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Published March 22, 2009 @ 19:05 by Tania in Being Mommy

This isn't about the movie (I haven't seen yet.) This is about me, and my ideal job. If you know of an opening, please let me know.

I want to sit in a coffee shop and read. At least 8 hours a day. And I would like to make at least $100K a year.

I am a great reader - though Husband claims that the only way I can read as fast as I do is by only reading every fifth word. This is not true, though I do classify my reads into two categories: those books which I read for the prose, savouring the language, and those which I read for the story.

Last week I picked up a book for $2 off the cheap table at Chapters. It was called, Motherhood: Three classic stories celebrating the toughest job you'll ever love.
I had hoped that it might inspire me for this blog when my own well was dry. Turns out it was some kind of erotica by Harlequin Books.

I love to read. Who doesn't? I call myself the most prolific reader ever.

Here is a list of some of my favourite books of all time (in no particular order.) All have been read at least three times to make this list:

1) Not Wanted on the Voyage, Timothy Findley

2) Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

3) The Princess Bride, William Goldman

5) Harry Potter (all), J.K. Rowling

6) The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger

7) Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

8) The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood

9) Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell

10) Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, Stephen Leacock

I am currently reading:

1) Brick Lane, Monica Ali

2) The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell

3) Barnacle Love, Anthony De Sa

For fun, I also read Sophie Kinsella, Jennifer Cruise (favourite is Faking It), and Marian Keyes.

My preference is fiction. A good love story doesn't hurt. Let me know if you find that reading job for me.