Meme Gacked from QC_Heartless!

The gist of this meme is to name a character I play and I'll answer these for them. :O For some you may have to specify the game.

1. What would your character kill for? What would they die for?
2. What would they refuse to do under any circumstances? Why?
3. What do they dream about? [Either literal or figurative, specify please.]
4. What's their biggest fear?
5. What single object would they be most hard pressed to part with? Why?
6. What is their fondest memory?
7. What is their worst memory?
8. What or who was were their most significant influence? Expound.
9. What do they believe makes a successful life?
10. What makes them laugh?
11. What are their religious views?
12. What is their greatest strength?
13. Do they have a fatal flaw? If so, what is it?
14. Who is the most important person in their life?
15. If they died, who would miss them most? How would they die?

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We braved the snow and cold to journey (in one of those fancy automobiles) to the library!

And it was worth it. I scoped out the libary book sale and snagged three or four good research books, and a Peter Straub novel. I've read his collaborations with King, so I'm curious about his solo work. And all of that was just two dollars! Then I checked out two King books I've been meaning to read but haven't had a chance to - Dreamcatcher and Bag of Bones. I know Dreamcatcher wanders off into bizarre-o land - or at least that's what I've been told - but I'm not above giving it a try. The only King novel I flat out refuse to read is Cell.

I read an excerpt and that was enough for me. While I do adore and admire (and all those other things) Stephen King as a brilliant man, I am not so blinded by adoration that I believe everything he writes to be the greatest in the world. The man has written some books which are, in my opinion, bad. Not many, but they're out there. Gerald's Game springs to mind....

Cell falls into that category as far as I'm concerned.

And I'm currently reading No Humans Involved, by Kelley Armstrong. I'd heard good things about her, or as good as I ever hear about supernatural romance. Not that I think the genre is bad, it's just the folks I usually talk shop with are not fans of the genre, and therefor don't often have much to say about it. Save snarky comments regarding Laurell K. Hamilton. But doesn't everyone have snarky comments regarding her these days?

Anyway, I'm enjoying Armstrong. Nothing's too graphic, the characters aren't ridiculously fleshed out or interesting, but they aren't just cardboard cutouts either. Side characters have back story and variation, and while there is a bit of purple prose and the heroine can come off as too-good-to-be-true (drop dead gorgeous ex-beauty queen who's now a TV star and a powerful necromancer), it's an engaging read. And the romance aspect takes a back seat to the paranormal mystery aspect, which I enjoy. I'd definitely be willing to give her other work a try.

In non-book related news, we borrowed a snow shovel so we can shovel the driveway, and hopefully go food shopping tomorrow. We're getting down there on supplies, and we ate the pizza we got yesterday.