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This week's question is: You are a matchmaker — your goal, hook up two characters from two of your favorite books. Who would it be? How do you think it would go?

MY ANSWER: Oooh a challenge!

And boy do I have a wild match in mind! Please read my reasoning before making huh? faces at the covers! ;)

All right, ignoring Charley's other love interest(s?) in her series, I still have to get caught up on that one! I think she and Janco from the Study Trilogy would make a great match!

They're both funny! Ignoring the time difference as well. I think they would make an interesting couple. At least one date, of course you know who might not like Charley out with another guy!

But these two seem alike in a way! They both seriously make me lol when reading!

So if the time difference wasn't a problem and Charley's book love interest wasn't a problem, I think these two would make a decent couple! They might last, but then if since they are pretty similar I am not totally sure if they could last for all time!

I just thought this would be a wild match since they are so alike but come from two different books!

TGIF is a weekly feature created and hosted by GReads! that re-caps the week’s posts and has different question each week.

This week's question is: Issue Books: Which books have you found to be very rewarding when it comes to tackling tougher issues? 

MY ANSWER: All right, I think Jess Haines series, in its own way, tackles prejudices well. Most humans in this series hate the Others--werewolves, vampires, you name it! Shiarra, the main character was one of them too, then in book 1 she had to work for a vampire. She then had to deal with her prejudices and throughout the books you see her getting to know more Others and she sees them as being decent Other beings! Since I can't say human. ;)

At first I was a little mad at Shiarra that she grouped ALL Others into one category, but she learns that just like with humans, that simply cannot be done.

Going with my retro days reading, I read quite a bit of contemporary since finding paranormal YA was like finding a needle in a haystack, this was 11 years ago people. I read a lot of Sarah Dessen's books! She had some serious issues in her writing. Divorce, teen pregnancy, drug abuse, and even physical abuse.

And through it all, I think she wrote some really good books. We watched the characters sink into their downfall, then struggle, and then overcome it. It wasn't bad writing, saying that this is what teens do. It showed what teens might do (or anyone really), and how they are strong enough to pull themselves out of the dark. Or something philosophical like that!