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I loved history too so the fascination with the pa...

2010-09-03T08:37:33.470-07:00

I loved history too so the fascination with the past was always there for me. We just came back from the medieval city of Carcassone and it was a lovely time for me!

When i grew up a bit more English literature was mmy favourite subject probably because we studied some interesting books such as Thomas Moore's book.

And of course Italian - i love love this language!

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English was my favorite subject. I enjoyed all the...

2010-09-03T08:15:42.739-07:00

English was my favorite subject. I enjoyed all the stories we read. Math was my least favorite subject.

I'm gonna say band with English running right behi...

2010-09-03T07:18:57.032-07:00

I'm gonna say band with English running right behind it. I always did well in both of those. Math and science though were just bad, bad, bad.

Though now that I think about it I did like learning about Ramses II. I've always been fascinated with Egypt.

Does study hall count? :) Not sure of a favorite ...

2010-09-03T06:30:36.274-07:00

Does study hall count? :) Not sure of a favorite - prob btwn math, english, & history (liked parts of them a lot, but hated parts too). Definetly didn't like science.

I pretty much liked all school subjects, except ma...

2010-09-03T06:09:03.772-07:00

I pretty much liked all school subjects, except math. English was probably my favorite. I loved reading, discussing, and writing. Still do!

Math! Least memorizing involved. I've always had a...

2010-09-03T06:08:14.013-07:00

Math! Least memorizing involved. I've always had a bad memory :)

I loved History. I was always an avid big reader, ...

2010-09-03T05:10:21.651-07:00

I loved History. I was always an avid big reader, but my favorite books were all historical fiction or historical romance so it's not that much of a leap. History was my best subject, I much preferred writing about the causes of some such revolution than discussing the symbolism and irony in some such eighteenth century novel. To me, history was just a series of many interconnecting stories anyway with no symbolism to worry about it! LOL! *can you tell I despised writing English papers?*

I enjoyed English - being a journalism major in co...

2010-09-03T04:57:34.094-07:00

I enjoyed English - being a journalism major in college I loved writing and reading.
msboatgal at aol.com

When I was in school English was my favorite subje...

2010-09-03T03:30:32.926-07:00

When I was in school English was my favorite subject where we read and discussed all types of stories. History was actually not a favorite at all but I really like historical romance so I think all I needed in school was a romance added to the textbook.

Ohhh I will break the line here now. My favorite s...

2010-09-03T03:30:05.677-07:00

Ohhh I will break the line here now. My favorite subject was Psychology. I love to get an understanding why we do this and that and I our teacher was awesome. He had one or two little OCDs. We spent most of the time analyzing our OCDs or stupid fears. I love it and I would have loved to study it more at the university but the German system is not the best and they told me to wait 11 semesters (5,5 years) before I'm allowed to start it. And I was not that bad in school. So yeah no psychology for me, just in my free time with my books. ;)

Oh that is simple, history :D Lol, our teacher lik...

2010-09-03T03:24:52.127-07:00

Oh that is simple, history :D Lol, our teacher liked me cos we always had quizzes and I always got everything right. I even got this question right where he asked what the time was on the picture. Yup history is the best

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points to blogger name Believe it or not, my fav...

2010-09-03T01:55:26.806-07:00

*points to blogger name*
Believe it or not, my favorite subject was HISTORY! I loved how it never changed facts-wise, but as you grew up, it's meaning sort of evolved. I love the progression and invention that helped get us to where we are today. I am very (some word I can't remember). I have to see the mechnics of a thing, it's genetic make-up so-to-say, in order to really appreciate/understand it. I just love love love History (and it was only natural to fall in love with Historical romance!)

Love regencies because of all the social rules and dictates that our favorite hero's and heroine's just HAVE to break!! lol

Rita J.
email: historicalromancejunkie AT gmail DOT com

Oh dear, the only one I can remember is from first...

2010-09-02T21:01:12.283-07:00

Oh dear, the only one I can remember is from first grade. I didn't like lunch meat, so my mom used to send me to school with just plain butter on bread. One day, I ate it just like every day before that, but for some reason, I suddenly decided I didn't like it, and up it came. I still remember how disgusting that was.

the year before I graduated high school, a guy in ...

2010-09-02T20:22:08.945-07:00

the year before I graduated high school, a guy in the graduating class took initiative to go around a collect a dollar from everyone who wanted to contribute toward buying a group gift for the ladies who ran the cafeteria. They were so touched we'd thought of them and bought them something they all cried and gave sentimental little speeches. I was mondo ashamed I hadn't given a thought to any of them before when it took so little to make them so happy, and we did it all over again the following year. I hope they've kept up the tradition in that high school.

This sounds like a very good story. I love reading...

2010-09-02T19:31:36.830-07:00

This sounds like a very good story. I love reading books about men and women in the military. One of my cousins was in the Marines and a bunch were in the Army. I think that most people forget what they do for our country. I pretty much love everything about them.

sstrode@scrtc.com

Great prize list, and it's my birthday on the 6th,...

2010-09-02T18:37:58.644-07:00

Great prize list, and it's my birthday on the 6th, maybe I'll get a nice suprise present, lol.

Most memorable book in high school was Catcher in the Rye.

Favorite childhood character was Bambi very young, and then Sleeping Beauty.

No kids myself, but all the kids in my family get books from us all when they are babies and on up.

I was reading before starting school, and still going strong today reading every chance I get.

This happened in my college. My friend and I are v...

2010-09-02T18:16:34.424-07:00

This happened in my college. My friend and I are vegetarians. And in my college canteen, there were two gravys kept - one for vegetarians and the other for non-vegs containing chicken. My friend by mistake took the chicken gravy instead of the veggie one and ate it. She got sick the next second. From then on we are both extra-cautious when coming to food (:

Favorite lunchroom story. Most memorable would be...

2010-09-02T17:06:00.624-07:00

Favorite lunchroom story. Most memorable would be when (at work) we had a contest to create a section that was dedicated to one of the teams in the Big 10 (college football). All teams were open, except for the home team, Wisconsin Badgers. My group had Northwestern, so we brought in a real tailgate from a truck and set it on a couple of sawhorses. Then we had a radio playing Northwestern's song, and we made cat litter cake, and little smokeys and chips and dip. Like it was a real tail-gate party! We had such a blast doing it.

One of my favorites though was when I went down to lunch, and was bored, so I grabbed a book from the book-exchange-shelf. It was Lynn Kurland's Dreams of Stardust and I loved it. She's still one of my favorite authors.

What was your most memorable book in high school? ...

2010-09-02T17:01:25.992-07:00

What was your most memorable book in high school?
I guess that would have to be Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, that's the first time I read it.

Who was your favorite character from your childhood books?
Hmm. I guess I'll have to go with Meg, Charles and Calvin (no I can't choose just one) from A Wrinkle in Time.

What is a book that you have passed down to your children?
Don't have children, but if I did I'd just be happy to pass down my love of reading

Did your love of reading begin in school?
No, it began long before that. But the library sure nurtured it.

Cool contest!!

I had a big crush on my hubby whose pics I'd seen ...

2010-09-02T16:11:10.935-07:00

I had a big crush on my hubby whose pics I'd seen from friends but never met. When we did meet it was like lightning - my crush came true and we've been together 13 years.
msboatgal at aol.com

Sheree, please tell you cousin thank you so much f...

2010-09-02T15:00:42.799-07:00

Sheree, please tell you cousin thank you so much for his service, we've probably crossed paths as some point. Estella, glad you enjoyed stopping by, if you'd like to learn more about marines, their wives, and our lifestyle, please feel free to drop by www.lilamunro.weebly.com . I often blog about whatever crazy thing is going on in with this life. And, when I'm not, I'm usually dolling out more writing advice, or giving my opinion on something. Thanks girls!

When we went to college orientation for my son in ...

2010-09-02T14:28:47.599-07:00

When we went to college orientation for my son in June the food was very good but he was upset to find last week that it was all for show and the real food is not so good.

Thanks for another great giveaway :) Lunch room s...

2010-09-02T14:25:30.245-07:00

Thanks for another great giveaway :)

Lunch room story – elementary school (1st-8th grades)

Eighth grade went down to lunch first, very organized – boys first, then girls for one homeroom followed by the same for the 2nd homeroom. We’d sit in the same order at the tables that lined the length of the room near the windows (so boys would be at the top and ward the end of the table w/ girls in the middle). When the lower grades came down for lunch they’d stand the length of the cafeteria from the entry to food with the line forming between the long tables thus blocking the lunch monitor’s view of the end table holding the older students. Very soon after the line was formed, a piece of food would go from one end to the other of the tables and all the girls in the middle would suddenly scoot their chairs back. A short food fight would then commence btwn the boys till either a teacher noticed or the line shortened enough that the view wasn’t fully blocked anymore. Then the girls would all scoot back in and finish eating & talking till we were allowed to leave.

Short story from HS. I had a tuna salad sandwich ...

2010-09-02T14:05:54.281-07:00

Short story from HS. I had a tuna salad sandwich everyday for four years. Don't ask me how I did it.

Most memorable book in HS - Gone with the Wind Fa...

2010-09-02T14:03:13.391-07:00

Most memorable book in HS - Gone with the Wind

Favorite character - Tom Swift

Childhood passed down book Winnie the Pooh

Love of reading from my parents and school.