These are a Few of My Favorite Things...Read All About It!

When I was young, I loved to read! My favorite stores were book stores. I used to spend hours browsing Barnes & Noble looking for a great adventure. Life got busy and I found myself slowly fading away from my favorite hobby. Though I'm busier than ever, I still try to find time to curl up with a good book. And by "curl up" I mean hunker down in my seat in between two strangers on whatever flight I happen to be on at the time. Call me old fashion, but I would much rather have an actual book in my hands than use a nook or kindle. I know...slightly pathetic! Here are a few of my all-time favorites!

Nicholas Sparks "The Last Song"
Ann Brashares "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"
Mildred D. Taylor "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry"
J. K. Rowling "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Great Gatsby"
Harper Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Mark Twain "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
Sarah Dessen "That Summer"
Judy Blume "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret"
Joseph Heller "Catch 22"
Katherine Paterson "Bridge to Terabithia"
Toni Morrison "Beloved"
Wilson Rawls "Where the Red Fern Grows"
Shel Silverstein "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
Christopher Paul Curtis "The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963"
E. L. Konigsburg "From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler"
Louis Sachar "Holes"

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things...Oh the Places I Like to Go!

Ah...traveling. It's a good thing I enjoy traveling because I do it for a living! I've had the privilege of traveling to many different places, each with a unique history and culture. Most of them are where I've traveled with family and friends, entertaining many great memories and some very funny moments! Car, bus, plane, train, ship, or donkey...any form of transportation will do! Here are a few of my favorite places to visit!

Charleston, SC
Panama City Beach, FL
Philadelphia, PA
Glorieta, NM
Nashville, TN
Atlanta, GA
Dallas, TX
St. Louis, MO
Bolivar, MO
Santorini, Greece
Venice, Italy
Kusadasi, Turkey