Happy Wednesday!
As you probably already know, I’ll be doing two things today and it’s going to be fun. We’ll start off with Austen and ranking her heroines (you can disagree!), and then I’ll be answering the questions from the Bookish Blog Tag.
Let’s dive right into it.
8. Charlotte Heywood
Charlotte from Sanditon has such a promising start. She’s a little judgmental and critical of others, but I found that amusing, especially since there seem to be hints for a character arc tackling exactly that. I’m leaving her at the bottom of the ranking only because she’s part of an unfinished work.
7. Emma Woodhouse
I know she’s written to be intentionally annoying, but I couldn’t relate to Emma as much as Austen’s other heroines. While she does go through a nice character arc, I still found her unlikeable (although this could also be because I was in a rougher place emotionally when I first read Emma).
6. Marianne Dashwood
I like Marianne — she’s sort of wild and crazy, but in a good way. I’m not quite sure how I feel about her character arc, though (perhaps I need to reread Sense and Sensibility), since it seems like she settles for second best.
5. Catherine Morland
I love Catherine’s ridiculous naivety, and plus, she’s a reader! She’s very sweet in an almost childish way and I enjoyed watching her grow and develop throughout Northanger Abbey.
4. Fanny Price
I think Fanny is one of Austen’s more unpopular characters, but I really felt for her. She’s soft and quiet, but still has a lot of resilience. She’s just so sweet and kind and frankly quite lovely.
3. Elinor Dashwood
I really loved Elinor. She’s also one of Austen’s more quiet protagonists, and that’s probably why I related so much to her character. I wish that I could have given her a higher place in the rankings, but at least she made it to third place.
2. Elizabeth Bennet
Elizabeth Bennet is beloved by many and that includes me. She’s fun and spirited and I absolutely love her growth in Pride and Prejudice.
1. Anne Elliot
In first place is Anne Elliot, who is the Austen heroine that I probably most relate to. She’s got such a quiet strength and is always looking out for those around her — even if they’re relatively unpleasant people — and that’s why she’s the highest on my list.
Bookish Blog Tag
I’ve found a way to incorporate tags into my shorter blog posts! This is a rapid fire 10-question tag, and since we’re already discussing Austen, let’s expand on that and talk about books in general 😉
RULES:
1. Make sure you thank the blogger who nominated you (Thanks Abbi!) and include a link to their blog.
2. Answer all of the following questions.
3. Include the blog tag graphic and these rules on your post.
4. Nominate 3 or more bloggers at the bottom of your post, including their name and their blog’s link.
1. What are 1-3 of your favorite books of all time?
I probably wouldn’t say that these are my favorite books of all time (they tend to change as I read more), but at current, they are: A Thousand Perfect Notes by C. G. Drews, 100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons, and either Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows, Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora, or Brandon Sanderson’s Skyward. (and yes, I absolutely did sneak in five books.)
2. What are 1-3 of your favorite authors of all time?
This one’s hard because I don’t necessarily have a favorite author. I really love Kiki’s work (but you probably already knew that), and although C. G. Drews only has two books out, they’re both wonderful.
3. Who is your favorite female character from a book?
Darn it, I can’t pick from my own characters.
Maybe Cinder from The Lunar Chronicles? Or we could just go with Anne Elliot 🙂
4. Who is your favorite male character from a book?
This one’s harder.
Since I can’t pick my own characters, I’m going to go for Weston from 100 Days of Sunlight.
5. What’s your favorite fictional world?
Hard to say. Maybe the futuristic world of Scythe by Neal Shusterman, because it’s pretty well developed and a good starter to thinking about worldbuilding.
6. What book has your favorite book cover?
I’m going to cheat and provide two:
7. What’s your favorite book-to-movie adaptation?
I think The Book Thief was a decent adaptation that stayed true to many parts of the story.
8. If you could make any book into a movie, which would it be?
I think a lot of the books that I like are getting some form of film adaptation already: Scythe, Dune (a new one at least), the Chaos Walking trilogy. Akemi Dawn Bowman’s Starfish could make for a good movie, or maybe I’ll just stick with The Lunar Chronicles. Oh hey, we could do another Artemis Fowl!
9. What was your favorite childhood book?
I had a dinosaur phase when I was young (I still think they’re cool) and I remember adoring books like Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs and Danny and the Dinosaur. Also Miss Nelson is Missing, and Frog and Toad, and Peter Rabbit… I’ll just stop now.
10. Fantasy or Sci-fi (or neither)?
How about both?
MY NOMINATIONS (no pressure to do the tag!):
QUESTIONS:
- What are 1-3 of your favorite books of all time?
- What are 1-3 of your favorite authors of all time?
- Who is your favorite female character from a book?
- Who is your favorite male character from a book?
- What’s your favorite fictional world?
- What book has your favorite book cover?
- What’s your favorite book-to-movie adaptation?
- If you could make any book into a movie, which would it be?
- What was your favorite childhood book?
- Fantasy or Sci-fi (or neither)?
That’s all for now!
Thank you for sticking along with me! Tell me, who is your favorite Austen heroine? Do you have any books you’d like to be made into movies? Have you read my favorite childhood books?
Let me know in the comments below!
Make your mark,
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