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What I think about movies, books and music.  I love being a critic!

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MY BOOKLIST
 
Here are some books that I enjoyed.  No star means good, 1 star means REALLY good, and 2 stars means absolutely and totally AMAZING.

Abraham Lincoln's DNA (and Other Adventures In Genetics) by Philip R. Reily
All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein*
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt*
Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving**
Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen & Bruce Coville*
A Widow For One Year by John Irving*
Bailey's Cafe by Gloria Naylor
Blue Rodeo by Jo-Ann Mapson*
Cider House Rules, The by John Irving*
Eden Close by Anita Shreve
Empire Falls by Henry Russo
Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman
Fearless (all of them) by Francine Pascal**
Feeling Sorry For Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty**
God of Small Things,The  by Arhundati Roy**
Good-Bye, Glamour Girl  by Erika Tamar**
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling**
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling**
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix by J.K. Rowling**
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling**
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling*
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Hotel New Hampshire, The by John Irving
Icy Sparks by Gwynn Rubio
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb**
Local Girls by Alice Hoffman*
Love and Other Four Letter Words By Carolyn Mackler**
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor**
Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster*
Perks Of Being a Wallflower, The by Stephen Chbosky**
Red Tent, The  by Anita Diamant
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb**
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The by Ann Brashares
Stones From The River by Ursula Hegi
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume*
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston*
Tunnel In the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
Waiting by Ha Jin*
What Looks Like Crazy (on an ordinary day...) by Pearl Cleage
Where The Heart Is by Billy Letts
Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
White Oleander by Janet Fitch**
World According To Garp, The  by John Irving
 
 
 

Movies That Are Worth Your Time:
8 Crazy Nights
8-Mile
28 Days Later
A Bug's Life
A League Of Their Own
American Pie 2
Back to the Futures (All 3)
Bend It Like Beckham
Blue Crush
Birthday Girl
But I'm a Cheerleader
Center Stage
Cider House Rules
Clueless
Detroit Rock City
Empire Records
Fiddler On The Roof
Finding Nemo
Forrest Gump
Foxfire
Freaky Friday
Girl, Interrupted
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Legally Blonde
Little Women
Ocean's Eleven
Sense and Sensibility
Shrek
Six Days, Seven Nights
Sixteen Candles
Snatch
Space Balls
Sugar And Spice
Ten Things I Hate About You
Titanic
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
The Sound of Music
Unbreakable
Uptown Girls
Van Wilder
Where The Heart Is
White Oleander
West Side Story
 

Movies that aren't:
13 Going On 30
Charlie's Angels
Crossroads
Cruel Intentions
Ghostworld
Here On Earth
Jurassic Parks I, II, and III
The Rock 
The Shining
Vanilla Sky
(there are more, I just can't think of them right now)
 

Any books you want to reccomend to me?  I love reading so email me suggestions!

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