Yeah, it’s a little weird, but this is me we’re talking about.
Anyhoo, it was a revelation about my book buying habits, particularly when it comes to certain characters.
That’s right. After God only knows how many years of being a Book Slut, I’ve suddenly realised that I’m a complete and utter sucker for stories which feature veterinarians.
See it. Want it. Buy it. The end.
Do any of you have a character you find absolutely irresistible to the point of getting every book that meanders your way?
Kris + Books = Good. *Sometimes*. 
Eyre: Awesome. And some mighty fine cookies you have indeed. 🙂
Crumbs only for Chris. She has been annoying me muchly this morning with her attempts at enabling.
Chris: *sociopathicrainbowtroutstareofdeath*
Tam: I never cease to be amazed at the things you are able to find on the internet.
Wren: Absolutely! Really, though, could it be any other way.
Sean: I love you, but you are a doofus sometimes.
“KZ – do you think we've been adopted?”
About freakin' time.
I like twink hookers! I think the setting should be a rodeo or circus in which twinks don't ride horses but instead ride cowboys wearing Appaloosa-patterned vests and chaps (and nothing else), but since the rodeo or circus is a front for a Mexican drug cartel, all sorts of hot (and of course gay-curious) federal agents descend on the operation, and soon there's a big ol' orgy that runs the length of the U.S.-Mexican border, and there's a necromancer present who resurrects John Wayne and Roy Rogers and — oh, yeah –Jack Twist to join in, and a week later — voila! — the illegal immigration problem is solved, because everybody is too busy indulging in sex, drugs, Jose Cuervo, and Dos Equis to bother venturing farther into the country to find jobs!
Wren, you in?
Uh…yes?
Hmm. I bet Changeling or eXtasy can whip up QUITE the cover for that story… 😉
I like my shifter books to include Vets but other than that – not so much.
I'm with Tam on the hookers – yep. lol I'll even agree with her firemen hookers! lol
Oh contemporary cowboys all the way. Historicals written by my fav authors are the only ones I read anymore – more because it's their work than anything.
KZ: Bound to sell like hot cakes *muttergoodluckwrenmutter*
Chris: *snort* Definitely something to look forward to. *g*
Tracy: You will have to come to some sort of agreement with her as Richelle did, Tracy. She's awfully possessive of those hookers. Very pimp-like. 😛
Teresa: I avoid historicals like the plague so totally understand where you are coming from re: just reading your fave authors. 🙂
Interesting.
I don't think I am drawn to a particular character, but I am drawn to those dealing with emotional issues. I love the character development.
I'm late, but I'm going to jump on the twink hooker bandwagon. For a period of time it seemed like every book I read had some hooker falling in love with a cop.(I'm with you Kris, I'm tired of reading about cops in the closet)
Also I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE just about any story where the plain jane/jim storyline is made believable. I'm a total sucker for any character that's physically outside the norm of your typical romance H/H. I guess that's why I also hate it so much when it's done wrong. It's one of my favorite and most hated tropes. Yeah I'm picky.
No special characters for me. But there ARE characters I think twice before I buy the book: cops and cowboys. Way too much overused.
@Sean: Hey, I used to be a librarian. 😀
Sean: just finished the librarian story this week. We'll be subbing it in a couple more, after we do a re-read. It's called “Chain-male” and is a university librarian (one of my old jobs) in love with an SCA chainmail maker (one of my former hobbies).
KZ: John Wayne was only ever gay for Glen Campbell. And ol Roy was a strick in the mud. (ducks and runs) Resurrect Randolph Scott and Montgomery Clift instead.
I think there should be more centaur romance…
Matthew, you shameless flirt.
Angelia, I'll look out for it!
“KZ: John Wayne was only ever gay for Glen Campbell. And ol Roy was a strick in the mud. (ducks and runs) Resurrect Randolph Scott and Montgomery Clift instead.“
But Angelia, you know our characters must have their own way! All I can do is pass your suggestion along to the necromancer. 😉 (P.S. What do you think of Gene Autry?)
Orannia: “I don't think I am drawn to a particular character, but I am drawn to those dealing with emotional issues. I love the character development.”
I'm a character development ho too, Orannia, regardless of the storyline. I think it's probably the main thing that hits my happy reader button. No doubt that will change though. LOL.
Sweet: “I'm with you Kris, I'm tired of reading about cops in the closet”
I know! It's been driving me batshit. I know they're like the ultimate alpha, but geezus.
“It's one of my favorite and most hated tropes. Yeah I'm picky.”
LOL! It's like that though when you love something muchly. It doesn't take much for your dreams to come crashing down. After all, there's a fine line, blah, blah.
Matthew: “But there ARE characters I think twice before I buy the book”
Ditto.
And stop using my blog to flirt with Sean. Geezus.
Angelia & KZ: Think I'll leave you both to duke it out. O_O Get it! *wipes tear from eye* I kill me.
Sean: You ask and you shall receive. My blog is where all dreams come true. 🙂
But Kris, if your blog is where all dreams come true, why are you chastising Matthew for flirting with Sean?
Because.
Kris: You're taking your Virtual Big Sister job too seriously. Sean's not a virgin anymore, you know.
Matthew, how would you know? I may just be saving myself for marriage.
Riiight. *snort*
How dare you sully my reputation!
Yuck. Now I need brain bleach. Stop talking about the VBB and sex in the same context. That includes you too, Sean.
I'm as virginal as a young girl seeing her man off to war at the train station the day after the night before.
Which war are we talking about? It makes a difference you know.
WWII.
Well, just a warning but in a couple of months time you'll find out your pregnant. Everyone freaks out, but he makes good and you get engaged. Then he tragically dies leaving you to raise the child alone always devoted to his memory and/or pretend that you're staying with your aunt but actually go into a home where the baby is given up for adoption. Thirty years later he – it was a boy – finds you – he's had a very hard life and was thrown out of home for liking boys. You accept him for what he is and everyone lives happily ever after. The end.
Kris, you definitely need some fresh air and/or stop reading bad books.
*mutterIneedadrinkmutter*
Matthew, it could have been much worse, knowing Kris. You could have embarked on a passionate affair with a younger man in your grieving declining years and then… DUN DUN DUN… you find out it's your long lost son that you gave up for adoption. Your son walks into the sea and never returns out of disgust, and then you go into the attic and blow your brains out.
Word verification: parev.
Anagram for what Kris is: a perv.
Ew. Don't write THAT book, please. Ever.
I think Sean has been reading Virginia Andrews fan fic. 😛
Matthew, honey bunch, can you please email me so that I can annoy you. Thank you. *G*