Ten Characters Who Are Kindred Spirits(In That They Are Book Drunkards Too)

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish.

This week's Top Ten Tuesday was ten characters who are fellow book nerds! I had fun coming up with these.

 

Had to include these lovelies!

 

Ellie Sweet (The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet)

Ellie was the very first character to pop into my head. I'm pretty sure she loves reading, but even more she enjoys to write.

 

Hermione Granger (Harry Potter Series)

“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.” 

Samantha Moore (Dear Mr. Knightley)

Oh, gosh. Sam's bookish knowledge rivals even mine. She's always quoting one author or another.

Matilda (Matilda)

“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”

 

Catherine Morland (Northanger Abbey)

Quite a few characters from Austen's novels came to mind, but Catherine is who stuck with me. Though she was perhaps not as well read as Fanny Price or Elizabeth Bennett, Catherine's fascination with gothic romance played a bigger part in her story.

Meggie (Inkheart)

“There was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar voices, friends that never quarreled with her, clever, powerful friends -- daring and knowledgeable, tried and tested adventurers who had traveled far and wide. Her books cheered her up when she was sad and kept her from being bored.”

  

Mo (Inkheart)

 

“If you take a book with you on a journey," Mo had said when he put the first one in her box, "an odd thing happens: The book begins collecting your memories. And forever after you have only to open that book to be back where you first read it. It will all come into your mind with the very first words: the sights you saw in that place, what it smelled like, the ice cream you ate while you were reading it... yes, books are like flypaper—memories cling to the printed page better than anything else.”  

Jo March (Little Women)

“…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life.”  

Klaus (A Series of Unfortunate Events)

I admit, I haven't actually read these. Klaus was Alison's suggestion!

“Klaus sighed, and opened a book, and as at so many other times when the middle Baudelaire child did not want to think about his circumstances, he began to read.” 

Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables) 

I saved Anne for last, because she is my absolute favorite! I love what she says about books.

“I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.”  

 Do you consider yourself a "book drunkard?" Who's your favorite character off of this list?