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Literary Dinner Tag 

created by Renee  

(NehomaS2 on YouTube)  

Last week I found the Literary Dinner Tag created by Renee on YouTube and thought it was an awesome idea. I don’t have a YouTube channel so I decided to just bring it to my blog as a regular post.

The idea behind the Literary Dinner is that you get to invite 10 characters of your favorite books to a dinner party to your house which is a fabulous idea. So here are the rules for you if you want to create a crowd for you Literary Dinner Party too (Please link back to Renee’s YouTube channel and my blog).

The Rules

You must invite 11 guests, and there must be:
1. One character who can cook/likes to cook

2. One character who has money to fund the party

3. One character who might cause a scene

4. One character who is funny/amusing

5. One character who is super social/popular

6. One villain

7. One couple - doesn't have to be romantic

8. One hero/heroine

9. One underappreciated character

10. One character of your own choosing

One character who can cook/likes to cook

I will pick Maura Carmody from Monica McInerney’s wonderful novel A Taste for It.

One character who has money to fund the party

I am sure that Maura will cook an amazing dinner so I need a lot of money to fund the party so I will invite Griffin King from Kady Cross’ The Girl in the Steel Corset.

One character who might cause a scene

I found the perfect person who might cause a scene and I am pretty sure everyone who read Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments will think of him – Jace Wayland.

One character who is funny/amusing

My funny person will be Nanny Ogg from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. She is an old witch who is incredibly entertaining and she is the only person who can sing the famous Hedgehog song. Her only flaw is that she also loves to drink so Griffin might need to buy a bit more beer than without Nanny Ogg present.

One character who is super social/popular

My super social person is Alexia Tarabotti from Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate series. She is beloved by werewolves and vampires equally and can entertain a huge group of “people” in Woolsey Castle (her home). So by inviting her I would also have a pretty fancy castle to host the party in.

One villain

It was really hard to come up with the perfect villain for this party but after a lot of thinking I finally came up with a good villain. I would invite Umberto from Anne Fortier’s Juliet. He really is a villain but he has a soft spot for the two girls, which he saw growing up, in Juliet.

One couple - doesn't have to be romantic

Stephanie Plum and Joe Morelli – the wonderful on and off couple from Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series is my choice for a (romantic) couple. These two are hilarious and super entertaining and I always wanted to meet Stephie and Joe is super handsome so I wouldn’t mind watching him during the whole dinner.

One hero/heroine

As a girl I had to pick a heroine – Finely Jayne from Kady Cross’ The Girl in the Steel Corset would be my choice because she is just plain awesome. Finely is incredibly clever, entertaining and it is always good to have a girl by your side who is also strong as hell Hulk.

One underappreciated character

I am not sure if Claire Cosy from Cleo Coyle’s Coffeehouse Mysteries really is an underappreciated character but she definitely is one who isn’t as well known as I would like her to be. Claire is the owner of a New York coffee house so there would be great coffee after dinner and she is witty and sweet and I would love to meet her.

One character of your own choosing

Okay, I have to admit that I chose this person because I think he is so super handsome and really great. I would also invite Jax Cullen from Jill Shalvis’ novel Simply Irresistible. I’m pretty sure he would entertain the whole dinner crowd, he owns a bar (Cocktails before dinner) and he definitely is amazing to look at (a bit shallow, I know).