Ten Book Nerd Characters

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This week's Top Ten list is Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds. Book nerds, as in characters that love reading or books, are writers, work at a bookstore, or something along that line. I'm linking up my list at The Broke and The Bookish, where you can find lots of other lists as well.

Elizabeth Bennet of Pride and Prejudice came to mind immediately, because one of the early conversations between her and Fitzwilliam Darcy is about books and reading.

Budding author Jo March in Little Women is another character I thought of right away.

Thursday Next is the lead character in Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair and following series. Thursday is a Special Operative in Literary Detection, and is able to interact with characters from fiction.

Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery has a huge imagination and a great love of words and stories.

Isaac Vainio of Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines is a very special librarian. He has the ability to reach into books and draw forth objects from the stories.

Millie Longfellow didn't have the best education but she loves learning new words and carries a dictionary in her pocket most of the time. She is the lead character in Jen Turano's book In Good Company.

Theodora Lestrange is working on writing a novel in The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn.

Clara Carter of She Walks in Beauty by Siri Mitchell loves poetry and science.

Emma Smallwood is a book-loving teacher in The Tutor's Daughter by Julie Klassen.

Azar Nafisi is a book lover that is not a fictional character, but an author, and her memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran tells of her book club for women in Iran.

Who are some of the "book nerd" characters you have read about?

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Teaser Tuesdays/ First Chapter First Paragraph - July 28, 2015

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Jenn at A Daily Rhythm. To play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• Be careful not to include spoilers!
• Share the title and author, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

The dialogue in Anne of Green Gables is so entertaining, from Anne with her big words and 'scope for imagination' to Matthew's few words and Marilla's skeptical pronouncements, the characters all have a way with words. This is near the beginning of the book, when Matthew and Marilla are deciding whether or not they will keep Anne - who is clearly a girl, when they had asked for a boy.

"I wouldn't give a dog I liked to that Blewett woman," said Matthew with unusual vim.

"I don't fancy her style myself," admitted Marilla, "but it's that or keeping her ourselves, Matthew."

~Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables Collection (for Kindle)), Loc 700 on my Kindle.

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First Chapter/First Paragraph/Tuesday Intros is a weekly link-up hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea. To participate, share the first paragraph (or two) of a book you're reading, or thinking about reading soon.

CHAPTER ONE
London, March 3, 1818

     Only one thing frustrated Charlotte Downing more than waiting on a man: being told "no" by one. With the shoe clerk from Ella's Establishment refusing her purchase without the owner's permission, she'd suffered both. Tapping her foot, she stifled the urge to shift upon her chair. The shopkeeper could return any moment, and she shouldn't appear too anxious. That would expose weakness, maybe doubling the price. If her late father taught her anything, it was never cede anything early in a negotiation.

     Her gaze lifted to the pair of fairy slippers displayed on an upper shelf of the Ella Store. Protected by a clear glass case, the footwear remained isolated, distant. A little like herself, especially during her lengthy time of mourning.

Swept Away: A Fairwilde Reflection Regency Fairy Tale by Vanessa Riley

Here's the blurb:

     Charlotte Downing, the Duchess of Charming, wants what she wants. Today, it's a fine pair of lacy slippers crafted by the renowned Ella's Establishment. To be picture perfect for her presentation to the queen, Charlotte will survive crashed ceilings and falling bricks. Yet, has she met her match in the conservative merchant, whose autumn-colored eyes make her pulse race, especially when he says no?
     Caught between the glittering world of the ton and the respectable profession of selling shoes, Edwin Cinder can't understand the lady's persistence or the fire lighting her blue eyes when she's challenged. With his lack of pedigree, there's no chance for this common God-fearing man to win her hand, but he'll risk all to save the duchess from the ravages of a London gale.
     Swept Away is a Regency retelling of Cinderella with a twist.

What do you think? Would you continue reading?

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What I'm Reading - July 27, 2015

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This weekly meme has been hosted at Book Journey, but until the blog author is back to hosting, I will be linking at the book blog Christian Novels.

I recently finished reading...

A Study in Death (A Lady Darby Mystery) by Anna Lee Huber - Read my full review HERE.


I'm currently reading...

The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer


The Conversation by Leigh A. Bortins - I'm reading this for a review on my homeschool blog later this summer.


Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables Collection (for Kindle)) - one of those books I never get tired of!

Swept Away: A Fairwilde Reflection Regency Fairy Tale by Vanessa Riley - decided to start on this one just last night.


The Fatal Tree (Bright Empires) by Stephen R Lawhead - I am getting back into this one now that I've finished Lady Darby.

   

  Next on the stack...

Murther and Walking Spirits by Robertson Davies
Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain - I'll be reading this along with my daughter for a Lit study
Lady Maybe by Julie Klassen - I just saw that this has been shipped to my library, so I'll be starting on it soon!
   



What are you reading?

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