Welcome back Nazifa, I've missed you
Now books.... There are so many... Believe me by the time you finish reading all the books I've recommended, your summer would be over for 2 months
About Julie Garwood books, as I've mentioned before she writes romantic suspence, so if you have a problem with that genre like Jessica does, I don't recommend her. Because there is always a villain who wants to kill our heroine and/or hero, and our hero is always so awesome we love him (not as much as Clayton or Matt, but we love him.)
But if you don't mind that, I can recommend almost everyone of her books. Ah, I've just realized For the Roses is not romantic suspence, so it would be a nice place to start. There are five books but three of them are novellas. The beginning of that book is just enough to make everybody cry (it's a good cry, you'll love all five siblings immidiately
) My personal favorite is Highlands' Lairds Series. Especially the second one "Ransom" is one of my all time favorite books
Also you can read The Prize. Even Jessica loved it, she said so herself
If you want to cry all through a book, I would recommend Catherine Anderson - Annie's Song. It is about Annie who everybody thinks is dimwitted. She is the poor girl nobody messes with, then someone rapes her and gets her pregnant. It's an amazing book, really really an amazing book.
I also love Hannah Howell's Highland books, if you want to get into some series, there are 18 of them I think
Jude Deveraux' Velvet series, and Peregrine series and Lanconia's Royal Family series are really good.
If you like a little magic, and highlanders Karen Marie Moning's Highlander series are very good.
If you like time travel I'd recommend Lynn Kurland. Any of her books from McLeod Family or De Pieget family series is fine with me
I love Rachel Gibson's Truly Madly Yours, the hero there... He reminds me JM heros.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips' practically every book
I've tried to narrow it down but no, they are all really good. Not as good as JG or JM for me, but still very very good
I love Susan Mallery books too, Fool's Gold series, Bakery Sisters series are good.
If you want fantastic fiction, have you read Eragon - Inheritence Cycle? I love that series. I also love Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire and Vampire Lestat, both books are more heavy reading then any of the books I've mentioned in this message, but it is a beautiful journey to have.
Movies... OMG, are you really asking? I can recommend thousands of them but you must give me a genre. Drama, adventure, romantic comedy, historical, fantastic fiction, sci-fi? I don't watch horror or art movies. Can't abide them. The only horror movie that made me pee to my pants was Halloween 1. (I was at high school and couldn't sleep for a week. The calmness of Michael. Dear God, I still don't even want to hear the music of that movie. It gives me chills. ) Others not so much.
My all time favorite movies are Philadelphia, Edward Scissorhands, Shindler's List, Star Wars, LOTR, Harry Potter 1,2,3, Pirates of Caribbean,Top Gun and etc. If you give me a genre, or some movies you like the most, it would be more helpful. I can judge which movies you'll love or not more easily.
Wow, it's been a long message again. Sorry