Reading your comments and seeing the bookmarked books for this week's Buzzworthy challenge has inspired me so much, I think I just may start a kind of virtual Book Club here on Buzz! Stay tuned for more details on that. And until then, check out some of the great book club book suggestions submitted by Buzz readers. The Road by Cormac McCarthy I've often heard rave reviews of this novel by No Read more

As the writers' strike seems to have no clear end in sight, now might be a good time to start a book club! There are so many books I've been meaning to read for ages, and I think a book club might be just the thing to make me sit down and read them. Now I just need some suggestions. Some books that I think would generate great discussion — especially among women — include Elizabeth Gilbert's Read more

We can debate the best and worst songs of this season until we all turn blue (or our fingers fall off for that matter) because everyone has strong opinions about which holiday music is appropriately cheerful and which is gratingly annoying. I try my best to bring in new holiday albums every year so my collection doesn't grow too stale, but I must admit that I have my time-tested favorites! I love Read more

In my last Buzzworthy challenge, I asked you to bookmark some of the best travel writing that could transport readers to cities and countries they might only dream of visiting. You responded with some great picks for places from Paris to Portland. Here are a few that I'm putting on my reading list: Fugitives and Refugees by Chuck Palahniuk Tagged by StefaPie, who said: "He's one of my absolute Read more

If I had lots of money and lots of time, I'd spend it all traveling the world. But I don't, so instead I read travel writing. If I can't visit all the exotic destinations on my wish list, I can at least hear about other people's adventures (and misadventures) in them. Because the past week was Honeymoon Week on the Sugar Network, I started thinking about travel, and I realized I need some Read more

This Friday, Ratatouille hits theaters nationwide, and I can't wait. I'm a sucker for anything Pixar, and I've loved many of the animated family movies that have come out in recent years — especially The Incredibles and the Shrek movies. I'll go to the theaters to see these movies even when I don't have a child (read: legitimate excuse) to bring with me. What about you? Will you see animated Read more

Last week the USA premiered their summer series "The Starter Wife" which was based on the popular novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer about a woman who married into a hip Hollywood lifestyle that she's forced to leave behind when her husband cheats on her. It makes me think of another marriage-themed book I read recently, Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin, in which the main characters' love triangle Read more

Major-league baseball season officially begins this weekend, so while my boyfriend is busy worrying about his fantasy league, I thought I'd ask you guys about your favorite baseball movies. America's pastime has spawned a great roster of films, from major-league dramas to comedies about amateurs, such as the brilliantly funny 1976 movie The Bad News Bears. I could go on and on about The Bad News Read more

There are many things that make me cry in movies and television, and some of them are weird: when people get applauded, gospel music, truthful mother-daughter moments, sweet daddy-daughter moments... the list continues. But there are some films that seem like they were made solely to make everyone cry (Beaches, anyone?). This week's Buzzworthy challenge is devoted to just such movies, those we Read more

In honor of our first week without "The OC," I devoted the latest Buzzworthy challenge to teen-centric TV shows. After all, "The OC" is just the latest in a long line of addictive teen dramas, which — by their very nature — can't last forever. So instead, I asked you guys to remember some of your favorite teen TV series — be they comedies or dramas — throughout time. If Buzzworthy Read more