Danielle The Book Huntress ’s Comments (group member since Jan 27, 2010)

Danielle The Book Huntress ’s comments from the Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group group.

Tammy wrote: "Niall Stella from -he's British, he's kinda shy, and a little inexperienced (which I kinda like sometimes)"

I will have to check this book out!

Tina Theresa wrote: "There could have been a Strawberry Reading Challenge with all the information about it. :)"

Yeah, it is a lot!

Edited to fix errors. I'm sorry about all the mistakes. I also added "series" to the ways you can represent #1-Five by Five.

I've been watching this all day. Very good show. I love Gothic/Classic Horror, and apparently so does the creator.

Reeve Carney definitely has a dabauched, unnatural beauty about him. Great choice for playing Dorian Gray.

I have a longtime crush on Timothy Dalton, so I think he's a silver fox. And Josh Harnett is looking good.

This one is a little too creepy to watch at night.

Who was your favorite hero in April? Let us know why!

The May Challenge is up. Sorry for the Delay!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The May Challenge is up. Sorry for the Delay!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

May DHASG Challenge

Introduction: May is here. It's a beautiful time of year. The flowers are in bloom and school is about to wrap up very soon. Enjoy the Spring and read some great books this month!

Rules:

1. A book may only be used once in the challenge.
2. Any member of the DHASG may sign up for the challenge.
3. You can join at any time during the month. Post on the thread that you are participating and your final stats or link to them.
4. Books must be read between May 1st and May 31st. (I'm sorry that I posted the challenge late. You can count books from the beginning of the month).
5. Unless self-explanatory, please list in parentheses how your book represents the theme.

Levels:

1. Flower Power: Read 8-12 books.
2. High Five: Read 5-8 books.
3. May Flowers Bloom: Read 3-4 books.

Categories:

1.Five by Five: In honor of May being the fifth month and Cinco de Mayo, read a book with a five letter title, or written by an author whose first of last name starts with five letters. You could even read a book with "Five" in the title, or the fifth book in a series.

2.Strawberry Fields Forever: Did you know that May is Strawberry Month? Celebrate strawberries by reading a book that commemorates this delicious fruit. You could choose a book with a bright red cover, or with a character who is strawberry blonde, or take your inspirations from this list of facts about strawberries (with some suggestions in parentheses):

*Strawberries are the only fruit that wear their seeds on the outside. The average berry is adorned with some 200 of them. No wonder it only takes one bite to get seeds stuck in your teeth. (Character wears their heart on their sleeve)
*Strawberries aren’t true berries, like blueberries or even grapes. Technically, a berry has its seeds on the inside. And, to be über technical, each seed on a strawberry is considered by botanists to be its own separate fruit. Whoa, meta! (Misunderstood character)
* Strawberries are members of the rose family. Should you come upon a bush of them growing, you’ll see: they smell as sweet as they taste. (Sweet Smell or Tasty--tasty hero or heroine)
* The strawberry plant is a perennial. This means if you plant one now, it will come back next year and the following and the year after that. It may not bear fruit immediately, but once it does, it will remain productive for about five years. (Resilient character)
* Americans eat an average of three-and-a-half pounds of fresh strawberries each per year. It’s closer to five pounds if you count frozen ones. In a study, more than half of nine-year-olds picked strawberries as their favorite fruit. They’re nature’s candy! (American lead)
*Belgium has a museum dedicated to strawberries. In the gift shop at Le Musée de la Fraise (The Strawberry Museum), you can buy everything from strawberry jam to strawberry beer. (Set in Belgium)
*Native Americans ate strawberries long before European settlers arrived. As spring’s first fruit, they were a treat, eaten freshly picked or baked into cornbread. (Native American theme)
*The ancient Romans thought strawberries had medicinal powers. They used them to treat everything from depression to fainting to fever, kidney stones, bad breath and sore throats. (Ancient Rome)
*Sex & Strawberries? In France, where they’re believed to be an aphrodisiac, strawberries are served to newlyweds at traditional wedding breakfasts in the form of a creamy sweet soup. (Sexy Book)
*Strawberries are believed to help reduce the risk of heart disease and certain cancers. They are low in calories and high in vitamins C, B6, K, fiber, folic acid, potassium and amino acids. (Character in Medicine)
* Strawberries contain high levels of nitrate. This has been shown to increase blood and oxygen flow to the muscles. Research suggests that people who load up on strawberries before exercising have greater endurance and burn more calories. (Health Conscious Lead)
* California produces some 80% of the strawberries in the U.S. They grow about 2 billion pounds of the heart-shaped fruits per year. Every state in the U.S. and every province in Canada grows their own. (Set in California)

3. Date Your Mate: Since May is Date Your Mate month, read a married couple romance (couple is married for most of the book)

4. Like Fine Wine: May is Older Americans Month, so read a book with a prominent character who is elderly.

5. Nurse Appreciation: First week of May is Nurse Week. Celebrate these wonderful health professionals with a book that has a nurse character or a storyline that focuses on nursing or a person being nursed back to health.

6. Wildflowers: For week two, set apart in May to celebrate wildflowers, read a book that relates to these wild growing blooms. Here is a list of common wildflowers:

http://www.wildflowerinformation.org/...

You could choose a book with wildflowers on the cover, or a character whose name is a wildflower.

7.Brothers and Sisters' Day: May 2nd is the day to cherish siblings. Read a book with a character with plenty of brothers and sisters. You can even use an adopted or found family.

8.Bird Day: May 4th is Bird Day. Can you think of a way to celebrate this theme in your reading? Character named after a bird, bird symbolism? Bird on the cover? Character is a bird-watcher or ornithologist.

9.The Final Frontier: May 1st is Space Day. Read a book that relates to space in some way, be it science fiction or fiction. Maybe a character is an astronaut or a skywatcher?

10.Whet Your Whistle: For Beverage Day on May 6th, relate a book to a popular beverage. It could be water, milk, soda pop, tea, coffee, alcohol, you name it. You can relate it to a specific beverage, like Dr. Pepper (lead character is a doctor) or Ginger Ale (character named Ginger).

11.Mother Spells Love: For Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May (10th this year), commemorate moms in any way you see fit. It doesn't have to be a birth mother. It could be someone who has mothered or nurtured someone else.

12.Eat What You Want: For May 11th, instead of Eating What You Want (although you can do that as well), read what you want. Whatever book you want will count for this challenge.






Information about May holidays taken from Holiday Insights: http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreho...

Challenge Participants List

Netanella
Tina Theresa
Suzanne
Alice
Danielle TBH
Leona
Larissa

I'm sorry I'm late with the May challenge. I'll post in within the hour!

Thanks for everyone's participation. You always do great!

I read some reviews, and it's not for me, but I can see why you appreciated Move the Sun, Pagan. I like characters with layers.

The Raven Prince is a good one!

Seek Only Passion has a very scarred hero. Described as very ugly. I saw him as still being attractive but with scars and eye patch.

I tend to think of facial scars as sexy.

Also Ken Norton Deadly Game, had his face and body carved up by torture while captured by the enemy. It was hard not to picture him as being very scarred due to the descriptions, but I freaking love this man!

Tammy wrote: "Hmm...I don't mind ruthless in the way that you describe. But I'm not a fan of plots where the hero has some kind of plan and maybe along the way forms a relationship with the heroine and ends up h..."

Oh, yes, those are interesting.

I think that's why I can't go in for the biker books. Plus I'm not a big fan of brutish, uncouth men. Maybe I'm stereotyping...

Paganalexandria **wicked juices bubbling over** wrote: " Danielle The Book Huntress (Self-Proclaimed Book Ninja) wrote: "Which way do you go? Do you like your heroes to be Adonis gorgeous all the time, or does it depend on the story and the hero?

What ..."

I kind of like the Ruined Adonis trope. I like it especially in historicals. When the hero used to be the toast of the ton and then is disfigured and goes into semi-retirement, and the heroine falls in love with him as he is now.

I liked that in Jane Eyre, Rochester is described as being unattractive. Jane even says as much, but she still loves him.

Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "All my heroes are gorgeous in my mind. Even ones described as unattractive don't compute in my mind because my brain makes them gorgeous.

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I know what you mean, Pamela. Dain, who is supposed to be ugly, looks really fine to me in my head. Lord of Scoundrels

Which way do you go? Do you like your heroes to be Adonis gorgeous all the time, or does it depend on the story and the hero?

What are some ugly heroes you've loved?

I think Christine Feehan and Anne Stuart do these heroes very well.

Feehan hit it out of the park with Jake Bannaconni in Burning Wild. I can't say I've ever read a hero like him before. He is really and truly more of an anti hero.

I think that's why I'm so in love with the GhostWalkers and the Prakenskiis because they are pretty darn ruthless, but at the same time, putty in the hands of the woman they love.

Basian Toussiant was probably the most ruthless hero I'd read in my life at the time I read Black Ice the first time.

I freely admit I do like this in a hero. I mean, I don't want them kicking puppies or beating up old people and stuff like that though. :)

A lot of Stuart fans didn't like Lucien de Malheur, aka The Scorpion from Breathless. He was pretty over the top, but I Liked him because he reminded me of a cartoon villain.

Also Dmitry Medlov from Dmitry's Closet

Which heroes (and sometimes not really heroes) have you read that are really, really hardcore and ruthless?

Do you like this trait in a hero? What makes a hero 'ruthless' to you?

Which ones took it too far for you?

Shirley wrote: " just reread still love it. And finished it was ok 3ish stars."

Oh man, I love the GhostWalkers, the most. But I do enjoy the Leopard series a lot. The new book is coming out next month: Cat's Lair

Paganalexandria **wicked juices bubbling over** wrote: " Danielle The Book Huntress (Self-Proclaimed Book Ninja) wrote: "KMM is probably the author that had me reconsidering my dislike of time travel theme. I don't love it, but hers are very good."

I h..."

I think like most themes, it can be done really well.

KK wrote: "Hi everyone! This is my first post and I have to say I loved everyone of KMM HIghlander/Time Travel series. Some more than others but they were very good. I really enjoyed her Fever series too."

Welcome, KK!