Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

I had to stop after two.  It’s like good dark chocolate people.  Or Lays potato chips.  Beware!

Curses! I had controls diagrams and engine assembly lines to document today. How am I supposed to get anything done when you keep posting links like these?!

Julie has more self control than me.

He’s a genetically engineered vegetarian vampire hunter haunted by an iconic dead American confidante She’s a pregnant Buddhist mechanic with a flame-thrower. They fight crime!

Wow.  Sign me up!

He’s a leather-clad guerilla waffle chef who knows the secret of the alien invasion. She’s a wealthy belly-dancing mechanic who believes she is the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian queen. They fight crime!

I think I’ve seen that one somewhere on Amazon…

He’s a maverick day-dreaming dwarf with no name. She’s a ditzy snooty lawyer fleeing from a Satanic cult. They fight crime!

He’s a sword-wielding drug-addicted assassin searching for his wife’s true killer. She’s a pregnant streetsmart bodyguard with a knack for trouble. They fight crime!

That one I might actually read.

He’s a shy Catholic farmboy who believes he can never love again. She’s a manipulative gypsy Valkyrie from Mars. They fight crime!

He’s a suave flyboy romance novelist on the hunt for the last specimen of a great and near-mythical creature. She’s a wealthy gypsy fairy princess who believes she is the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian queen. They fight crime!

Wait! I swear I read this one. Somebody HABO! *snorfle*

He’s an uncontrollable bohemian assassin on the edge. She’s a chain-smoking wisecracking soap star in the wrong place at the wrong time. They fight crime!

Oooh! I want to write this one! *madly makes notes*

He’s an unconventional misogynist inventor looking for a cure to the poison coursing through his veins. She’s a psychotic renegade college professor with a song in her heart and a spring in her step. They fight crime!

Scary part is, I’ve seen a movie with a plot line similar to this.  Now if I could only remember what it was, I could warn people away from it!  :>

Melissa…I swear that’s only a beat or two off the Ironman plot. LOL!

He’s an obese drug-addicted farmboy haunted by an iconic dead American confidante. She’s a manipulative bisexual opera singer prone to fits of savage, blood-crazed rage. They fight crime!

Hmm…not quirky enough yet. Quick, someone get Diablo Cody on the phone.

Spamword: trouble73. Yep, I can see this intrepid duo getting into 73 different kinds of trouble, all right.

He’s an unconventional skateboarding werewolf with a mysterious suitcase handcuffed to his arm. She’s a transdimensional mute journalist from beyond the grave They fight crime!

LOL!  I’m sure I’ve read this somewhere!

He’s an uncontrollable gay Green Beret with acid for blood. She’s an enchanted winged mermaid in the wrong place at the wrong time. They fight crime!

Hmmm I would read this one.

He’s an obese white trash romance novelist who knows the secret of the alien invasion. She’s a bloodthirsty winged safe cracker prone to fits of savage, blood-crazed rage. They fight crime!

White trash romance novelist, snort LOL

Apparently, author Leah Bobet actually sold a story to Strange Horizons (http://www.strangehorizons.com/2005/20051010/crime-f.shtml) based on a plot from this web site!

(BTW, the first entry I got was ““He’s a notorious flyboy Green Beret in drag. She’s a cold-hearted cigar-chomping stripper with a birthmark shaped like Liberty’s torch. They fight crime!”  I decided to quit while I was ahead :-> )

Methinks I’ll visit that site to adopt a plot 2009 NaNoWrimo.

...I swear that’s only a beat or two off the Ironman plot.

Back off of Ironman. LOL

He’s a Nobel prize-winning pirate rock star who dotes on his loving old ma. She’s a vivacious thirtysomething research scientist from aristocratic European stock. They fight crime!

Must be the plot for the new Pirates movie???

It’s too late at night to keep this up. I will never get any sleep!

He’s a Nobel prize-winning pirate rock star who dotes on his loving old ma. She’s a vivacious thirtysomething research scientist from aristocratic European stock. They fight crime!

Must be the plot for the new Pirates movie???

Actually, it sounds more like Buckaroo Banzai to me!

He’s a hate-fueled bohemian vampire hunter on his last day on the job. She’s a mistrustful nymphomaniac soap star from a different time and place. They fight crime!

He’s a scrappy gay shaman searching for his wife’s true killer. She’s a radical cat-loving cab driver from out of town. They fight crime!

These are starting to sound good. Must get off the internet and read a real book. TBR pile, here I come!