Monday, May 09, 2022

Top Ten Tuesday: My Top Eleven Bookish Characters

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana at The Artsy Reader Girl.


This week's Top Ten Tuesday topic is favorite Bookish Characters and here are some of mine: 


Even Hell has a library and Claire is the head of the Unwritten Library in this first book in A.J. Hackworth's series, The Library of the Unwritten


Lindsey Norris is the Director of the Briar Creek Public Library in the Library Lover's cozy mystery series by Jenn McKinLay. 


Liesel is more than just a book thief in this moving novel by Markus Zusak set in World War II. 


Carrie Singleton is in charge of programs and events at the local public library in the Haunted Library cozy mystery series, which also features a ghost!



Down on her luck Carmen is tasked with helping turn a failing bookstore around in Jenny Colgan's The Christmas Bookshop.


Librarian Amy Webber has her hands full in Victoria Gilbert's Blue Ridge Library cozy mystery series. 


Jess Brightwell, whose family has a long history of stealing and selling books on the black market, gets a position with the Great Library and must work extra hard to hold onto it in this fantasy series by  Rachel Caine. 


Brooklyn Wainwright is a rare book expert in San Francisco in the Bibliophile cozy mystery series by Kate Carlisle. 


Bookstore salesclerk Nina Hill wants more in life but doubts her life will ever live up to the fiction she enjoys reading in Abbi Waxman's The Bookish Life of Nina Hill.


Trudell Beckett is a librarian who takes matters into her own hands when her library goes book-less by creating a secret library in the basement for patrons who aren't ready to give up their physical books in the Beloved Bookroom cozy mystery series by Dorothy St. James. 


Irene
is my favorite spy and librarian in the Invisible Library series by Genevieve Cogman that combines fantasy and mystery. 


Who are some of your favorite bookish characters? 


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42 comments:

  1. Nice list. I just added Abbi Waxman's The Bookish Life of Nina Hill to my TBR.

    Here is my TTT: https://herseriallife.com/top-10-favorite-bookish-characters/

    Have a great week :)

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    1. Rae - I hope you like The Bookish Life of Nina Hill when you read it.

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  2. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill has been on my TBR for quite a while. I need to make that one a priority.

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  3. Some of them look familiar but I am sure I have not read them. Thank you for bringing them to my attention. Happy reading.

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    1. Vi - I think most of these have made the rounds in the blogging community. They are all good.

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  4. These all look like really great reads, and the cover are cute as well! :D

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  5. Wow, you came up with a lot of answers! Good for you. :) I struggled a bit this week.

    My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-characters/

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  6. Nice list! I keep seeing that Nina Hill book everywhere today. Sounds like it is a good book to read for a bookworm.

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  7. Who knew there are so many books set in bookshops!

    My TTT
    https://seriesbooklover.wordpress.com/2022/05/10/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-characters/

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  8. I haven't read most of these, but enjoyed the Bookish Life!

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  9. The Bookish Life of Nina... has a perfect title for this prompt. Ha! I totally misread the prompt. You did it right, I didn't but I did make a fun-to-explore list. Check it out at Characters in Real Life

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    1. Anne - I really enjoyed your post and the links--great twist to the topic!

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  10. Nice list! I have The Bookish Life of Nina Hill and The Christmas Bookshop on my list too!

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  11. The Book Thief was on my list - it's such a heart-wrenching read but beautiful all the same. Very moving! Great list!

    Zoë x
    My TTT: https://zbestbooks.blogspot.com/2022/05/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-characters.html

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  12. Great list! I still need to read The Bookish Life of Nina Hill and The Library of the Unwritten. :)

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  13. Liesel made my list too. I love Liesel so much. The Book Thief is such a great book.

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  14. I still need to read Book Thief, several people referenced it today.

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    1. Cindy - It's worth reading and I highly recommend it.

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  15. I have read so many of these books or series. Great choices, Wendy.

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  16. Claire, Irene, and Jess are some of my favorites!

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  17. Liesel made my list this week too!
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2022/05/10/top-ten-tuesday-367/

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    1. Jo - I liked your list--I can't wait to meet some of the characters you mentioned. Their books are on my TBR shelf to read.

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  18. Most of your books really caught my eye. You have a good taste! The Book Thief is a masterpiece, and I LOVE all the characters.

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  19. Oh my goodness! I'm a sucker when it comes to books about book/libraries. That I have only read one of these, Markus Zusak's the book thief means I'm about to add to my Wish List by any number of books, probably beginning with the Cosy mysteries. Thanks for another great, thought provoking post

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