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What, besides reading, is your guilty pleasure? Name up to three.

 

Beverly
"Desperate Housewives"
Cheesecake
Travel

Stephanie B.
Beading, floral design, and other arts/crafts.

Barb
Scrapbooking
Watching college football
Playing puzzle games

Linda M. Johnson
Euchre on Yahoo
Writing
Jeopardy

Joyce M. Armour
Surfing the net
Eating sugar-laden foods
Watching "Jeopardy"

Jerri Patton
Eating late at night while reading.

Linda S. Miller
Gardening, visiting with my grandkids from out of state, and family gathering.

Kathryn
Quilting, dark chocolate, and hot baths.

Rebecca Booth
Playing with my grandson
Going out with friends
"Dancing With the Stars"

Vicki Marston
Eating chocolate
Playing Solitaire on the computer
Shopping on the internet

Karen
Eating Ice Cream
Traveling

Richard Bartels
My number one passion is art --- I'm retired from international business and now I design (and sometimes build) mobiles. I even took a welding class so I could create steel sculptures. I'm no Alexander Calder, but I'm fascinated by this medium.

Barbara Kwiatek
Chocolate
Grandchildren
Travel

Joanne
Computer games, and movies.

Donna P.
I love TV, especially "Dexter" and "Californication" on Showtime and "Project Runway." My other guilty pleasure is fresh-brewed coffee and good chocolate.

Renee Lepley
Knitting

Cheryl
Watching the Sci-fi channel on Saturdays

Christine
My guilty pleasures include:
1. Shopping for books
2. Going to the public library
3. Visiting internet book review sites.

B.J. Simon
Reading about books online
Swapping books on PaperbackSwap.com

Connie Fischer
Enjoying a cup of coffee at Barnes and Noble while looking at the books.
Browsing at my local library.
Giving myself a manicure and pedicure.

Billie McHam
Scrapbooking, card making, and TV.

Laurie N. Blum
Crochet/crafts, opera/symphony, and travel!

Ann
Swimming and cross stitching.

Suzanne Knapp
Besides reading.....crosswords, golf, and, well I really don't feel guilty about any of them!!

Ray Palen
Movies
TV Shows
Sports (New York Yankees)

Judie
Chocolate

Linda Rischoni
Computer games
Art & Crafts
Movie Rentals

Dyan
Puzzles (Sudoku, logic problems)
Early morning walks on the beach
Crochet and knitting

Jean Kruse
Playing bridge
Visiting family
Traveling

Lori Barnes
Buying books
A good movie
Going to a nice restaurant

Janice
Computer games (Farmtown)
Rented movies
Exercise

Val
Drinking, eating and smoking... Thank god I can do all three will I'm reading lol

Ed Hahn
1. Happy Hour cocktails with Friends

2. Napping in the afternoon

3. Watching recorded TV Dramas.

Lynne
Chocolate shakes!

Linda Hastings
Genealogy

Cynthia Plaza
Crochet
A good chick flick
My computer

Ellen
Besides reading (which is my guilt-free pleasure), taking a nap, eating chocolate, and buying shoes are my guilty pleasures.

Sally Bergstedt
Games at Pogo.com

Laura
Shopping on QVC
Facebooking

Suzanne in Ohio
Chocolate, writing...and more chocolate!

Connie Bryant
Watching movies
Going bargain shopping
Surfing on the Internet

Pam Castle
Knitting

Ann
Going to the drive-in
Reading recipe books
Curling up with the cat

Sharon
Chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate

Jean Mess
Computer games, author contests, and crocheting.

David Rudy
Mail, both physical and e-mail

Sharron
Knitting, wine with friends, and Starbucks

Karen Coulson
Rubber Stamping-making cards/gifts
Charity work
Chocolate!

Amy E. Baldwin
- Soaking in a hot bathtub
- Fixing a pot of coffee and reading...oops! Fixing coffee
- Sitting on my deck looking at the lake I live on just by myself.

Kaye DeMaio-Hays
Nothing

Rosemary Simm
Sex, eating out, and shopping.

Laurie Dumas
Shopping for books

Sue Bucher
Eating chocolate; playing hidden object games; buying more books.

Judy
1. Using the computer to browse, play games, and communicate with my friends
2. Sitting by the garden and watching the hummingbirds.

Robert L. Cusick
Walking
Watching too much TV & not spending enough time reading

Harriet Insler
1. Theater
2. Ballet
3. Movies

Sloan
Knitting
Walking
Cooking

Carolyn Stewart
1. Any ice cream concoction with chocolate and nuts in it.
2. A whole afternoon with no appointments, nowhere to go and no one to bother me.
3. A rainy Sunday morning in bed with the newspaper with my husband.

Loretta Sanford
Swimming
Baking
Reading sites about books

Debbie
I love counted cross stitch, cooking, and enjoy have a good bourbon to drink!

Francine
Reading quilting blogs.
Chocolate, chocolate, coffee.

LouBabe
1. Computer games
2. E-mail/Facebook
3. Chocolate

Debi
Drinking coffee with Eagle Brand milk!
"Piddlin" around the house!
Sitting outside in my rocking chair on the front porch!

Kathleen
Reading email on the computer, chasing after my cats, and snacking on junk food.

Wanda Maynard
Eating, writing, and my family.

Carol Pirtle
I would just like to say that reading is not a guilty pleasure. It's as necessary as breathing.

Mary Ferwerda
Magazines
Chocolate
Frappachino

Debbie
Napping on a Sunday afternoon

F Tessa Bartels
Gourmet cooking
Sudoku and other "math puzzles"
Travel

Barbara B.
Grandkids, spending time with family and friends, and shopping.

Jon
Gardening, cooking, and the Internet.

Lynn Ketelsen
Napping
Scrabble
Old movies

Michelle
1. Staying in my nice, warm bed when I should be getting up.
2. Eating dark, rich chocolate
3. Getting recommendations from the Bookreporter, Amazon and Borders, and then getting the books from the library.

Marjorie Clark
1. Ice Cream
2. TV
3. Chick Lit

Kathryn
Needlepoint or knitting with beautiful yarns... and I generally listen to a book while I do that!

Anna R.
Taking my Grandchildren to a movie, lunch with friends, and water aerobics.

Doris
Playing games on Club Pogo
Watching horror movies
Getting more books from Amazon!
:-)

Kathy Vogel
Ceramics
Crocheting
Acting

Beth Cummings
Games on facebook
Napping

Debbie D.
Concerts, shopping and t.v. shows

T. Thomas
Eating Chocolate
Looking in antique stores
Napping

Vin Costanzo
Playing Golf
TV sports viewing
Grandchildren

Georgene Thomas
Quilling and beading, but both can be done while listening to books!!

Heather Pearson
Quilting
Chocolate
Day dreaming

A. J. Burch
Ice cream, chocolate, and real Country Music

Sharon Long
Eating chocolate
Watching Lifetime movies

Marilyn Ward
Knitting is my passion, but I don't feel that it's a guilty pleasure. Not sure I have any of those.....

Manish Patwari
Crosswords/Sudoku, Talk radio, and listening to old and new eclectic music.

Tammy Fountain
Peace and quiet
Chocolate
Sleeping

Kate
Chocolate anything, a back scratch, a glass of wine.

Sharon W.
NASCAR races
Late-night TV
Surfing the web

Laura Ann Adams
Watching TV, watching movies and playing games.

Lisa
First of all, reading is not a guilty pleasure. But among my guilty pleasures, I would include: chocolate, lying on a sunny beach, and buying outrageously expensive cosmetics/personal care products.

Jo
1.Researching books and authors on the computer and in the library
2.Going to the theater
3.Watching TV

Fran
Exercise classes... yes, I'm a dork!

Patricia Lovallo
Knitting and other crafts

Karen
Internet, buying books and sleeping.

Jana Harver
Playing solitaire online --- I could play for hours...

Suzanne Long
I love to scrapbook and tell stories about my granddaughters. I also love to spend time with those granddaughters; however, we usually read at least one book when we are together!

Kay Tibbles
Travel, time with family, and the Oregon Coast.

Bookfestival
Eating, computer, and mani/pedis.

Paula
Cooking
Travel
Genealogical Research

Barbara
Niche perfumes and fine teas!

Linda
1. Winning books to review
2. Surfing Facebook
3. Checking my emails

Hannah Beck
Chocolate
Knitting
"The Young & The Restless"

Dara Montgomery
Studying my bible, my computer and cooking.

Mickey
1. Watching British TV programs

2. Playing with my silly cats

3. Sleeping all day on my day off

Vivian
1. Buying books
2. Reading about books
3. Chocolate cake

Joan Mitchell
Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate... or in other words, only chocolate!

Barbara
Knitting, Eating peanut M & Ms, and buying books online.

Liz
Eating chocolate

Renee Lepley
Knitting
"Grey's Anatomy"
Taking a nap

Kay
Walking around/finding books at a bookstore to buy

All my guilty pleasures usually involve books!

Patricia Phibbs
Eating, needlecraft, following a few TV shows

Vicky Burkholder
Playing solitaire on my PDA, Nintendo games (and I'm a grandmother!), and writing.

Sharon
Chocolate
Friends
Family

Linda M. Williams
Chocolate
All the "CSI" shows on television
"The Young and the Restless"

Gail
Knitting, crocheting, sewing --- it would be great if I could read and knit at the same time.

Laurie Blum
Travel, opera/classical music, and crochet.

Christine Preston
Going to the movies; getting a manicure and pedicure; being alone.

Rose Turner
Sewing, computer Scrabble, practicing piano, and watching sewing programs.

Maryann Aidikoff
Mahjong
Tennis
Coffee with friends

Rosemary Sobczak
Coffee
Chocolate

Elizabeth V
Seeing movies based on books I've read

E-mail

Gerald Rosen
Sweets
Bagels
Pizza

Marie
Surfing the web, crosswords and sudoku puzzles, and going to lunch with girlfriends.

Heather Porter
TV, especially "Glee," "Top Chef," and "Project Runway"
Baking
Facebook

Lindsey Hedrick
Network television series
Daytime soap operas
Bridge

Brenda Beverly
Ice cream, chocolate of any kind, and rainy days in front of a fire.

Liz DiBona
Television
Dining Out
Wine

Helen
Taping every episode of "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and watching at least through the monologue the next morning before going to work.

Rita
Dining out
Watching murder mysteries, both fictional and true
Long, steamy showers

Bernice Spier
Crossword puzzles and Sudoku.

Rosemary Simm
Lacey Underwear
European Chocolates
French Roast Coffee

Stephanie
Cappuccino

Sandra Dickey
Reading is involved, but I like to take a bubble bath with a glass of wine, scented candle and read a book.

Marcia Vola
A 3:00 P.M. nap with my kitty.

Lisa
I can only think of one "guilty" pleasure: watching my favorite soap opera.

Ann
College football and tailgating; watching "Desperate Housewives"; buying books online, in stores, at airports, or wherever just to make my stack(s) grow!

Janet
Good coffee, expensive wine and the tanning salon.

Connie Booton
Knitting, hiking, and soap operas.

Steven Schwindt
Going to the library
Watching BookTV on weekends on C-Span2
TV shows recorded on my DVR

Jen
Computer games and movies.

Andria Plonka
Dog training, fitness, and swimming.

ck
Travel, quilting and knitting, but I often listen to a book and take a book on trips.

Lori
- My Laptop
- Meeting friends for over-priced coffee
- Used book stores

Patti DeMares
My other guilty pleasures besides reading is shopping, taking a nap and biking on a beautiful day.

Carroll S.
Napping, vegging out on the beach, and cooking.

Phyllis Pearson
Cooking
Embroidery
Visiting friends

Marge
Knitting
Sewing
Cross stitching

Kim Fankhauser
Gardening, coffee from independent coffee shops, and chocolate!

Barbara Clark-Greene
Recording episodes of shows like "True Blood," "Dexter," and "So You Think You Can Dance" on the DVR so I can watch them after I get home from work.

Jim Dermody
Golf
Grandchildren

Hedi Hopwood
Biking
Movies

Lisa Johnson
Facebook, Reality TV

Sue Sonnel
TV, and eating.

Julie Cribb
playing DSi lite: word games;
computer: word games;
dvds: "Murder She Wrote," "Charmed," and "I Love Lucy"

Katherine Stephens
Playing Solitaire on the computer, Wii Sports, and watching "I Love Lucy."

Kearstie Grenier
Eating chocolate
Buying fabric for quilting
Buying jewelry-making supplies

Jean
Visiting the library (even on vacation!), browsing bookstores, & browsing Amazon.com to read book reviews.

Ana Marie
Quilting, cooking/baking and watching old (black & white) movies.

Pam S.
Sipping coffee in Barnes & Noble and relaxing; Art Journaling; and surfing the Internet!

Dorothy
Eating!!

Diane
I don't think of reading as a guilty pleasure --- just as a pleasure, to be enjoyed with a pot of tea and a bit of chocolate. I would enjoy them on a comfy chair in my peaceful garden.

Esther Jacobson
The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
Coffee
Chocolate

Kathy Vieira
Guilty pleasures?? Oh my, I have so many! Ever since I was 11 years old and my mom took me to see the Jackson 5 in concert, I've been hooked on concerts. It's now MANY years later and I still go to every concert that I can. 

I've also fallen in love with Foxwoods/MGM Casino and playing the slot machines. I told you I was all about guilty pleasures!