Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week’s theme is Top Ten Characters I’d Name a Child/Pet After.
However I really struggled with this one, I don’t tend to read character names and think they’d be perfect for my future child or pet. So instead I changed it to Top Ten Characters I’d Love to Have as Family Members. There are so many characters I fall in love with from the moment they’re introduced and if I could pick my family, and if I could pluck the characters I love out of their books, I’d love to be able to call them members of my family.
Kenji Kishimoto
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Kenji was my favourite character in the whole of the Shatter Me trilogy, and I’ve said before I’d love to have someone like him in my life as a best friend or older brother. He is kind but sharp tongued and hilarious, and while he is often the light-hearted relief when things get too heavy he can be deadly serious, willing to pull out the tough love when it’s needed.
The Psychics at 300 Fox Way
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
It would be amazing to live in a house with psychics. Every time we saw 300 Fox Way during the Raven Cycle series it always seemed so chaotic and full to bursting, but at the same time there was such a real family dynamic there and a lot of love between all the characters.
Lady Jane Grey
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows
Jane was a brilliant character. Her love of reading is very similar to my own but beyond that her loyalty to her family, her cousin Edward and her husband G, make her willing to go the extra mile to keep them safe. She is dedicated, smart, and for the few days she ruled she proved herself a capable queen as well.
Ella Malikov
Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
I really loved everything about Ella; her sarcastic back and forth with Nik and her confidence in being the best computer hacker there is, but above all her loyalty to her family and the love she has them. She knows all about Nik’s past and gets defensive when other people try to judge him without knowing the full story.
Millard Nullings
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Millard was my favourite of all the peculiar children. As an invisible boy he was able to sneak into places the others could not, which came in handy during their journey, but above that he was really clever as well. He studied a lot, both the effects of the time loop on the citizens in Wales and later everything they came across outside their loop, and always seemed to have answers if they could be found in books.
Todd
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
In the Chaos Walking trilogy Todd is the character everyone seems to want to be around. His dedication to Viola aside he manages to change the Mayor and Davy Prentiss, making them better people. When Todd loves someone he does with everything for them, and the people he cares about become the most important people in the world to him.
Jamie Hunter
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
When it comes to substitute parents Jamie Hunter is one of the best that’s ever been written. He could have very easily given up or written off Ruby as a lost cause. Instead he makes an effort to bring her into his and Cora’s lives; bringing them both into his family and his family traditions, giving them both a home and hope for the future.
Finn O’Sullivan
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
Finn’s dedication to Roza, even when the rest of Bone Gap give up on her and believe her to be gone of her own free will, would make him an incredibly loyal friend or family member for anyone to have.
Cress Darnel
Cress by Marissa Meyer
Cress is an incredible character, and in spite of being alone on the satellite for years she hasn’t turned bitter. Instead she is a genuinely kind, sweet, adventurous and intelligent girl. Cress wants friends, she wants a family, and she really does find that with Throne and the rest of the Rampion crew.
Riley/Flicker
Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti
Riley relationship with her sister was one of my favourite parts of this book. Although Riley has powers and her sister doesn’t the two are still really close, and may even be closer because of the nature of Riley’s gift. Riley has the other Zeroes but her sister still remains the most important person in her life and it was a great dynamic to read between the two of them.
So what do you think? Did you take part in this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, if so let me know what characters you’d name a child or pet after or alternatively what characters you’d like to be members of your family.
Excellent and well-thought out post. I would love Kenji to be in my family!
But then again, I would like my husband to be Warner. And that’s not gone happen…sigh.
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Thanks so much Stephanie. Yeah Kenji is amazing, why can’t he exist in real life. Then again why can’t Warner exist in real life as well! 😀
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This is such an interesting post. I can’t believe I’ve missed TTT for the umpteenth time this year.
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Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed this post, and hey there’s always time to post a TTT for tomorrow, it’s Halloween themed so that should be a fun one! 😀
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Heh. I would have to really go for it if I want to make it in time.
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It could happen 🙂 or you could make a decent start on next week theme! 😀
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I did the same topic this week and had the psychics of 300 Fox Way on my list too!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/10/18/top-ten-tuesday-79/
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Ohh that’s kind of a coincidence isn’t it? But yeah the psychics of 300 Fox Way just seemed like a brilliant cast of characters, and I imagine living as part of their family would be an adventure as well! 😀
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I totally agree!
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Oh I love your list 🙂 Kenji definitely is awesome, and Finn! I’m so glad you thought about him, he’s such an endearing character ❤
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Thanks so much Marie! 😀 Kenji just had to go on my list this week, he was my all-time favourite character from that trilogy, and the same with Finn as well. ❤
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Totally agree with you about Todd, I would love to have him as my big brother! Great post. 🙂
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Thanks Sammie! And yeah I loved Todd so much, he was pretty much my ultimate favourite character throughout the whole trilogy! 😀
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Yes to Kenji! He’d be great!!
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Yeah! He was my favourite character in the series so I really wish he existed in real life. 😀
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This is a great post – I love the twist to this weeks theme 😄
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Thanks so much, and yeah I had trouble thinking of ten characters for the original theme so I changed it a little to something I could do! 😀
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I love your twist on this week’s topic! I’m so with you on Kenji and Millard. Kenji was a favorite of mine in Shatter Me as well, he was so hilarious. I’d definitely love to have him as a brother. Thinking about what characters I’d want as family members the first one who popped into my head was Magnus from the Shadowhunters books or even Mor from ACOMAF. Magnus can make anything appear and would probably be a great uncle or cousin and I feel like Mor would be the perfect big sister. I’m the big sister in my family so I’ve always wondered what having an older sister would be like haha. Great list, Beth! 😊
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Thanks so much, yeah I had a lot of troube with the original one because, although I have favourite names for possible future children/pets it’s not really because I read them in a book. More just because I liked the name and if a book character has it as well it’s purely coincidence.
I hear so many people say that about Kenji but he was just an amazing character, and really well written as well which is a plus in secondary characters you know? I really want him to be real just so he can be my older brother! Millard would possibly be more of a younger brother because I just want to protect him from the world. 🙂
Oh Mor and Magnus would be great, I can’t believe I didn’t include those two but there are always books that just skip my mind when I’m coming up with TTT posts for the week. I can definitely see Magnus as a brilliant uncle or cousin, and his ability to make things appear out of thin air would be amazing!
Thanks Melissa! 😀
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It definitely is. He was the perfect secondary character. Although I would have loved to have heard more of his backstory, I was always curious about that. I heard a rumor that Tahereh is working on a sequel or going to be. I’m not sure if they’re anything more than rumors but it would be neat after the open ending. I completely agree about Millard. 😊
It so would! Everyone would love Magnus as family get togethers. I do think he would get annoyed with being asked to make things appear a lot though 😂.
You’re welcome! ♥
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Any of The Raven Boys characters would be fun to have as family members!
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They definitely would, a lot of trouble at times but a lot of fun as well! 😀
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I would love – like, LOVE – to have Jamie as an older brother figure. I probably have a little bit of a crush on him because he’s just so, so sweet to Cora, Tbh in that book I was more into Jamie than Nate, haha. He’s just the complete package. 💖
And Jane would be a fun best friend to have, I think.
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Same here, as soon as I started writing books for this topic I knew Jamie would have to go in there somewhere. He was y favourite character in Lock and Key and definitely one of the best family members I’ve read in ages! Definitely the complete package! 😀
She so would, she was my favourite character in My Lady Jane and probably one everyone has something in common with. 🙂
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OMG yes, Jane reads the best (and weirdest) books. I’d love to just speak to her and get her opinion/knowledge on all the things in the world.😂
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Exactly, there’s so many things I’d want to ask her and I think being able to have a conversation with her would be just amazing! 😀
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I loved My Lady Jane! 🙌 Jane was a funny and smart character I really liked. I still haven’t finished Miss Peregrine’s or The Raven Boys and I haven’t read the rest of these yet, but I definitely agree with you on Jane. I also really liked Edward, which took me by surprise. 🙂
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Oh I agree, all the characters in My Lady Jane were amazing but Jane was definitely my favourite (and I agree with you about Edward as well, I was definitely surprised by how much I liked his character). 😀
The Miss Peregrine books and The Raven Cycle series are amazing so I’d definitely recommend finishing those series as soon as you get a chance. Did you enjoy what you’ve read so far of both?
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I did not enjoy what I read of The Raven Boys even after I picked it up for the fourth time. I think it’s just not for me. Miss Peregrine’s is okay so far. I’m not in love with it by any means.
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Oh that’s a shame, but I guess everyone has different opinions on books and obviously it can’t be for everyone. I have seen a few negative-ish reviews for The Raven Cycle books as well.
I was the same with Miss Peregrine’s with the first book but it gets better as it goes along so I hope the rest of the series is more enjoyable for you. 😀
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I loved Lady Jane Grey too 🙂
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Yeah she’s a great character. 🙂
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Fun post!
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Thanks! 😀
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