It looks a little different now as we've added even more books since this picture was taken a few months ago, and I reorganized the books in alphabetical order instead of by color. But, back to the point, I love books! My family is full of big readers and I always assumed it was normal to have bookshelves like this in every room of the house until I started really paying attention to other people's houses in high school. I really could never pick one favorite book, but I really love the Anne of Green Gables series, and a not as well know series of books about called the Betsy-Tacy books about two best friends growing up in the early 1900s. I read these for the first time when I was in grade school and have read them many times since, and I still love them.
I also love biographies, classic literature, and books about history especially women's history. Not included in the big bookcases in the living room is my collection of about 25 cookbooks which I tend to read like they're novels-cover to cover.
As for movies, I'm pretty much strictly a chick-flick/rom-com girl. I really can't stand movies that have a lot of bad language or violence, and I tend to fall asleep in "scary" movies. I love old movies like An Affair to Remember, Sabrina, and Roman Holiday and some of my all-time favorites are You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, Father of the Bride, and The Holiday. We also have a good-size collection of Disney movies and Christmas movies.
Jonathan reads a lot of historical fiction books, mainly military fiction, and medical thriller books about diseases. Some of his favorite books are All Quiet on the Western Front, The Hot Zone, Demon in the Freezer and a couple of biographies about former soldiers. Pretty gory stuff, I don't usually read his books. ;)
His tastes in movies are about the same, we have a lot of the big blockbuster war movies, The Patriot, Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart, Gladiator etc. He also really likes The Italian Job, Cinderella Man, and Oceans 11, 12 & 13.
That's about it for us. I'm looking forward to reading about everyone else's favorites and getting some good recommendations! I hate that I've been MIA from all the fun lately, I hate being sick, it's just torture for a control freak like me!
Jennifer & Jonathan
Coach got his name from my Coach shoes, the black and grey signature print. He matched!!! 
Coach got his middle name when my mom, me, abbye (who came to class with us) and her mom all went on a girls cruise this past november. the boat left out of New Orleans, and one of the streets is called Tchoupitoulas... i thought it was so fun to say, --like on Elf, "Francisco, oooh thats a fun name, Francisco.... Francisco" -- so Coach received a middle name. Coach Tchoupitoulas Swofford. Here is our little family this past Christmas! 
Coach is a merle great dane. he is not a show color, which is fine with us, we never planned to show him. he is about 3 feet tall, and full grown in height, but he has some filling out to do. He has a sweet heart and is a big cuddle bug, if we would let him he would sleep right up next to us in our bed. Sometimes on special occasions he is allowed up for a Sunday nap! he may look intimidating, but he is so gentle! he gets his feelings hurt, he cries, he talks, he is needy! but oh, we love him! Here he is taking a nap with his Mimi (my mom) 
My dad likes to show Coach off in a flashy way, so this is how he walks him around my parents neighborhood, all the little old people come hobbling out of their houses to watch! 
