
A Few of My Favorite Things
Books
Classics: Gone with the Wind, Rebecca,* A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Young Adult: Anne of Green Gables, Before I Fall
Non-Fiction: The Art of Social Media, Leave Your Mark, 168 Hours, The Happiness Project
Series: Gena Showalter’s Lords of the Underworld, Silvia Day’s Crossfire
Authors: Judy Blume, Christopher Pike, Jodi Picoult, Emily Giffin, Gena Showalter, Meg Cabot, Jennifer Weiner, Silvia Day, John Grisham
Movies: The Sweetest Thing, Gone with the Wind, 13 Going on 30, The Sound of Music, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
Best Worst Movie: Sharknado**
Candy: Sour Patch Kids, Junior Mints, dark chocolate with sea salt, M&Ms, Gummy Bears (She has a Love Hate relationship with them. See her diary entry dated 8/8/15.)
Drink: soy chai latte, green tea with honey
Singers: Beyonce, Lorde,*** Evanescence, Katy Perry, Paramore, Florence + The Machine, Ellie Goulding
TV Shows: Lost, The Walking Dead, Scandal, The Big Bang Theory, Breaking Bad, Poldark, Outlander
*Her 7th grade teacher introduced her to other authors, when all Jennifer read was the L.M. Montgomery series, including Emily of New Moon. “There’s more to life, than Anne of Green Gables,” the teacher said. She was right.
**Jennifer won the Sharknado 3 Sweepstakes when she Tweeted during the broadcast. She has a menacing Sharknado bobblehead on her writing desk that makes her stick to her deadlines.

***Jennifer met Lorde, when she won tickets and backstage passes to the Santa Barbara Bowl.