#31DDD - Tell Me about your First Crush

It's not surprising that my first crush is a book, but it actually dives deeper than that.  My first crush was a BIG book.  I remember picking this book out of my schools library based solely on the cover picture and it's size.  I was in 2nd or 3rd grade and this book had come from one of the upper level sections. 

I distinctly remember pulling the book from the shelf and the weight of it.  It was almost new because when I went to open it, it wanted to stay closed.  I checked it out, despite the warnings from the librarian that it was too advanced for me and finished it in two days.  When I returned it, said librarian had a look that I now know as smugbitchery on her face and she condescended to me that I hadn't been able to finish it...to which I replied that I had and if she didn't believe me she could ask my grandmother (who worked for my school).

For a first crush Caddie Woodlawn wasn't bad. 

The Bookish Fangirl Mind…Mashups

I like to think of myself as a fangirl. 
For authors, musicians and any other media outlet I'm into. 
But mostly for authors.  So when I'm into several different authors I start imagining spinoffs of their titles or to use a music term, mashups.  For example:

 


What if Brown Siblings  met up with the The Sinners? (Rock out and Rock On? Tattoos for everyone? If anyone can convince Myrna to dread her hair, it would be Erin)


 
or


 
 

What would the Nauti Boys think of the sons of KGI? (All that testosterone and lots of female tapping feet, school marm style)


 
how about...

   
 
 
The New York Prides cross paths with The Breeds? (oh, the lion egos...the snarling, the scratching...and that's just from the guys)


 
I could go on, but I'd like to hear what the masses thinks.  Who are your favorite book mashups?