Blogger and one of our favorite commenters, Shannon C from Ravings of the Semi-Lucid, gives us 12 lists she thought about thinking about and why she didn’t…
12 Top Twelve Lists I Considered Writing but Didn’t
 1. The Top Twelve Best Heroines – I kept wanting to sneak in heroines from pesky other genres of fiction, and my top pick is a character from a fantasy series I wouldn’t recommend to most random strangers who are romance fans because, well, the books are dark. Really dark. And there’s a question about whether or not my girl even survived the book.
 2. Top Twelve Authors I’ve Never Read – I figure I haven’t been reading romance long, and I’ll either get to them eventually or I’m not likely to read them. But my TBR anxiety is bad enough as it is. Acknowledging that I have more authors to read would just depress me further.
 3. Top Twelve Things I Did to Procrastinate Instead of Study – Nobody cares and this isn’t my blog.
 4. Top Twelve Blogs I Visit Regularly – No doubt I would offend someone. We can’t have that.
 5. Top Twelve Phrases I Never Want to See in an Erotic Romance – I’m pretty sure someone has already either done that, or will in the future, and I don’t delude myself into thinking my list would be funny. Although, that being said, my first pick would be, “Fido can do an amazing trick with his tongue.”
 6. Top Twelve Favorite Books Ever – Well, given that a lot of times whatever book I’m currently reading ends up becoming my favorite book ever, I would probably leave something out.
 7. Top Twelve Blog Dramas of 2007 – I’d have to find links, and then my head might explode. And then, invariably, I’d have to clean up the mess, and like nature, I abhor a vaccuum.
 8. Top Twelve Books Sybil Liked that I Hated – Does the rest of the blogosphere really need to know that I lack good taste? No, no I don’t believe they do.
 9. Top Twelve Names I Never Want to See in a Romance Novel – The list came out to about four, after I disqualified all of J. R. Ward’s characters because they’re just generally special. Incidentally, my number one pick is Sebastian. There is a glut of Sebastians on the market.
 10. Top Twelve Plots I Would Like to See in a Romance – Again, I abandoned this after the entry where I wrote, “The paranormal protection agency consists of four people who drive around in a psychedellic van with their sentient dog and solve mysteries.” I figure that Scooby Doo and romance are two tastes that really do not taste great together, although if someone does write that plot, I sincerely hope they put me in the acknowledgements and send me an ARC.
 11. Top Twelve Characters I Would Make Out With – Well, at least Shaggy isn’t on that list.
 12. Top Twelve Gaffs I’ve Made When Discussing Romance Online – I can’t think of any that I could make amusing, and the only one that really comes to mind was when I mentioned how it would crack me up if Mavis ended up with Sommerset. I mentioned this to a friend over IM, and got a virtual pat on the head and was told, very gently, that when I’d finished reading the other 397 books in the In Death series, I could formulate crazy fanwanky theories but until then, I should maybe hold off.
What about the rest of you out there – any lists you think about but are afraid to start? Personally, I don’t start for fear I can’t stop!
