Top Ten Tuesday is a feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is: Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds (love reading, are writers, work at a bookstore, etc.)
This is a hard prompt, not because these characters don’t exist, but because it is kind of a smaller detail in the grand scheme of a story most times, and one I am kind of likely to forget. Oops? So it makes sense that some of these are from my most recent reads! The pictures link to Goodreads, if you are so inclined 🙂
Sidenote: Pretty sure I fail, because I could only come up with nine. I tried, I really did!
One of Emerson’s biggest end-of-the-world bummers? There’s an author signing scheduled, but the bookstore won’t be open on account of the apocalypse. And she specifically mentioned The Hunger Games, which means she is awesome automatically.
“No, I like books. In fact, I love books.”
“Okay, how about a super suspenseful one? You know, the kind where you can’t turn the pages fast enough because you have to find out what happens.” She pauses a moment. “Like The Hunger Games, I read that book in a single day. “
Maddy was a huge reader (as you are when you’re stuck in your house forever). Some other cute bookish things happen, but you have to read the book to find out 😉
Homegirl is kind of obsessed with that book, wouldn’t you say?
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
I enjoy my suffragettes-in-the-making with a side of Dracula, okay?
“She had spent years locked in a tower, unable to see anything of the world but the scarp of forest beyond her window, but stories had provided her escape. New books, old books, dramas and histories and fantastical adventures, stories of ordinary lives, stories of dragons and demons, murders and mysteries and myths from long ago. A hundred possible worlds, more true to her than her own, more compelling than a life of staring at the same walls and same trees, waiting for the day when the lock would click and she would finally be allowed to be free. A story could not hurt her.”
Skyler loves to read, and then she must sacrifice to read even more incredible things.
I dare say her TBR probably looks like mine! She loves a good book, even in the midst of assassin-ing.
“Libraries were full of ideas–perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
All Rachel wanted was to curl up with a good book. All Rachel’s father wanted her to do is mindlessly obey and procreate. The struggle is real.
“Often, when I am able to check out a book, I read it a dozen times before returning it, desperate to remain lost in the magic of someone else’s story.”
How could I forget Hazel!? She is indeed obsessed with *that* one book. 😀
Hahhaha yep! I wonder if she even likes other books? Maybe she isn’t the best choice after all 😉
Darn, Hazel, Olivia and Ivy would have completed my list! I tried so hard but could only think of 7 and I knew I was leaving out some easy ones from books I loved. I still need to read a few of these books, though. Great list!
Michelle @ Michelle’s Minions
I have been looking at TTTs and getting so mad like “I KNEW I was forgetting so-and-so”. UGH I hated having only 9! Thanks 🙂
I am so glad to get your list. I had to stretch my brain to come up with my list this week. Apparently I don’t read books about book lovers. Ha!
http://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2015/07/ttt-literary-characters-who-love-books.html
Hahah I thought the exact same thing- that I need to read more books ABOUT books apparently 😉 Thanks so much for stopping by!
Ooh, I should have added Olivia to mine!
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I LOVED Olivia- one of my favorites!
Brilliant list, Shannon! I would have added Maddy from Everything Everything if I had read it back when I sorted this list. She’s wonderfully bookish and not ashamed!
Aw thanks! And right? I LOVE her. I love that whole damn book, honestly. I had JUST finished it when I was typing this list up, so perfect timing 😉
Lovely list, Shannon! Maddy made my list, too. 🙂 I found my list a little difficult to put together at first, too – as much as I love to read I don’t always enjoy reading about other readers!
Yeah, I think maybe it isn’t as prominent because would we ever really want to read about someone else reading? Not likely 😉 BUT I love when characters are readers! Thanks so much!
I’m reading ‘Everything, Everything’, and Madeline is most DEFINITELY a reader. I won’t be surprised if she whips out her Goodreads app. 😉
BWHAHA I love that! So true- she really should have added us all as friends or something 😉 I hope you’re enjoying it as much as I did!
I was definitely surprised by its awesome, cutesy storyline!
She would have added everyone on. And she would have flown around the world and visited each of us. And her Twitter would be full of Fast Fives and adorkable pictures of her smooching her boyfriend.
YES! She is absolutely adorkable, I love that! I want to be besties with her- she definitely has openings!
Of course!
She’d be a great bestie!
Great list! I’ve only read TFioS & Throne of Glass, so now I’m looking forward to meeting more fellow book nerds! 😉
My List!
Aw thanks! I hope you enjoy them if you do!!
You totally beat me I only came up with 6!! My head hurt trying to think of more so I gave up. I did have Hazel though. And Everything, Everything is one I will be reading soon!
I almost gave up at 5! It was bad. But then I sat around brainstorming for a LONG time and was able to scrounge up a few more haha. I hope you LOVE Everything, Everything!
I like the All WE Have Is Now pick, and the Celaena too. Great list!
Thanks so much 😀
This makes me want to try The Book of Ivy EVEN MORE. Gahhhhh. I needs it. Oh oh but we used the same quote for Throne of Glass so OBVIOUSLY = best quote ever. XDXD I love Celaena’s love of books…and I adore how much fangirling went down in TFIOS. :’)
The Book of Ivy is FABULOUS! It’s a dystopian, but FAR from typical. And YAY that is because we are both geniuses, and had to use the same epic quote 😉
The Fangirling in TFIOS may have bordered on obsession, but eh, who am I to judge?
I really don’t understand how I forgot Hazel! I have seen Throne of Glass on a lot of lists. I suppose it is time for me to read it 🙂
Oooh yes you should read it! I didn’t love the beginning (Celaena is quite vain at first) but it got really good!!
Yes! I love your list. Maddy, Aurora, Celaena, and Ivy would make my list too (if only I had not misunderstood the directions, doh!). I can’t think of any more. I might of tried Every Day, but now I am not sure, isn’t he A a reader? Pretty Baby as well but I don’t know if you read that one.
I haven’t read Every Day yet, sadly. Or Pretty Baby. Such a fail, I know! I cannot wait to read your post and see what you did 😉
Haven’t read any of these. Love how you made images with their name and book cover. Have a great week, Shannon!
Aww thank you so much!! 😀
I have Ivy in my list too! I loved that book so much, I can’t wait for the next one in November! I really want to read Everything, Everything, I’ve been hearing great things about it 😀
IVY. I love Ivy. I want to read it NOW though, not in November 😉 And Everything, Everything was FABULOUS! I definitely recommend!
Okay, the fact that a character from All We Have Is Now mentions The Hunger Games makes me want to read it even more. That is still my favorite dystopian series. I could only come up with nine too. So I cheated and added a TV character for my tenth one. Ha
Mine tooooooo! As you know 😉 I knew I was going to LOVE All We Have is Now as soon as I saw that! And hey- nothing wrong with a little cheating 😀
WOW I’m impressed, Shannon. The fact that you included QUOTES totally makes up for the fact that you only have nine. I was a failure and didn’t post anything. The only two I could really think of was Katy from the Lux Series and Celaena from Throne of Glass. Now that I am seeing everyone’s posts, I realize there are so many that I completely forgot about. XD
Aww thanks! I know what you mean though- I saw SO many that I completely forgot about! It’s such a small detail that I think it is super easy to forget, sadly.
Great list! I love Celeana 🙂
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Thanks! Me too 😀
I enlisted the help of Goodreads for today’s list too. Great post as always. Happy reading! https://ireadboooks.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/ten-characters-who-are-fellow-book-nerds/
Thanks so much 😀 Yeah, Goodreads was a VERY helpful tool!
Upon re-reading Outlander, I realized how much of a bookworm Claire is. She spends much of her time in Castle Leoch in Colum’s library.
Ink & Bone by Rachel Caine (a newer release) features Jess. He is obsessed with books and is often sneaking off to read.
Issac in Jim C. Hines’s Magic Ex Libris series is a librarian and has a unique relationship with books the plays a key role in the series that makes me wish magic was real.
I NEED to read Ink and Bone! It looks so, so good, and also, I own it 😉
My review will post on Monday. You’ll have to check it out. 🙂
Oh yay! I definitely will!
Holy cow! You ROCK!! We chickened out and skipped this week because I’m the absolute WORST at remembering certain characters and specifics in books I’ve read. I’m so impressed!! 🙂
Aw THANK YOU! 🙂 I almost chickened out to be honest! Especially when I only had 4! But after a good old middle of the night brainstorming session…. I found 9, so not bad 😉
Great picks! It’s so funny because sometimes I don’t do the TTT if I can’t find books that meet the prompt — today’s was a breeze for me, I had to narrow it down to ten!
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Oh WOW! That is impressive! I had to wrack my brain, and you narrowed? I think I need to read more of your books 😉
Hazel rocks!!!! I totally forgot about Celaena…massive oops!!!!! D: Needed it to be a top twenty this week really haha. Some of these I haven’t heard of so I’m going to check them out 🙂 thank you for sharing!
Here’s my TTT if you would like to check it out 🙂 Have a great day!
Emma @ Emma’s Bookery
Wow, I couldn’t even find 10, and you needed 20? I am impressed! I am off to check out your list now, I bet it is impressive 🙂
I totally forgot about Hazel. I was trying so hard to think of characters for my own post that I know I missed a ton. I haven’t read most of these books, so I’ll have to check them out! I did have Celaena as one of mine, but the rest of my characters were different. Hermione Granger and Liesel Meminger to name a couple 🙂
I did the same thing- forgot so many, and then was smacking myself when I read other lists! I knew that would happen 😉 I need to read The Book Thief, Liesel was on EVERYONE’S list this week it seems!
I’m impressed with how many you came up with! I skipped on today’s prompt because #1-time constraints and #2-I knew there was no way I could come up with a decent list. Only Cath from Fangirl came to mind. LOL (Yeah, the contemporary girl could only think of a contemporary. Imagine that.) Celaena is a perfect one!
Aw thanks! I almost skipped it too, honestly! I want to skip next week’s kind of, but I am DEFINITELY skipping the week after so… I kind of wanted to do it for that reason. And I haven’t even read Fangirl, though I almost wanted to add her just because I KNEW she was one 😉
Love seeing Aurora on your list! I adore that girl and I can’t believe that I actually forgot her. (After all, I knew I’d forget someone. Actually, several someones, but I hate that I forgot HER.)
Aw thanks! I know, that book was really fun! I know it’s a love or hate for most people, but I really enjoyed it! And you can always add her in, I won’t tell 😉
SHANNON.
MATILDA.
Unless you haven’t read the book (gasp) or watched the movie
I HAVE read Matilda. And I watched a few minutes of the movie once?
I thought this could be seen by some readers as a small detail, and I definitely overlooked a major character that should’ve been on my list but I just didn’t think about it because it was an older read.
Yes, that was my problem too- if I’d read the book awhile ago, I kind of forgot- or wasn’t 100% sure it counted, at least!
HERMIONE!!!! HERMIONE IS THE GREATEST BOOKWORM EVEEER 😛 How could you have forgotten her?! Unless you haven’t read the Harry Potter books, in which I will say GAAAASSSSP WHYYY!! Also, that girl from Fangirl – heck she writes fanfics about her fictional ships 😛
Uuummmmmmm. I read the first one? And (okay Faye please don’t kill me) uhhh didn’t really like it. SORRRY. Please still speak to me!
I haven’t read Fangirl yet either (ducks and runs for cover). Seriously, this topic could be my blogging downfall 😉
Ohhh I totally forgot about Ivy being a book nerd! Love that book.
Yay for Hazel and Madeline.
This was a tough topic – I had to scour my GR shelves like crazy 😛
I know- I spent a LOOONG time on Goodreads ANd looking through books. SO hard. I cannot wait for The Revolution of Ivy!!
Great post, you have also just reminded me that the follow up to the Book of Ivy must be out soon!
Aw thanks! And yep- NOvember! I cannot wait for the conclusion!!
Knowing that Emerson is a fellow book person makes me more excited for All We Have is Now.
Aw yay! I hope you love it!
It’s so hard to find fellow booknerds in books but you’ve listed some popular ones like Celaena, which is great! I haven’t read a lot of these books on the list so I got some great insight from you about it 🙂
Aw yay! I agree- it is SO hard to find- and remember, more importantly 😉