Guilty Pleasures

 

1.  Reading way, way late into the night, or way early into the morning, depending on how wonderful the book is.  I am guilty of reading some books until my eyes literally burn with pain.  For this type of reading I recommend:

• Outlander by Diane Gabaldon
• Timeline by Michael Crichton
• Anything by Janet Evanovich
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Harry Potter
• My Sister's Keeper by Judy Piccoult
• ANYTHING by Barbra Kingsolver
• Especially:
• Animal Dreams
• Prodigal Summer
• Poisonwood Bible
• The Davinci Code by Dan Brown
• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
• Les Miserables by Victor  Hugo
• Count of Monte Cristo by Victor Hugo

2.  Watching really good movies is a delight to me.  It's like melting chocolate on my tongue.  Again, guilty of staying awake faaaaaaaaaaar into the night to watch something that feeds my soul.  I have a huge fan of foreign film.  From my faves of American and foreign film I recommend:

• Chocolat
• Harry Potters
• Lord of the Rings
• The Cuckoo, Russian "Kukushka"
• The Gabbeh, Iranian, "The Rug"
• Devdas, Indian
• Kuch Naa Kahoo, Indian, "Say No More"
• Swades, Indian, Patriot
• Umrao Jaan, Indian
• The Clay Bird, Bangladesh
• Travelers and Musicians, Bhutan
• Zwartboek, German, "The Black Book"
• Osama, Afghan
• Malena, Italian
• Il Postino, Italign, "The Postman"
• Monsoon Wedding, Indian
• Johan, the Netherlands
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• Creation

 ...Like that.

So, these are a few of my favorites.  The reason I am too sedentary. 
These days, we're all walking and riding more!