Bout of Books Challenge: Scientific Discovery

Welcome to the first challenge of the #boutofbooks read-a-thon! We hope your first day of the read-a-thon is going splendidly so far and we're glad you dropped by. Enjoy our challenge, have fun, and good luck :D

You have made a scientific discovery (who knew you were so good at science?!) on how to bring fictional characters to life. The problem? The method still isn't *perfect,* so you can only bring two people to life, and they must return to the land of fiction in 30 days. Who will you choose as your bestie and your love interest for that one splendid month? (Feel free to add pictures if you like, but they are not required.)

Sharon's Answers:

Best Friend: Kristy Palmetto from The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen. I love Kristy! She's one of my favorite characters from The Truth About Forever (and I love pretty much EVERYONE in that book). She's just so genuine and straightforward and fun. We could totally be BFFs. I think we would have a blast but still be able to have deep and meaningful conversations. And when we're feeling more shallow, we could totally sa-woon over boys and then chat about our mutual love of romance novels. Hanging out with her for 30 days would be fantastic!

Boyfriend: Jamie Fraser from Outlander. This was SO HARD. There were so, so many possibilities to sort through. But when I really thought about it, I decided I probably wouldn't actually want to spend a month making out with a vampire or hanging out with a 38-year-old overprotective über-alpha male. Plus, I promised all our answers wouldn't be YA. So, that helped narrow it down. Ultimately, I decided on Jamie because I just absolutely loved him when I read Outlander last year. He's closer to my age than a lot of romance heroes, and he is just so sweet and strong and wonderful. Plus, I find it an amusing prospect for him to be the one with time-travel culture shock.

Racquel's Answers:

Friend- Chloe from Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe by Shelley Coriell 
Chloe is a girl full of heart, she's fun and most importantly she's CONFIDENT. If I have 30 days with a character, I'm not going to pick someone who doesn't want to do anything and will spend most of the time sulking because they 1000 problems and while Chloe does have problems, she always looks at the bright side and I couldn't love her more because of this. (more YA characters with a backbone, please! and I don't mean in backbone in the "I'm gonna save the world" sense but in the "realistic and contemporary" sense! They do exist, ya know?)

Boyfriend- Beckett Rush from There You'll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones

It was hard to pick a boyfriend because A) There are A LOT of guys to choose from B) I have a definite list and I don't want to be cliche and mention a guy that I've mentioned a million times before-- Hardy Cates, Alex Fuentes, Owen Armstrong (sorry Sharon, he's better than Wes by .001)-- so I went with a relatively not old book and underdog jem that's sadly not appreciated enough. Beckett Rush is a "teen heartthrob" superstar, the teen version of Ian Somerhalder/Damon Salvatore. But he's sooooooo down to earth and has a heart the size of Texas. Beckett is a genuinely good person and makes me hug my Kindle every time I reread this book.

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