Bree's Favorite Things

So, I love lists.  I have lists for all kinds of things.  Here are a few of my favorite lists of favorites.

Books
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

Music
Again, in no particular order, here are some of my current favorite bands:
  1. The Postal Service
  2. The Kooks
  3. The Shins
  4. The Kills
  5. Florence and The Machine
  6. Radiohead
  7. Death Cab for Cutie
  8. Vampire Weekend
  9. The Hundred In The Hands
  10. Bon Iver
  11. The Notwist
  12. Flaming Lips
  13. Peter Bjorn and John
  14. Band of Horses
  15. Band of Skulls
  16. Cake
  17. Fleet Foxes
  18. Flight of the Conchords
  19. Spoon
  20. Kings of Convenience

Food
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. . .

TV Shows
  1. The Vampire Diaries
  2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  3. Veronica Mars
  4. Friday Night Lights
  5. Flight of the Conchords
  6. Freaks and Geeks
  7. Parks and Recreation
  8. The Office
  9. Arrested Development
  10. Burn Notice
  11. Community
  12. Merlin
  13. Drop Dead Diva
  14. Modern Family
  15. Damages
  16. Mad Men (Love/Hate relationship with this one)
  17. Switched At Birth

Things I could not live without
  1. Tivo
  2. Netflix
  3. chocolate
  4. high speed internet
  5. my children
  6. my husband
(maybe not in that order)