Click here for my 2010 Character Connections Turnip Fitzhugh: The Pink Carnation series by Lauren Willig Merricat Blackwood: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Amy: The Ruins by Scott Smith Deeba: Un Lun Dun by China Miéville Daemon Sadi: The Black Jewels series by Anne Bishop Hans “Papa” Hubermann: The Book […]
Character Connection: Teddy Daniels
Teddy Daniels is a U.S. Marshal and the main character in Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. There’s a lot going on with Teddy and it’s going to be hard to write about him without giving away spoilers. I will do my best. Teddy is the strong silent type. He’s been sent to Shutter Island, an […]
Character Connection: Ed Kennedy
Ed Kennedy, from I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, is an underage cab driver with no prospects. He’s the very picture of your average young man. But someone has chosen him to carry out some tasks that require him to be anything but average. He has been chosen to make a difference in the […]
Character Connection: Calpurnia Tate
I apologize for not posting last week. I got busy with a lot of things. I will make a point in the future to at least have Mr. Linky scheduled to post every week. Now. Calpurnia Virginia Tate. Calpurnia, or Callie Vee, is a girl ahead of her time. It is 1899 in The Evolution […]
Character Connection: Matthew Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables was my favorite book as a child. The first time I read it, I hate to say, I thought it was boring and gave up. I tried again later and fell in love. I’ve read all the books in the series (and all of L. M. Montgomery’s books) countless times since […]
Character Connection: Aibileen Clark
Aibileen Clark, from The Help by Kathrynn Stockett, is a patient woman. She has raised white women’s children in Mississippi in the 50’s and 60’s. She has loved them when they were small and then been hurt as they grew up, learned the values of the culture around them, and shunned her. That’s the way […]
Character Connection: Mrs. Murphy
Mrs. Murphy is a tiger cat who co-habits with “Harry” Harristeen (a woman) and Tee Tucker, a Welsh corgi. They live in the tiny town of Crozet, Virginia. For such a tiny place, Crozet has an awful lot of murders. Luckily for everyone, Mrs. Murphy is on the case in this series of books written […]
Character Connection: Lucía Álvarez
Lucía Álvarez is the main character from The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez. Through Lucía’s eyes, we experience the terror of the Cuban Revolution and the uncertainty of making a new home in a new country away from your parents. Lucía is the perfect protagonist for this story because there is something in her […]
Character Connection: Christopher Boone
Christopher Boone is the main character in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. I’m going to cheat a little this week and throw a big chunk of my review at you because I said everything I wanted to say in it. “Fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone is something of an autistic […]
Character Connection: Tom Builder
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett takes place in the 12th century. Times were tough. One bad summer could wipe out a crop, causing many people to starve. Medicine was for all practical purposes non-existent. Anyone different or new was greeted with deep suspicion. England was on the brink of a civil war. […]
Josey Cirrini: Character Connection
Josey Cirrini is one of the main characters in Sarah Addison Allen’s The Sugar Queen. Josey was a little brat as a child. She pitched temper tantrums so epic that the people of her small town are still talking about them now that she’s an adult. And there is Josey’s problem. She’s grown, she’s changed, but no one recognizes […]