Fist and foremost, this post is dedicated to Barburawh Streisand, her voice is like buttah! 

That being said, we welcome Fiction Vixen Book Review blogger, that’s FV for short, as a guest to the stage for our newest edition of Coffee Tawk Blogger.  She’s sassy, witty, and just plain fun. 

 

 

 SHB: What is the science behind how you decide what makes a book good? Any specific themes/formulas that you look for? S+E+X+Y=?

 

 

FV: If my kids show noticeable weight loss over the course of a couple of days, then I know it’s a good book. JUST KIDDING! They know the number for the local pizza delivery place and the oldest is allowed to use my credit card. Okay, seriously, I need to be drawn into book and feel like I’m there. If I suddenly have the urge to speak in an accent other than my own, or check a man for horns or fangs, then drop, flop and have dirty, wicked sex, then I know it’s a good book. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked to leave the book store after reading a few random chapters from a J.R. Ward novel. They’re so uptight at my local B&N.

 

 

SHB: What turns you on turns you off, figuratively speaking* when it comes to PNR or romance in general?

 

FV:I’m all about escaping reality for a little while each day and PNR is perfect for that. Just a tiny bit of reality so I can place myself in the story, but far enough away so I don’t walk around feeling like I need a box of tissues and a pint of Ben & Jerry’s every time I sit down for a read. Interpret that however you choose. On the down side, I’ve survived on a good steady diet of paranormal romance for about a year now, and my husband insists that my expectations of his performance in the bedroom have become completely unrealistic. I don’t understand why. I think he’s just being a baby.

SHB:Who was your first time with…that is, ehem, I mean, your first PNR author? Also, how did you get interested in PNR in the first place?

FV:Oh gosh, you are going to out me as the full on nerd that I am. I can’t believe I’m going to admit this. Stephenie Meyer popped my PNR cherry and I’m not going to lie, I liked it (In her own words ladies and gentlemen). Twilight made me want to hang around the local high school and look for sparkly teenage boys. *hangs head in shame* Before Twilight I had no interest whatsoever in paranormal romance. I just couldn’t wrap my head around –getting my throat ripped out, sucked dry, and put away wet– being sexy, if that makes any sense. However, when reading the Twilight Saga I found myself wanting to sneak skip forward to see if Edward and Bella were ever going to do it. That’s when I knew I better check into some more adult type Vampires. On to Eric Northman and then an entire Brotherhood and beyond.

SHB: Vampires, Demons, Angels, Fae, or Werewolves. You can only pick one and why? Go!

FV: Vampires are sexy but I think there needs to be panting during sex. The no breathing knocks the vamps out of the running for all time favorite immortal. Demons, well, I do like a horny man but I’ve only “met” one that rocked my socks. Cadeon Woede oh yeah baby. Angels? Still haven’t finished Covet so I’m going to pass. After Karen Marie Monings Fever series, I’m steering clear of the Fae, very clear. So…growly hot werewolves foh sho! (As long as they remain in human form and have completely human anatomy during “sessions”.) Who doesn’t love a hot blooded, aggressive, growly alpha werewolf? Mmm.

SHB: Your Fav Book for 2009 (so far)?

FV: Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning. I’ve loved the entire series but the this particular book left me both scared of, and in love with, Jericho Barrons. A deliciously tingly combination.

SHB:Any new authors that you have read that you see having some potential?

FV:I’ve only been reading PNR/UF for about a year and I’ve spent most of that time eating up all the already well known series with several more in my TBR pile. I just haven’t had the time for “new blood”. Unfortunately, food, sleep, hygiene, etc. get in the way of my reading schedule

SHB:What do you say to those people who make us feel like we have to wear a hoodie to BNR (Barnes and Noble) when we want to pick up our addiction/reading material… Or for those of us who pay the shipping and handling fees from Amazon to avoid wide-eyed stares from the cashiers? True story folks. 

FV:I’ve come to realize that the embarrassment I feel when making my sexy purchases is all me. I’ve never actually had anyone comment on what I buy so it makes it really hard for me go off on a finger wagging head shaking tangent. Besides, those tangents always work out so much better in my head.

SHB:Are you an ‘incognito’ purchaser, or a loud and proud buyer?

FV:I do love my smut and if I have to, I’ll throw on a hoodie and a fake mustache to hit B&N. Makes it easier to face the cashier when I’m wondering if she knows about the drunken-vampire-sex-in-a-club-bathroom-scene I’ve been dying to read about. I’m working on this okay? Next time without the hoodie, just the mustache.

SHB:Erotic Cover art, added bonus or embarrassment perpetrator? (for example, a book from an erotica publisher)

FV:I love the sexy covers, they speak to me. BUT I have never made a book store purchase of erotica. Fictionwise.com is my “back of the store, small room with a curtain” place. My erotica fits nicely on my iPhone and in e-book format thank you very much. So yes, added bonus AND embarrassment perpetrator.

 

SHB:Where do you keep your books? Locked Safe? Out in the Open? Thumb Print security system?

SHB:Thumb print security system? I’m looking into that immediately! Actually I just got a very tall narrow book shelf for my bedroom and all my 2009 reads are on it. I get twitchy when people touch my books so I moved them upstairs. I’m an only child and I don’t share. The TBR’s are on the entertainment center downstairs.

Finally, in the spirit if Bernard Pivot and in honoring the great James Lipton, we ask these questions:

SHB: What is your favorite word?  FV: Mellow. Say it over and over. Mellow.

SHB: What is your least favorite word?  FV: TheEnd. Ok so I cheated. I’m a dirty rotten cheater.

SHB: What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? FV: A good nights sleep. So rare. So coveted.

SHB: What turns you off?  FV: Not much, I’m pretty much always on. Ummm…I dunno, stinky feet? So random.

SHB: What is your favorite curse word?  FV: Ballocks. It’s a British term I picked up from my husband. Not that I have a thing for scrotum’s or their contents, but I do like the term. It carries a lot of weight *snort*

SHB: What sound or noise do you love? FV: The voice of my Mint Cream Oreo cookies. Like velvet.

SHB: What sound or noise do you hate? FV: The alarm clock.

SHB: What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?  FV:

 Hotdogger – The official title for someone who drives the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile. That’s what I’m talking about.

SHB: What profession would you not like to do?

FV: Anything that involves saliva. I know, that really knocks me out of the running for so many jobs.

SHB: If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?  

FV:“Hurry up, get in here, Vishious brought the pizza, Cade brought the chocolate, and Barrons wants to get all rubby with your…uh..mind, yeah! Hurry up!”

 

We’d like to thank Fiction Vixen for being our ‘guest blogger’ here on Coffee Tawk and we invite you to go visit her blog at Fiction Vixen

 

Fiction Vixen Blog: http://www.fictionvixen.com/

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