Top Ten Tuesday – Characters who remind me of myself or someone I know

 

I think that in every book there is a character that reminds me of someone I know or even myself and most of you probably can relate to that.

This weeks topic:  Characters who remind me of myself or someone I know.

(In no particular order)

1. Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) –  While I was growing up and reading the Harry Potter series, Hermione totally reminded me of one classmate who was that geeky over achiever that did extra reports just for the fun of it, who constantly had her hand raised, and though you were crazy for not wanting to be in class. It was awesome to see a character like that who played such an important role in the series.
   
2. Mrs. Bennet (Pride and Prejudice) – Pretty much all of my aunts and most female relatives. They just can’t stop themselves from asking, every time that they see me, which I have to say it’s quite often, if I have a boyfriend or if I’m even thinking of getting married and he, whoever he is, should be rich.  
3. Catherine Morland (Northanger Abbey) – In this novel, Catherine totally finds herself caught up in the fiction she reads to the point that it causes drama in her love life. Yeah, that’s totally happened to me and I can totally see it happening to me in the future.
4. Katy Swartz (Obsidian) – Katy obviously reminds me of myself, she’s a book lover and it’s easy to relate to all the funny little things she says about  all her book loving and blogging things!
5. Molly Weasley (Harry Potter) –  Reminds me of my mommy. My mom cooks and cleans her way through the house! But, just like Mrs. Weasley, you do not want to get on her bad side or mess with her kids.
6.  Rose Hathaway (Vampire Academy) – She really reminds me a lof of my best friend MT. She is strong and doesn’t allow anything to stop her in what she wants to do in life even though she has an underlying soft spot and a fear of a lot of things. She gets knocked down a lot and still somehow manages to pick herself back up. She is unwaveringly loyal to her friends (even though they have their ups and downs) and she fights for those she loves to the death. That is her in a nut shell. In my honest opinion she’s strong when needed to be though, she has her weak moments. She tries and takes life by the horns and live life to the fullest. Friends and family come before herself. Maybe that’s why I connect with Rose so much.
   
7. Charlie Bucket (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) – Charlie is the kind, loving, good soul that grounds the book.  He is a dreamer.  The same can be said of my friend, LS.  He is kind, loving and the good soul that grounds me.  He props me up when I need it and tells me the honest truth when he thinks I need it.  He like Charlie, is the underdog that I root for.  His life hasn’t always been easy.  Yet, he soldiers on, always with a kind word and a gentle manner, always trying to better himself, to make his life meaningful and rewarding.  I can’t wait to see how he turns out.  There are great things in store for him.  I can just feel it.
8. Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter) – I like to think that on my better days I channel Luna’s aloof spirit. I’ve always marched to the beat of a different drummer and endured a healthy dose of ridicule for it from my peers as a child. Yet like Luna, I know the value of staying true to yourself, even if that makes you a flamingo among sparrows.

   

9. Amy Curry (Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour) – Like Amy my friend, AR, tends to be somewhat reserved and guarded. She doesn’t open up to people quickly, and usually gives them limited information about herself. To be honnest I’ve never understood why when you first meet some people they tell you their entire life story.
10. Jo March (Little Women) – I’ll take the leap. I always find myself gravitating back to Jo each year, reading Little Women with slightly different eyes. Each time I read it, I want to be like Amy or Beth, but I always end up with Jo. She’s a tough girl – the tomboy – and the one who speaks her mind and shows her beliefs by her actions. Like Jo, I’ve never been entirely comfortable in my place in the world, and have felt slightly off of my friends and colleagues. It takes a while for Jo to find her place in the world and when she does, it’s not necessarily where everyone expects her to be. Still, she ends up happy, and that’s all I could ever ask for myself.

Ana

Liebster Award

Hello everyone!

First of all, I just want to apologize for being away for so long.
Things have been a little chaotic around here, I’ve moved back to Portugal, yes I’m living with my parents again, which after almost 5 years of living alone can be a little hard to adjust. After 2 months I’m still waiting for most of my belongings to arrived from the UK, which is really upsting. I still don’t have my driving  license, which means that I have to be completely dependable of my family and friends (public transports where I live completely sucks big time), it’s so frustrating. I also started a new job, which is exciting and nerve-racking at the same time! And with my spare time I’ve been hanging out with my childhood friends and  studying for the upcoming exams (July), so I’ve really didn’t had the time to write a new post with how chaotic things have been.

But I’m back and very excited since I have been nominated for the Liebster Award! 

I would like to thank Holly from NutFreeNerd for nominating me for the award. Please go and check out her blog which is amazingly good and inspiring.

Here are the rules:

• Share which blogger(s) nominated you.
• Answer the ten questions they asked in their post.
• Nominate 11 bloggers of your choosing who have less than two hundred followers each.
• Ask eleven questions for your nominees to answer.
• Contact your nominees!

So I will proceed to answer the questions 🙂

1. What author have you read the most books by?
   I would have to say J.R.R Tolkien. I’m such a huge fan! I have read every single book probably more than once. I do have a special place for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which I make sure to read at least once a year, but my favorite books by Tolkien would have to be Simarilion.
2. Where is your favorite place to read?
   I really don’t have a favorite place to read, I enjoy reading anywhere that I can. I tend to get lost in the world that I’m reading so I don’t really pay attention to my soundings. But I have to say that reading on a Train does have a special space in my heart.
3. What is your favorite thing about blogging?
   I love the fact that I can express my honest feelings about something and there will be someone, somewhere that will get what I’m saying.
4. Coffee or tea?
   Coffee without a doubt. It just tastes so good, it’s relaxing and basically it’s family tradition.
5. Chocolate or vanilla?
   If we’re talking about Ice-cream I would have to say Vanilla.
   But if there’s a dark chocolate cake, well I just can’t say no.
6. If you had to choose only three books to bring with you to an empty island, which ones would they be?
   It’s just so hard to choose only three books, there is too many story’s, characters that I love. But for certain I would take Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – I just LOVE the books, there is no words to describe all the feels that this books provides me with.
   The second book would be The Fault in our Stars by John Green – it’s just one of those books that I fall in love all over again every time I read it.
   The third and final books would be One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez – No review, however laconic or ponderous, can do justice to this true piece of art. Perhaps I can only hint at a few of the striking features of the work that are so novel, so insightful, and which make it such a success in my opinion.
7. Which fictional character from a book would you most like to date?
   Park Sheridan from Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. I feel like we was clearly written to be my partner in good times and in bad, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part. 😀
8. Who is your favorite actor? How about actress?
   I have to admit that my favorite actor/actress varies from time to time, depending on the last movies that I’ve watched. But one actor that has never left my top list would be Ken Watanabe. As for my favorite actress I have to say Nicole Kidman.
9. What is your favorite season?
   Winter! I just hate hot weather, I have loads of allergies, I hate sweat, I hate how happy everyone seems to me when it’s warm and sunny outside. So yeah, you get it, I have strong feelings about it.
10. Do you prefer to read paper books or electronic books on an ereader?
    I definitely prefer reading paper books, I like the smell, the feel and the texture. But I’m an avid ebook reader, since it’s much easier and cheaper to get books, I do carry my Kindle with me everywhere.
11. Which book do you think is the most underrated?
    The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky some people say it is unworthy of Dostoyecsky’s canon on account of not reaching the philosophical heights of The Idiot, other cite erratic shifts in tone between comedy and drama; yet for those wise enough to appreciate the novel’s low-key themes and how deftly Dostoevsky gets across the inner turmoil of a young man hell-bent on finding love and escaping the city, will uncover a gem, I guarantee it.

Question for my nominees:

1. What is the worst book that you’ve read so far?
2. What’s your favorite trilogy?
3. Which book as changed your life?
4. Which book have you read more than once?
5. Which book as made you laugh?
6. Which book as made you cry the most?
7. Which two books do you wish you have written?
8. What is your favorite film adaptation of a book?
9. What is your guilty pleasure?
10. What do you love the most?
11. What do you believe in?

(All nomeenies have been contacted)

Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten Favorite Authors

There are so many authors that I truly adore, which makes it really difficult for me to choose just ten.

So I decided to go with the authors that I loved so much that made me read all of their books. So, without further ado, here is my Top Ten Favorite Authors (In no particular order)!

1. J.R.R Tokien – I feel as if there is not author that compares to him. The depth and detail he adds into his writing is amazing. Adding languages, poetry, stories within stories, and just this great depth of history makes you feel like you are in a real world.
2. J.K. Rowling – Her books were my childhood, I grew up with them and would’t change that even if I could. I could read the Harry Potter series for the rest of my life, that just how much I love it. Joanna tough me so many things through her books and I’m really thankful.
3.  Charles Dickens – There are no words to describe my love and respect for Mr.Dickens books. I just feel that he is such an incredible story teller. Great Expectations and David Copperfield are my favorites among his novels.
4. Fyodor Dostoevsky – I feel that Dostoevsky is in completely different level from all the other authors. He’s a genius, anyone who read Crime and Punishment can bow to that.
5. Leo Tolstoy – The thing that I loved most about his work is the way in which his imagination was never daunted. His world is large, and his characters have their own life, and are not his puppets.
6. Jane Austen – You haven’t read a great love story until you read one of Jane Austen novels.
7. Stephen King – A master of Horror and understanding of how the human psyche works when he is trying to create a work of pure terror. His Ideas are somewhat too terrifying in some of his works, but he makes up for that in the Dark Tower series which are just riveting and a masterpiece among the fantasy writers.
8. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Have you read The Adventures of  Sherlock Holmes? It’s the work of pure genius.
9. John Green (A new favorite) –  My most recent obsession. I just can’t get over how much I adore all of his books.
10. Oscar Wilde – Just pure satirical genius and very enthralling.

Top Ten Tuesday – Fictional Characters that I’d crush on

I’ve been reading a lot of top ten Tuesday posts from other bloggers and some  of them have inspired me.
This weeks topic: Top Ten Fictional Boys I Would Crush On If I Were Also Fictional or if they were real. The only problem is that I just don’t know if I can narrow it down to ten. These authors know how to create some very attractive gentleman.

(In no particular order)

1. George Knightly (Jane Austen’s Emma) – I know that most people go for Mr.Darcy, and I though we would be in my top ten, but giving it a second though, Mr.Knightly is a much better choice. He is everything that Mr. Darcy should be and a little bit more. He’s funny, sweet, loyal, he wants to help the people that he loves be better and guess what? He’s smart enough to marry is best friend.
2. Park Sheridan (Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park) – First of all, he’s half-Korean. I just can’t being to describe how much I crush on good looking Korean guys. 😛 Park is such a great character. He likes comic books, awesome music taste, great sense of style. He’s the sweetest, cutest, most interesting fictional boy that I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. I can’t even being to describe my feelings for him.
   
3. Augustus Waters (John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars) – Augustus Waters is the boyfriend I always wanted and the boyfriend I was (am)  also scared to love so much. He’s sweet, he’s sarcastic, he introduces you to video games and makes them really dirty and hysterical, and the most important, he’ll be there for you in the hard times. He is the guy who gives up his own Make-A-Wish request to make sure you got to live your life’s dream. He’ll waste no time because he knows that’s the one thing he can’t give, so he makes sure that all the time you spend together is worth it. But the one true thing that makes Augustus probably one of the best is that he’ll truly love you until the very end.
4. Etienne St.Clair (Stephanie Perkins Anna and The French Kiss) – It’s really hard not to love Etienne. He’s an America boy with a British accent and French name. He may be a little bit on the short size, but that doesn’t really matter, since he’s so smart, interesting, charming and totally sweet. I just can’t help myself but smile when thinking about him.
   
5. Jase Garrett (Huntley Fitzpatrick’s My Life Next Door) – There isn’t much to be said about Jase, but the fact that he is very much perfect. He’s sweet, funny, beautiful and sexy, caring and hardworking.
   
6. Peeta Mellark (Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games) –  This catch of a man is clever and classy, rebellious and realistic. With his sharp wit and determination, Peeta is a natural leader who is man enough to let the strong lady in his life shine. Most importantly, he possesses that most underrated of human qualities: kindness. I just find Peeta such a good person and let’s not forget that he bakes!
7. Ronald Weasley (J.K.Rowling’s Harry Potter) – I think that has a boyfriend, Ron would totally be the type to make sure you didn’t take everything so seriously, and let’s face it, if you’re even slightly as high strung as Hermione can be at times, you totally need someone like Ron in your life to remind you not to sweat the small stuff! He’s fiercely loyal and unafraid to stand by his friends, even when it means putting his own life on the line, and I’d say that makes Mr. Ron Weasley quite the catch indeed!
8. Gilbert Blythe (Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables) – Gilbert is one of the most wonderful men ever written about, period.  From the time he was about thirteen, he has wanted one thing: Anne Shirley’s love.  He is most girls’ idea of “the perfect man,” one who waited for her for years.  He’s so funny and smart and sweet and handsome.  Love him.
9. Tobias Eaton/Four (Veronica Roth’s Divergent) – Tobias is the bad boy fantasy of my list. He’s tall and dark, has deep blue eyes, and a full lower lip (YUM!).  He’s mysterious, quiet, and likes to think of things first before he does something. He’s also intelligent and loving.
   
10. Daemon Black (Jennifer L.Armentrout) –  Daemon is great, that said there isn’t much more to be said. Sexy and arrogant and brooding and hilarious with a very sweet and compassionate side.

I had such a hard time to narrow it down to just ten and I know that I’m probably missing some very important names in here, but this is really difficult. 😛
I would love to know your fictional crushes are! So that I know that I’m not alone with my obsession with fictional man.

Ana