The ones with men and women in compromising positions on the covers (or the spine). With cheesy fonts, and cheesy titles. Because sometimes, there is nothing more entertaining and cathartic than romantic drivel (and I say this with all affection) coming from devastatingly attractive men of your imagination. Oh yeh. Even the bad ones have that so-bad-it's-good quality. Which is part of the charm in skank. In no particular order...

• Velvet Song by Jude Deveraux
• Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught
• Remember When by Judith McNaught
• The Gift by Julie Garwood
• Gentle Warrior by Julie Garwood
• Brighter than the Sun by Julia Quinn
• Romancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
• It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn
• Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
• Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas

Names in bold are the actors who have more than one entry on my list, but I simply singled out a performance I particularly enjoyed. Not in a particular order.

• Nikki Valdez - Stefi - Now That I Have You (2004)
• Dennis Trillo - Ignacio/Inya - Aishite Imasu 1941 (2004)
• Angelu De Leon - Maura - Aishite Imasu 1941 (2004)
• Jericho Rosales - Boyet - Tanging Yaman (2000)
• Wendell Ramos - Louie - Happy Hearts (2007)
• Eugene Domingo - Nanny Ninonu - Ang Cute ng Ina Mo! (2007)
• Aaron Villaflor - Louie - Can This Be Love? (2005)
• Cherry Pie Picache - Katie - Bridal Shower (2004)
• Ping Medina - Kuya Bogs - Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (2005)
• Baron Geisler - Cher - Jologs (2002)
• Jennylyn Mercado - Cora - Blue Moon (2006)

Pagmamahalang Inudlot ng Tadhana. On TV. Characters that simply flirt, or are close friends that go nowhere, or nothing is never pulled off because it's one-sided, or it becomes a missed chance, or they never say anything, or they have a moment, but it's never followed through. At times, the relationship is begun but is also unceremoniously cut short, or destroyed by the TPTB when the characters are taken in a strange direction.

• CJ and Becky (The Bold and the Beautiful)
• Lauren and Harry (Boston Public)
• Lenni and Rob (Ghostwriter)
• Will and Bella (Young Americans)
• Grissom and Lady Heather (CSI)
• Nick and Sara (CSI)
• Miranda and Tudgeman (Lizzie Maguire)
• Ted and Victoria (How I Met Your Mother)
• Cole and Phoebe (Charmed) (Because they r...

Some of them are partly read (marked P), but some are just unread (U). And these are books that I still want to get around to reading someday, or I would have put them up on BookMooch. This isn't all of them though. Just the ones I sincerely want to read and intend to do so someday. The ones that are, or have become too "popular" for me to have the drive to read. Old school classics discounted.

• Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (P)
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (P)
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (U)
• Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pressl (P)
• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke (P)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (U)

The ones that seduced me by mainly being ...

• Adept at entertaining myself
• Retains a good lot of offbeat information
• Very patient at rummaging (through information, sale racks, your own and other people's junk, etc.)
• Open-minded (for the most part)
• Quite good at modulating my voice (except for laughter, and when taken by surprise or excited)
• Occasionally and unintentionally uses uncommon (but appropriate) words
  • Yay Logophiles!
• Happy in my own company
• Generally good with people
• Handy in the kitchen
• Has a good eye (in general)
• Not attached to my mobile phone
• Will ask (for directions, for help, etc.)

SPOILER warning .

• Empire Records
  • The staff opens up shop, doing various miscellaneous activities like straightening out magazines, records and making coffee in preparation for 'Rex Manning Day' while jamming out to Queen Sarah Saturday's "Seems."
  • Joe bangs on his drums to relieve his frustration while everyone else rocks out, all courtesy of AC/DC's "If You Want Blood, You Got It."...
• Man Jeuk/Sparrow
  • The pickpocketing sequence under umbrellas is made so suave and creates such an impact with Fred Avril and Xavier Jamaux' "Ballet of the Umbrellas" scoring.
  • The breezy, nonchalant bike ride Kei takes through the waking Hong Kong streets is accented by Fred Avril and Xavier Jamaux...