Alex J. Cavanaugh is hosting a blogfest…
A Genre Favorites Blogfest
One blogfest, four favorites!
List your favorite genre of:
Movie
Music
Books
And a guilty pleasure genre from any of the three
categories!
So
here it goes.
Movie:
I’m not too terribly picky when it comes to
movies. I’ll watch an action flick with the hubby, a kid film with the boys.
But my true favorite (which I normally will not own up to) is a good romantic
comedy. In fact, I must have seen While You Were Sleeping close two dozen
times. I even have 1980’s faves on my CD shelf like Pretty in Pink and Peggy
Sue Got Married. I’m a sucker for romance in movies. Music:
Definitely rock. Some classic, some alternative, some modern, some 80s. Though my iTunes collection is much more widely eclectic than that. There’s even a little country on my playlists. Mainly Keith Urban, who I hear is slated to be an American Idol judge. Too bad we don’t have television stations in our house.
Books:
I have two: contemporary fiction (adult or YA) and memoir. I’ll read outside of those two genres on occasion, but they are my go-to genres by far.
Guilty Pleasure:
I think kid movies and kid shows. I have fond memories after my second son was born of getting up late in the night to feed him and turning on the TV channel, Sprout. I adore Kipper and Pingu. Then shows such as Caillou and Diego remind me of the days when my older son was a toddler. Plus, I truly enjoy watching the Pixar movies of today. Watching these things is one of the many perks of having children.
Thanks to Alex for hosting this fun blogfest. Click here to find the other participants in today’s blog.
Aw...Pretty In Pink! I remember that one.
ReplyDeletePixar movies are great!
ReplyDeleteI love Pixar movies too. :)
ReplyDelete80s movies. Loved them. As for Pingu, I might own a DVD or two ;)
ReplyDeleteI thought about Kid movies as a guilty pleasure too..I like watching movies with my daughter. Cool list.
ReplyDeletehaha while you were sleeping is probably one of the five movies i will watch over and over---and keith is one of the few country artists i enjoy!
ReplyDeleteLove Pretty in Pink and all 80's movies and music. I do believe that one of the perks of having kids is having an excuse for going to see children’s movies.
ReplyDeletegot me on the totally 80's thing... not that is is, but pretty in pink... well i love the soundtrack!
ReplyDeleteJeremy [Retro-Zombie]
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Fun blogfest! My favorite genre of music is rock too! :)
ReplyDeleteWhile You Were Sleeping is a great movie! Good choice.
ReplyDeleteI totally get that about the kids shows - I kinda miss some of the ones from when my two teens were little. Arthur and Thomas the Tank Engine especially.
ReplyDeleteContemporary Fiction can be really interesting; it tackles a lot of subjects.
ReplyDeleteYour favorite in movies was my guilty pleasure. And nothing wrong with rock!
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating in my blogfest.
I enjoy romantic-comedies too...you can never watch too many of those films. They are so addictive :)
ReplyDeleteI love to look at Keith Urban, but I have to admit I don't know his music. You've inspired me to change that. Love your choices, especially your guilty pleasure. I love having kids, because then I have all the excuse I need to be excited about a Friday night premiere of some teen movie on Nick or Disney. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm #173.
Hi Susan, Keith Urban is one of the few country singers I can tolerate. I hadn't heard that rumor about him being on American Idol!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you're an 80's fan...I love Sixteen Candles.
Hey, we had two out of four matches. I also chose Romantic Comedies for movies and kids' animated for guilty pleasure. There seems to be a lot of us out there.
ReplyDeleteI love Eighties music too. Now it's not only the music of my childhood, but also a big inspiration for my contemporary historical WIP. Though I haven't seen a huge amount of Eighties movies, since I've always been far more into silents and early sound films.
ReplyDeleteYou've got a wide variety of answers which shows your open-mindedness...no surprise since you are a great writer :-)
ReplyDeleteI had a crush on Bill Pullman for years after watching While You Were Sleeping. It is one of my all-time favourites.
ReplyDeleteLOVE your choice in movies! WHiLE YOU WERE SLEEPING is one of my fav Christmas movies.
ReplyDeletePRETTY IN PINK ... THE ULTIMATE 80's brat pac pic. LOVE IT!
haha...Pretty in Pink! Awesome movie. Along with Sixteen Candles, of course. The eighties had some great movies, didn't they?
ReplyDeleteAnd no shame in kids shows. I listed animated movies as my favorite genre. I just thought about it and realized that, as a whole, I'll rewatch an animated film (especially Disney/Pixar) way more often than most regular movies.
Anyway, I'm just making my way through the blog hop, having fun finding new sites. I'm a new follower btw.
Love that you are re-reading the Harry Potter books. (I saw you'd just finished it for the second time on another one of your posts.) I'm re-listening to the books on audio. Jim Dale is amazing, he takes Harry Potter to a whole different level!
Nice to meet you! :)
Hi, Susan. I'm a horror writer who loves his Rom Coms and rock n roll, so I had to stop and say hello.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
-Jimmy
http://jamesgarciajr.blogspot.com/