop. . .

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. Veronica Mars
3. Friday Night Lights
4. Flight of the Conchords
5. Freaks and Geeks
6. 30 Rock
7. The Office
8. Arrested Development
9. Chuck
10. 24
11. The OC
12. Gossip Girl
13. Smallville (the earlier seasons)

1. Tivo
2. Netflix
3. chocolate
4. high speed internet
5. my children
6. my husband

(maybe not in that order)