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Aynne88 -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 12:18:55 PM)
Well I am going to have to switch genders but when I was a girl I bet I read "Catcher in the Rye" at least a dozen times and loved Holden Caulfield's character. I mean his whole identity and his ability to recreat himself constantly, and his confident but warped little psyche just touched me. Second pick is definitely "Mrs. Robinson" from the Graduate. Or any of the women from "Valley of the Dolls", that uber-trashy novel by that vixen Jacqueline Susann. That is the quintessential summer beach read, I smuggled it out my mom's room when I was a girl and obsessed about their sexy glamourous lives. Even if they were all train wrecks waiting to happen.[;)]

windchymes -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 12:23:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: impishlilhellcat Lol what book is the happy hooker from? <Hugs you> Awww, you're so young and cute [:)] The Happy Hooker....Xaviera Hollander, back in the 70's, wrote a series of autobiographical books about her life as a high-priced call girl, then a madam in (I think) NYC, until she got caught so many times, was deported, so she went to Toronto and set up shop for awhile, wrote for Penthouse magazine for awhile (maybe she still does???) and now has retired back in Amsterdam where she came from originally. She runs a bed & breakfast inn/dinner theatre establishment in that fine city. She's actually an extremely intelligent woman, fluent in something like 7 languages. Her first book, The Happy Hooker, was so successful because it was very well-written, witty, and had a lot of very juicy and explicit passages of her escapades both with clients and with her personal acquaintances. I snuck them into the house when I was a teenager and I used to fantasize about being kind of like her....just not as a prostitute :)

MadAxeman -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 1:25:49 PM)
Artemis Fowl. Teenage prodigy, tortured genius, criminal mastermind. he also gets to fly, has a fairy as love interest and fights trolls (a useful skill on here).

beargonewild -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 1:41:43 PM)
Belgarath the Sorcerer

GreedyTop -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 1:56:10 PM)
gender switch: Either James BOnd or Jason Bourne

impishlilhellcat -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 1:58:26 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: zakkan I will settle for any character that has "lived happily ever after" at the end of the book. That one is too easy.. so many characters live happily ever after. :)

impishlilhellcat -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 2:00:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aynne88 Well I am going to have to switch genders but when I was a girl I bet I read "Catcher in the Rye" at least a dozen times and loved Holden Caulfield's character. I mean his whole identity and his ability to recreat himself constantly, and his confident but warped little psyche just touched me. Second pick is definitely "Mrs. Robinson" from the Graduate. Or any of the women from "Valley of the Dolls", that uber-trashy novel by that vixen Jacqueline Susann. That is the quintessential summer beach read, I smuggled it out my mom's room when I was a girl and obsessed about their sexy glamourous lives. Even if they were all train wrecks waiting to happen.[;)] I loved catcher in the rye and while I have so much about the graduate I've never read the book.

impishlilhellcat -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 2:01:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: windchymes quote: ORIGINAL: impishlilhellcat Lol what book is the happy hooker from? <Hugs you> Awww, you're so young and cute [:)] The Happy Hooker....Xaviera Hollander, back in the 70's, wrote a series of autobiographical books about her life as a high-priced call girl, then a madam in (I think) NYC, until she got caught so many times, was deported, so she went to Toronto and set up shop for awhile, wrote for Penthouse magazine for awhile (maybe she still does???) and now has retired back in Amsterdam where she came from originally. She runs a bed & breakfast inn/dinner theatre establishment in that fine city. She's actually an extremely intelligent woman, fluent in something like 7 languages. Her first book, The Happy Hooker, was so successful because it was very well-written, witty, and had a lot of very juicy and explicit passages of her escapades both with clients and with her personal acquaintances. I snuck them into the house when I was a teenager and I used to fantasize about being kind of like her....just not as a prostitute :) That sounds like an interesting book yes, this thread was a way to get more reading material! I read a book about hookers in las vegas that worked at a legalized brothel. It was quite interesting I find myself attracted to a lot of non fiction reading material, but my goodness I do love fiction.

windchymes -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 2:50:26 PM)
I've heard that by working for about 3 years at the Bunny Ranch, a girl can make enough to pretty much retire on.

Aynne88 -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 3:15:54 PM)
I am so glad you like Catcher too! Was that book about Nevada called "Brothel"? If so I read it too and it was really interesting. quote: ORIGINAL: impishlilhellcat quote: ORIGINAL: windchymes quote: ORIGINAL: impishlilhellcat Lol what book is the happy hooker from? <Hugs you> Awww, you're so young and cute [:)] The Happy Hooker....Xaviera Hollander, back in the 70's, wrote a series of autobiographical books about her life as a high-priced call girl, then a madam in (I think) NYC, until she got caught so many times, was deported, so she went to Toronto and set up shop for awhile, wrote for Penthouse magazine for awhile (maybe she still does???) and now has retired back in Amsterdam where she came from originally. She runs a bed & breakfast inn/dinner theatre establishment in that fine city. She's actually an extremely intelligent woman, fluent in something like 7 languages. Her first book, The Happy Hooker, was so successful because it was very well-written, witty, and had a lot of very juicy and explicit passages of her escapades both with clients and with her personal acquaintances. I snuck them into the house when I was a teenager and I used to fantasize about being kind of like her....just not as a prostitute :) That sounds like an interesting book yes, this thread was a way to get more reading material! I read a book about hookers in las vegas that worked at a legalized brothel. It was quite interesting I find myself attracted to a lot of non fiction reading material, but my goodness I do love fiction.

sunshinemiss -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 4:44:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: impishlilhellcat quote: ORIGINAL: zakkan I will settle for any character that has "lived happily ever after" at the end of the book. That one is too easy.. so many characters live happily ever after. :) No offense but that sounds deadly boring.

dreamofthemoon -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 5:14:26 PM)
Among those already mentioned... Anne of Green Gables, Phedre no' Delaunay, Scarlett O'Hara (maybe), Buttercup come to mind. i've yet to read either the Anita Blake series or those by Diana Gabaldon (but my mom and sister say they're good, the Diana Gabaldon books). And i think i shall have to look up a copy of Elizabeth Lowell's Untamed, aurora. That sounds like a good read. [:)]

sujuguete -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 5:22:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: thishereboi Tell the truth....you just want to meet Ranger. Yup, me too! That man is sooooooooo hot, and totally dominant! [:D]

sujuguete -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 5:24:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sunshinemiss What a fun idea for a thread! Diane Gabaldon´s character... Remember those books? Set in 1700s, Scotland and a few other places... The woman who goes back in time... Claire Fraser... She is very realistic. And flawed. And they argue and have a really amazing experience. Also, I was always fascinated with the medicinal uses of plants (and leeches and spider webs and such) sunshine . . . not to mention the hot sex scenes. [;)]

lemmebeYourMine -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 5:42:20 PM)
Gender switching; I'd probably have to go with the whipping boy, i don't know what his actual name was, from The Whipping Boy, or maybe Nathaniel from the Anita Blake series, I'd hate to be as push-over desperately submissive as he started out, and I'd hate to have been through the childhood he had, but I think I identify well with the fully submissive nature he tends to exhibit. (Until closer to the end of the series as i've read past "Micah" he starts to learn to be assertive.) Anyway I'd choose the whipping boy just because he gets switched and caned for infractions that aren't his fault and well, that's where I started in on all this kinky stuff; after reading that book, spankings were heavily fantasized about. ;)

impishlilhellcat -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 6:22:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aynne88 I am so glad you like Catcher too! Was that book about Nevada called "Brothel"? If so I read it too and it was really interesting. quote: ORIGINAL: impishlilhellcat quote: ORIGINAL: windchymes quote: ORIGINAL: impishlilhellcat Lol what book is the happy hooker from? <Hugs you> Awww, you're so young and cute [:)] The Happy Hooker....Xaviera Hollander, back in the 70's, wrote a series of autobiographical books about her life as a high-priced call girl, then a madam in (I think) NYC, until she got caught so many times, was deported, so she went to Toronto and set up shop for awhile, wrote for Penthouse magazine for awhile (maybe she still does???) and now has retired back in Amsterdam where she came from originally. She runs a bed & breakfast inn/dinner theatre establishment in that fine city. She's actually an extremely intelligent woman, fluent in something like 7 languages. Her first book, The Happy Hooker, was so successful because it was very well-written, witty, and had a lot of very juicy and explicit passages of her escapades both with clients and with her personal acquaintances. I snuck them into the house when I was a teenager and I used to fantasize about being kind of like her....just not as a prostitute :) That sounds like an interesting book yes, this thread was a way to get more reading material! I read a book about hookers in las vegas that worked at a legalized brothel. It was quite interesting I find myself attracted to a lot of non fiction reading material, but my goodness I do love fiction. YES! That was the name of the book I've read so many books sometimes I can't remember than name.

GreedyTop -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 7:33:32 PM)
Nathaniel.. just for his HAIR!!

impishlilhellcat -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 7:39:05 PM)
I'm reading a book called spa vacation now one of my more fluffier books, but the characters in the book are having amazing sex... Good god I would love to be having amazing sex. Although to be honest I typically find myself relating to each of the characters I read about.

JohnWarren -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 7:44:58 PM)
In a way, I am a character in a book. A few years ago, a budding science fiction author was one of my customers at Diversified Services. We chatted several times about the Scene and about when I carried a gun back in the early 60s. Much later, I noticed a book called "Ghost." It caught my interest because my old callsign was "Spook." Damn the guy was familiar... a lot tougher and younger than I am, but the basic philosophies were there. I got in touch with him and sure enough, John Ringo patterned his sadistic warrior god on little old me. Can't get much better than that.

impishlilhellcat -> RE: If you were a character in a book. (9/20/2008 7:48:54 PM)
No you can't! I worked at a restaurant years and years ago actually it was when I was 16 I was a waitress and this guy with really long hair and glasses actually he was kinda creepy. Anyways he used to sit in a corner order a pot of coffee muse and watch and observe and write. The speculation was that he was writing about what he was observing some kind of book. I don't think anyone ever asked him what he was writing he had that serial killer look about him and now that I think about it he could have been an author, a poet, or just a really tired older grad student... Off subject but your post brought that story to mind.

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