Hero Draft

Alright time to pick our new hero. Once we have gone thorugh the list we will reverse and pick our second hero. This time we will start with the lovely:

Here's the rules thanks to CJ:
Step 1. Find your name. That is the order you choose in.
Step 2. When it's your turn, “Call” ONE hero in the comments. (Anybody from all of literature, but you can’t have somebody who is already picked!

Who will you pick? Lisabea gets to start. LB, leave your hero’s name in the comments. Then Jen gets to go. And so on. After this round, everybody will have one hero, and draft round 2 will start.
At the end of 2 drafts, everybody will have a group of 8 heroes to bring.
Yes, trades are permitted.
Don't worry about obsessively monitoring this thing.
If you don't call your hero in 24 hours, we'll skip you.

RULES:
• No picking out of order. Once the woman above you has chosen, it’s your turn. (Not before!)
• Trades are permitted, but be clear about announcing the results in the comments or email so your host doesn’t have to play sleuth.
• If it’s your turn and we don’t hear from you for 24 hours, sorry, you’re skipped. But you can email your host ahead of time with your pick.
• Latecomers: SORRY, we wish everybody could play, but there has now been a moratorium placed on add-ons, due to the record-keeping nightmare this will soon become.


Alright let's begin:
Lisabea - Vishous from Lover Unbound by JR Ward
JenB - Callum from Laird of the Mist by Paula Quinn
Naida - Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean
Tracy - Jack Travis from Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas
Alys
Katie R - Acheron from Sherrilyn Kenyon's books
Lesley - Raphael from Raphael by D. B Reynolds
Katiebabs - Lieutenant Howard “Six- Pack” Paxton Trial by FIre from Jo Davis.
Sarah - Jake Romero from With Caution by JL Langley
Wave - Finn Barret from Lovers and Other Strangers by Josh Lanyon
Thea - Bigby Wolf, from Bill Willingham's Fables
Aymless -Illium aka Blue Bell from Nalini Singh's Angels' Blood!
MaryKate -Vic Savian from Beth Kery's Wicked Burn
Tumperkin - Bowen MacRieve from Kresley Cole's Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night
Kim - Raphael from Nalini Singh's Angel's Blood
Ana - Jake Hawkins from Demon Bound by Meljean Brook
Carolyn Jean - Nicholas Brisbane from Deanna Raybourn's Silent in the Grave
Bridget - Jace McKenna from To Tempt A Wolf by Kate Steele
Ciara - Rhis Vanur from Finders Keepers by Linnea Sinclair
Shannon - Charles Cornick from Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
KristieJ - Gabriel from Broken Wing by Judith James
Sarai - Harry Dresdan from Jim Butcher's series
Sula - David Cooke from Happy Ending by LB Gregg
Alys

Alright once Alys has picked her hero we will reverse the list and Sula will pick her second hero.
Alys
Sula
Sarai - Clay Bennett from Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh
Kristie - Ian Mackenzie from The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley
Shannon - Wraith from Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione
Ciara - Rupert Carsington from Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
Bridget - William Jackson from Breaking the Silence by Katie Allen
Carolyn Jean - Jason Andrews from Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James
Ana - Kvothe from The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Kim - Reaver from Larissa Ione's Demonica Series
Tumperkin - Nardi St Villier from Bliss by Judy Cuevas
MaryKate - Riley Kincaid from Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh
Aymless - Rainier vel'En Daris aka Rain Tairen Soul from the Fading Lands series by CL Wilson
Thea - Sheftu from Mara: Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Wave - Bones from Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series
Sarah - Belimai Sykes from Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
Katiebabs - Alejandro from Demon Forged by Meljean Brook
Lesley - Vayl from the Jaz and Vayl series by Jennifer Rardin
Katie R - Jack Culver from Now You Die by Roxanne St. Claire
Tracy - Callahan O'Shea from Too Good To Be True by Kristan Higgins
Naida - Logan aka Wolverine from X Men
Jen - Wynn Collier from Nailed by Amie Stuart
Lisabea - Robin Hood (Russell Crowe version) from ballads starting back in the 15th century

Alright Ladies here's the list

This is the order that we will discard of our heroes. Once a hero has been discarded we move on to the next. After everyone has given up a hero we will move on picking our new one. We will begin picking our new heroes as soon as everyone has given up their hero!

Okay let's begin:

Thea - you're up first!
KristieJ
Little Alys
MaryKate
Lisabea
Sarai
Aymless
Naida
Katiebabs
Bridget Locke
Tumperkin
Carolyn Jean
JenB
Wave
Lesley
ShannonC not participating
Tracy
Ana - Gave up all of her heroes but one. She is golden!
Christine
Sula
Sarah
Kim - she only has 6 men so doesn't need to dump any
Shannon
Katie Reus
Ciara

Hero Draft

Alright ladies guess what time it is? Well its pick a new hero time, one that will enhance your collection, feed you grapes and of course make you happy to be on Da Island. We’ve had a wonderful year with our 6 heroes a year that has been filled with rated R material that we can not share on this blog without the fear of the blog God coming down and slapping that Age Appropriate thing on us. *ahem* Any who we all have enjoyed it, loved it, and now its time to move past that and on to bigger and better things.

The bigger and better things are *drum roll* A NEW HERO!!!! *listening to the roar of the crowd* There is, however, a catch. Yes I said a catch; in order to gain a new hero you must first part with one of your beloved heroes and put them in the hero pool. *waits for the yelling, screaming, crying and anger to simmer down*

The hero pool is then open to any of the DIK girls. They can pick from that pool or they can choose a new hero to their mix. Now if you remember a lot, and I do mean A LOT of great books have come out since the last time we had this competition *clears throat* I mean draft. This means that there are plenty of new and old heroes for you to choose from. And yes I understand that you don’t want to part with any of your beloved, but really someone has to not be getting alone right?

Look this wasn’t my idea, its not like I want to part with any of my beloved heroes but I’m willing to make the sacrifice. I mean if Ana can part with all of her heroes minus one surely we can all part with just one to add new blood in the mix right? In the name of sisterhood and all that jazz?

Okay, okay enough with the sympathy and on to the rules: it will be held in the manner as the first hero draft only it will take place on this blog instead of sharing the love. All names will be entered into random.org. First time around we part with one hero. After everyone has gave one up hero we will start from the end of the list to the top on picking a new hero.

And as a special addition or surprise we will do another draft for an additional hero. That’s right ladies you didn’t think I would make you suffer for nothing right? So here it is, round 1 you give up a hero. Round 2 pick your new hero and Round 3 is pick your additional hero. You might ask what happens to the heroes not picked in the hero pool? Well they have a choice of going home (free plane ride of course) or they can remain on da island and be cabana boys/girls to serve us drinks when our night time heroes can’t and/or when our main heroes need their rest. So see ladies we don’t necessarily need to get angry about this.

So you get 2 heroes for the price of 1 not a bad deal. And to sweeten the pot we are also going to pick new books to bring to da island. The book picks work the same way only you don’t have to part with your beloved books. No 2 DIK girls can bring the same books and we are going to pick 3 new ones to add to the list. The selection will work the same as the hero draft. Our names will be entered into random.org and we will go through the listing adding a new book 3 times.

Alright the fun begins May 1st. The order of DIK girls to give up their heroes we will follow up with parting from our heroes on Monday May 4th and continue until we finish getting our 2 heroes. By the middle of May we should be ready to pick our new books.

Any questions? Now’s the time to ask b/c I will post the list May 1st and then its too late. Alright ladies let the fun begin!