Pash, Pick or Pass: The Hardest Week Yet

Time to play Pash, Pick or Pass (a.k.a. Date, Do or Ditch) - a weekly game I feature where we pick from a random book trio and say who we'd pash (and dash), who we'd pick for a relationship and who we'd pass on all together. I've brought back the linky this week because there was interest in it last week, so feel free to create your own posts and link up!

The Contenders

You guys, I don't know why I did this to myself. Or to you. I wanted to come up with three really great, romantic guys. I think I did. But it's not going to be easy. This week the contenders are...

Etienne St Clair from Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (played by Tom Sturridge in my head)

Noah Calhoun from The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (played by Ryan Gosling in the movie adaptation)

Adam Wilde from If I Stay and Where She Went by Gayle Forman (played by Darren Criss in my head)

Seriously. How do you choose out of those three?! I'm going to try...

My Choices

Pash: Etienne. All that sexual tension in Anna totally made me swoon. I'd pash the French kissin' shizz out of him.

Pick: Noah. Who could resist his lifelong devotion, grand gestures and ability to love? Not me.

Pass: This really pains me to say, but Adam. I had to whisper it so it didn't reach his ears. Nobody tell him, 'kay? Coz I still love him. His whole messed up period just makes him slightly less desirable than the other two. I mean slightly as in the slightest tiniest smidge of a bit. But still, I had to pass on someone. Uh, that hurt.

Who would you pash, pick and pass out of these three lovely romantics? No cheating (you have to pass someone. Really).

Next week: We take a trip through Wuthering Heights and choose between Heathcliff, Edgar and Hareton.

My Book Boyfriend: Noah Calhoun

My Book Boyfriend, hosted by Missie at The Unread Reader, is an awesome meme highlighting the many fictional boys who make us swoon. This week I'm reliving my love of Noah Calhoun from The Notebook.

Why he's an awesome book boyfriend...

• He does everything he can for the woman he loves, and remains devoted to her and her alone his whole life. Even with 14 years apart, Allie apparently ignoring him, Allie's engangement to another man, Alzheimer's... he keeps loving her through it all.
• He's supportive, encouraging Allie to pursue her passions.
• He restores a house just for her. A freaking house. A beautiful freaking house where she can paint.
• He writes her letters for a whole year despite receiving nothing in return. 
• When Allie doesn't remember him due to Alzheimer's, he sticks by her, going by a fake name and reading the story of their love to her Every. Single. Day.
• He's played by the adorable Ryan Gosling in the movie adaptation - and is even more swoon-worthy in it. Seeing as this is my BOOK boyfriend, I'll stick to the book version of Noah (but the ferris wheel! The beach! "If you're a bird, I'm a bird..." Sigh. Such a great movie).

Swoon-worthy Quotes


"She was my dream. She made me who I am, and holding her in my arms was more natural to me than my own heartbeat. I think about her all the time. Even now, when I'm sitting here, I think about her. There could never be another."



"I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough."



"We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has only happened once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never forget a single moment of it."

"You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have. I love you, Allie, more than you can ever imagine. I always have, and I always will."

Related
Ryan Gosling + Rachel McAdams = Double the swoon. I'm still waiting for the day they'll get back together. In the meantime, I'll obsessively rewatch The Notebook plus the clip of their acceptance for Best Kiss at the MTV Awards (they could certainly teach RPattz and KStew a thing or two).