Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Every Tuesday they post a new Top Ten list prompt. This week’s list is Top Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds. Some of these may not quite be book nerds, but they all share a love of books and reading. If you think of someone I missed, let me know! And feel free to leave a link back to your own post if you are playing along this week.
10. Simon Watson – The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
“Perhaps the book opened a door; books have a way of causing ripples.”
9. Clay Jannon – Mr. Penubra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
“Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines — it’s hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits.”
8. Matilda – Matilda by Roald Dahl
“Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend, someone like the kind, courageous people in her books.”
7. Liesel Meminger – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
6. A.J. Fikry – The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
“You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?”
5. Anne – Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
“It’s all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it’s not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?”
4. Jo March – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
“She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable.”
3. Ted Brautigan – Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
“Come to a book as you would come to an unexplored land. Come without a map. Explore it, and draw your own map…. A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it. ”
2. Elizabeth Bennet – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
1. Hermione Granger – The entire Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
“But why’s she got to go to the library?”
“Because that’s what Hermione does,” said Ron, shrugging. “When in doubt, go to the library.”
Sad, I’ve only read Harry Potter. Luckily, I’ve got quite a few of the other on my TBR pile. And The Book of Speculation seems like something interesting to check out.
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Great Hermoine quote, by the way! 🙂
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I haven’tread that one (or a few of these, actually) yet, but it is on my TBR pile, and I loved the quotes.
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Matilda, Hermione and Liesel were all on my list too-they seem to be popular choices this week! I love the quotes!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/top-ten-tuesday-15/
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Yes – I’ve seen Hermione on almost every one I’ve checked out! 🙂
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Me too! Just goes to show how well loved the Harry Potter books are.
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Loved the quotes.
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I love the quotes. 🙂 I have to admit I haven’t even heard of several of these books and have only read two and a half of them. The half was Hearts in Atlantis. I tried to read Little Women a couple of times but it didn’t grab me at all – love it in movie form, though. There was a bookish lad (one of the cousins) in her book Eight Cousins, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I loved Anne of Green Gables as well.
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I haven’t read Eight Cousins- I’ll have to check that one out.
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It’s a great deal more fun than Little Women. I’d say closer in feel to the early Anne of Green Gables books because the main characters are children.
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I love that you incorporated the book quotes with each character. Great post. I am hoping to get to Mr. Penumbra and AJ Fikry this year. They are both on my bookshelf!
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I have to admit they are both still on my TBR list too, but I loved the quotes!
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Smart thinking. i should have done that – would have opened the list up so much more! I just tried to think of ones I’d read. It was tough to get to 10.
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I couldn’t quite come up with 10 that I’d read, but I did stick with “want to read” books for the rest… 🙂
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I like the quotes you add to each. That’s a nice touch.
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Thank you. 🙂
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I knew I was forgetting someone! How could I forget Hermione! I have a copy of The Book of Speculation on my TBR. I still haven’t read Little Women (I remember seeing the film adaptation) but I love that quote.
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I haven’t read Little Women either! Should I admit that? ; ) I just love the quote…
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Matilda is on a lot of lists this week!
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Yes – I’m seeing Matilda and Hermione Granger all over! 🙂
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