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I do keep quite a few books although I apparently don't reread like others do.  I keep books if they are  in a series I plan to continue reading and I need to refresh my memory or even just scan the book to verify details, etc.  I also keep books that I may one day read again but haven't necessarily done so.  I've found that as soon as I get rid of a book assuming I'll never reread it, I end up spending the money to repurchase it so it's just as easy to keep.  I actually have two series I intend to reread sometime soon~ the Sherrilyn Kenyon one (to see how the pieces fit)  and the LKH Anita Blake series (since some swear I'd like the later books if I read them back to back; I don't think so but I'm going to give it a try).  I also have reread James Patterson and Patricia Cornwell books when they've had some stunners to see if the details fit (they did in the Patterson but not in the Cornwell). 

I've been a slacker.  Started it and it was good but so much other stuff going on that I've been a horrid slacker.....

I like about ebooks is something you don't like (and probably reflects a difference in format).  I always use pdf format so the search engine allows me to find passages, names, etc. that aren't easily found in a print book.

You survived!!!

to borrow just a bit of the rain you all are getting!  I'm dreading hurricane season though. The weather has been so freaky this year that hurricane season can't be good.....

There are books that touch me at a particular moment that probably wouldn't have had the same effect at other times.  There are issues that hit my sore spots or touch an emotional chord and therefore provoke a reaction that is solely mine. So yes, I think the reader's POV makes a huge difference, too.

would we give for rain or some kind of precipitation here???  I swear, no one told me I was living in a desert!

worth hearing (or in this case seeing!) this one again for the laugh!

why the assumption that women can only love a character who meets the standards of a romance hero?  I love Dr. House myself but I in no way equate that to him being a romance hero.  Instead, it is because he is an incredibly well written character on an excellent television show that is not in any way a romance.  It's the same thing as my last summer's marathon of Babylon 5~ there are characters like Londo and Gkar that I dearly love but they are certainly not romantic figures! Each character has a role to perform in order to make the show a hit.  Without House's arrogant and insensitive attitude, the show wouldn't have the tension it does  nor would the other characters get their chance to shine in contrast.  It has nothing to do with him being a romance hero, however. 

And I think Katherine T has a good point about comparing an actor to their roles so perhaps that is some of the issue?  (And just as a sidenote... ugh on George Clooney! I avoid any movie he's in!) Maybe the women you are referring to find the ACTOR sexy rather than the CHARACTER he portrays on the show?

I guess my real question is why the assumption that women and romance readers all fall into one set group of easily definable categories? It almost seems as if you are making the assumption that a woman can only like male characters she would date.  If this is the case, I'm truly in trouble since I'm also a Stephen King fan!

and a surprise for me as you would expect me to say the Nocturnes but nope, it's the Harlequin Medicals I'd like to see more of!  I'd also like to see them available on the shelves while I'm dreaming here.....