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I was always a bookworm; I still can't go anywhere without taking a book with me, "just in case." I can spend days at a time doing nothing but reading, without even realizing how much time has elapsed. This is a list of some of the books which have inspired me and made me forget everything else. Some of these books I just loved because they were really entertaining or funny, and some because they made me think about the world in a new and different way. There are also several "children's books" on the list, because I have yet to lose my capacity to enjoy the things that I enjoyed in my childhood. Listed alphabetically by author:

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Douglas Adams
The Prydain Chronicles (series of 5) Lloyd Alexander
Bastard Out Of Carolina Dorothy Allison
The Search For Delicious Natalie Babbitt
Emma Who Saved My Life Wilton Barnhardt
The Firebrand Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Mists Of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown
Life Story Virginia Lee Burton
Possession A. S. Byatt
Wise Children Angela Carter
Celine Brock Cole
The Dark is Rising (series of 5) Susan Cooper
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint Exúpery
Wise Child Monica Furlong
Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder
Stranger In A Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton
Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston
The Lives Of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones
Animal Dreams Barbara Kingsolver
A Separate Peace John Knowles
Journey To An 800 Number E. L. Konigsburg
She's Come Undone Wally Lamb
Traveling Mercies Anne Lamott
Rome Antics David Macaulay
George And Martha: The Complete Stories Of Two Best Friends James Marshall
Tales Of The City Armistead Maupin
Beloved Toni Morrison
The Wump World Bill Peet
Chicken Sunday Patricia Polacco
I Can Hear The Sun Patricia Polacco
Soul Music Terry Pratchett
His Dark Materials (series of 3, though the third one hasn't been released yet) Philip Pullman
The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice
Jitterbug Perfume Tom Robbins
Still Life With Woodpecker Tom Robbins
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down Jim Rooney and Eric Von Schmidt
Inspiration Sandwich Sark
We Are All In The Dumps With Jack And Guy Maurice Sendak
Oddballs William Sleator
Morgan's Passing Anne Tyler
Exodus Leon Uris
Welcome To The Monkey House Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
The Eden Express Mark Vonnegut
The Passion Jeanette Winterson
Hard Love Ellen Wittlinger
Lombardo's Law Ellen Wittlinger
Noticing Paradise Ellen Wittlinger
The Song I Sing Ellen Wittlinger
What's In A Name? Ellen Wittlinger
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Tom Wolfe

Movies are also an important part of my life. Just about every Saturday night when I was growing up, my family would order a pizza and rent two movies to watch together. But my taste in movies has been influenced as much by my friends as by my family, and I am constantly being introduced to new movies. This is a list of the best movies that I have seen.

American Beauty
Beautiful Thing visit this great website!
Boys Don't Cry
The Crying Game
Dead Poets Society
The Graduate
Harold And Maude visit this great website!
Heathers
L.A. Confidential
The Last Unicorn
The Matrix
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Noises Off!
The Rapture
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Say Anything
Strange Days
Thelma And Louise
Twelve Monkeys
The Usual Suspects
Wayne's World (oh, come on, it's a classic!)

While I was making this list, I also came up with a second list of movies that are ALMOST there, but not quite:

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (because I'm completely addicted to the TV series)
Grace Of My Heart
The King Of Hearts
La Vita È Bella (Life Is Beautiful)
The X-Files: The Movie (also because I'm completely addicted to the TV series, or at least I used to be...)

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