This is by no means an exhaustive list but here are some of my faves.
All time favorite books |
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| To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee | The Autobiography of Malcom X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X |
| Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak | Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| Key Trilogy by Nora Roberts | If This World Were Mine by E. Lynn Harris |
| Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë | Coooking Up A Storm & Personal Assets & Menage by Emma Holly |
| I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings & The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou & I Shall Not Be Moved by Maya Angelou | Gothic Blue by Portia DaCosta |
| Princess by Gaelen Foley | The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes |
| Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison | The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah |
| The Carpathian Series by Christine Feehan | Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie |
| The Jill Kismet Series & The Dante Valentine Series by Lilith Saintcrow | The Persian Boy by Mary Renault |
| The Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey | The Mummy by Anne Rice |
| The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop | The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| The Kushiel Legacy Trilogy by Jacqueline Carey | The Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart |
| For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange | |
Favorite movies |
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| Imitation of Life (1959 version with Lana Turner and Juanita Moore) | The Wiz |
| Casablanca | Citizen Kane |
| Taxi Driver | L.A. Confidential |
| Singing in the Rain | The Wizard of Oz |
| Suspicion | To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Dirty Dancing | Sparkle |
| Pretty Woman | Clue |
| Purple Rain | Scarface |
| A Time to Kill | The Untouchables |
| Goodfellas | Con-air |
| Forrest Gump | Legends of the Fall |
| Where the Heart Is | Mahogany |
| Sabrina (Original and Remake) | Roman Holiday |
Favorite songs |
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| Zoom by the Commodores | Adore & Purple Rain & Somebody’s Somebody & P Control & 319 & Starfish and Coffee by Prince |
| One More Day by New Edition | Infatuation by Christina Aguilera |
| Dirty Diana by Michael Jackson | Luv Me Baby by Murphy Lee |
| How Do I Live by Leann Rhimes | You by Raheem DeVaughn |
| Let’s Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez | Something He Can Feel by Aretha Franklin |
| What Goes Around… Comes Around & Until the End of Time (duet with Beyonce) & Senorita & Cry Me A River by Justin Timberlake | Me by Tamia |
Favorite places |
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| Detroit | New Orleans |
| Hawaii | Paris |
| Atlanta | Las Vegas |
| Chene Park (in Detroit) |
