KALLIE ROSS

Favorite Genre? Science Fiction, Fantasy and Mystery

Favorite Book?  Why? To go with a classic first… Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.  It is a smart love story, and Elizabeth is a strong woman who is not afraid to change her mind!  Currently my favorite book is Nightshade by Andrea Cremer.  It won’t be out until this Fall, but we will try to give a copy or two away before then!

If you could be a Lead Character in any book, who would you be? Why? I would either be Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice… after all the messy love story or Katniss from The Hunger Games… she just kicks butt!

KRYSTAL

Favorite Genre: Fantasy
Favorite Book: My favorite book ever is “The Catcher in the Rye.”  I remember reading it in high school and thinking how brilliant Salinger was to capture all of that teenage angst in one novel.  There is a sentence that completely hit me over the head when I first read it, one I started out laughing at and ended up wanting to cry over.  I thought that was absolutely amazing, that an author could completely turn my emotions over in the blink of an eye!
Lead character and why: I think I would have to choose Lizzie Bennet.  She was smart, ahead of her time, loved to read, and ended up with a rich prince charming!  And while her family is a little irritating, she still has them all intact (unlike other novels I was thinking of).

STEFANIE

Favorite Genre? Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

Favorite Book? Why? Persuasion by Jane Austen. I remember reading that book in record time (well, record time for me anyway!) and having no clue how it was going to end. Unlike with Austen’s other novels, I hadn’t seen a movie/TV adaptation beforehand so I was desperate to know what would happen with Captain Wentworth and Anne Elliot. And seriously, that letter he writes? Oh. my. goodness. It’s also a great book because it’s so, so different from Austen’s other novels.  I love how the two characters have a history together before the book even starts.  It adds a real depth to their relationship that you don’t get with the “meet-cutes” in many other novels.  A close second is New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. I guess I have a thing for broody, emotional novels (but I like my happy endings)!

If you could be a lead character in any book, who would you be? Why? Oh man, probably Clary in The Mortal Instruments series. We have a few things in common, ok just one thing: we’re both redheads and it’s awesome to have a redheaded leading lady for once!  She gets to experience some crazy stuff and I’m kind of jealous of her runes and stele.  Oh and hello, she’s got Jace!