jjsheffer
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Location | York, PA, United States |
| Introduction | I practice conscious gratitude. All I want out of life is to love and be loved...and to have a small but vehement cult following. I don't think that's too much to ask. Also, I am in love with words. |
| Interests | Writing, music, people, film, food, pop culture trivia, taking pictures, children's books (picture books), art, public radio, surrounding myself with people who Get It |
| Favorite books | My world has revolved around books for most of my life (I worked for a library for over eight years). Some of my all-time favorites include: anything by Stephen King, The Opposite of Fate (Amy Tan), JM Barrie and the Lost Boys (Andrew Birkin), Bitter with Baggage Seeks Same (Sloane Tanen - GO READ IT NOW - thank me later), The Hotel New Hampshire (John Irving), States of Mind (Brad Herzog), Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden), The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver), Dear Mem Fox I've Read All Your Books Even the Pathetic Ones (Mem Fox), A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving), Lullaby (Chuck Palahnuik), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson), Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (Alexandra Fuller), The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love (Jill Conner Browne), Standing in the Rainbow (Fannie Flagg), Hole in My Life (Jack Gantos), Until I Find You (John Irving), Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (Barbara Ehrenreich), The World According to Garp (John Irving), Fight Club (Chuck Palahnuik), Three Junes (Julia Glass), Running with Scissors (Augusten Burroughs), Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson (an oral biography by Jann Wenner and Corey Seymour), Peter Pan (Sir JM Barrie) |