How many of you get pointers from book scenes? Bonus - which books went well and which did not?

I want to preempt all of this to say that I'm the MMC in this "situation". I don't read romance, but I actively browse your sub for suggestions for my wife. She's busy enough as it is, and I tend to know the basics of what she likes in a book so anything I can do to make it easier for her to unwind I try to do.

With all of that out of the way, I can 100% tell when she gets an idea from a book. Like when she started painting and she's never painted in her life. And didn't pick up the paintbrush at all "afterwards". Or what fruit would best describe her. There are other, more direct, examples, but you get the point. I find it hilarious, and I'm not complaining at all. Its a win/win in my eye.

So I humbly ask...which books scream "I've got to try that" and which (while good) would you avoid (you all did me dirty on Feathers so Vicious....but I blame myself on that one)?