Amanda
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Group Internal Communications Manager |
| Location | Peterborough, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I'm very sociable and love being with my friends and family. I especially love writing and playing with language. I enjoy blogging as it's not only hugely enjoyable but a fantastic way to keep up with friends and family around the world. However, life often gets in the way and I don't have as much time as I'd like to keep up to date. |
| Interests | books, films, travel, art, music, fashion, shoes, shopping, languages, health and fitness |
| Favorite Movies | Blade Runner, Lost in Translation, King Kong, Les Visiteurs, European arthouse films, anything by Woody Allen, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott or Peter Jackson. |
| Favorite Music | The Blue Nile are my absolute favourite band, plus I love 70's funk and disco - cheesy I know but fun, U2, Texas, George Michael, Coldplay, Keane, Athlete, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Sade, Mary J Blige, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Luther Vandross, Athlete, Chaka Khan, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Carole King, Steely Dan, Robbie Williams, Clannad, Marvin Gaye, Eurythmics, The Feeling, Joni Mitchell, Andrea Bocelli, Passion Pit, Rob Dougan. |
| Favorite Books | Anything by Isabel Allende, Carol Shields, Margaret Atwood, Kate Atkinson, Anita Shreve, Anita Brookner, Helen Dunmore, Lionel Shriver, Jackie Kay, Maggie O'Farrell and Alexander McCall-Smith, Alice Munro. Beloved by Toni Morrison, The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, The Reader by Bernard Schlink, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. |